Monthly Archives: July 2014

52 Blanket Patches: 36-44

Posted on July 31, 2014 by Colette Horsburgh
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Zentangle Challenges

Posted on July 30, 2014 by Colette Horsburgh

Challenge 193 is Mojo #67: Pepper, Alien Ant Farm, Child’s Play and Stacks. Challenge 194 is another one from Whimsy and Zen.  This challenge first cropped up two weeks ago – as challenge 184. What I managed to miss from … Continue reading →

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A List of Things I’ve Lost

Posted on July 29, 2014 by Colette Horsburgh

This is a subject from my list of blog ideas.  To write a list of things I’ve lost.  I could be pedantic and start listing socks and books and keys, but I highly suspect that the original idea was to … Continue reading →

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Word a Day Writing

Posted on July 28, 2014 by Colette Horsburgh

Day 28: Oneiric (adj).  Dreamlike. I gazed over the water, letting the fine mist in the breeze rest on my face.  The roar of the waves and the trill of the seagulls were all I could hear. Day 29: Venatical … Continue reading →

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Living with Mental Illness

Posted on July 26, 2014 by Colette Horsburgh

This video has been making the rounds on the internet recently: Anderson Cooper is an American journalist and what he’s doing in that video is experiencing just a little of what it’s like to be schizophrenic. I’m not schizophrenic, I … Continue reading →

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Random Observations

Posted on July 25, 2014 by Colette Horsburgh

– Very true, although sometimes I feel like I’d settle for $500 – I tend to notice when kitties play with my yarn, but still funny – – Ha!  It took me a minute to spot it, but it’s funny. … Continue reading →

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Monkey Movie Marathon Month Update

Posted on July 24, 2014 by Colette Horsburgh

Time for another update! Unfortunately it looks like I won’t be able to go see the new Planet of the Apes movie this month, but I’ll survive I suppose.  In the meantime, I still have lots of monkey movies on … Continue reading →

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Zentangle Challenges

Posted on July 23, 2014 by Colette Horsburgh

Challenge 186 is Diva challenge #176 – the one I didn’t quite finish last week.  This is where it was in my last post: And here it is finished: Challenge 187 is Madebyjoey challenge #17 – to tangle a tree.  … Continue reading →

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Typos – The Shame

Posted on July 22, 2014 by Colette Horsburgh

A few days ago I booked a hotel room for UK Games Expo 2015.  Because I’m me, the next thing I did was start researching stuff and making notes.  And one of the things I did was to read the … Continue reading →

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More Beading

Posted on July 21, 2014 by Colette Horsburgh

After my recent beading triumph I’ve been inspired to do some more beading. I’ve had three bracelets in my beading drawer that I bought in Vegas last year that were too small, that I’ve been meaning to lengthen for months.  … Continue reading →

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