Yet another walk

Date: 13 April 2010 09:08:12

but no photos this time... I'd set up a little photo of my bag, drink, biscuit and map, a sort of "this is where I had my "drink-and-a-biscuit" pause" shot and then discovered the battery in the camera needed charging! Pooh! Especially as there was a lovely view of (the bottom of) Puy de Dome. The slopes were covered in a sprinkling of snow (SNOW! she shrieks in disgust. Two weeks ago I was too hot in short sleeves and now we have snow again. Grrrr!) and the top was hidden in cloud. Never mind, you'll just have to imagine it.

It was a pleasant walk, quite short, only about 2.5 km, but through the woods above Royat. There was a golf course to one side and "Charade Aventure" to the other. In fact at one stage, not realising that I had strayed into Charade Aventure territory, I was rather confused by hearing voices coming from directly overhead! The views were lovely, both over the city and out towards the mountains.

I'll have to do a walk around here on Thursday - I'm cancelling my one lesson as it's only for 1.5 hours. At the rate I get paid, it actually costs me more money (petrol, motorway tolls) to get to the lesson than I get paid for teaching it!! I think this month is going to be a bit lean on the salary front - two weeks off collège for the holidays, people taking holiday from work because of the school holidays, plus one or two being cancelled for other reasons. Oh well, I shall simply enjoy having time for myself to catch up on things I need to do, and things I want to do.

One of those things is "serviettage", which I have recently discovered... Using a pre-made wooden box/frame etc, and paper serviettes (with pictures/motifs) or rice paper and Marvin Medium glue, you cover them to make delightfully (I think) rustic looking things.

Here are photos of the 3 things I've made so far: I particularly like the fish box, as instead of sticking the paper randomly I cut out scale shapes and stuck them in rows. If you like them and would like me to make something similar for you, let me know (am I allowed to advertise? Sorry in advance if not!)

[caption id="attachment_266" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Picture frame in purples - rather funky, I think!"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_267" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="This is my first attempt, using serviettes. I'm really rather pleased with it."][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_268" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Here's the inside of the "apple box""][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_269" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="This is my favourite so far - a fish box"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_270" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="The fish box open"][/caption]

So - what do you think?!