Yet another day where it’s snowing outside. I can only think of 2
sessions where there hasn’t been snow on the ground. But we have a loyal crew
of women who have braced the weather to get to our session at Artlink today.
We rolled 3D balls and snakes from the wool, which prompted an amazing jaw-dropping
story from Wendy. She recalled her time when she lived in central Africa as a
Quaker missionary and how there were always snakes, which lived in her garden
which the young children played with. One day an adder came so close to her baby
daughter in her cradle it began hissing and Wendy practically frog leaped over
to the cradle and rescued her daughter from the adder’s jaws.
Yvonne recounted a tale about her friend who had a pet snake and would
sometimes let it sleep on the pillow next to her bed. One day she became
concerned that the snake had stopped eating and it no longer would curl up in
it’s usual way. So she decided to take it to the vet. Only to be told, the
snake was infact ‘sizing her up’ and starving itself and making its body as big
as the woman with the intention of gobbling her up! Perhaps the moral there is
to never share a bed with a reptile!
There was some fantastic needlework from the group. Dalip stitched sequins and beads into her felt
balls, we think they look like exotic fruits to eat! Mrs Sharman embroidered
her felt with riffraff making a wonderful rainbow piece.
Yvonne finished decorating her box with mirrors. These boxes are soon
going to contain recorded stories from the participants. Musarat and I are on
the hunt for the right microphones, which can fit inside.
Happy Egg Fest everybody!
Bryony
Bryony
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