Some more bits I made

The last few days I have been keeping myself busy one way or another, I have done a spot of fly fishing and topped up the freezer box in the fridge with some nice wild trout and I have tied a few flies to replace all of those that I have lost in the process. I have spent a little time making some leather pieces, new colours and new designs. The bracelets took me a while to work out the button on the end but I did not want to use metal closures as they are just not strong enough.

These small pouches have a leather loop inside with a split ring attached and so can be used to hold keys as well as small items or coins etc.

The pouch on the left is one that I made to take a multi tool and is probably my favourite piece, it took a full day to make and dye but the other two I made a little more quickly because I had already worked out the pattern and assembly method. All of these items I made without the use of any electricity and are entirely hand crafted.

Strange, but true.

There are occasions in my life where odd things happen, most people would call them coincidence, I call them strange. This weekend, we put in an appearance at the Denbigh Country Show where lots of things were laid on to entertain the public, one of which was a display of classic cars. Many years ago I owned a Mini, which was the source of a few thrills and spills in my younger days and so, seeing a couple of this now rapidly declining species I took a closer look. The first car was rather pink and girlie, but very well modified and presented, the second a blue car, that was a little more sporty and equally well turned out. I walked round the cars and took a couple of pictures before I spotted anything odd. One of our daughters is called Rosie and likes all things pink, one of our granddaughters is called Molly and seems to be turning quite sporty. You may now understand my surprise when seeing the names on the back of each car.

Whilst talking with the guy who did the restorations and explaining the coincidence he told me of a third car that he was currently working on called Millie, now I find that strange, because we also have a granddaughter called Millie.