Saturday 23rd November - Successful Saturday

 Nearly all caught up...

What does one do on a wet and windy November afternoon?  Make a pot of tea and settle down to do a bit of 'catching up'...

I'm hoping to get quite a few things ready to post next week;

The little notebook at the top is a notebook swap  I've started with a friend up North. I wrote a bit in there, considered trying a picture but thought better of it. I tried the picture out on some scrap, and I need to have another couple of goes first,

The next book is my 'everything' book, appointments, notes, day book etc so nothing to do there, apart from a quick check to see if I've missed anything that needed doing today (no)

Third book down is the long running notebook swap. I've added to it, including an Autumn picture;

My first attempt in another book was drearily anaemic. This one was really scruffy and sludgy! So I drew all over it with the black ink in my fountain pen while the paper was still a bit damp. The paper and the pen both protested at this ill-treatment, but I'm happier with the picture now. 

Two more notebooks and a green box to go! The first was the diary; I hadn't written up yesterday yet. I've been keeping a daily page-a-day diary for about 8 years now and I wish I had started earlier. Usually I write it first thing the next morning, before I get up, but occasionally I bring it down to write up later. Very rarely, I miss writing in the diary for a day or so and then... oh dear! It doesn't take me long to forget what happened! 

The bottom book and the green box will get done tomorrow. The box is for the November stitching swap with Ang.