Tuesday – Last Lessons
Today, I held the last of my on-board watercolour classes. C and D groups attempted the iguana – and, I have to say; a rather marvellous job they made of it, too. Folks brought paintings along for the exhibition tomorrow, and the pile grew…. everything is in place for our Grand Exhibition tomorrow.
At 5:30pm, I held my WI Jumble Sale. Over the course of the weeks, I’ve accumulated a large number of exercise pieces, so I’ve been telling everyone that 5:30 would be their only chance to acquire said peices, at only £5 each. I hasten to add that I’d taken out 4 of the best pieces and finished them off properly, as my contribution to the exhibition.
As predicted, my ‘Jumble Sale’ was over very quickly. People were queuing from about 5pm to bag themselves the exercise piece of their choice. After last year’s bun-fight, where a few people took armloads of paintings, leaving a few disgruntled people without any paintings at all, I decided that they should be resitricted to a maximum of two paintings per person.
I got talked into attending the late-night cabaret in Scotts Bar, which was songs from The Sixties. I’m glad I did, too, as it was a great night. Interestingly enough, the bar was the busiest I’ve seen it the whole cruise, and I got the feeling that many people had suddenly realised that this would be their second-to-last night on board – better late than never to let your hair down…. the dance floor was so chock-a-block, that any chance of joining the throng was pretty slim (lucky for me I wasn’t in a boogying mood then, wasn’t it?)
Clocks go forward tonight, putting us back in line with the UK…. nearly home.
