stressy, stressy!

It's a hot, blustery nor' wester, which every Cantabrian knows, 

drivesnormal people insane and madmen want to become politicians. 
Add to that last weekend's loss of one little kitty - ok, it was only for
 about 30 hours but my vivid imagination had her squished, flayed, 
stolen, deaded, skinned - you name it, someone had done it to her. 
I walked streets at 3am, hollering and banging a tin of biscuits and 
behaving like the resident loony wanting to be attacked. But we

foundher, shivering and shaking underneath a trailer where she

had taken refuge. Otherwise unharmed, she is happily back with

her litter sister.It takes years off me, that sort of thing. 
And this was just as I was sitting down to sort out my CafePress 
designs - nearly 800 of them. Now that there are so many, I've lost 
track of what is where. 
When a pet goes missing, life freezes over. As a chum of mine put it, 
you are consumed with thoughts about where they might be, how 
you can look in just one more place - and so on. Here in New 
Zealand our cats lead indepenedent outdoor lives, by and large. 
So they do run risks, but most survive the rigours of coping with 
human and natural dangers. Bobby did, and we got back on track - 
but I lost valuable time sorting out the CafePress press shop.
Have got up several more calendars and oneoff designs   -  
very pleased with the close ups of the organ pipes at Holmer. 
They bear a remarkable similarity to those at Hereford Cathedral - which considering that the Holmer Church is almost a suburb 
of Hereford, it wouldn't be surprising if the artisan was the same. 
But strangely, no sales today which is very odd, given that there
has been a huge rush over last few weeks. Trying to resist
temptation to go and hang myself in the study. Probably achieve

the same by watching a few hours of TV.
Oh nearly forgot to add one broken tooth and visit to dentist
(pains in wallet as well as mouth), large rising lump resulting
from injury to arm when whacking it against the stair handle a
nd a rising large lump in head as result of whacking head against
A-frame in study.
All in all, time to check myself in to nearest geriatric home.
But then, wouldn't have kitties.
Will stick it out and try to have another go at handling life

tomorrow.

after the ball is over...

The tootsies are aching but what a buzz it was on Sunday at the concert! 
Largest audience for quite a while, and the hubbub of hundreds in the audience certainly spoke volumes for the enjoyment of all - including the performer!
Back to the drawing board today though and now have got several new designs for the organ cognoscenti.

Rieger's magnificent organ in the cathedral in Fulda, Germany, must be one of the most striking in the world. I recall sitting in the body of the church while helping with registration and hearing the gasps of admiration from visitors as they turned and took in their first sight of this fairy-tale organ.
The façade just glistens... and the sound matches the sight...a glorious, glorious instrument, by anyone's standard.

Frombork in Poland boasts a similarly gorgeous organ - and in an historic Cathedral to boot. Copernicus is buried there and the whole town (once known as Fraught when owned by Germany!) ripples with history.

So these two now appear on two mousepads, and to go with the popular "I drive a pipe organ" series I have made two new bumper stickers along the same theme - well, almost.
Best to check these out by having a look at the  latest designs section of my shop 
oops can smell the roast burning.
Time to play housewives again.

unashamed promo - duck everyone

Right - I'll get this out in the open and over with.  
My designs for goodies with a pipe organ theme can be found at (drum roll)....

 www.cafepress.com/pipe_organs; and my beloved's organ music CDs can be found at www.nzorgan.com (only a few since they are all ones that have been recorded on the Rieger organ in the Town Hall in Christchurch, New Zealand.)

More later - too much to do getting ready for concerts and new designs (xmas creepeth upon uth...)