No. I didn't mean it, and it has nothing to do with the house being 30degreesC either. But since the solstice has been and gone I've got that odd feeling I have every year: relishing the sun, with a tinge of sadness borrowed from September, … [Read more...]
Links Links Links
June 22, 2010 By 7 Comments
Or how I learned to stop worrying about losing that ever so useful thing I just read. Despite having sworn off the making of clothing for myself for now, since I'm still trying to shed some of the excess middle I've been left with (and you'll … [Read more...]
Colouring In.
June 18, 2010 By 8 Comments
One of the joys of making my first quilt has been the necessity of playing with my coloured pencils and squared paper. With the milk roll came the time to begin piecing it together. The idea that two squares of the same colour might end up next to … [Read more...]
A Quiet Birthday
June 14, 2010 By 8 Comments
It's been a social weekend, so there is little to show you save the remnants of birthday cake... My friend decorated it with an icing sugar map of Japan, and those two candles represent Kyoto and Tokyo (yes, the map is upside down). We'll be going … [Read more...]
A little bit of Housekeeping
June 10, 2010 By 11 Comments
You know how it is: you move house and then all the dust settles, and where you thought you wanted the couch turns out to be wrong. Ok, so it's not quite like that, and if I try to stretch the analogy any further you'll probably watch it shatter into … [Read more...]
