Pretty Things

I have been making little glittery resin birds-using a silicone mould. Yesterday I made a ring out of one of them by pushing a ring mount into the back when the resin was tacky. I really like it.

There have been such interesting cloud formations over the last few days. This one looks like a fishbone.

This pretty window was next door to one of our home visit homes today. The home visits are going well, though my voice is starting to go with the constant talking!

Wandering

Home visits all this week-so the chance to walk around in the fresh air and take photos of the local area-some of which will be used in a display. This is the sign in the first flat we visited this morning-straight out of the 60s it looks like. I love the font. This is our local Sikh Temple-a really lovely colourful building.
This is a roof of a building just up the road near the shops-nearly as beautifully decayed as the one in Greenwich the other day.
The cheery Corner Cafe next door to the building above. A very friendly cafe.
More of the same all week-such fun.

Perks of home visits...

Perk 1-getting to see interesting local things such as Dave Courtney's house. I first saw this house in an interiors book from the library-it was highlighting all the portraits Mr Courtney has of himself around his house. When Clare lived near here she pointed out where it was, but I could never remember so that I could go back for another look. Yesterday we visited one of the new children who lives nearby, so I took a few photos to show you.
Dave Courtney is famous as an ex-gangster. There is a very interesting article here about him.

Knuckle duster gate decorations.

Watch out!

The house is called Camelot Castle.

It has sentries!

This is the view down the hill-I liked the railings.

The painting on the side of the house is quite impressive.

These two photos look the same but I have a feeling one is larger than the other if you wanted to click to enlarge.

Perk 2-being given a delicious Turkish breakfast in the second house we visited. It was about 11 so I was quite hungry. When we arrived the table was laid and had toast, olives, tomatoes, mince and tomatoes, jam and very delicious cheese. There was also Turkish tea served in little glass cups from a big stainless steel teapot. The tea was poured then diluted with hot water from the jug which the teapot sat on. I had a lovely time!

Our visits today were less eventful but still pleasant. We are supposed to be deciding who to give a full time place to in September, based on the need of the child and family. So far I have wanted to give almost every child a full time place because of different reasons. It is very hard to decide. One little boy we visited today lives with just his Mum in one room in a small terraced house. They use the kitchen and bathroom but their life is in that room. It makes me think how lucky I am. We have more visits after Easter so I have longer to think about it.