the last day of monday idleness
2010
Surely is! Tomorrow, I too will have to bound out of the home, bright and early, clothes ironed, face washed, hair brushed, ready for a day of WORK! Outside the house! On a busy street! In a busy bookstore! Oh my goodness!
So, making the most of this last Monday at home for a while – Easter? – I filled the day with happy busyness.
Washing all the linen and towels …
Taking time for a wonderful two hour bike ride
… do you know, this is the first time I have done this since moving to Melbourne. Oy! Oy! I am so silly. It was beautiful – we live in a very flat part of Melbourne so it was glorious, riding along with a cool wind dancing about me, under magnificent trees whose leaves are j.u.s.t beginning to turn in time for autumn, past many beautiful old homes.
Destination – Little Sparrow …
… fast becoming our favourite store where I covet the left side (books and knitting and stitching supplies) and Abby the right side (beautiful wooden and felt toys and art supplies). They have a magical range of colours in their wool felts and I need to stock up on some more pretties for the week – I have two felt projects in the my mind that both need to be stitched, one into a hoop for the next week’s coming of autumn and one for Abby’s friend Georgia who is celebrating her 12th birthday this weekend; and last week’s birthday quilt to finish.
Which I gave a good shot with lots and lots of stitching in the back garden.
This is a funny old quilt – the buttony aspect is really quite unsuccessful but I so love the fabrics I’ve used, the swirly flowers I quilted and the felt pennies and embroidery, I’m unable to give up on it.
I cannot unpick all the buttons – it would leave the fabric too damaged. And they do add lots of prettiness. I think we will just have to love it, imperfections and all.
And there’s always another quilt to now try out my new quilting and more felt pennies. I so love felt pennies – perhaps I should finish my penny rug runner for the bed – now that would be a novelty!
And some baking – museli muffins for Abby and I to take to school and work.
I used Sally Fallon’s Basic Muffin Recipe from Nourishing Traditions. Adding yoghurt provides such wonderful density and texture to baked goods – yum.
There wasn’t much idleness really … and there is a lot of excitement about tomorrow! I know there’ll be lots of good things to share :-) Fingers crossed.
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I hope you had a wonderful day at the bookstore, Lily! And it looks like your last Monday was less than idle. :-)
goodness, you were one busy gal yesterday! hope your day at the bookstore went well!
oh, Lily – your bike is so lovely!!!!
I love a day as idle as your last idle monday, busy busy busy! I hope you have a wonderful day at work.
And really, I don’t think the buttons are as unsuccessful as you think. Just wait until the whole thing is finished and I’m sure you’ll find some genius way of perfecting it (in your mind – it looks pretty perfect to me as it is!)
Beginning a new position is exciting, and I understand the desire to do more of the same beforehand, as a reassurance that all will be well – and it will be! I’ll be thinking of you tomorrow!
There are very few things as beautiful as a laundry line filled with pretty linens :)
Those muffins look so yummy! So nice to know that you had a lovely ride.
Happy first day at work :o)
What a wonderful day! All my favorite thigns together. I cannot wait for our Spring to get here( easter?), the winter is wearing on me a bit. Or maybe its my HUGE PILE of homework!Of course, I might be making more headway on it if I wasen’t blog-reading. But you need a break here and there, right?The quilt looks fab, now one like it is on my “to-do” list for the summer holidays:)
thinking of you. hoping all went well (i’m sure it did)!!!!
Hello friend. It’s so good to see you doing so well in Melbourne. The bikeride sounds perfect and working? in a book shop? Oh how wonderful. Congratulations. Though I can’t see much of that quilt, I just love it. The buttons are in such fantastic colors. I’m cheering you on when I say “keep going”. Take care.
Hope your day went well!! What fun to start a new venture. ~karen
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Such prettiness, love the cheery patchwork.
Hope you adventures out went well!