Well -- I totally get that.
So I was tidying up my pictures folder on my computer, and saw all this stuff that I've been saving, and it's really a bunch of odds and ends, but here it is.
My new Daguerrotype Boyfriend --
Okay, two --
who happens to be Fritjof Nansen, actually....
Speaking of polar explorers, here's a blog button, just for fun --
One of my favorite scenes in one of my favorite films, the 1995 "Persuasion" with Amanda Root and Ciaran Hinds. This scene is just after Fredrick has written that heart-stoppingly romantic letter, and Anne's brother-in-law asks him "Which way are you going?" and he replies, looking at Anne, "I hardly know." Oh! Plus I crave a spencer like hers.
Just because we're all so used to seeing her as quite old in her dust-jacket photo, here is Edith Pargeter, also known as Ellis Peters of the "Cadfael" books, young and with a drolly quizzical smile --
Why I love the British (I):
Why I love the British (II):
Well, I don't think I'm going to get my last two projects done for my self-imposed WIPapalooza -- I admit I got distracted by FutureLearn courses, then David said he needed something to keep his hands warm on his Shanghai trip, and could I make fingerless gloves instead of just mitts? and then there was this pretty little thing,
which is a miniature William Morris carpet in cross-stitch. I can probably finish the Norwegian mittens this winter, but the scarf is still a really long-term, a-few-more-rows-a-week kind of project. Such is life.
Thank you for the link, I have looked at Coursera but haven't found anything there that suits my temperament.
Good luck with the gloves and scarf.
Posted by: Toffeeapple | December 22, 2015 at 11:43 AM
These are great - Nansen is a big hero in our house, I even made the Dale Nansen sweater. Persuasion is my favorite of all the movies made of Austen for sure. Happy Holidays!
Posted by: Mary Lou | December 24, 2015 at 06:34 AM