Rendevous in Amsterdam

 My lovely husband and I are just back from a very enjoyable weekend in the 'Dam - I was en route back from working in Milan, so greeted him at the airport wearing some dodgy shades and a little sign with his name spelled wrong (a little joke we were having about spy movies...) - anyway, we had such a lovely time that I forgot to buy a postcard for my Mum, which is a cardinal sin, so I made my own when we got home.  It took a bit more effort than I had anticipated - maybe a proper ink pen would help, biro's a bit scribbly.  But I am hoping it will be well received, along with a nice bar of chocolate from Milan, which was a bit mishapen from after being left on top of a nice warm laptop, but very tasty I am sure.

Putting pen to paper

Now that I have posted all my Christmas cards, I won’t be spoiling anyone’s surprise by posting a pic on here.  It’s the first time I have put ink pen (ballpoint in this case) to drawing paper for a few good years, so I found the lettering a bit of a challenge and had to have a quick google to get the reindeer in reasonable shape.  But overall I think they look okay and its all part of the learning curve.  Although I realise now that a large glass of red wine does not an accurately constructed card make - I’ll save that for the creative stages in future and stick to coffee for the technical bits.  

Talking of technical bits…. I went to a Christmas Fun Day at a local community centre the week and was most impressed by a gentlemen carpenter who was helping kids build basic bird boxes. The sight of a gleeful 7 year old hooning into a bit of wood with a power drill, which I’m sure  would have sent many an over-cautious parent into a flat spin, gave me hope for the future.  So we had a good old chat about letting kids experiment under a watchful eye to give them a sense of responsibility and pride – the grin on that kids face said it all.