Lately November style

This is a bit belated but we've had a busy November :)!

We saw our friends Alex and Sarah and their beautiful twin boys for the first time in ages for a delicious dinner and good conversation. 

And they gave Lina a belated birthday gift of a pedal racer! Slightly dangerous but hours of fun! 

We went to the art openining of a local brighton street artist who I know through youth groups I work in. It felt very Brighton! 

Then we got to see the band Phox perform at the green door store at an intimate gig. It was great to be able to support a local Wisconsin band and have a short chat with the band after :) we were joined by friends and had a great night. 

Then Saturday we decided to do some Christmas shopping and pop into some of the antiques markets. Lina wanted to find a shelf for our kitchen but I managed to talk her into taking this bad boy home! She wasn't convinced but I saw the potential. DIY pictures to come! 

Then had dinner at a local vegetarian restaurant, Iydea. Really great food! 

And the Christmas shopping took us to a cute artistic local shop, Little Beach Boutique, and we found some unique gifts! 

On Sunday I popped by the etsy Christmas market in the open market. 

This was a couple weeks ago already but  lots of gems :) I'll leave you with a photo of splinter! More on our crazy busy daya this past weekend soon.

X becky 

Halloweenie

I ended up getting into Halloween this year! It was good fun and luckily I had very little candy :) 

At work we had a pretty great moment in one of the groups I help to facilitate. We were having a workshop on oral health and had a dentist coming in to speak. As it was the day before Halloween the group all put on vampire fangs and tried to act totally normal. It was a good laugh in a space that is normally very emotional and intense. 

Brighton gets in to halloween with the street artists also making the city more spooky. 

We went to a strange creepy night at the Brighton ballroom. Lina originally wasn't interested in dressing up and I couldn't decide for ages what to be but when it came to the week of Halloween we both got excited to play dress up! 

We celebrated with our friends Bel and Ella and their two mime friends :)

The next day we had a big sleep in but managed to get ourselves out of the city to visit Ditchingly Beacon for some fresh air and a short hike. We always mean to get out of town and into the South Downs more often but it gets hard with just one day off a week together.  

It's getting cold and way too dark lately but It's nice to have some moments of sunshine :) 

I've worked a lot the last two weeks but am looking forward to two gigs this weekend and a work free weekend coming up! 

X becky 

Around here...

Hi friends, I hope you're having a great autumn and have gotten some rest after the busy going-ons of summer! Here are a few of our goings on for the the last few weeks.

We went to Concorde 2 for the first time to see The Neighbourhood. It was after a very long work day and week but I'm  really glad we went. The music and atmosphere were great although I found them a tad pretentious.

I attended a domestic abuse conference in the next area over and visited Worthing for the first time. The conference was right on the beach! 

We've been having low key Saturdays by having lunch on the beach and spending more time at home since both of our work weeks have been a bit stressful lately. 

Friday nights on the other hand, have been busy with catching up with friends. 

We saw a good folk gig last week.  Loving that we are getting more live music in our lives! 

Some more Saturday wanderings :) 

And a very tasty burger and creepy movie night with Bel and Ella. We watched a really old Jodie foster movie that was creepy in all of the worst ways! 

It's November already! Time continues to slip by but in glad I've been able to make sure there are always bright moments and I'm getting better about knowing my limitations and also making time for quiet and relaxation as well!

I miss everyone back home in the states a lot lately but hope that getting into the christmaa spirit soon and writing cards will help me to feel a bit more connected! 

I've also be working card on creating holiday cards and new art pieces for my etsy shop so please check them out :) 

Halloween pictures to come soon!

X becky