Oats and other things

Posted by on Feb 25, 2006 in Sketchbook | One Comment

Some serious time on the internet tonight that led from a newsletter from the 24 Hour Museum (always good for ideas for an AD), to an exhibition of Quaker tapestries (I love this mixture of words and pictures) in Norwich, to thinking about Quakers (and oats – unfortunately nothing to do with Quakers, or even ...

cult-cha!

Posted by on Feb 19, 2006 in Dancing, London Life | No Comments

Had a good week of getting out and about in the city last week – it’s all too easy to take all the things going on in London for granted (and so never get around to doing any of them!). After 2 years of missing it, I went to the Flamenco Festival at Sadler’s Wells ...

A good Saturday

Posted by on Feb 11, 2006 in London Life | No Comments

A whole saturday with nothing to do but spend it with M, walking & exploring London… I like these Saturdays, and it feels like we haven’t done this for ages… First we stopped by the photographers gallery for some lunch – Jo’s cakes are amazing!. We walked down to Trafalger Sq where there was a ...

Meet me at the…

Posted by on Feb 9, 2006 in Travel | No Comments

City Reliquary! We went past this a few times in Brooklyn and it is fab… I like it even more now I have seen their website (with them wearing sashes, made by by their ‘VP of Seams’!). I love their ideas of ‘community beautification’ (there were tubs and tyres filled with plants and flowers all ...

wishes…

Posted by on Feb 9, 2006 in Sketchbook | No Comments

So this week was a bit about wishes and I kept coming accross things that were wish related… dropping pennies into a fountain to hope a wish comes true, wishing on a star, Christmas wishes, blowing out birthday cake candles and making a wish, even wishing when you find an eyelash on your cheek! But ...

Summer knitting

Posted by on Feb 3, 2006 in Craft | One Comment

This is always a hard one for me…. I usually end up finishing off the stuff I started in the autumn or winter by the time the warmer months arrive and just start on the summer vest / cute cardi  by the time the leaves are turning!. This year I’m going to start summer now! ...