I'll start off with a tribute to the best bed and breakfast in all of Sussex, Stephi and Niki. First they invite you over for a New Year's Eve Party. When you arrive, they serve you dinner, and they've even bought two types of soy cheese since they didn't know which would go best with the roasted veggies. Then they make sure that you enjoy the party. And when the party is over and it's late, they assure you that you're more than welcome to stay over, make the bed for you - and give you a toothbrush and a case for your contact lenses. I was so touched :)
I also appreciated to watch Stephi and Niki, since they seem to have such a nice relationship. It looked healthy. And they looked happy, which is wonderful to see.
The next morning, I woke up from the sound of them preparing breakfast for me. Amazing people. Then I went for a walk with Stephi, which enabled me to see the Lancing Ring - not as well known as the Chanctonbury and Cissbury Rings a couple of miles from there, which I now really wan't to visit. According to the Friends of Lancing Ring, the track alongside Lancing Ring may be as old as 4000 - 6000 years, and wikipedia somewhat supports this. Those who have an obscure intere
st in mushrooms, lichens and snails found at Lancing Ring should check out the homepage of the Friends of Lancing Ring (http://www.glaucus.org.uk/LancRin2004.htm), where they report such findings around the area. It's actually quite cute.
Lancing Ring Dewpond, last picture before the camera gave up in the cold weather
When we got back to the house, I realised I had spent 22 hours with Niki and Stephi - and they offered me to stay for tea. If I had, I'm sure they would have made dinner for me. But I went home and changed the necklace a little. The black heart broke on the night of the 30th, so I bought another one and finished it at work before going to Lancing, but it was a bit too long and had to be changed.
And this is hopefully the last time I have to work with the black headpins from Panduro. They're so much harder than the silvery headpins from the beads shop in Västermalmsgallerian, horrible to work with. That's why the first heart broke. And they're only black on the outside of the pin, so if you cut it or bend it, the coppery inside shows. Maybe it would have been easier to paint normal silvery pins with black nail polish.
Should I change the lower blue heart for something smaller? Any suggestions?
At New Year's we discussed resolutions for the new year, of course. I normally don't bother to come up with resolutions, I prefer to work in projects that are not limited by year. But I think my main plan for the next couple of months, at least a year, should be not to have resolutions. Not to put too much pressure on myself. Not allow people to hurt me, but be more clear on what is important to me. I don't regret anything from the past year, but if there's one thing I won't repeat, that would be cancelling my vacation to work. The damn paper still isn't published and realistically it won't be before next summer.
This has to be it for today. It's one o'clock and I have to be on time at work tomorrow. I haven't left bed before 11 any day during the past week, so that will be a challenge :) Thought swimming today would make me tired, but no. Helped clearing my thoughts, though. I tend to think and to worry too much, so swimming is good.
I also appreciated to watch Stephi and Niki, since they seem to have such a nice relationship. It looked healthy. And they looked happy, which is wonderful to see.
The next morning, I woke up from the sound of them preparing breakfast for me. Amazing people. Then I went for a walk with Stephi, which enabled me to see the Lancing Ring - not as well known as the Chanctonbury and Cissbury Rings a couple of miles from there, which I now really wan't to visit. According to the Friends of Lancing Ring, the track alongside Lancing Ring may be as old as 4000 - 6000 years, and wikipedia somewhat supports this. Those who have an obscure intere
st in mushrooms, lichens and snails found at Lancing Ring should check out the homepage of the Friends of Lancing Ring (http://www.glaucus.org.uk/LancRin2004.htm), where they report such findings around the area. It's actually quite cute.Lancing Ring Dewpond, last picture before the camera gave up in the cold weather
When we got back to the house, I realised I had spent 22 hours with Niki and Stephi - and they offered me to stay for tea. If I had, I'm sure they would have made dinner for me. But I went home and changed the necklace a little. The black heart broke on the night of the 30th, so I bought another one and finished it at work before going to Lancing, but it was a bit too long and had to be changed.
And this is hopefully the last time I have to work with the black headpins from Panduro. They're so much harder than the silvery headpins from the beads shop in Västermalmsgallerian, horrible to work with. That's why the first heart broke. And they're only black on the outside of the pin, so if you cut it or bend it, the coppery inside shows. Maybe it would have been easier to paint normal silvery pins with black nail polish.Should I change the lower blue heart for something smaller? Any suggestions?
At New Year's we discussed resolutions for the new year, of course. I normally don't bother to come up with resolutions, I prefer to work in projects that are not limited by year. But I think my main plan for the next couple of months, at least a year, should be not to have resolutions. Not to put too much pressure on myself. Not allow people to hurt me, but be more clear on what is important to me. I don't regret anything from the past year, but if there's one thing I won't repeat, that would be cancelling my vacation to work. The damn paper still isn't published and realistically it won't be before next summer.
This has to be it for today. It's one o'clock and I have to be on time at work tomorrow. I haven't left bed before 11 any day during the past week, so that will be a challenge :) Thought swimming today would make me tired, but no. Helped clearing my thoughts, though. I tend to think and to worry too much, so swimming is good.
4 januari 2010 kl. 04:36
Du har helt rätt! Något viktigt vid sidan av är det bästa för att slita dig från labbet. Men var inte så hård mot dig själv! Allt den välbeställda människan gör på jorden är funderar över vad för meningsfullt tiden kan användas till. Om du har hittat något meningsfullt som passionerar dig, vad spelar det då för roll hur många timmar det är du får betalt för? Kom bara ihåg: Går det att skjuta på morgondagen så skall det skjutas på morgondagen. KRAM
5 januari 2010 kl. 02:11
Whatever you may say about the Fellowship of the Ring, they spend more time outdoors than on their websites(s) :-)! The one you give is from 2005, the other one I found (http://www.lancing-nature.bn15.net/folr/announce.html) hasn't been updated since 2007. Speaking of ancient history :p.
Lovely necklace!
"my resolution is not to have resolutions", now there a philosophical conundrum ;).
That paragraph, well, these seem to be the resolutions of me, and quite a few people around me, that come back every other year or so, because we have forgotten them after one "good" year. Do we really learn from our mistakes? Really?