Laura Morrigan

My finds: This lovely cameo bracelet. If anyone knows when this is from please let me know! I forgot to get a photo of this DVD before I lent it out so here is a stock photo. It was not the best mystery ever but good for its time. The hero is adorably awkward and also really not great at art. I am not sure if the latter was intentional or they forgot to hire someone really good at art to do the portraits like they usually do on TV shows. They might have been making a point about rich people back then being dilettantes but I was not sure. Everyone acted like he was really good. This weathered but lovely edition of Poe. This school copy of Tennyson, given as a prize. I don't know if a lot of schools did this, but it can't have been cheap. The bookplate with the details of the prize winner for needlework in December 1920. The school is a girl's school in Sydney. It was originally opened in a terrace house by Miss Marian Clarke on 20 July 1885. It moved to larger premises at Wa...

Panorama shot of the Jasmine vine in my yard. The main plant is on the right but it has climbed all the way across to the left.  Yes, I wandered out of blogland again! Spring is here and I've spent most of my time sitting outside smelling the abundant jasmine and reading a book. I have also been walking down the road to look at a cluster of freesias that have a wonderful nostalgic spring vibe to them.  I don't have a cat.  I don't know whose cat it is. Very sassy looking. I've been noticing how much better I feel if I'm not doom scrolling or looking up things on the net all the time and how much having my phone always with me breaks up my already short (except when reading) attention span. I want to try and balance writing and blogging with spending less time at the screen but I'm not sure how long it will take to strike a good balance.  The freesias down the road.