lmost saw a nasty accident on the way home tonight. On the main road that goes past the university, they’ve erected low concrete barriers to separate the cycle lanes from the road. Some people have been complaining about them, because they’re only kerb height, so it’s easy for cars to hit them if the driver’s…
ot as big a deal as 22 February, but 4 September is still a significant date for Christchurch – the day of the 2010 earthquake that was the start of all the chaos and horror to come (GeoNet announced this morning that they’ve recorded 14859 earthquakes in Canterbury since that first one, 4558 of them…
A few of the Christchurch Bloggers were meeting up at the Craft Love Fair at Mairehau High last night, so I went along. I didn’t intend to buy anything, but there was a lot of temptation on offer (and all right, I may have bought a few small things…). I was a bit braver about…
ou know that quilt-along? The one for Tartankiwi’s birds in flight quilt? The one I worked out I absolutely wouldn’t have time to do? Yeah, I just bought the patterns for it. And I’ll probably go and buy some fabric tomorrow. This is probably (certainly) a very stupid thing to do, because there is no…
I finally got round to hanging two cool things on the wall this morning. The first is the Irish pub scene photograph I won at the Dublin convention, which I’ve added to the hallway with the other artworks I’ve brought home from various trips: The other isn’t quite as artistic, but it makes me happy:…
I can’t remember if I mentioned that I’d volunteered to host the Christchurch Bloggers’ Christmas party this year. The usual host, Miriam, has moved to Australia, and at a meetup a while back Tartankiwi mentioned she hadn’t found anyone else willing to host, so I said if she couldn’t find anyone then I’d step up…
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That looks yummy! I’ve never had any other chutney besides plain old “Fruit chutney” from Coles.