quilt, knit, crochet, cook, read, travel
Can't believe it's been a week. It was a busy week, 'to be fairs' (teenage lingo... stick with me)... culminated with me sleeping three hours Saturday afternoon and then 12 hours straight that night. I just can't hack it anymore. ok, let's see if I can remember it all... I went to see this movie… Continue reading *90* recap
'A room of one's own' by Virginia Woolf Yup another one of hers. Just as famous so I'm not going to discuss it in too much details because, heck, it's early and I haven't had any breakfast which means the brain is not quite in gear... and so many words have been written about it… Continue reading *52* A room of one’s own
... because you can never, ever, have enough cushions. Fact. The central block, formed by the nine granny squares slip stitched together is another one from the big bunch I was gifted a few years ago... and it's not the last one either. I think most of the yarn that was used is acrylic... the… Continue reading *3* new year, new cushion
Non-combatants (by Evelyn Underhill) Never of us be said That we reluctant stood As sullen children, and refused to dance To the keen pipe that sounds across the fields of France. Though shrill the note and wild, Though hard the steps and slow, The dancing floor defiled, The measure full of woe, And dread The… Continue reading – 2018/186 – poetry Monday
Something a little different today... last night I went to a classical concert in Birmingham at the Symphony Hall. It was fabulous. They played Beethoven 7th Symphony which was amazing... he is my favourite classical composer and the second movement of this piece is simply magical. Make yourself a cup of tea and sit down.… Continue reading – 2018/167 – music Friday
Hotel du Lac (Anita Brookner) I can't believe that nobody had ever suggested this book to me before... why?? It is simply brilliant. Not in a shout out brilliant, but in a modest, subtle, elegant way brilliant. Yes, it's an elegant book, that's it. Edith writes romantic novels under a pseudonym but her life is… Continue reading – 2018/153 – 48 years of books (1984)
This week it's going to be a quilt party around here... I've taken a lot of photographs yesterday and I want to share with you all that caught my eye. Also, believe me when I say that not a lot is going on behind the scene if you discount school shopping and normal holiday life… Continue reading – 2018/142 – FoQ 2018, Shizuko Kuroha
I'm off to Italy for the weekend to see family. Alone. Feeling giddy and slightly giddy in equal measure. (as a child I used to love the movies with Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis... and we chose Dean's song "that's Amore" as our wedding song. I'm ever so fond of the old crooner) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JEQIQmQa-c
I have so many things to talk to you about this week I don't know where to start... three books (three!!), a tidy studio (rare occurrence), a finished quilt (even rarer than a tidy studio)... geesh... first things first though; what I want to share is the beautiful visit to Hauser & Wirth Somerset. We… Continue reading – 2018/106 – birthday weekend, part 2
I had a fabulous birthday. Fabulous, daaaahling! After sending the boys to school we leisurely drove to Babington House where we had a most delicious lunch with friends and then chilled out in the spa. You know when you're so relaxed that you lose the sense of time? That. Can you believe it was once… Continue reading – 2018/104 – birthday weekend, part 1
