Brazilian Sodalite and cultured pearls
Monday, July 28, 2008
Waiting for Spring in Christchurch
It was freezing cold yesterday, wet and gloomy. I spent the whole day indoors creating some jewelries . I call it the" Garden of Eden" the spring range. Proceeds from the sale of this range will given to CANTEEN New Zealand- (Cancer For Teenagers) supporting young people living with cancer. Below a re a few of my handmade creations . They are mostly made of pearls, Czech glass bead and crystals.
Brazilian Sodalite and cultured pearls
Brazilian Sodalite and cultured pearls
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Rosedale Book Club
Sheila Johnson a good friend of mine had wanted to join a Book Club for sometime however she decided to have a go at starting one up. The aim is to share books that have been read in a relaxed, friendly atmosphere. We had 7 members for our first meeting. We decided to give our club a name- it was not difficult to decide on Rosedale as we had our first meeting last Thursday at her house in Rosedale place. As such we all decided on “Rosedale Book Club”.
We meet once a month, every 2nd Thursday @ 7.30pm of each month. Each member is to take a turn hosting the evening (glass of wine/juice/water to begin with then later cake and coffee/tea).
I will be hosting the second meeting next month at my house! Really looking forward to it.
We also had an arrangement whereby each member is to contribute $10 each month towards next set of books. The person hosting the next meeting will buy books of their choice.
For our First Book Club meeting each of us brought one or two books that we could it lend to our members.
I selected “The Bonesetter’s Daughter” By Amy Tan highly recommended by our member Rosa-Jane French.
It’s a dramatic tale of love, loss and betrayal in provincial China. I am now half way through the book and my mind kept flashing back to my own grandmother’s tale of her life in china as a child bride and how she escaped in the middle of the night with my mom who was then only 7 years old on a horrendous boat journey to Malaya. I really have to sit down and write down her memories before I forget them!
We meet once a month, every 2nd Thursday @ 7.30pm of each month. Each member is to take a turn hosting the evening (glass of wine/juice/water to begin with then later cake and coffee/tea).
I will be hosting the second meeting next month at my house! Really looking forward to it.
We also had an arrangement whereby each member is to contribute $10 each month towards next set of books. The person hosting the next meeting will buy books of their choice.
For our First Book Club meeting each of us brought one or two books that we could it lend to our members.
I selected “The Bonesetter’s Daughter” By Amy Tan highly recommended by our member Rosa-Jane French.
It’s a dramatic tale of love, loss and betrayal in provincial China. I am now half way through the book and my mind kept flashing back to my own grandmother’s tale of her life in china as a child bride and how she escaped in the middle of the night with my mom who was then only 7 years old on a horrendous boat journey to Malaya. I really have to sit down and write down her memories before I forget them!
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Thank God for heat pump, under floor heating, double glazing and thermal curtains and a cup of hot Nescafe!
Last Saturday I sat down with hot cup of coffee on a lazy boy and watched the scenery unfold from my window.
Hail stones as big as marbles, sleet, snow, gale-force winds and rain fell in a polar blast.
In the morning we had a couple of hours of sunshine. At midday thick and heavy clouds took over and the whole scenery was grayish, and then came the strong gale –force winds followed by rain, hail and snow. It snowed and snowed and the violent gale wind kept blowing the snowflakes. I felt like I am in a glass bubble with snow flakes circling around me, spoilt by the haunting sound of the wind creeping through my garage doors… its so creepy !!. Then blizzards, rain and more rain throughout the night... Christchurch never had so much rain and snow in one day for a long time.
Well four cups of coffee in the glass bubble in the middle of polar blast ……… I created sunshine, snow and wind
Hail stones as big as marbles, sleet, snow, gale-force winds and rain fell in a polar blast.
In the morning we had a couple of hours of sunshine. At midday thick and heavy clouds took over and the whole scenery was grayish, and then came the strong gale –force winds followed by rain, hail and snow. It snowed and snowed and the violent gale wind kept blowing the snowflakes. I felt like I am in a glass bubble with snow flakes circling around me, spoilt by the haunting sound of the wind creeping through my garage doors… its so creepy !!. Then blizzards, rain and more rain throughout the night... Christchurch never had so much rain and snow in one day for a long time.
Well four cups of coffee in the glass bubble in the middle of polar blast ……… I created sunshine, snow and wind
Sunshine
Snow
Wind
The day after the Polar Blast........................................................
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