I am afraid the blog has taken a back seat with the Christmas preparations. This has been added to by the work being done on the front of our house, no lights in the front garden this year as they would be in the builders way.
The dogs were all trimmed and washed for Christmas, but the wet, well manured fields have sorted that out, and they stink like compost heaps. Needless to say they do not care one bit. It will probably be a bath before the day.
We have checked and checked again that we have everything ready for February, but we never take anything for granted after the last two years experience. We hope you are all ready, both for Christmas and the fair and that Black Friday, manic Monday, mad Friday and panic Saturday have passed you by, and you can glide into Christmas day without too much fuss and worry.
We wish you all
A VERY HAPPY CHRISTMAS AND A PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR
We had a very enjoyable day at Kensington last Saturday. It was good to see James Hemsley of Trigger Pond looking so well after having to withdraw from Thame last year through illness. We are looking forward to seeing him back at Thame in 2015.
We also enjoyed some of the European visitors work and looked at how the different cultural influences came through in style, presentation and content. These exhibitors are at the top end of the miniature scene and that is why they come to Kensington, but it also must be worth their while to do so.
This then raises the question, is the miniature scene changing? Quite a few fairs have closed or downsized over the last two or three years, and the reason must be that they have become or are not financially viable any longer. This may be because the organisers have allowed the quality of the fairs to be watered down, or it may be that the buying public have become more discerning, or it may be just that the buying habits of miniaturists have changed. Whatever it is, there does seem to be a shift in the way things are going, so it will be interesting to see how things go at Thame in 2015.
