RUN MEL RUN!!

Our lovely daughter Melanie (seen here on a visit to Budapest) will be running a half-marathon in UK in aid of the Marie Curie Foundation on 12th October 2008. This is the first time that she has ever done a distance run and she is doing it to help in the fight against cancer.

Please take a look at her web-page HERE! ... and perhaps even make a small donation to help her towards her goal of raising one thousand pounds.

Thank you.

a wedding in the family!

A big surprise and much excitement for the past couple of weeks .... my eldest daughter in the UK and her partner decided to get married after being together for over 18 years! They had a very quiet wedding with just my son to give the bride away, their 16 year old daughter as bridesmaid and two good friends as witnesses.

We managed to keep in touch frequently via email, telephone and text messages through the pre-nuptials and the BIG DAY itself ...... which made the fact that we could not be there in person a bit more bearable.

And as you can see she looked beautiful, and very happy!

Update on a Bright Spark!

You may remember my post about the 'artistic gene' running through the maternal side of my family - the SPARKS? Well, my grand-daughter in UK has just sent me these photos of some of her latest work. I think you'll agree that she has made great progress in the past year .....

Her name is Naomi and she will be 16 years old next month. Naturally, I am very, very proud of her!

bewitched ..............

Its been a day of uppers and downers so far .... had a disappointment this morning with regard to my other blog, Art Blogs 4 U - a real Downer. People are not always as they seem yet I am always disappointed when I find this out! Maybe it will come right.

At least I have managed to get another painting started .... an Upper! There has been so much going on around here lately that it has given me plenty of excuse to avoid my easel. I must stop finding excuses and make more of an effort.

But the day is mild and sunny (an Upper) and later I got some great news on my mobile from my youngest daughter in UK - saying that she has got the job she was after (that is a really big Upper!).

Congratulations on the new job, Melanie!

This is lovely news and I hope that the new position will prove an interesting and satisfying career move. As you can see she is a bright and beautiful girl .... although, like her mother and her sisters, she can sometimes be a bit of a witch .........


and I do so miss her..... my baby.


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