Hello again, Lollipop!

We need you on the dance board which is gradually populating. I need to post myself but I've been distracted this last week or so and just getting down to sewing again.

We had a lot of non-uk dance folk and they are going to take longer to find us.

Well done Madame Cholet! My charity bookseller visits hadn't had any success yet so I'm delighted you found it.

... but the downside is the sun is blinding in my face.

Now you're not going to get sympathy that way!

I know exactly what you mean and I've just got another daylight lamp for my birthday (after heavy hinting - if you can call an email with links to all the desired objects on the sellers' pages a hint). So now I've two on my sewing table and one on my side table for hand sewing (the floor lamp is too yellow and can't find a daylight bulb to fit it). 

The daylight bulbs seem to make black on black clearer than anything else - although I've sometimes taken it to my DD's to sit and do it in her conservatory - no worries about being blinded in Northamptonshire! 

Hi Lantana, well that was a good way to pass through the storm unscathed - like sleeping through a massive traffic jam. 

I saw you on SGR too of course but nice to have a UK foothold again, isn't it? 

Hello and welcome from me Snippet. I'm a bit behind on the welcome trail, but better late than never!

The posts are gathering speed already, even after such a short time, and the fresh start has already given people the opportunity to do things a little differently. I expect we'll see many more innovations as time goes on too. If you have any thoughts, you can add to the suggestions topic.

Hello Missie
I've been neglecting my welcoming duties with all that's going on so 'Welcome aboard!' 

We've been leaving breadcrumbs through messages, other forums and sites so it's lovely to see people walking up the gangplank each day.

Hello from me too.

Your name has sent me off on a reverie of Cary Grant charging through fields of cotton to the tune of Summertime while being strafed with jet propelled shuttles! Just a spot of over-dramatic hysteria, nothing to worry about.