Bloggers' Block and a Photo Gallery

I haven't written a blog post for ages. More than two weeks. It's not that I haven't had anything to write about - life is busy and there's been lots going on.  It's not that I have no interesting photos - I've taken quite a few, of our few days away by the sea, of books and projects I've been working on, of the cat, even of my computer... 

I think I have writer's block - or blogger's block at least.  I've kind of run out of steam... or just don't feel like putting the kettle on anyway.

I'm not tired of blogging - I like having a blog and writing posts.  I love reading what my blog friends have written. I'm not depressed, or too tired - I'm fine and quite contented (other than not having written any blog posts).  It's not even "can't-be-bothered-itis" - if I could come up with something, I'd have written several posts....

I just don't know what to write about.  Yet, I have plenty of subject material. 

Perhaps I will have a little "Photo Gallery" of my favourite pictures from the last three or so weeks.  That might produce something interesting...

22nd August - Wells-Next-the-Sea, North Norfolk

 We stayed at the YHA....

 This house is the one we want to buy and live in, if we happen to win the Lottery any time soon.

After our tea, we went "out for pudding" - there's a Dutch sailing boat, called the Albatross, which sits in the harbour all summer.  They have a restaurant and bar.  You can sit downstairs and play games, then eat the most fabulous Dutch Pancakes - mine was apple & cinnamon!

Then we had an evening stroll along the harbour, before heading back to the hostel for a good night's sleep.

Tuesday 23rd August - Hunstanton

My two nieces came to Hunstanton for the day, along with their respective "Other Halves" and babies.  We drove over there to meet up with them.  The weather was so different to Monday - it was cold, drizzly and misty - quite horrible. 

The little ones played on the rides at the "slots", then we went to the Beach - hardened Britishers like us.... we're not afraid of a bit of wind and drizzle... (but it was blooomin' freezing cold!)

The babies had a rest, while E determinedly played in the sand...

J made sand-drawings and K was busy with her camera....

Some serious Sand-castle building was done by all...

and we all went to a cafe to warm up (hot chocolates and cups of tea!)... before heading to the fairground to have some more fun. 

The "grown-ups" went on the Waltzer and Bumper Cars. The Teacup Ride was a reward for E. and A, for being good girls and waiting with Auntie, while their Mummies and Daddies - and Uncle and Cousin - had fun on the Bumper Cars. E. was upset that everyone went on these without her. It took a bit of ingenuity and determination to distract her and stop her screaming the house down (she isn't quite 3 yet)... The Disney Princess Teacup was a very useful distraction!

So, we had a lovely time together, in spite of it being about ten degrees (Celsius) below the normal temperature for August!

Wednesday 24th August - A Day at the Beach

We walked along the harbour wall...  This is the view across the saltmarsh and back towards Wells.  It just feels like being "home"... sigh...

We lazed about...

while DS buried himself in the sand...

...and satisfied his boyish soul, by digging a large hole, just for fun...

..before going off for a long wander with his dad, down to the sea...

This is why we come here!

Talking of "houses"... A Beach Hut very like this one was for sale in the window of the local Estate Agents... Three Guesses how much it would cost.... £10k? £15k? £30k?

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Study this closely... it's the bottom corner of the Estate Agent's details in the window... !!!! Breathtaking!
If you fancy your own tiny piece of on-the-beach real-estate, at Wells in North Norfolk, you need a healthy £60-£75k in your bank account!

Thursday 25th August - Just Pottering About...

We had another walk around the town and harbour area.  Did a bit of shopping, spent some time relaxing at the hostel, as it rained for a while...

In the evening, we went down to the harbour and J had some fun...

Rhino the Hamster has nothing on J!

Then D got fish and chips for our tea,

which we ate sitting on the seats by the old harbour...

...watched by our neighbours..

..followed by another nice evening walk, along the harbour-side, back up the hill through the edge of the town and back to the hostel.

We came home on Friday - just as well, as the weather turned nasty and it poured with rain.  We drove across the Fens with rain lashing down the whole way.  It was a bit of a relief to reach home!

Someone was pleased to see us anyway!

You know, that was only a very short holiday - just three-and-a-half days really, if you allow for the driving each way - but it was the best holiday I've had for a very long time!  We didn't do anything specially extraordinary - just enjoyed ourselves relaxing and going with the flow... and meeting up with the Gang, which was great.  I just had the Best time! 

It was quite a wrench to leave Wells and come home again... it usually is a bit of a struggle, but this time I was really down for several days.  I get "home-sick" for Wells - we have to go there at least once a year.  I would dearly love to live there, if it was practicable (it's not - at least not just now, for so many reasons)...  One day....

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So, that was our short break in Wells.  Since then, we've had a week of jobs, housework, general "stuff" and getting ready for DS' return to school, which is tomorrow. 

I've still been working hard on some course preparation and book commissions:

Example pieces for a Christmas Papercrafts course, for the Frontiers Club.  I hope to teach this in December - the submission went in over the weekend along with three other courses - two sock-creatures and one about making books.

A scrapbook, for a lady in USA, which was made along with a set of 20 page-labels with mounts cut from this same patterned paper. 

The binding is sewn in two colours - red and chocolate linen together.  The edge of each pair of pages is wrapped with both patterned and red paper.

The page-wraps also act as spacers, making more room inside the book, for the customer's scrapbook pages.

Today I completed another book project, which I sent off in this afternoon's post.  It's a Wedding Guest book, which I will post about soon, when the photos are ready.

So, you can see I've had plenty to keep me occupied.  Perhaps, now I have got over my "Wells-sick" spell and settled back at home properly, I will get over my Blogger's Block and find some good stuff to write about!

Hope this post wasn't too photo-heavy.  I know it can be dull, looking at someone's endless "Holiday Snaps" - hopefully this felt like just the "edited highlights"!

I'm gearing myself up for a good session of scrapping soon - I certainly have lots of photos to choose from.  Watch This Space!