Archive for the ‘homely’ Category
TweetFrom the bottom of my heart, thank you so much for the lovely words you shared yesterday. After posting last night’s lament, I fretted to Abby – oh dear, maybe I’ll regret having such a whinge tomorrow. But your words of friendship, encouragement, commiseration, and such practical and heart felt suggestions (Nicole, I’ve started my [...]
TweetThis is what I have been doing … This is what I should be doing … :: folding the washing – which is on my unmade bed :: making my bed – an unmade bed makes me feel SOOooooo hot and lazy :: tidying the sewing chaos that is currently squatting in the corner of [...]
TweetWell. That’s a big “well” followed by a big deep sigh. And a bit of a shudder. You see, this post – that I’ve been composing in my head since we began building in August, was going to be one of absolute delight and excitement … … and there still is an element of that. [...]
TweetAs you know, dear folk, I’ve a weakness for a good rearrange. And last weekend, with my physiology exam only days away, turning the bedroom on its head seemed like a jolly good use of my time :-) I’m so, so glad I did. Our bed is now under the sweet bay windows and is [...]
Tweet Doesn’t that title entice you to read on. But really, it’s a very pretty ironing board :-) I gave the back shed a rather major rearrange the other day and re-discovered this very sweet wooden ironing board, pressed up against a tower of boxes. Very timely discovery too. Julian and Abby are tired of [...]
TweetI adore the rich intensity and joy of the colours used in Hindu festivals – the flowers, the saris, the makeup, the art. Oh they are so life giving! Buddhist robes and temples too (same birthplace I guess!) – all those rich oranges and pinks and reds just make my heart sing. Which is why [...]
TweetI should start by explaining – almost half of the floor and wall space in the sewing shed is taken up with packing crates. Full of 18 years worth of fabric and sewing bits and bobs. So sadly no, the sewing shed is neither the Tardis or the Weasley’s camping tent :-) For each bit [...]
Tweet:: finally, I’ve cracked the homemade digestive! Wholemeal and oats, a hint of sweetness, thin and crisp. Next time I’m adding poppy seeds, black pepper and rosemary. Julian says if I insist, I’ll have to bake two batches ’cause he’s happy just the way these are. :: Sweetpea’s gardening. I suppose we really were asking [...]
TweetThis morning, here in Bootville, there was only just enough milk for our tea. Tea is essential so the skerrick of milk was quickly consumed. That meant there was none for pancakes. We needed to have pancakes ’cause there was no bread. And we couldn’t have porridge ’cause there was no milk. And we we [...]
Tweet… it’s a desk chair for Abby! Thrifted from the Salvos this morning. What a find! Abby is smitten with yesterday’s quilted chair – she declared it the coolest chair she’d ever seen. And asked if I could keep an eye out for a swivel chair for her that we could patchwork. And look – [...]
TweetSpying six fully upholstered dining chairs on the footpath around the corner set me to imagining quilted chairs – some cheerful with scrappy patchwork, maybe some dresden plates, doilies? Oh – I’d talked myself into a right state of excitement – Christmas presents, birthday presents – and all using hard rubbish and fabrics from the [...]
TweetIt’s Michaelmas on Thursday … we’ve been preparing for weeks – and today, curled up on the sofa with the girlie, I finished stitching our Michaelmas banner to hang before the fireplace. I’ve used Amanda’s recipe from Handmade Home – this technique with vintage blanket scraps really sings to me and we have several now [...]
