The observant among you might have noticed that I haven’t posted a progress report on the behemoth cross-stitch for quite a while. That’s because there has been very little progress to report. I packed it away before Christmas when life started to get busy and we were trying to keep the house tidy between visitors,…
Grrr!!! I hate it when that happens! I’d just written a long and interesting entry, and somehow hit some random key that lost the lot. Oh well, here’s the brief version: While we were helping rarsberry shift yesterday, I couldn’t help but notice that the plum tree at their old place was fair groaning with…
Just over an hour into the cooking process, and the vinegar is working its magic, turning a pot full of fruit into a rich dark brown syrup: See, I told you it would reduce! And the good news is, I found enough jars. Now I’ve just got to clean and sterilise them, and we’re good…
I couldn’t find the screw top ring thingy for the last jar, so it’ll be a bit of a lottery whether the lid seals without it, but if it doesn’t I’ll just put it in the fridge and we’ll use that jar first. And while I’m here, some recent catches: The Message by KA Applegate…
Looks like 2009 is going to be another year of great intentions as far as my blog goes. Usual story – too much interesting (and “interesting”) stuff going on in life to spend time sitting at the computer writing about it. Anyway, what I’ve been doing for the last couple of weeks: The bookcrossing picnic…
The worst bit about having been on holiday is that you get yourself into a nice lazy rhythm of late nights and even later mornings, which is always so hard to break when suddenly your holiday is over and it’s Monday morning. So I thought I’d be sensible and try and ease myself back into…
Total: 154 books January (14) The Ghost Drum by Susan Price The Rotters’ Club by Jonathan Coe (library audio book) xxxHOLiC, Volume 6 by CLAMP (graphic novel) End in Tears by Ruth Rendell (audio book, abridged) Politics 101 by Anna Smith The Adventures of the Railway Cat by Phyllis Arkle Extreme Office Crafts by Jimmy…
(You can see I was running out of ideas at the end, can’t you?) And that’s the lot! (Although I’m having nightmares of suddenly discovering yet another bag of notebooks lurking somewhere in the study (when the various stationery shops had their “Back to School” sales earlier in the year, they were selling the notebooks…
Today’s batch of pretty sparkles: Sorry about the poor picture quality again – I was balancing on a stool holding the camera up high enough to get them all in without too much foreshortening, which is not ideal conditions for getting a well-focused or well-lit shot. I was starting to run short of inspiration (and…
(for the last couple of days, anyway). The mess creative process: The outcome (so far): Plus I’ve got about another 40 notebooks covered that now just need to be decorated.