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Gift Giving Made Easy....

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Gift Giving Made Easy....

Here's a thing that we all have to embrace - finding the perfect gift and at this time of year its quite likely that you're starting to think about that! It brings most of us out into a cold sweat, but it's OK, take a few deep breaths and know that we can help.   It's quite simple. You just need to get a meaningful gift that the recipient will LOVE - again slow down that breathing. Here's how to do just that: DO THIS NOW - doing this now, is the key to success! Make a list of people...

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Happy Halloween!

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Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween! Once again we're looking forward to a bit of Halloween fun and hope you are too! The decorations are up, we've got a bucket-full of Halloween sweets to hand out to visitors. The film we've selected for this year's traditional family Halloween horror film viewing will be 'The Thing'  -  the brilliant 1982 John Carpenter version. Yes, there will be pop corn and maybe a cheeky take-away!   To complete our horrible Halloween celebrations we've added the suitably dark: 'Bright Light Dark Soul' original painting to the website this week and you can keep up with all the...

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Autumn For All...

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Autumn For All...

The Autumn is coming! The nights are drawing in now and as we lose the daylight and the temperature drops, here's what I'll be up to!   Yorkshire Sculpture Park here I come! As the days shorten through October and November, here in Yorkshire, I try to make the most of the precious day light and get outside. Taking time to absorb the beauty of Autumn and appreciate the vivid autumn colours whilst they are with us.  Embrace life indoors and be creative. Now’s a great time time to finish projects the I put aside as the summer was so...

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Travel On My Mind ...

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Travel On My Mind ...

Having settled back at home after our summer of day trips and travels, I find that I have travel on my mind again. Specifically a trip to Japan. Japan, it’s art, culture, place and people have always fascinated me and I’d love to visit. But, I live on the other side of the world, in Yorkshire, so it’ll need a lot of saving up to get there. Despite the difference in languages, culture and the massive physical distances, I love that there are also similarities. Yorkshire and Japan a both hilly and cold at times, they've produced great literature and...

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Kirkstall Art Trail & Other Travels.

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Kirkstall Art Trail & Other Travels.

  This month saw the return of the annual Kirkstall Festival and then the Kirkstall Art Trail. These are two great events held in the Kirkstall area of Leeds. The Festival is the biggest community run festival in England and it has been going for decades. It has a parade, dog show, music stages, comedy, stalls, games, rides and even a tea dance and canoes - all crammed into the abbey grounds - we had a fantastic time! Kirkstall is also home to an Art Trail which has run for several years and is hugely popular amongst the local and...

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