Moving On

I've Moved! : qocf.blogspot.com Although I have been absent from the blogging world for far too long (owing to a new job and massive lack of time to take photos / do anything other than work and...

Happy Halloween

Hello lovelies. Halloween is here and so are these amazingly ghoulish looking parrot tulips, aren't they fantastic? I have been hunting around for some black tulips to go with them in the vase but...

Sketching the Seasons

I'm trying to do a little drawing every day, taking inspiration from nature the seasons. I am planning to do a series based on pictures of mushrooms, they are so photogenic!

Veggie Love

Happy Friday! Wishing you a weekend full of love

It's a special day when someone brings home a bouquet of flowers this big. Even though these beauties have now been whisked away to be turned into decorations I still have the photos to remind myself!

Another shamelessly lazy instant update! 1. An allotment gift from my Aunt of raw beetroot, we grated it in a salad with some feta 2. Market treats bought on the South Bank at the end of the day...

Fallen Leaves and Cinnamon Please!

I have a slightly embarrassing habit of getting really excited about 'seasonal things', something that caused me to eat an unreasonable amount of peaches and get sunburn on three separate occasions...

Just a quick post of photos from Instagram. Incidentally my username is @zenobies if you want to follow along. I have been finding it a really great way to share craft projects and little moments...

On the Road

I am nostalgic and there are certain things I refuse to let go - shooting film is one of them. That said, my heart always breaks a little when I get film photos back from the lab. Something about...

This Summer I Went Swimming

Late summer vibes

With a View

The cypress-trees undulated gently in the breeze, as if they were busily painting the sky a still brighter blue for our arrival.These photos were taken from our hotel balcony where we stayed in...

Summer Swap

A while back, Mina sent me an email about the summer gift swap she was organising between a few great bloggers. I love stuff like this and so I jumped at the opportunity to be part of it. I was...

August

This month has the ability to creep up on me like no other. In a blink of an eye the blackberries have ripened and the sun is setting ever so slightly earlier with dream like colour pallets.I'm...

Hello lovelies. I will be taking a tiny break from blogging, I am going internet free or a while (ghasp!). I will return soon with lots of photos to share and thoughts to ponder. Until then be sure...

Simple Breakfast

I made bread this weekend for the first time in a long time and felt rather domestic-goddess-esque for a minute eating it with my home made jam and garden roses. My breakfasts are usually non...

Little Birds

Walking on the weekend we passed a skylark protection site on Wimbledon common. The little birds are nesting at the moment and fledgling chicks are making their way out into the world to start...

July Rose

The roses are out in full force, creeping over garden walls and peeping up from flower beds. And the smell, my goodness the smell!As soon as I get a patch of land to call my own the first thing I...

Inspirational

Yellow raspberries, fresh mint tea and some much needed inspiration for gloomy summer days: 1. The Sheer Stories - My new favourite blog full of inspiring and beautiful craft projects and the most...

How Does Your Garden Grow?

It has been a busy week, so busy in fact that I have had hardly any time for you lovely blog pals. Sorry about that. I will be back on form next week but until then I hope you forgive me for this...

Table Top

A few recent photos taken on tabletops. I have been spending far too much money on yarn lately to feed my recently acquired sock making addiction and merino and mohair in soft hazy colours are so...

From Karina

Lovely textile designer Karina of By Rios asked me to be part of her wonderful textile letter writing project. Of course I said yes! Karina lives in Copenhagen with her husband and adorable ginger...

Outdoor, Indoor

It has been a bit of a tough week so far, and its only Tuesday! Yesterday I found out that I was too late to apply for a job that I really wanted and then I found out I was also too late to apply...

Peachy

I have almost completed knitting my very first pair of socks! I am not really much of a knitter but I have always wanted to make socks and somehow the crochet versions I have made never really feel...

I Love...

... Seasonal eating. I have become much more aware of the benefits of eating local seasonal produce over the past few years: It tastes better, it supports local growers, it tends to be cheaper and...

The Red Carpet

The Rhododendron bushes look spectacular this year. The boughs of this plant were so heavily laden down with scarlet trumpets that they spilled down onto the ground, it was almost as if the forest...

Conservatory

If I had my own conservatory I would fill it with rare, exotic and beautiful plants from all round the world. I would tend to them every day, I would probably go a bit over the top and start piping...

I Love

This darling little bag made for me by the lovely Lily of The Red Notebook. The bag is reversible, on one side is a cute typewriters and hearts print and on the other some classic green corduroy....

Summers Past

It has been hot here lately and I have been doing as much park dwelling and ice cream eating as possible. Flowers are popping up all over in the most unexpected places, like the giant patch of...

The Everyday

I take a lot of photos, but the ones I seem to revisit the most are those that werent taken with any particular purpose. Sometimes its a scene that just catches my eye, maybe the lighting was nice...

The Magic Garden

I have a new favourite spot in London. A friend told me about the Phoenix Garden a little while ago, a rambling, overgrown community patch in the middle of the city. The garden is maintained by...