ticket to ride

Collecting your airline ticket, in its shiny red travel wallet, is indeed a defining moment. I have 'a ticket to ride' and the flight path is direct to London - volcanoes permitting!! As soon as I got home I scratched out my Eye Witness guide book to Britain and leafed through the pages with renewed excitement. The date of 2000 written on the cover was not in the least bit daunting. This is after all the British Isles we are talking about so what could have changed in terms of historical sites and country villages. Imagine if the London Underground decided to change all its names to fit in with the cosmopolitan society living there today. Heaven forbid that should happen as I already have a mental image of yours truly riding round the cirle line for several hours and getting out at the stop I started at!! Well 'no worries' as they say, I will find a friendly 'bobby' to guide me out. As the dates flash past on my calender the reality of the coming adventure sets in and I find myself turning to Fred to pinpoint planning and strategic thinking.

Introducing Fred

Now that my blog is up and running I thought I should introduce my travelling companion - Fred. Fred has been my long suffering pin cushion sitting beside my machine for many years. I am not sure how he came to be part of my household but inspite of feeling pinned down on a daily basis he has stuck with me. Fred lives on my sewing table or in my sewing basket and is always part of the next creative activity I embark on. He has seen the midnight oil burn on a number of occasions and even witnessed an all night sewing session to get a gazebo cover complete for a party the following day. So here is Fred at home.

Just for a lark

Setting up this blog and thinking of the rhymes and reasons for doing this has been challenging. 'Oh it is so easy'- say most of you avid bloggers, but trust me I have been working at this little space for some time. It still needs tweeking and improving but it is a start to something that will be fun for me to do and if you should happen to take the time to get involved I hope fun for you to read. Preparing is so much a part of the journey so here goes...ready steady jump into this new adventure.