Elisabeth J. Hobbes author

Thank you. It’s nice when people don’t get them from the big company too. 😊

The silver linings just keep on coming!

Book covers of The Promise Tree and Daughter of the Sea by Elisabeth Hobbes

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He could do a TV show.

Woman in black skirt, white shirt and black hat with flowers.

Woman in black hat with flowers, red hair and snake earrings.

World book day. Officially I’m Mary Poppins but with the red hair and snake I’m secretly Crowley. #worldbookday #goodomens #marypoppins

Thank you. It’s a pics I’ve loved since I first saw it decades ago.

Thank you. You should definitely try it if you get the chance.

An unforced clay pot.

Clay pots one has a small internal pot and is wobbly.

A pot with an orange octopus and blue background.

Pottery spam (week 7 I think). A bowl that I like the shape of and a double throw that went a bit wonky but might be ok glazed (a tea light holder). The octopot is glazed and sanded to try create an old, worn look as befits its Minoan inspiration. #pottery #throwingpots #eveningclasses #octopus

My kids are in year 1 and 2 of uni and paying £9000 a year in fees plus £3000 ish in maintenance loans (we top up the rest). For 4 year courses they’ll be starting with nearly £50k debt.

I've seen them referred to as Taxpats. The one good to come out of this is watching Isabel Oakshott and Richard Tice shitting themselves.

Thank you. Always nerve wracking.

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The revised WIP has left the building! Now we wait... #writing #authors

This one is next on my son’s tbr pile of Discworld. I might suggest he skips it at the moment.

Discworld QOTD, from Jingo

“History was full of the bones of good men who'd followed bad orders in the hope that they could soften the blow. Oh, yes, there were worse things they could do, but most of them began right where they started following bad orders.”

The cobalt wax quite nice.

There’s a real leap of faith in glazes. I put a sludge grey on and it turned out gorgeous blue.

Elham for me because her mosaic was lovely.

She should win.

Oh no, are the leopards about to start face eating?

Grandpa Sawyer

I read your first post and yet I still scrolled down. It’s my own fault isn’t it.

It’s so good!

I’ve seen it before. It’s so good.

Woman standing in front of a curtain with Operation Mincemeat on the screen.

No #totp for me tonight. #operationmincemeat #theatre #lowry

Small confused looking light brown dog being held out like a parcel.

Four years since Pixie was thrust into our lives, quite literally as I opened the door and the driver said ‘here is your dog’ and held her out. #rescuedogs #dogs #romanianrescue

It might well have migrated home from school tbf.

A fork with a square head and fatter handle. A fork with a tapered head and thin handle.

Which is the best fork? #cutlery #forks

Oh no!

If Starmer was my dad I’d probably want to be on crack asap.

British Film for this year’s #GreatBritishMenu. Expecting Grilled Hearts and Coronets, Clockwork Orange soufflé and half a dozen Paddington themed dishes.