catch up

Went to Portugal... had the BEST time....didn't speak any Portuguese, apart from to thank people profusely for EVERYTHING... came home...back to the drawing board...

adeus

Out of office switched on.... (not really, I don't know how to do it)

And that's me on a lil trip to practice my 89 words of Portuguese....

Adeus  👋🏼

falo portugues

Next level Portuguese for me...full sentences and everything now...very handy full sentences as well...

first words in Portuguese

Another incredibly useful word for next week's trip to Portugal...

hello summer

5 days of hot sunshine in a row! Woo! It must be summer. My happy place!

world oceans day

This was yesterday.

Although really it's EVERY day.

So.

lessons in Portuguese

My duolingo Portuguese lessons are going really well! I can't count to ten yet... but I can chat about flying insects, so 👍🏼

amsterdam plan

Did someone mention a little trip to Amsterdam in October? Count me in!

newsletter!

I did it!

I created a newsletter!

A newsletter with no actual news.

So just a letter really.

If you (or your dog) want to subscribe to my letter it's here on substack.

car mechanic

Neil's car wouldn't start yesterday.

He decided the battery was dead, went off to buy a new one (in my car cos his was dead), then he took out the dodgy one and fitted the new battery in like 10 minutes.

WTF?

He never told me he was a bloody car mechanic!

happy Friday

Yay! Friday!

I've just about finished work on a big project and can't do anything more on it today. So I've done my favourite thing... bringing scribbles from my sketchbook to life.

My next plan is to FINALLY start a newsletter.

I've been meaning to do this for at least 5 years. Possibly more.

I've managed to procrastinate and find amazing excuses for years.

But, considering that only about 12 people and a dog are actually seeing my instagram posts these days, and I think probably even less than that see this blog, I feel that the time is now right to pull my finger out and JUST DO IT.

My main issue is what to write about. (Like who cares really Dawn? If you were so interesting you'd have some actual engagement with the posts you already put out there!)

But I receive about 47 newsletters myself everyday so no-one really cares do they? They'll just delete without reading if they're not interested in my amazing stories and witty bantz....

Anyway. I've declared I'm doing it. So now I have to. Otherwise those 12 people and a dog are really gonna judge me.

june 23 colours

Some might say these are a little wintery for June.

They might be right.

We'll see.

eu falo portugues

This is me learning Protuguese on Duolingo...