Busy, busy, busy

All of a sudden life has taken off here chez moi. I was contacted by a dear friend who lives in the US, we'd worked together for years and are now both retired. We skyped last week and caught up with all that was going on, past and present - a wonderful time.

Next I saw an advert in the freebee newspaper by a local group called Coastwise who were giving talks in the local library and during the summer they visit the local beaches for cleanups etc. I thought to give it a go so I went along on the Thursday and listened to a talk about the Atlantic Array that is proposed for the Bristol channel in a couple of years. I never dreamed that so much work had to be done before even starting the project. I know my eldest son is interested in working within the Windfarm community so I took the time to talk to the presenter and asked for a copy of his presentation.

Whilst there, the lady sitting next to me and I got chatting and she gave me information about another group called 'The University of the Third Age'. Basically U3A is a community of retired people that meets once a month and is subdivided into study groups which each member can join separately. When a group gets too big, another is formed with a slightly different name. I got a copy of their newspaper and found lots of groups listed and decided that I was interested in the 'Gardens Group' who travel round the south visiting gardens, and the 'Devon History' group. Unfortunately the Gardens group is fully booked but there may be chance to start a second group if someone has the courage to lead it.

All this is so exciting and new and could lead to inspiration for my art attempts, perhaps giving it new perspective.

Tomorrow's talk by Coastwise is about sea shells and their impact on the environment. Again I'm looking forward to the talk and maybe a few sketches whilst sitting in a dark corner.