Rescue mission

 Hiya peeps

Today's writing is about rescuing wildlife.

We went for our usual doggy walk today and were told by older gentleman about little hedgehog on grass not far from pavement we used. 

We did a peep on him and we found out he or she is injured (cut on a little nose), some dry blood on spikes and hmmm... dry green paint.

Through one of FB local residents groups I found out phone number to local wildlife rescue guys and we were asked to put this little fella into a box and keep him/her safe in dark, warm and quiet place until someone from their centre will come to collect our little guest.

We did ask them if we should/can give him/her bit of water or something else, but were told not to, just keep this little ball of spikes warm and safe.

And that's what we did ☺️.

Then our guest had its carriage come and was taken away by very nice chauffeur lady 😂.

We are waiting for news about him/her now and we hope our little animal friend will get well very soon and will back to 'the wild' where its' home is.

That's all for today.

Till next post Friends!

Shh... It's our secret

 Hiya peeps!!!

Today a bit about new book of my friend Lizzie Chantree which will be released around 6th of May this year.

You can read more about Lizzie in my previous posts, so without repeating myself I can give you some infos about her new book :)

Book's title: Shh... It's our secret

Book blurb:

Violet has a secret that could change the lives of everyone she knows and loves, especially the regulars at the run-down cafe bar where she works. After losing her parents at a young age, they are the closest thing she has to a family and she feels responsible for them.

Kai is a jaded music producer who has just moved outside of town. Seeking solitude from the stress of his job, he's looking for seclusion. The only problem is he can't seem to escape the band members and songwriters who keep showing up at his house.

When Kai wanders into the bar and Violet's life, he accidentally discovers her closely guarded secret. Can Kai help her rediscover her self-confidence or should some secrets remains undiscovered?

I had a chance to read Advance Reader Copy - lucky girl me :)

Lizzie touched in it some of mental health/wellbeing issues we all can encounter, like lack of self-confidence and self-worth.

What I can say about this book after reading it? 

Here's what I wrote in my Goodreads review:

Good plot, interesting characters, few strong girls (young and old) popping from pages of this book makes it really nice, fast read. What happened and what will change in Violet's life? Who's Kai? Read and find out yourself.

What else I can say about this book?

I absolutely love it and definitely will re-reading it in some point soon!

That's all for today Friends!

Till next post!!!

Bit about reading

 Hi guys!

I'm bookworm... And I'm sure you know that already :)

Not reading as much as I want to lately, but still enjoy my 'me-time' :)

What I read this year so far?

Here list of few:

1. Agatha Christie's: 'Taken at the Flood' and 'Midwinter Murder:Fireside mysteries from the queen of crime' - both great reads, a must for crime story lovers :)

2. David Suchet's: 'Behind the lens: My Life' - absolutely amazing autobiography I had chance to read so far.

3. Dan Brown's: 'Inferno', 'Origin' and 'The Lost Symbol' - I think I don't need to explain ;)

4. Paul Aidan Richardson's: 'Icon' - brill read written by local writter

5. Deborah Harkness's: 'Time's Convert' - great follow up of 'All Souls' trilogy!

6. Andrzej Sapkowski's: 'Sezon Burz' - I love stories about Witcher :) - on pic book with bookmark I made for friend :)

I had a chance to read few ARC's - Advance Reader Copy:

1. Lizzie Chantree: 'Shh... It's Our Secret'  - some more about this book soon :)

2. Rhonda Parrish: 'Clockwork,Curses and Coal' - great anthology of fantasy/steampunk/fairy tales

So far I ticked around 25+ titles this year including books written/translated into my mother tongue, historic novels, fantasy, short stories, romances etc.

What books you enjoyed this year so far?

Leave titles in comments!

That's all for now :)

Till next post Friends!

Lazy Tobisia...kinda...

 Hiya peeps!

Again lazy with writing me... I mean here... cause my paper version diary is updated almost daily...

Hmmm...

Fact I made few new wirewrapping pieces like earcuff on pic below

read few books including one below and enjoyed making floral bookmarks you see placed on book's cover :) 

but not much writing really, only few words every other day..

I'll try to write more frequently... in my diary and here too :)

And that's not Fool's Day joke!

Till next post Friends!

Lizzie's new book

 Hiya peeps!

Today just a little bit about new book of my friend Lizzie Chantree called Networking for Writers.

You don't need to be writer tho, Lizzie told me some of marketing ideas she wrote about in this book can be easily transferred for other businesses eg good selling.

Interesting right?

Kindle edition of this book will be released 29th October 2020, so... very shortly :)

You can have paperback version already from here :) 

Here what Lizzie wrote about this book:

'Are you swamped by book marketing and looking for a way to find new sales? Learn simple and effective networking techniques, to grow your readership and connect with other authors and book lovers today!

Whether you are a new or experienced writer, self-published or traditionally published, this book will show you how to grow your readership and author network, through some of the most powerful of all marketing tools - word of mouth and recommendation.

This book will show you:

How networking can help you sell more books.

Why author branding is important.

How networking hours work.

Specific Facebook group for writers.

And much, much more :)

I wrote about Lizzie few posts ago, but you can find all info you need on her website: Lizzie Chantree

I didn't read this book yet, but is on my 'want to read' list :)

That's all for today Friends!

Till next post!

Project: BMX renovation

Hiya peeps!

My man decided our boy need bigger bike and he found second hand BMX.

Dom wasn't on 'no' side when saw a bike, he even tried it :)

But...

Yeah, always is kinda 'but' thing :)

Dom said he wants different colours on and definitely stickers need to be taken off!

Stickers off and rust sanded out :)

Handlebar in deep red? Why not :)

Frame in military colours :) We both had fun spraying LOL!

As we didn't took wheels out... colours are allover LOL!

We took bike to bike repair shop for check-up and we have new brake cables, one new tyre and nice retro style seat - Dom fell in love in seconds LOOOL!

We also changed damaged handles for pair with red accents, new pedals as old one didn't much new colour scheme plus Dom wanted new stickers.

Maybe our spraying is not perfect and tyres are 'bit' dirty with extra colour, but who cares!? Dom loves his bike and that's the main thing!

Plus he's using it everyday :)

So... what do you think about our project?

Till next post Friends!

Summer

 Hi peeps!

What I can write here... We all had kinda strange Summer this year, right?

I tried to be up to date with my diary, read more nice books, sell some more of my jewellery...

Ridley Park

What a beautiful paintings!

Beach treasures - from Blyth and Whitley Bay

Common orchid we found on hill in Blyth

I spent 1 day with Dom in Whitley Bay - just little trip 😊.

With start of August Dom back to his dancing classes. 

I'm baking... Rolls, breads, cakes, cookies sometimes.

We had our little renovation project - will write about it some other day tho 😁.

We have carrots and tomatoes in our garden, cannot wait for them to be ready to eat 😂.

That's all for now...

Till next post Friends!