finished the quilt! And thanks to a few hints and tips from Dancingstar I managed to do it without a single stitch of the dreaded handsewing (for which I am truly thankful, because it was a really long way around that binding even on a machine – if I’d had to do it by hand,…
I didn’t have time to post these the other night, but here’s a few photos from the afternoon at Little River. Pretty much the essence of summer: I would be incredibly jealous of their house, which is a lovely wee cottage in the classic NZ early settlers style, but then I remember how far they…
here did the time go? Suddenly two weeks have raced past and my holiday is over 🙁 I haven’t achieved half of what I’d intended to (of course), but I have had a lovely break, got a few things done, and spent some pleasant times with friends, and really, what more can you ask from…
o Sideshow Bob is now Sir Bob, apparently for services to “looking good on TV”. It certainly can’t be for services to Christchurch – he and his council did nearly as much damage to this city as the earthquakes themselves. But of course it’s very much in the government’s interests to keep up the pretence…
I had a few friends around for a pot-luck dinner on Friday night. Not everyone I’d invited could make it – some were out of town, or had other plans, or cancelled because of illness (or in one case just forgot – I got a very apologetic email the next morning), but the few of…
k, ignore everything you’ve ever read or seen about how spending Christmas alone is a terrible thing. It’s not – in fact, it’s been a very pleasant experience. Of course, it probably helps that I’ve never really thought of Christmas as that big a deal anyway. Yes, I have a lot of fun decorating the…
Thanks to the generous allocation of University Holidays around this time of year, plus of course quite a few Public Holidays, and the judicious use of a couple of days’ leave, I’ve got a whole two weeks off work. And much needed it is too, after a very busy few months (that break in October…
Yetzirah and Sherlockfan asked me to explain Minecraft. A tall order, but I’ll see what I can do. So, Minecraft is a computer game that’s completely open-ended and what they call “sand-box” – i.e. you can play it any way you like – there’s no set aim or way of winning. Basically, you are placed…
DD has been down again, or at least, the ability for some of us to log in properly has been, so these two entries are ones I wrote over the last couple of days but haven’t been able to post until now (so the “yesterday”s are several days ago now – I’ve added in the…
here is a woman at work who thinks she is my great friend. In fact, I find her a bit of a pain, but my polite tolerance is apparently interpreted by her as close friendship. Anyway, she’s also got it into her head that I am utterly bereft and lonely ever since the separation and…