WOYWW 616: Gone but Not Forgotten

By all accounts Shaz's funeral service was moving, beautiful and very fitting and I was sad not to be able to attend even virtually.  However I understand that Doug will be sharing a recording of the service when it is available so I look forward to being able to pay my respects then.  Wednesdays are rushing by ever quicker with the return to face to face teaching.  This time next week it will be last day in school before the Easter holidays! 

Here is my desk for the weekly contribution to WOYWW, care of Julia's Stamping Ground, where more desks can be visited. 

It's the usual view I am afraid - ready to do my daily drawing before I go to work.

It looks as if the head cold which was getting me down over the weekend and earlier in the week has finally cleared which is good.  The car goes in for its MOT tomorrow so keeping everything crossed it passes wothout too much trouble.  I'll be round later or tomorrow to visit.  Until then, stay safe and Happy WOYWW.

WOYWW 612: Prompt Needed

 Is it really a week since our last get together over on Stamping Ground with WOYWW?  It was so good to see all the photos and read the memories of Shaz.  I even saw video footage of the first WOYWW crop over on Facebook thanks to Doug sharing (before my time).

My desk this morning resumes some sort of normality as I prepare for my daily drawing and my first day of teaching after half term.  Only another week of online teaching to do after this one, as schools are back with face to face lessons on 8th March.  

I do need your help though, dear deskers.  I have found sufficient prompts to keep me going to the end of the year with a daily drawing.  However, I will be one prompt short at the end of #inktober2017 to the start of March's daily drawing prompts.  Please could you give me suggestions.  I will share the prompts I have completed over the years so far, as well as my March prompts so duplication can be avoided.

I will be following the #inktober2016 prompts during March.

Thank you in advance for your help.  I am sharing the remaining inktober2017 drawings on my blog next Tuesday if you are interested and you haven't already seen them on Facebook.

WOYWW 611: RIP

Welcome to the weekly desk share with WOYWW courtesy of Julia keeper of links at Stamping Ground.  This week we mourn the loss of one of the stalwarts of our group: Shaz (Silverwolf) Brooks.

I spent some time the other day, having heard the sad news of her passing, looking through my stash of WOYWW ATCs from crops and swaps.  Even though I only met Shaz and her husband Doug a handful of times, to read her blog was to know her.  Enabler, generous sharer of techniques, crafty research and online bargains, Shaz could always be relied on to tell it how it is.  LLJ and Julia have summed up Shaz so much better than I can on their blogs this week and her husband Doug has also made a moving tribute to his soulmate on Shaz's blog.  It is well worth a visit for tips, techniques and crafty product reviews.

I will leave you with some photos of various meetings with Shaz and Doug (Doug was invariably behind the camera).

Our first meet up at Port Sunlight with Lynne, Chris and Neet in front.

WOYWW crop in 2018.

The last time we met at the WOYWW crop in 2019.

Rest In Peace Shaz.