I've been rather lazy today... I read Thud! all morning in bed, then I went to have my last singing lesson with Lesley :( Which also meant I couldn't go to morning tea with my friends oooooooohh... I went shopping briefly at good old Greensborough Plaza - wow, I haven't been there for ages, it has changed so much! The shops there come and go so quickly, blink and miss them (oh I love clichés). There I bought some paint, a very nice brush and some paper because I'm going to have another stab at calligraphy for Christmas. I really should be cutting my own quills and using gold leaf, or if you get really down to the basic level, hunting animals and drying their hides for vellum (okay maybe not, especially for an almost vegetarian - paper is good). Hmmm, so the rest of the day I have been reading this random old book on writing and illumination that I bought from an old book stall - just made me feel more like an amateur - Like the chinese calligraphy book that said you must draw horizontal lines for a month until you are ready to progress to vertical lines... hmm I decided to spend about 20 minutes and the end product probably reflected that.

The photo is of an apricot rose in my garden, isn't it simply darling...

Currenty Reading: Thud! (still) and "Writing & Illuminating & Lettering"