Category: Random thoughts
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In the kitchen
Making the most of my last week off work I appear to have begun writing and photographing my recipes and even written a table of contents. I say I appear to have, because I was sitting down to plan out an entirely differnent book and when I put pen to paper about sixty recipes reeled…
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Stories and pies and baking
I am saving up to buy The Fundamental Techniques of Classic Pastry Arts. But in the meantime I cheat with my breadmaker. And I cheat by buying non organic pre-made pastry from M&S. I don’t have the time to be a purist. Much as I’d like to be one. For now as an Art Director…
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Things to do this weekend
Check if the new Cass Art shop is open in Hampstead and buy a paintbrush and a painting board for Astrid.Get myself a .13 pen. And tracing paper. And an artline pen. And a clutch pencil. Go for a big long Heath walk. Go to Astrid’s secret playground and take a picnic lunch on Sunday.…
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Just ask Amelie
Lost for words. Deleted and deleted. After the past few days I have asked myself what’s really the point? I think I have. Where are the big hearts? And there, today, the most beautiful wonder appeared – and I simply thought, well, I just can’t stop smiling. And I smiled and I smiled and I…
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returning
I’m back online. twitter flickr getty Lovely NZ will be being tended to again, soon too. Less than a week in this house. The cats fly out on Tuesday. We fly on the 16th after a couple of weeks at my brother’s. Hong Kong first. Then Auckland – currently creaking under the weight of all…
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last IKEA hurrah
We’d been avoiding the fact but Edith is well and truly filling up the moses basket now. And the mattress is all lumpy and rubbish. So off we went to IKEA last monday. For the last IKEA hurrah. To buy her a cot as we’d sold Astrid’s fancy organic one. And some frames for prints…
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new horizons
Today I discovered two great blogs – one a well curated visual delight, and another that captivated me with its words. Both now on my sidebar. the seventy tree famine or feast
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warm grey
Hello. I am busy knitting. I don’t want to stop. Apart from to go out for big long walks on the Heath and take photos in the rain. And go out with friends to Ten Ten Tei and our old pub. And wander around Soho a bit. And come home and take photos at midnight…
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note to self
Do not buy any more fabric or yarn. Buttons and trims, well ok then. This is of course interesting timing due to my extremely close proximity to Cloth House next week. Buttons and trims. Buttons and trims.
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am still not entirely sure what on earth i’m doing with myself for now. Although I do know that when Astrid wakes up we’ll walk over to Swain’s Lane or up to South End Green for coffee. And that I have a cupboard full of Coca Cola for the first time in my life would…
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pfffffft
I just wrote a huge long post and then deleted it. Better go and sort dinner out.
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sun sun sun
So of course we want to stay in London now. Till Autumn anyway.