Remember me mentioning I had something very exciting to tell you all, but wouldn't, for fear of jinxing it? Well, I can now reveal that I have got myself a little job and can now be considered a working girl! It is the first time I've been employed by someone else, and the first time I will be working a 9 to 5, but it's only one day a week, so I can still be at home and doing all of the things I want to do here! Perfect!

I won't bore you with details, but everyone there is lovely, friendly local lasses (all women) who are really helpful. I have another two half-day training sessions, and then I am ready to be left to start doing all that's required of me! It was an experience, my knees were killing me and my feet three sizes bigger than usual, but I actually kept thinking how much I was enjoying myself. For me, that's not only unusual but highly unlikely, given my usual penchant for pessimism.

Anyway, this is just a quickie update, before we rush off out to do *something*, because we want to celebrate, go out, do something fun. Perhaps a train ride, or maybe just a potter around local cafés, or making use of the HistoryMatters free open days at historic locations all over the country!



And for an added bit of weekend randomness, I'll leave you with this, found deep in the woods. Is it art? Or merely a cup left on a trunk by a passing wanderer?