Attended A Kelp-Weaving Demo

     Today I attended a Joanne Waters Kelp-Weaving Demo.  She showed us all kinds of neat things you can make with seaweed and told us how to make our own.  Beachcombing is her thing.
     After the workshop, I browsed the other artisans' stands, and then went beachcombing myself.
    

The Tale Of Troubled Waters, The Princess - Part One

     Once upon a time, there was a princess born in a castle, a small castle, but a castle nevertheless.  Bats flew in and out of the windows, in tens.  The princess and her mother shivered in fear, as the king was really an evil wizard. 
     "We will have to try our best to stay together, for we can be a strength to each other," said the queen to the princess.  The princess agreed, and though she was only small, she seemed to understand.  There were many dangers.  Seemingly helpful people had designs on the little princess and wanted to take her away from her mother.
      The princess was named Troubled Waters.  Her mother took her almost everywhere with her and they became very close.  (She rarely left her with anyone else.)

TO BE CONTINUED

The Wounded Soldier - Part Six

     It was the woman he'd met before.  Oh, she was no princess but she seemed that way to him.  She brought him and the others with him, water to drink over and over again, and they lived.  (Somebody else brought them food.) 
     After the conflict was over, he later returned and took his princess dancing.  They married and they had children.  Father contributed to their education by making them books to read so that the little ones felt he'd done something special for them, and Mother sewed them new clothes, and the children helped to run the smallholding they had, caring for the chickens and bunnies and garden, they worshipped God on Sundays and they had a happy life.

And they lived happily ever after

THE END

Hansel and Gretel

     Hansel And Gretel is my favourite opera.  Which is your favourite opera?

The Wounded Soldier - Part Five

     Time went on.  He uplifted himself by humming little tunes to himself, trying not to think of where he was, because life was so harrowing at times.  He tried not to focus on what was going on around him. 
     Supplies ran out and he was hungry and thirsty.  There was a glow in the distance as the sun arose, and someone was coming towards him.

TO BE CONTINUED 

Disturbed Sleep

     When I was first married, I used to disturb my husband's sleep to tell him about the history of England, until we had been married about six months.  After this time my knowledge of England's history ran out and he no longer had to listen to my ramblings about, say, King Henry VIII and his six wives at 2 o'clock in the morning, and was able to get more rest.  I did all this to teach him what a clever wife he had.

The Wounded Soldier - Part Four

     He worked as a printer until he was completely better and no longer walked with a cane.  He enjoyed the work, but now it was time to go back.  He did not fear that he would never return home, but he was not looking forward to the future.  Life in the army was gruelling.  But he knew he must do his duty.

TO BE CONTINUED