July 31, 2019Published by avrilejean at July 31, 2019Categories avril e jeanLife events and musingPublic TransportTransportGet the Met …get the paraphernaliaI have mentioned, haven’t I, that my first full time job was as a Tram Conductor?I worked at Glen Huntley depot in the winter of 1996, […]
July 14, 2019Published by avrilejean at July 14, 2019Categories avril e jeanavril jeanCatSock MonkeyCraft kits…a win and two failsI’ve been suffering ‘artists block’ for a bit and so I decided to just go and get some craft kits and see where that took me. […]
April 8, 2019Published by avrilejean at April 8, 2019Categories avril e jeanBuilding and WoodworkRegretting my life choices: the shed editionIt has become a bit of a joke in the social group about how many sheds I have – but really it’s been series of attempts […]
March 5, 2019Published by avrilejean at March 5, 2019Categories avril e jeanegg temperalearningLife events and musingpaintingsoftware developmentwatercolourSo much learning – Rails and Watercolour TutorialsLearning Ruby on Rails and doing watercolour tutorials, all while drinking red wine, going to the gym, and contemplating my career.
December 9, 2018Published by avrilejean at December 9, 2018Categories avril e jeanLife events and musingSuper8 projector – When Baby Boomers give you their old crap – but it’s pretty coolWordPress, bless their hearts, have upgraded the text editor and I’m enraged. I liked the last one. I’ve already found two suboptimal workarounds for things I […]
December 8, 2018Published by avrilejean at December 8, 2018Categories avril e jeanavril jeandrawingelizabeth IILife events and musingOut and aboutpaintingpen and inkqueenqueen elizabethInk painting, Dreams, and a ConcertI had a very odd dream about two Robbie Williams zombies. I have odd dreams in general, usually if they make sense I facebook them and […]
November 7, 2018Published by avrilejean at November 7, 2018Categories avril e jeanpaintingI’ll tell you what I really really want: Spice Girls doll face-ups!Ebay suggested to me that I buy a lot of second hand Spice Girls dolls. After initially snorting and moving on, my hand clicked the auction […]
September 10, 2018Published by avrilejean at September 10, 2018Categories avril e jeanavril jeanCatJewelleryLife events and musingMonster High School RepaintpaintingpoetryPrankThe Year of Finishing ProjectsI’ve been doing So. Much. Stuff. Since I last blogged! Writing Most of my time has been spent on writing. I finished writing up two instructional […]
August 6, 2018Published by avrilejean at August 6, 2018Categories avril e jeanPublic TransportSteam trains are coolSteamrail quite often run short or long trips with their restored steam engines. I’d not been on a steam train since I last went on Puffing […]