Sunday 11th October 2009

Jo and I finished sorting and cataloguing the family jewellery. This brooch was made for Grandma Coombes (my great great grandmother) and contains the hair (and on the reverse a photo) of her first husband, James Spencer, my great great grandfather. It dates to around 1855. The hair is intricately woven with fine gold thread and seed pearls.

Wednesday 14th January 2009

One aspect of the Project 365 ‘rules’ I am unhappy with is the idea of showing a photo of myself once a month to show how I have changed during the year. Nevertheless, for my Project 355 I propose to stick to it, if in a slightly bizarre way.


This is the January one and shows that my hair needs cutting. It was last cut in early April 2008 ready for Bryony’s wedding in May. I don’t like it looking too neat and tidy – that has never been ‘Me’.