...more out than in..
..but I did manage to get somethings done :-)
Threads and fabrics that had been languishing in plastic food bags were an absolute delight when removed and dealt with!
..and I started some more stitched pieces....
This one's going to sit across the top of a large-ish cushion...
..and these cut-out Kuba shapes...
..will be used on the cushion, and on some brooches...
Saturday was gorgeous!!!...so the opportunity was grasped with both hands...
...and we went to St Donat's for 2010's Beyond The Border International Storytelling Festival.
It was an absolute delight, with entertainers from all around the globe, but, it seemed, especially from Armenia this year!
The group called "Bro Ar Men" are, actually from Bretagne, but one of them is Armenian...and to my delight, they had a guest artist with them...
..a superb harp player called "Myrdhin" that I last saw in 2002 when we were living on the edge of the Forest of Broceliande (where he and his wife run a Harp Summer School each year). It was great to chat to him again!
The next act was a brilliant Armenian "ashik" called Seref Tasliova, who performed a story entitled "The Stone Brides".
After lunch, we went to the Bradenstoke Hall...
... to hear Ben Haggarty telling the story of Gilgamesh...
...and then to hear another Armenian, Vergine Gulbenkian, telling "The Sound Beneath the Waves", a story well-loved by both Armenians and Turks.
The setting of the festival is beautiful......
..and besides the storytelling and music...
..there are many other sights to see....
..including ladies with hair extensions that I would love to have had for spinning!!!
