The leaves sweep across the paved path, allowing the
sunrise to make an entrance. Birds scatter the planes of land searching for
crumbs if golden glitter. The wind is calm with sudden rushes of speed helping
the world take off for the morning. There's a mist to the land; a shade
protecting us from the dangers which lie ahead.
Sunday, 25 January 2015
Sunday, 18 January 2015
Bookmark Making Tutorial
Hello,
This week I made a few corner bookmarks and decided to create a tutorial so you too can make them.
What you'll need:
This week I made a few corner bookmarks and decided to create a tutorial so you too can make them.
What you'll need:
- Plain card
- Ruler
- Pencil
- Eraser
- Scissors
- Coloured paper
- Glue stick
Sunday, 11 January 2015
Book Review: The Drowning of Arthur Braxton
Author: Caroline SmailesPublication date: 11th April 2013
Rating: ★★★★★
Wherever you may live there is always that one building of mystery and suspicion. What if that building was an Edwardian bathing house called The Oracle?
The Drowning of Arthur Braxton is a contemporary fairy tale set in the familiarity of an urban territory. It is a pool of morals and consequences to dive into for the characters; each of who we get to know through the multiple narrative voice which allocates each chapter to a character and their classical element.
The chapters are, for the most part, quite short. This makes it perfect for the busy reader. Each character has a distinct voice, and the style changes from prose and script to create a little variation.
Smailes references Waterloo Road multiple times, using the programme length of one hour as a unit of time for Arthur. Dora the Explorer is mentioned - "I'm like Dora the Explorer but less Spanish" - which I haven't been able to get out of my mind since I came across it! The human brain is a strange but beautiful place.
Sunday, 4 January 2015
Resolutions to Make and (probably) Break
Hello,
By now we've all seen midnight strike on New Year's and toasted to a "happy new year" whilst either in bed, partying the night away to the fireworks, or elsewhere (I was stretched out on my sofa whilst watching Adam Lambert rocking out with Brian May and Roger Taylor on the TV).
The first of January is the day when we all make resolutions which are likely to be broken within a week. Maybe you want to give up chocolate - we've all been there before.
Or maybe you want to increase your fitness (let me know how the gym membership works out... some relationships just aren't meant to be).
Now, I've never been one for resolutions. The idea of restricting myself brings pain to my soul. However in saying that, this year I have come up with a few resolutions that ADD to my life.
By now we've all seen midnight strike on New Year's and toasted to a "happy new year" whilst either in bed, partying the night away to the fireworks, or elsewhere (I was stretched out on my sofa whilst watching Adam Lambert rocking out with Brian May and Roger Taylor on the TV).
The first of January is the day when we all make resolutions which are likely to be broken within a week. Maybe you want to give up chocolate - we've all been there before.
Or maybe you want to increase your fitness (let me know how the gym membership works out... some relationships just aren't meant to be).
Now, I've never been one for resolutions. The idea of restricting myself brings pain to my soul. However in saying that, this year I have come up with a few resolutions that ADD to my life.
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