While it’s true that a good worker never blames his or her tools, it’s also true that for an unskilled dabbler, using the right tools for the job can make all the difference. For example, these are not the right tools for cutting patchwork squares: So after a text from Mum pointing out my general…
It’s stinking hot today (seriously – I hung out a load of washing, and it was dry before the second load was even finished in the washing machine), so of course it was the perfect day to spend sitting over a hot ironing board working on my latest project. It’s for a Christmas present, but…
I’m waiting for some files to process, so a quick chance for an update while I’ve got nothing better to do… Thanks everyone for your kind words about my cousin. A bit more detail has emerged about the crash, but they still seem not to completely know what happened. At this stage it sounds like…
Thanks everyone for your kind comments about Pushkin. No sign of her yet, and no response to the flyer I circulated around the neighbours, but I won’t give up all hope just yet. So, I mentioned Queenstown briefly in the previous post, but only as an aside to the main item, so those bookcrossers among…
The last couple of weeks have been very long ones, full of drama and a total emotional roller-coaster. But perseverance paid off, and on Wednesday, 6 months and 2 days after H left, he signed the separation agreement, and I am finally completely legally and financially free of him. It’s cost me a lot, both…
This is one of my favourite things at this time of year: I’ve got a large wintersweet bush in the garden, and for about 10 months of the year it’s an ugly, scraggly looking thing that I’m tempted to just rip out. But then at this time of year I remember why it’s worth keeping. …
It’s been a busy couple of weeks. Fuzzle was here for most of the first week – it was great to see her, and we had loads of fun (plus she cooked the most amazing enchilladas for dinner one night – who knew she’d turn out such a good cook after all those barely edible…
Mojosmom’s suggestion of a peach cobbler sent me off to Google. I’d only ever encountered cobblers in fiction, but Google quickly turned up a plethora of recipes, all completely different. In the end I found one that seemed to resemble what she’d described, so (after a bit of tweaking to adapt it to metric measurements,…
ell, we survived. The kids went home on Tuesday, and after a day to recover, and a day to clean the house (you would not believe where it’s possible to get popcorn!) and then another day to recover, we’re almost feeling back to normal. The cats have even almost forgiven us. Actually, we had great…
ith the emphasis on the loco… In a couple of hours, we’re off to the airport to pick up the Nephews for their first proper solo visit (is it solo when there’s two of them? duo visit?). We’ve had Nephew #1 stay once before, but that was only for a night, and Dad had brought…