Waiting for the taxi to take me to Lougabrouga for two hours at the RH. Should finish at 11.30pm.

Spent two hours sorting out mum's fencing. So if you want any jewelry - no questions asked!

Just got back from two days in Birmingham.Three sittings today - but good to see old friends again.

Just half way through the Christmas work. Enjoying it thoroughly - apart from the sore nose!

I'm very much conscious that my nose becomes more festive the more I work. Wretched cold sores!

Much needed massage by JC today - the girl with the miracle hands.Close-up magic at MM this evening.

Really enjoyed the Imago Dinner and met some charming and appreciative people. Great response!

Ten performances of the Flea Circus at the Imago Christmas Dinner. Finished at twenty past one.

Finance day today -paying in cheques and reconciling annual tax account. Checked venue for tomorrow.

Costume valeting at 8am! Lunch with J and on to Hinkley; table magic for a Christmas golf luncheon.

Many thanks to all the guests and staff at the Charlotte House Hotel, a privilege entertaining you.

Close-up magic for a wedding in Lincoln tomorrow. Should be a white one and no mistake!

Leaving the Station Hotel, Derby - snow descending unrelenting. Temperature dropped five degrees.

Just loading ready to go to Lougabrouga for a Masonic Christmas Dinner. Looking forward to it.

Messy get ins today what with the drizzley weather. quid novi? E rang this evening for a chat.

Leicester this evening for Gary and Rosemary's Wedding Anniversary. Posted the last of the cards.

Wrote my Christmas Cards this morning. Derby this evening. Back earlier than anticipated. Jiggered!

Really getting into the swing now. Working twice a day now and no hip twinges - for a change.

Close-up magic for the URGO Christmas luncheon. Thanks Steve and Kevin for being such good sports.

Close-up magic at GH in Derby for Simon and Deborah and their family. The snow is thawing now.

Finished the annual accounts at last! ad alta! I'll get them off to Newby and Castleman tomorrow.

Prop maintenance and repair. Accounts audit this evening. Very icy and still bitterly cold!

I've suddenly gone all Coleridge !

Ashby this morning for MJ. Wonderful winter landscape.
"And frost performs its secret ministry"

Just got in; took the train to London. Christmas shopping - Oxford Street and Covent Garden.

Great - the Christmas Cards are ready to collect from the printers. Let's see how they're received.

Close-up magic for a ladies' luncheon in Derby. Heavy snowfall on the way back. JS rang today.

Got to the gym on the way back from the Station before the heavy snow set in. sine labore nihil !

Snowing all day. Tried to get to the gym - roads clogged. Ashby tonight for a formal golf dinner.

Braved the ice and snow to pick up my replacement lenses. Actually it wasn't too brave of me.

Icy cold and foggy all day. Snow started to fall at 10.30pm. Accountants day for tax return.

utrum per hebdomadem perveniam!

Got in at two this morning - freezing fog! Full gym session nine thirty. Met client to discuss BTD.

BTD at Chester for USC. Close-up magic for 200 guests. This is the third year. Fabulous sunset!

Managed to get replacement lenses at 50% discount! Many thanks Jay at Vision Express.

MG Sports in for its MOT. Heavy Gym session late pm. Smashed BOTH contact lenses --- hey ho!

Unexpected visit by my sister who was at an Olympic dinner in Coventry. Lunch and out all day.

Close-up for the lovely Rachel and James on the occassion of their Wedding at The Quorn Manor.

Melita domi adsum!

Thanks for the apres dinner hospitality ISRM delegates; just rolled in at six am!

Site meeting for the Christmas Murder Mysteries. Gym and Steam. Contract commitments for December.

Took mum to Hospital for her cataract operation pre-op. Bumped into E who looked fabulous!

Met Wendy to detail the Close-up for the Dinner on Thursday at Holywell.

Studio shoot at Alvey and Towers for the 2010 Christmas Card. Four hours of blatant airbrushing!!!

