I just finished writing a post for our CEISMIC blog about yesterday’s anniversary (well, actually, editing it – I wrote the bulk of it yesterday sitting in a cafe eating lunch after the memorial was over). I was going to write a post here as well, but then I realised that everything I wanted to say about yesterday I said in that post, so I’ll just link to it instead.
I’ve been using a couple of random bits of fabric and batting as a practice quilt sandwich, for checking tension and trying out new quilting patterns before I actually start quilting something. I’d completely filled up the piece with stitching, so I was about to throw it out and replace it with some new scraps,…
igns are abounding that Christmas is on its way. I already have six different Christmas/end-of-year parties in my calendar (sounds like I have a really impressive social life, but the majority are work-related), and plans are being made in our corridor at work for the annual door-decorating competition (which, of course, our office won last…
Meet Parsnips’ latest victim: A very tiny (the ruler is in inches), and thanks to Parsnips, very dead, baby sparrow . Actually, technically I was the murderer, as I had to break the poor wee thing’s neck. Parsnips brought it in a few minutes ago, and was happily tossing it around the study. It was…
I’d like to formally introduce you to: Parsnips and Pushkin Not quite the original names we’d planned on, but these ones somehow fit better (though don’t ask me to explain exactly why!). A few more photos, just because: I would have lots more, but not long after that one of the kittens managed to pull…
ast night my Toastmasters group had a quiz night. My team maintained a respectable second place up until the second last round. When the quiz leader announced that the theme of the round was flags, there was a loud exclamation of glee from the teenage member of our team, the child of one of the…
I’m feeling particularly uninspired for things to write about tonight, so it must be time for a gratuitous photo of Parsnips: She’s quite scary in extreme close-up! (But isn’t the texture in her eyes cool?)