Lettering and Postcards

The last few months seem to have blended into one long one. Time has flown by at a ridiculous rate this year.... Definite sign of getting older isn't it?!

Back in September I started an evening class in Calligraphy. I've been wanting to learn for a long time and after meeting Betty in Florence back in January, I decided to book onto a course and I absolutely love it! 

On arrival I was given my name card beautifully handwritten by our teacher Mary Noble ... 

There is a lovely mix of people in the class and all at different levels. As a very beginner, I started off with lower case foundational hand. Once the concept of letter shapes and spacing was figured out I moved on to traditional Roman capitals a couple of weeks later and it was a real challenge. Spacing, sizing and lots of mistakes! 

First attempts

We are now coming towards the end of the term and I'm feeling much happier with my work. Last night I moved down a nib size and getting used to the spacing etc... A few others in the class were working on Christmas cards so after practicing with the smaller letters I wrote a little festive quote. It's not perfect and I've got a lot to learn but I'm already looking forward to next term!

In October we had a much needed holiday away with Harry's family. We stayed in a lovely villa in south Tenerife. The first day or so wasn't the greatest as I was in agony from a tooth infection... luckily the drugs kicked in very quickly so I could enjoy the rest of the week.

I'd definitely go away at this time of year again. After working a very busy Summer it gave us something to really look forward to. It was the perfect amount of relaxing, yummy food, sunshine, sleep and laughter. I even read 2 books in 4 days which for me is kind of a record. When I try and read at home I get through a couple of pages and fall into a coma. 

 

Are you planning a sunshine break anytime soon or do you tend to wait for the official Summer holidays? 

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Bestival love

Last week Harry and I went to Bestival. This was our holiday for the year so we were sickeningly excited.

Amazing line up, beautiful weather, old friends, new friends, lots of walking, very little sleep and some amazing memories.

Ambient Forest

Friday morning yoga at the Main stage

The Wishing Tree

The creepy Swamp Shack

Mmm festival fair and tiny tired eyes. 

It was so much fun but I definitely felt my age this year. I haven't done a full 5 day festival with camping since Leeds festival 2005...back when I was in my early 20's and I could survive on 3 hours sleep. Next year we're going to have an extra large tent with an airbed or hire a yurt. Either way, I'm doing it in luxury... 

I had some serious back to work blues today... do you have any tips on how to get over the post holiday misery? Please share!

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After dinner walk

                

 

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Hello Sunshine... It's been a while

As I mentioned in my previous post, the weather here in little old England has been crap with a capital C.

Rain, rain, wind, more wind, cold and more rain.

When lunch time came around yesterday, everything suddenly changed and the sun popped out to say hello. It stayed all afternoon and evening, so after work I drove home via the seafront and stopped to take in a quick dose of Vitamin D.



Southsea Parade and Pier

Unfortunately the weather has gone back to grey skies today... but hey, at least it isn't raining! (touch wood)

In other news, I'm going to attempt the Instagram photo a day challenge. Chantelle from Fat Mum Slim started this monthly challenge earlier in the year, I tried a few times but I kept forgetting...

You can read more about the challenge here . I'm starting from today (2nd May) as I accidentally forgot to take one yesterday for Peace. Good start hey?! You'll find me at @lucygooseyb

If you have Instagram, let me know if you're taking part too... I love looking at everyone's entries and their interpretations ... x



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Snippets of life through Instagram

I can't believe it's April already. Where did March go?!

The weather here has been beautiful for the last week or so. Highs of 23 degrees in March are usually laughed at but not this year. Southsea common became a haze of BBQ smoke, the beach was busy and people were out in force just lapping up the unseasonal amazing weather.

My toes had a fresh coat of polish for their first 2012 outing! 

Some friends of ours had a BBQ up at their lovely cottage in the countryside. Us girls cooed over 8 week old baby Monty and chatted away in the sunshine, whilst the boys played Rugby and other games including Archery. (Which may I add I had a go at and beat them all. HA!) Captain the dog was looking a bit left out so I played fetch with him for a while and sneakily fed him a few scraps from lunch. I'm a sucker for those puppy dog eyes...

Captain

On Wednesday, Haz and I went for a midweek bite to eat. After stuffing ourselves at one of our favourite bar/restaurants, we decided a nice long walk home along the seafront was in order. A walk and a quick unscheduled stop at the arcades! The 2p and 10p machines entertained us for quite a while. We're both big kids really, such a funny end to the day.

I hope the weather was as nice where you were. What did you get up to?
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