GardeningThrough The Seasons with Margaret Finch

Gardening through the Seasons with Margaret Finch

The Garden centres now have a good selection of seed potatoes it’s a good time to buy while they are in good condition and get them to start chitting in preparation for planting in March

Emotional Health & Wellbeing by Caz Campbell/The Benefits of Yoga

Emotional Health & Wellbeing with Caz CampbellHello! My name is Caz Campbell. I’ve lived in Newbury most of my life, I’m a mum of two daughters who are 5 & 7 and I have three other job “hats” which are all on my website: http://www.happykindcalm.co.uk  I teach baby massage, I’m an emotional coach and I’ve …

J.Karst Journey in West Berkshire/A Sad Day

Jana's Journey Through Recycling in West Berkshire

Surprisingly, its been very slow recycling wise though the latest figure on metal recycling was positive indeed. We are now near the £700 pound mark for Help For Heroes and Penny Brohn UK living with cancer charity.

Jana’s Journey Through Recycling in West Berkshire

Jana's Journey Through Recycling in West Berkshire

It has been mad but very much worth it. Only today I helped the UPS guy to pick up the weeks-worth and it accounted to all together 117.8 Kg. To top it up who huge load of metal was taken to the scrapyard and hopefully I should have the figures soon.

Lead for Stained Glass with Julia Kellaway

Lead for Stained Glass My mind is still racing with possibilities, but spring-time has well and truly arrived and is distracting me with a vengeance.   Good weather lures me out of the workshop and onto long dog walks in favourite local haunts like Hosehill Lake and Wokefield Common. The greenhouse beckons, reminding me that we …

Music Can Spark Real Joy with Caz Campbell

Music Can Spark Pure Joy!...Hello! My name is Caz Campbell. I’ve lived in Newbury most of my life, I’m a mum of two daughters who are 5 & 7 and I have three other job “hats” which are all on my website: http://www.happykindcalm.co.uk  I teach baby massage, I’m an emotional coach and I’ve published a …

Gardening through the Seasons with Margaret Finch

Gardening through the Seasons with Margaret Finch

It’s so great to feel the warmth of the Spring sunshine and hear the birds singing. This sunshine has been an absolute joy for the chorus of Crocus this year as they emerge through the ground and open wide a host of bees 🐝 find their inviting

Glass Art with Julia Kellaway / Copper Foiling

Glass Art with Julia Kellaway / Copper Foiling

Glass Art with Julia Kellaway / Copper Foiling | Having removed my glass from the kiln, I inspect each piece as I carefully lift it off the kiln shelf. This is not because I am worried about dropping it! It’s about now that I amaze myself with how blasé I can be about handling something fragile that I have spent an age cutting, grinding

Glass Art with Julia Kellaway / Sketching & Painting On Glass

Glass Art with Julia Kellaway / Experimenting with the Alchemy that is Glass Fusing

When I emerge from the workshop with my design a mass of shiny different coloured glass, it reminds me of a kaleidoscope I had when I was young. It is my not quite blank canvas awaiting the detail I envisaged in my original drawing, which at this point, seems a distant memory!

Glass Art with Julia Kellaway / Experimenting with the Alchemy that is Glass Fusing

Glass Art with Julia Kellaway / Experimenting with the Alchemy that is Glass Fusing

Since I wrote last, I’ve been very busy. This is a bit of a departure for me at this time of year, as I usually spend a lot of time resisting my inner hamster, who just wants to snuggle down and hibernate until springtime.