2024(!) #100DayProject
Goodness me! What a VERY long time it’s been since I put anything here. A rather dusty, cobwebby space it is. I’m taking part in the @MiddleYearsMonday #MYM100dayproject for the third year on my @KittyWittering Instsgram page, aaand the @JoanneHawker #MarchMeettheMaker on my @Needlesmiths Instgram page and thought I’d share here what I’m doing there […]
Birds are a twitter in the background of this short saturday wittering…
Artmap Argyll Open Studios
Artmap Argyll 2019 Open Studios in the Studio Barn Argyll Artmap is a difficult weekend emotionally & physically, the highs of plaudits, the lows of disinterested glances, even though you know you’re not going to be to everyone’s taste you still take it a bit personally. Being an exhibiting artist is exhausting, you have to […]
Thursday’s Junior Needles
Having finished their pyjamas …. The girls moved on to making aprons.Sophie – on the right made her pyjamas our of a table cloth and her apron using fabric from a curtain with a piece of shirt for the pocket.Rowan’s mum bought some pretty cotton fabric for her pyjamas with enough for her to make a […]
Why I started W.R.E.N.S.
The 1st of May is a Birthday ….No not mine, that was in April. It was the second birthday of WRENS the Women’s Rural Enterprise Network Scotland W.R.E.N.S. came about following several chats with friends who run their own businesses, about the pros and cons of running a rural business, and how lonely that can be, […]
April 05th, 2019
Birthday morning feet up in the sun! Oh my goodness! Where does time go… ?All I seem to write in here are ‘updates’ because I haven’t written anything else recently, this is a sadly neglected blog!Here we are in April 2019 and the last time I officially showed up in here was September 2018. SO […]
March – What you might not know about me.
When I was asked if I would be able to stand in for a booked speaker who had cancelled, at a local Scottish Women’s Institute meeting, I said ‘yes of course’, mainly because I haven’t yet learnt to say no, even though it often gets me in to trouble! This is that talk …At the […]
February – Love is ~ a poem by me
Love is …By Kate MacDonald My love isOn a washing lineFluttering in the breeze Your love isDried on a radiatorHot, rumpled and untidy Their love isFrom the tumble drierEasy care and crease free Her love isOn a whirly gigSpinning round dizzily His love isLike a clothes horseFolded away stiffly Our loveNeeds no washingFresh as a daisy daily
Looking for a way through…
These pretty much sum up January & February!
January – Confession ~ a poem by me
ConfessionBy Kate MacDonald A fear of failing,Holds meBack from the doing,The starting,Beginning. A fear of failing,Holds meBack from creating.Inhibits,Constraining. A fear of failing,Holds meBack from the chanceOf growing,Succeeding. This fear of failingCloses my mind,Roars through my head,Fills up my chest,Arresting my breath. I know I should start.Pick up the pen,Just make a mark.Wield a paint brush orPly a needle with […]
