Here's some terrific fun! Recently, I booked us a week away in Mexico, and, having C's children's art class self portraits and Frida Kahlo on our minds, we thought we'd make a couple pencils cases to take with us. After all,
I have three children and they were all born as very special presents to me. Jonathan, my oldest, was born in July, and I took him home from the hospital on my birthday. Kerstin, my middle child, is a February
Always have rhythm in your shaking. Now a Manhattan you shake to fox-trot time, a Bronx to two-step time, a dry martini you always shake to waltz time. But our annual grow your blog time
You know what I do when I need to clean up? I buy flowers! And what's better than one hyacinth? Two! :D At the moment they are gracing both sides of the kitchen sink, but they might want to move to
There was an idea circulating around my Facebook. An idea of part silliness, part self help, part inspiration, part community togetherness
Stefanie says "cookie is a nice word, isn't it?" Oh it SO is! I've done so much of the painted cookies in the past, that I decided to do something completely different. So when is a cookie not a cookie, but still is?
It's been a quiet, low-key weekend round here. Nice for a change. But we did have Kerstie, Adam and our little girls come for supper. Mom came too, and we had a lovely visit. Jonathan was missed. He originally said he would love to
Finally! It's time for the drawing challenge. Nadine took the lead for the first one after the August break and her inspiration is "Japan". Last month I bought a sort of "grab bag" of goodies from the London Embroiderer's Guild. I wasn't sure
Oh boy oh boy oh boy! We've been major energizer bunnies round here. We've been building the carport, and removing stuff to the tip, and collecting plums, and chopping wood, and burning branches, and digging out a huge and ugly
You got to love the Victorians, don't you. They had such a quirky sense of style, or keen sense of humour