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A FEW OF MY PENS IMMORTALISED THANKS TO THE ARTISTRY OF T.J. GARVIE - PHOTOGRAPHER

T.J. Garvie is a fabulous work colleague who has recently taken up photography in a wonderful way.

When I saw some of her photos casually saying "look at me!" on her iPad, I asked if she might be interested in taking some pen pics.  I am so grateful that she took up the challenge because what followed is a photographic, stylographic bonanza!

I gave T J a sample lot of my pens to play with:

• A Montblanc Hemingway

• 4 Omas Paragons of various vintage and type (of course)

• 1 Omas 360 (Lucens)
• 2 Edisons (a Collier and an extended Mina)
• A Visconti (Rebecca Moss) Chianti Rosso
• A Waterman Edison
• A Henry Simpole Overlay Conway Stewart

You can judge the results for yourself!

Just click Pen Pics Extraordinaire  and let me know what you think.

Leigh Reyes - and pens for aid

I recently bid and won a number of auctions on Leigh Reyes site (a link is on the right of this blog) for Pens for Aid - raising money for the Philippines Red Cross efforts following the recent devastating typhoon. Leigh's efforts have raised over $5,500 US at time of writing this - a brilliant effort!

So you can imagine my surprise on receiving (even before my auction items) an envelope chock-a-block with home-made goodies.

It began with the letter:

Leigh's penmanship is already legendary; so just the letter was more than enough. But it included this:

along with refills for my Midori (notebook), a Japanese notebook, a Fino leather single pen pencase, a much loved Parker lucky curve Lady Duofold and a Moleskine envelope filled with personal touches like this:

(it's been rotated vertically here - sorry about that!)

Such a great cause; such a talented woman; and such a generous and creative soul!

Thank you on behalf of us all.