Deeply unfashionable things that you still like… picking up a pile of horse shi*t when they’ve gone up the lane. Don’t think they do that these days but still one of my favourites.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
@LittleGreyRabbit - fountain pens and inks are actually bang on trend at the moment, especially in Europe and the Far East. Japanese stationery stores are a real 'thing', especially amongst youngsters. Just Google fountain pens and inks and you'll find there's a whole new world of geeks reviewing and demonstrating thousands of different pens and inks on You Tube.
My (not-so) young hubby has a collection of about a dozen fountain pens and I have about half that number. We have a large collection of different inks - literally hundreds of different shades and qualities out there. Also have a stack of notebooks & have become very fussy about the quality of paper.
Love writing b/day cards, special notes etc using proper ink and a stub nib and taking time to form the letters carefully. Not really calligraphy but better than my everyday scrawl!
Heaven is ... sitting in the garden with a G&T and a cat while watching the sun go down
It is certainly a pleasure to write with a fountain pen. Especially once you've broken it in and worn the nib to your writing style. Not a thing to share.
Love writing b/day cards, special notes etc using proper ink and a stub nib and taking time to form the letters carefully. Not really calligraphy but better than my everyday scrawl!
I get stage-fright even signing my own name with a biro
Clay soil - Cheshire/Derbyshire border. I play with plants and soil and sometimes it's successful
I miss getting letters. Still great to get and send an email to a friend, but I do miss the excitement of an envelope arriving in the post. Mind you, I sent a birthday card to a friend in Spain, allowed a week to arrive, but it took six weeks! Any news and gossip in a letter would have been well out of date.
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But you do need to buy a new one each year.
picking up a pile of horse shi*t when they’ve gone up the lane. Don’t think they do that these days but still one of my favourites.
I play with plants and soil and sometimes it's successful
My (not-so) young hubby has a collection of about a dozen fountain pens and I have about half that number. We have a large collection of different inks - literally hundreds of different shades and qualities out there. Also have a stack of notebooks & have become very fussy about the quality of paper.
Love writing b/day cards, special notes etc using proper ink and a stub nib and taking time to form the letters carefully. Not really calligraphy but better than my everyday scrawl!
I play with plants and soil and sometimes it's successful