Just a few photos from the show... my favourites. (I tried uploading photos to this post for the last week - yes, week - I cant remember the number of times Typepad crashed on me....) So Im not going...
We sat with friends and hundreds of other people by the side of the road and waited flags ready and then it arrived the Olympic flame... I felt quite emotional and very excited to see it meters from ...
Technically calling this a finished ufo is incorrect ... I hadnt even started it before the weekend BUT Ive been meaning to make them for so long that they were on the list. I know you know what I me...
I had to have a little break from all this virtuous ufo finishing... (actually some of them are so old that its like working on a new project!) A tiny eggcup found in a charity shop provided the requ...
Wordless wednesday.
Do you ever buy a book because you like the cover? Yup, me too. And sometimes I buy biscuits because of the tin.
2012 its officially the year of the cushion; I dont seem to be able to stop making them.. This combined with my desire to get rid of/finish off as many ufo as possible resulted into this: The top had...
My new wall diary: sticky blackboard squares. Love it. (and yes it would have been better laying them out in rows of 7 (Im aware of how long a week is... you know!) but there was no room for t...
A few weeks ago it occurred to me that I had never done a quilt for our bed. The main reason is probably the size... The double bed log cabin quilt I did for mum was a nightmare to quilt on my...
Wordless Wednesday
Random Friday is back. Because its Friday and my mind cant focus on one thing for more than 10 seconds. Its bad. - First of all... Simon Cowells dog is just like my Lilli. (Simons dog) Lilli. ...
Mr M destroyed his last pair of handknitted socks. Dont ask me how. It was at least two years ago. Mr M has long feet. Knitting socks for Mr M takes months. Not anymore! On my recent visit to ...
- Today at No 3s new swimming lesson I bumped into a friend from university. We shared a house for a year and had great fun together. Somehow we drifted apart and hadnt seen each other ...
And so were back. The boys are in school, my ironing mountain is on the verge of toppling over and Im slowly wading through the huge swamp of things that have accumulated whilst I was away. A few box...
Postcards from Tuscany.Its our last day, nonno and the boys have gone off to do more archery, whilst nonna and I drove to the nearby Monterchi to see the famous painting by Piero della Francesca call...
Postcards from Tuscany.Food.
Postcards from Tuscany.As a mother of three boys it was only a matter of time before I found myself in a place like this:I discovered that the same child who doesnt remember his school bag in the mor...
Postcards from Tuscany.A lovely afternoon visiting an art exhibition with mum. Castello Sismondo, Rimini.
Postcards from Tuscany.Another day another sport.Nonno gave the boys an archery lesson.Once again no live animal or person was hurt in the pursuit of this ancient and noble activity. However I wont b...
Postcards from Tuscany.The snow is gone. We went fishing for carps. No 2 caught this beast. Youll be glad to know it was a catch and release type of place... No fish was seriously harmed a...
Postcards from Tuscany.When you wake up to this...You might be forgiven if you rush out with only one sock!Glorious.
Postcards from Tuscany. Yes, it snowed on Easter Sunday.
Postcards from Tuscany. Quiet days.
Postcards from Tuscany A trip in town under the rain. A quiet walk alone under the oasis of peace of my cheap umbrella. (... And a spot of shopping...)
Postcards from Tuscany (nonno and No 3 transplanting bonsai trees)
Its bright and zingy and totally Norolicious 1 ball of Noro SEKKU (lost the card, dont know the shade... sorry) 3mm crochet hook (this yarn is reeeeeaaaalllyyy thin) Its a simple granny triangle...
When the weather is this beautiful meeting with friends and flying kites is definitively the best idea in the world Hope youre spring break is just a good.
by Denyse Schmidt. Let me start by saying that I think that Denyse Schmidt is a genius. Her first book "Quilts" has been my favourite since it came out years ago and the one book I c...
The weather... ah the glorious spring weather... No 3 is practicing his skateboard moves and Im hanging clothes in the fresh morning air. Its a peaceful start to our Spring break... And that i...
No 1 turns 11 today. 1 - youre kind and loving and still not embarassed to hug me or dad 2 - youre a whizz with the computer 3 - you love cars and can recognise the make and model from the tin...
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