Bought an "authentic" flying jacket - dad's jacket that he flew in during the war has gone AWOL.

Sorry you missed the last four days on Facebook. You can catch up on Twitter or on my Blog.

Fixing facebook posting like this if it worked!

Brandysnap at the fair!!!!!!

Dealt with messages since coming back. Haircut for photoshoot on Monday. Gym and swim session.

Back home in Lougabrouga. Three client meetings today. Went to the fair - in a roundabout way.

It has been lovely down in Devon, they're so .........; it felt like a set for Cranford. Bless!

Dartmouth Golf & Country Club today for J D. Thurlston for afternoon tea and to watch the sunset.

Discovered parsnip and apple soup today, o diem praeclarum!

sapienti sat!

Working in Dartmouth today; smoked salmon for lunch at the DartHotel.ST thought I was "sensational"!

Lunch at the Dartbridge Hotel with J, H and E. Trees are fabulous in their autumn colours.

In South Hams for the next four days. So much to do when I get back. The work is good though.

I feel guilty in entertaining people who are celebrating the death of a close relative of mine!

Gosh - Wednesday already! Leisurely laundering costumes and storing props. Paid in cheques today.

Demanding yet rewarding four days with Murder at the Graveyard.

Derby this afternoon to discuss next year's ASB Dinner. Delay on M1 held me up for two hours.

Stercus accidit! neutiquam beatum. poli,poli di umbuendo!

Long chat with A today who's just got back from the Italy gig. She sounded soooo excited!

Looking forward to the final Northern Lites Tour this week. Shooting the Christmas photos Wednesday.

Swithland with the PantoMagic show Beauty and the Beast for Lauren. Very heavy rain for the get-in.

Note to E - credo nos in flucto eodem esse.

Picked up the new publicity photos. Clients will be so disappointed when I turn up!

Picking up the new publicity postcards on Friday morning from Alfeck and Trousers. gaudium et spes!

Just got back from Sheffield for H. Very good response but journey back was horrendous - heavy rain.

Good session at the gym. Glad my mobility is coming back. Finance with Tina at Lloyds Bank (pm).

bene, cum latine nescias, nolo manus meas in te maculare.

Productive day; publicity proofs look superb. Unfortunately my inoculation did not cover me for Whitwick!

Had inoculations today for Coalville tomorrow. Meeting Peter and Emma at Alfeck and Trousers.

Relaxing with E all day before travelling to Reading.

Fabulous day at Crewe Hall for Steven and Alice's wedding. Wonderful people. Big thank you to Simon.

Looking forward to a day off tomorrow and the Wedding at Crewe Hall on Sunday.

Rotherham, Sheffield, Kingston-upon-Hull, Doncaster - only eighteen days left of the Northern Lites Tour! The trees are in their full Autumn firey finery, the air is crystal clear and there's the faint tap, tap, tapping of hobnail on cobble.

People who confuse they're and their are even scarier!

People who wear cravats - their really scarey!

Finance day today with John Crowley at Lloyds Bank. Confirmed engagements for two weddings and a Pantomagic Show in October and a dinner in June 2011.

Beautiful day for domestic chores. Spent yesterday in Derby at the boat yard with the builder.

Wild, wet and windy all evening!
That's the last time I take HER to the opera!

Westonmanor, Oxfordshire for David and Abigail. A fine , beautiful location. Travelling back tonight.

Bumped into C this afternoon, back from Switzerland now and working at L. Met E, drank wine and had lite bites (Don't you just hate that!) at the Printrooms before the show.

At Chesterfield with J & H this evening, just got back. Why do the Highways Agency cone off four miles of carriageway for no apparent reason?

Cold, heavy rain all day. Postponed my trip up North until tomorrow. Two sessions in the gym.

Admin and finance day; went to the gym for a steady workout and a sauna. "Odius man" was holding court - "Merda taurorum animas conturbit!"

