So little time, something had to suffer, so the blog fell behind. However there is plenty in the pipeline. The whole family went skiing over Christmas and, as usual, I took my beads. I was given a special commission before I left so I had to put my thinking cap on at the top of the mountains. I ended up losing a fair amount of sleep over this but, those who know me will laugh to hear that I rigorously wrote EVERY SINGLE step down as I did it. Consequently my notebook was covered with crossings out where I went back and changed bead positions etc. It helped to take my mind off my aching quads!