Harpenden sings Gospel

I've spent all weeks with the lovely folks from Luton Gospel Choir, learning 4 songs along with 30 or so others from local churches. We have had great fun and it is so good to realise that my voice really does work and the years of being rejected for not being able to sight-read are behind me..the gospel songs are learnt by ear! Complete bliss!!

We had a concert tonight and it all went brilliantly - here is the first song we did. Hoping to join them again in the near future.

Ravelry Party at Knit Nation

Ravelry Party, Knit Nation, originally uploaded by Sajona.

Last Saturday I went along to the Ravelry party hosted by Jess and Casey of Ravelry, at the Knit Nation event at Imperial College in London - loved meeting some names I've known online for years and newer ones I'm looking forward to getting to know. Enjoyed seeing everyone's stash purchases - lots of yummy Wollmeise, cashmere, lace and sock yarn in pretty hand dyed colours. If I didn't already have a heaving cupboard of lovely yarn I'd feel pretty jealous :)
Busy weekend altogether as I dropped the biggest sajonette in Stevenage so he could attend Sonisphere (Iron Maiden, Iggy Pop, Pendulum...nice) .

Sorry I've been awol

IMG_1412, originally uploaded by Sajona.

Real life has taken over Chez Sajona - largest sajona-ette has been doing GCSEs, smallest has a hectic social life and mummy is left being taxi.
The poor garden has been much neglected as we are waiting for our landscape designer/builder to come up with a final quote and design for us - and therefore the flower beds have (literally) gone to seed as I know they will all be dug up in the autumn. There are lots of temporary pots filled with dug up perennials and shrubs that I want to save, along with a makeshift vegetable patch and even the strawberries have a new potted home rather than the flower beds they are used to.
A few little gems are surviving - the perennial sweet pea has sprouted up everywhere (it seeds like mad) and an english rose is currently blossoming in an old recycling bin! I rather like the combination of the various clematis and roses growing up against the fence - grey/purple and pink aways works in the garden.