Vintage style bracelet

I was having a play around today with some beads and took out a mixed bag of beads I got in Covent Garden for £2. There were some pretty acrylic (I think) beads which were asking to be made into something but I felt they were a little plain. So, I pulled out a heavy bag of Tibetan silver beads, charms and bead caps I've been using over the last three years and pulled out the bead caps. I used some nearly black eyepins to put the combination of bead caps and beads on, then put them together with nearly black jump rings and finished off with a lobster clasp. I really like the combination of beads and aged looking findings.

In Memoriam

The darkness grows in my soul,
As I sit and look out from this hole
There is nothing to see, there is no moon
Yet the dawn will be arriving very soon.

Sat here like this for days on end
Those behind the lines cannot comprehend
The fear and the terror we must face
When their orders come to us post haste.

No one remembers how long we fought
We still hear the screams of those that were caught.
Barbed wire and machine guns too much to bear
The bodies just left in a field somewhere.

We had little chance, but gained a few feet
A victory it was called, though we thought it a defeat
A thousand men went out there, in such a short time
Those that came back only numbered nine.

For the Tyneside Scottish

Although taken last year

I do like this picture a lot.

I'm terrible

See, I'm useless at this blogging thing. Maybe I need to choose a day to do updates on and put a reminder in my diary, that would at least be a start. But for now, lets see. I've made a few cakes and a few bracelets in the last week or so and all of them have been received well. In fact the cakes have been fairly well demolished! I managed to sneak a couple of pieces away so I could enjoy some! Otherwise I have been pondering the question of philosophy and beliefs. Something which I do quite often so I think it will be time to have another read of Henry David Thoreau's Walden and maybe dip into Civil Disobedience as well. Cracking essays. For now though, I'm going to enjoy a nice glass of whisky and catch up with some QI.