Isn’t the weather glorious today? My mind is positively fizzing with joy… I’ve had to dive into my summer drawer for a short sleeve top and I’m wearing sandals… perhaps I might take my straw bag for a walk too later… It seems to me that basket bags are absolutely everywhere at the moment, don’t …
Yesterday I took a day off from ‘mum-things’ to do ‘me-things’ and attended a ‘Hush‘ clothing lunch in Bath with a friend. (We may or may not have popped into Anthropologie (sales!!!)… it depends if Mr M is reading this or not… Anthro? noooo not me… why, would I? Geesh.. or YEAH SALES! deep green …
We got back from our half term break to find snowdrops flowering everywhere around here. It’s such a welcome sight because it really feels spring is around the corner and the dark winter days are finally over. Nature never lies. Did you know there are more than 2500 varieties of snowdrops? Mind boggling… The latin …
I love quilts on wall. I love rugs on walls too but Mr M doesn’t like either of the options so the only place where I’ve been able to hang a quilt is the spare room. Lucky guests, right? Because of this inexcusable aversion/taste lapse etc. I’ve had to wait for my dad to actually …
I know that this year’s colour is lavender but I can’t help by noticing yellow everywhere I look. It seems to me it’s a colour that has been ignored for a long while and now you can’t escape it. Yellow is the colour of the mind and of the intellect, it’s uplifting, illuminating, it inspires …
I’ve tried quite a few banana bread recipes through the years and this is by far my favourite. It’s definitively more like a bread than a cake. It’s not too sweet or ‘bananay’ and it tastes incredibly divine smothered in good quality butter (unsalted please!) or with Nutella. But then again what doesn’t taste better …
Last week I popped into IKEA with my parents; they were looking for a bookshelf and a guest bed, and I was under instructions from No 2 to purchase a new desk. We were very successful in our endeavour although the desk wasn’t ‘like the picture’ (eye roll) and somehow that is my fault (double …
I have a love hate relationship with the sheer amount of ‘sales’ happening this time of the year. ‘Love’ because let’s face it… who doesn’t enjoy saving a few pennies, but also ‘hate’ – actually ‘resentment’ would be a more accurate description – because there’s a sort of subliminal pressure in having to buy ‘in …
The first thing I did when I got up this morning was painting my toe nails. Coral Pink. And I put on a layer of clear ‘gel’ to make it last longer too. Why am I telling you this? I have no idea. Another early morning, another quiet morning if you don’t count the dog …
The coldest morning of the year so far. Hand knitted socks, Lotta tunic in Nani Iro and big cardigan. Scarf. Before I get started with today’s list I must tell you about the latest book I read: ‘The Essex Serpent”. My sister in law passed it to me because she didn’t get on with it …
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