I made more prayer beads this weekend. I really enjoy making these, it’s almost meditative, threading one bead after another. I wouldn’t normally put green, purple and brown together but I think it works well here. :)

Butterfly Prayer Beads by lindsaybotterill

I found this shop yesterday in West Jesmond – how did I not know about this place before now?!
When I became a Bahá’í, I wanted some beads to help me keep count when saying ‘Alláh-u-Abhá’ 95 times. I couldn’t get to grips with the knuckle counting technique that some Bahá’í’s use, so I googled ‘Bahá’í Prayer Beads’. I came across Kimberly Winston’s website, more specifically this post in which she gives instructions on how to make a basic set.
I’ve made a few sets of beads since I found her blog, mainly for myself and Michael to use. I find making the beads quite soothing and meditative.
Yesterday at Le Beado I bought …

I know I’m 10 days too late, but Happy New Year away!
I’ve just installed the ‘flickrpress’ plugin, so just testing how it works to include flickr photos in a wordpress post.

I can still see you by lindsaybotterill

Enjoy this picture of the very cute Jenny. :-)

Tonight I went to Durham with some of the local Baha’i girlies for a meal and dancing. I’ve had a great night…good company, good food, and on my part, some pretty ugly dance moves! :-p
I got the night bus home with May and Gillian, May and I coming back to Newcastle and Gillian getting off at Birtley. Once May and I were in Newcastle we split up; me to walk home and May to grab a taxi. It’s interesting the kind of people you can come across walking through Newcastle city centre at 2am. Not long after I left May, something hit me in the side…it looked a like a burger! Glancing around, I spotted …

Truth is I can sometimes have a tendacy to lose interest in writing. Bah.
So this is a quick post just so I can say to myself that I’ve posted SOMETHING, even if it is just a moan about not posting on a regular basis!
Busy weekend ahead….need to do some shopping tomorrow, then going to Leanne’s tomorrow night for a ‘girly night’, quite looking forward to that. On sunday I will likely be in Blyth as it is my Dad’s birthday on Monday, and in the evening I will be at the 19 day feast.
Busy couple of days indeed! I want to play around with this blog’s design a little bit, hopefully I can fit some …