Fishing in deep waters

This term has brought new courses for the coursefisher, both courtesy of the local university.  Italian, taught by native speaker,  is proving challenging as clearly my listening skills are a bit rusty.  What this means is much hurried consultation between students as we try to sort out what we are supposed to be doing, arrive [...]

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Retiring unhurt

Couldn’t get to the flower arranging class this week because had to attend pre-retirement course at work to get me (and my husband) ready for life in the wild blue yonder.  This was a great chance to think about something which, while great for some, is scary for others.
We spent quite a while on money [...]

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Fishing has resumed

After a period of time off it’s back to work for the coursefisher as flower arranging re-opens.  We did button holes this week and this will enable me to kit us all out with individual flower things for the family wedding IF I can find a way to keep them fresh after my fumbling fingers [...]

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Arrangements satisfactory

This is but a sample of the many different styles of pomander we constructed at the flower arranging class last night.  I may have been wrong about the competitive elements – ivy was shared last night and a lady is bringing me some twigs next week.
I was pleased with my pomander which now hangs in [...]

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Thrown Off Course

Last week just shows the challenges of being an adult student.  Having had a weekend away my frantic search for appropriate greenery for flower arranging was relatively sucessful and my LONG ARRANGEMENT  was not a total disaster though nothing to some of the posher ones in the class.  I had a strong sense of a touch [...]

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Flower Power at last

Last night was the first night of the flower arranging course.  As is usual with the agricultural college there was a muddle over the start time – this time I was late.  Also I had no pre-course information so turned up with nothing but a notebook.  As soon as I got into the room I [...]

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I am a basket case

I have just come back from the best weekend.  The basket making course was fantastic.  I can faithfully report that it smells good, feels good and does you good and the pictures of my baskets fail to do their beauty justice. 
We sat in a community centre in deep countryside and were taught a whole new [...]

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What a Week

I haven’t been able to get to the blog because I’ve been so busy doing courses.  This time last week I was on my way to the Residential Photography course.  As I feared I was the course dummy and the photos I had diligently printed to take with me didn’t see the light of day [...]

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U3A is 4 me

This morning I bit the bullet, seized my courage in both hands and rang intermediate French with U3 A.  After all, I didn’t pay my £10 for nothing.  I got through to the most delightful tutor who checked out my level by telling me about the people in the group and said if it wasn’t [...]

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Not for U 3 A

I am so frustrated, ever since I went to the U3 A meeting I have been trying to get into a group- first the central lady was on her hols, then when she got back she told me to ring group leaders.  But it isn’t easy, lots of groups only meet now and again and [...]

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