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spoon

May 16th, 2012 | Home, Other | 1 Comment

       Nearly stirred the porridge with this little chap today!

peonies

May 9th, 2012 | Home, Other | 3 Comments

I went out and bought myself some sunshine…                                                    

Well laid plans…

September 15th, 2011 | Home, Other | 3 Comments

I start every day by making a list of things I hope to achieve that day (often a wildly over- optimistic one) but my plans are often overtaken by other events like the day last week when I took Betty for a walk and came back to find the car under a tree… amazingly the car was fine and no-one […]

Back again…

June 17th, 2011 | Family, Home | 9 Comments

  from my little unexpected absence. I’ve made and done lots of things I could have shared here, but for some reason, I simply stopped taking photographs. I really don’t know why. I usually take so many. Anyway, the problem seems to have resolved itself  as last night I took 42 photos of absolutely nothing. As you […]

Cliche

March 21st, 2011 | Home, Sewing | 6 Comments

I seem to have accidentally started collecting needlework cliches.                                                    

Lounge part 3

September 17th, 2010 | Home | 6 Comments

So, in this half of the (still not finished) lounge we have a wall mounted tv, and a thrifted (1950’s?) sideboard which hides all the ugly DVD players etc             on which sits a funny ceramic giraffe (bought on holiday in Crete years ago) and a pretty jug from Rae Dunn.   […]

Not work

September 13th, 2010 | Home | 10 Comments

I always come home from the Festival of Quilts bone tired but exhilarated. But this year I also came back with the realisation that I’ve let sewing and creating become work. That’s to say: if I haven’t got any actual paid work to do I don’t sew or draw or knit or paint or… anything anymore. This is not good. This will stop. […]

back

September 9th, 2010 | Home | 7 Comments

Well, my noisy, funny, messy, hungry, lovely boys are back to school the house is eerily quiet and empty and I am trying to catch up on all the emails, work and chores that I have largely ignored for the past 7 weeks. It’s going to take a while… but, it’s good to be back. P.S. We now have a woodburning stove and carpet in the lounge.   […]

Aged

July 16th, 2010 | Home | 3 Comments

The plumber has been! We’re glad we waited for him, because this is what our pipes look like.            

Colander

July 6th, 2010 | Home | 4 Comments

This vintage colander planted with little Alpines is just about all the gardening I’ve achieved recently. And when I say ‘gardening’ I really mean tipping the un-drunk water from our dinner glasses on it before we come in for the evening.   P.S. I’m just home from teaching at The Fat Quarters near Newcastle- thanks for […]