Lunch at The Grey Lady with my sister who returns to Totnes today. Discussed Brian's 70th Birthday at Willerby with the lovely Janet.

Working at B C in Loughborough. A special thank you to Catherine and all who organised the VOICE seminar. Lovely, lovely people. A privilege entertaining you.

Lunch at Rothley Court with my sister who's come over for the Olympic Athletes' reunion dinner.

Had a very enjoyable working lunch with Michelle and Lucy at Wheelers.

Just got in from seeing Jo Caulfield. She was really on form and had the audience by the proverbials.

Spent all day with clients discussing Christmas bookings but found time to buy a pair a shoes and have a coffee at Vince's in the afternoon.

Regular dental check-up today. Clean bill of health.
Oh - bye the way - my dental practice is in the old Midland Bank building; pause for incoming gags!

Working with clients to finalise next months busy Hallowe'en weekend.

Picked up the "Flea Circus" postcards from the Printers today. (Why are there two wedding rings on the back?) Sorry Emma - just a joke!
They're sensational.

Working on the latest commission for most of the day. Incredibly therapeutic

Very pleasant meal and a superb fruity australian grigio at the Printrooms followed by "Back to the 80's" by the "award winning" LAOS.
A triumph ..... of enthusiasm over talent!

All I said was, "I like your new dress; it makes you look slimmer."
It was a compliment for goodness sake!

Lesson for today - Cogita ante salis! Particularly when dealing with the inhabitants of Venus.

Picked up Stephen Fry's new autobiography from Waterstones. Can't wait to read it! Am enjoying Linda Smith's though - be sad to finish it.

Just back from Birmingham (BTD). Went really well. Early gym session this morning (First time on the bike for 2 years!) Glad I had the hip replacement.

Early morning gym session. Dug up mum's herbaceous border; mulched and replanted. Jiggered! (euphemism)
Accepted a commission for some art work.

Quid celerius tempore? Contracts, photographers, gym. Enjoying Linda Smith's autobiography thoroughly.

Took Mum to the Watermill for lunch then on to Ferrers to see Blandine Anderson's new Ceramic exhibition, "Life on the farm".

Close-up and cabaret in Edinborough for Alistaire and Maureens' Silver Wedding. Re-lived happy times at the Waverley with Dad.

Spent all day in the office; correspondence and finance. Self appointed President of the "Crush All Citroens Society" - CACS.

Night air - feel it, touch it, taste it! Truly invigorating. "Off the Wall" at the Theatre with E. Pink Floyd tribute. Soporific.

2.45pm. Got shunted at the Antique Dealers! Not a good day! No damage to my new BMW luckily.

What a fabulous day! Indian summer? Met S in Sheffield to discuss the wine bar opening.

10am A & T to discuss latest print proofs. Thank Em for opening up a 1999 disc for me! 2pm Gym.

This man's propensity for technology would have had him burnt at the stake.

Sincere thanks, Richard for pulling my web site together.

Sunday lunch with L and then shopping at Foss Park.

Picnic in the Park on Saturday afternoon, good audience but very, very poor sound system. Champagne reception for Christchurch Players at the Theatre. Stayed over at a friends.

Just got back from London - straight run in with no traffic. Thank goodness for cruise control! Cup of tea while I put my clothes in the wash.

What I like about going to Kingston u H.
The people are very helpful and Cooplands make excellent curd cheese cakes.
(Bought a freezer load full!)

Discussion with client (a.m.) about an "Italian Night" next month. Browsed Loughborough market and found a stall selling beetles in amber.(Jurasic Period !?) Will think about it as he wants £70 each.
Going out for a curry with C and then on to The Old Bull's Head for a drink.

Successfully finished rejigging the web site with Richard Morrell. Hoping everything runs smoothly - if I can remember what to do!

Still working with Richard Morrell on the Website.

Working with Richard Morrell on the website.