Making the most out a bad situation

 Made the most of my dentist visit this afternoon by taking some more pics for my Sweyne's Eye project. These are my favourite inages of the day: 

You can view the full set of images here.

Ghost Story Books

I've started protecting and archiving my books that survived the house fire. The many I had to throw were due to either smoke or water damage.Today, I started with bagging and boxing some of my ghost story books. More will follow...

Changes, they say, come in 3's

It really has been a month of change. First we have had a welcome change of government. Then, a change of house as we finally got to move back home after the fire that took place there back in March. And now I have a change in work as I managed to snag this gem of a position:

My day job really has been getting me down lately as repetition really grinds my brain cogs. The thought of sitting down at my office desk and repeating the same mundane tasks every ten minutes makes me want to scream, and I've been using up a lot of annual leave lately just because I wasn't able to face going to work. Regular readers of this blog will know that I have been spending a lot of time recently working on job applications and not that effort has paid off. Now I have a new and challenging role to play in the office as a Communications Officer for the PCS Union I and welcome this fresh experience with open arms 😀

Proof-reading

Spending time spotting the errors in the proofs of my Guy N Smith book that arrived yesterday morning. As well as fixing them, I will change the answers to the x2 quizzes to a feinter print so they don't stand out too much and spoil the fun. The publication date is just a couple of weeks away now 🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀.

Tomorrow marks Day 1 of my next 100-day project - my fourth Explore Gower guidebook, Tidal Gower. During this time, I will also revamp some of my other Gower guidebooks.

Good Morning

I woke up this morning to see little fudjcat's shadow on our airing cupboard door as she sat on our bedroom windowsill re-familiarising herself with her view of old.

Having another day off work, we then drove the removal van back to the rental company, where I spotted these little treasures:

GNS Day 99/100

My GNS book has been completed on Day 99 of my 100 day project. It will be available for purchase on August 1st. Time now to start work on my third book of 2024 - Tidal Gower, which will explore the many fascinating places to explore along Gower's tide line...

Moving Home Day

Moving back in day after the house fire back in March.

Happy

Fanzine Cover

My Guy N Smith fanzine is all but complete. :) All I need to do now is write the text for the book's back cover and send it to publication. It will be on sale on August 1st, 2024. I hope you will enjoy it.

Fanzine Contents

I have just five days left to complete my GNS Zine. Within that time, I am also moving house and having job interviews. Hopefully, I won't get too stressed out. In the meantime, here's a quick snippet for those interested to see the contents page of the upcoming fanzine. Click to see the full page:

Nearly ready to go home.

The upstairs of our home has been reosired. Just waiting for the insurance sign off...

Just 12 Days to Complete Fanzine

A Promise is a Promise

Just 2 weeks left to complete my zine celebrating 50 years of Guy N Smith's novels. It will be done, even if I only have half a screen left to work on.

Calamity

Noooooo! My laptop screen is broken!

Today in Our Garden

Yellow Welsh Poppy

Orange Welsh Poppy

Oriental Poppy

Our Caldey Island Fuschia

Phlomis

Allium crishophii

Yellow Flag Iris

Our 2022 Christmas Tree

Oak Seedling from My Mum's Oak

Our Garden

Growing Apple

Valerian & Field Poppies