Category Archives: Not Work

Picturemakers’ Blog

Posted on August 11, 2012 by shelleyupton

Just chaired another bright, sparky meeting of the Picturemakers when we welcomed Gordon Miles as our newest member. We now have our exhibition schedule planned out up to early 2014. It’s going to be busy this year and next. See … Continue reading →

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Sailing By

Posted on July 20, 2012 by shelleyupton

I’ve always loved the Sailing By theme music that precedes the shipping forecast every evening on Radio Four. I associate it with floating off to sleep, but of course for mariners, it’s the signal to listen up for the information on which … Continue reading →

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Archeologists from University of Innsbruck find four 600-year-old linen bras at Lemberg Castle in Austria

Posted on July 19, 2012 by shelleyupton

Archeologists from University of Innsbruck find four 600-year-old linen bras at Lemberg Castle in Austria.

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February’s fine

Posted on February 1, 2012 by shelleyupton

It’s a crisp, pink, cold day here in Aberystwyth. The sun’s shining, the heating (non-existent this morning) has come back on and all’s well in my world pretty much.

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It’s a good time

Posted on June 20, 2011 by shelleyupton

And quite extraordinary. Every time I think things couldn’t possibly get any better, they actually do. Some are big things – like recently meeting again, after eight years, someone I liked very much the first time round and finding the hwyl … Continue reading →

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Whoo Whoo

Posted on June 18, 2011 by shelleyupton

Collected our new O Gauge loco from Geoff Rodway (who very kindly agreed to build it for me) today. It’s very fine and owes very little to the kit he started from, having many beautiful scratchbuilt features. Looking forward to running … Continue reading →

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Flooding

Posted on January 13, 2011 by shelleyupton

It’s nothing compared with the Biblical proportions of the Australian floods, but this morning Blaedolau playing field is a lake. A lake about four feet deep. I expected to see coracles. And possibly sharks.

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Universal Aunts

Posted on January 3, 2011 by shelleyupton

It’s just crossed my mind that I can probably no longer safely stand on my head. I was taught to do so nearly fifty years ago by a young woman whose name was, I think, Jill, and who was a … Continue reading →

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Calennig – the New Year gift

Posted on January 1, 2011 by shelleyupton

This morning I saw three small children heading for door carrying a biscuit tin. When I opened the door they grinned and sang lustily: Dydd calan yw hi heddiw, Rwy’n dyfod ar eich traws I ofyn am y geiniog, Neu … Continue reading →

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Snow joke really

Posted on December 17, 2010 by shelleyupton

The forecast snow arrived with a vengeance during the night. All pretty and pristine and silent here this morning.

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