I still haven’t got round to buying more of the blue thread I’m using for the Birds in Flight quilt, so in the meantime I’ve been working on the Lego quilt. This time I’m quilting it much more loosely (to keep the quilt nice and soft, seeing as it’s intended for a baby), so it’s…
Some may have doubted my ability to grow cucumbers in a small pot, but I have proof it is possible. Granted, they are very small cucumbers, and they show no sign of increasing in size, but they are definitely cucumbers: Yeah, I’ll never be a gardener, will I?
reat news, Discoverylover – I found the recipe! (For the benefit of everyone else, a bit of backstory: last time I was up in Wellington, Discoverylover introduced me to an Italian restaurant where the food is good, but the real attraction is their hot chocolates, which are thick and rich and just like the ones…
our spools of thread gone on the Birds in Flight quilt (and they’re 500m spools, so that means there’s 2 km of quilting in this quilt already!), and still a few areas haven’t been quilted. I thought four spools would be total overkill, but I ended up quilting pretty densely, which uses up a lot…
Things I like about my new phone I can talk to it! And it knows what I’m saying (mostly – there’s a few NZ vowel sounds it struggles with still (setting an alarm for 10 pm is something I’m yet to achieve – that lovely NZE [e] vowel in ten just confuses the poor thing…))…
ven though (or perhaps because) I work in a digital lab, I have a touch of the Luddite about me. I like technology, but in its place – I’m not a fan of technology for the sake of it. I like to use the tool that does the job best for me, which is not…
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…
amp day again – I think January swapped its weather with December, so instead of the heatwave we’d normally be getting now, we’re getting rain and general “are you sure it’s summer?” weather. Oh well, at least it’s damped down the fire risk (literally), and I’m sure the farmers are happy. It would be nice…
ompared to how much my throat was hurting on Tuesday, I feel almost back to normal – antibiotics are truly magical things. My throat’s still a wee bit scratchy, but at least it doesn’t feel swollen any more, and it isn’t agony to swallow. I haven’t even felt the need for any medicinal icecream today,…
ecause bodies are evil, and know when you’re on holiday, mine has decided to get sick this week, with strep throat of all things. I’ve never had it before, but was under the impression it’s something that only kids get. But no, apparently adults can get it too, and I have it. Luckily it’s not…