Anknel and Burblets

dreams come out my ears and go round my head and i read them.

  • Little mookins pookins

    Ah little mimi. Mimi cried and cried and cried that mummy was away. So much so that the others called an ambulance. It was hard watching that on Skype from the Hamburg office. In the end she went in the car with Daddy and off to sleep she went. She was just missing mummy. Poor…

  • Christchurch

    My Dad comes from Christchurch. From Sumner. Redcliffs. Here’s a photo of us in Christchurch in 1980. I’m not sure which church it is. My brother’s wife was in Christchurch when the earthquake happened. She was at the airport with Chloe and Maddie – and, fortunately, her dad was there too. Megs has said she…

  • Don’t shake to shuffle

    Man it pays to google. I have been out running and the songs just keep on jumping and only playing for 10 seconds before shuffling again. It’s been driving me nuts! But I have just discovered the ‘shake to shuffle’ setting. Which I have now officially switched OFF. In the good news department I’m back…

  • Things to do in Hamburg

    Places to visit next week: Mutterland The most amazing looking food shop ever. Evertything is Made in Germany. MUTTERLAND Stammhaus – this looks like the big one to visit Ernst-Merck-Straße 9 Ecke Kirchenallee 20099 Hamburg / St. Georg S+U-Bahn Hauptbahnhof – Ausgang Kirchenallee / Lange Reihe Geöffnet: Montag – Samstag 8.00 – 21.00 Uhr, Sonntag…

  • Mummy’s little adventure

    Hello Kids! Mummy here. Mummy is in Amsterdam now on her little trip away. This is my place. It’s really lovely. Just like being at home. I’ve got a whole one bedroom place to myself and really it is so like home it’s amazing. Apart from the super-steep stairs. It’s like climbing up a ladder…

  • It was Christmas. And other stuff

    Rob Ryan bunting from Bodi and Fou First Christmas. Three days later Astrid turned four. Last week was Edith’s second birthday. It’s been a stark contrast to last year’s Christmas holiday when we were in New Zealand enjoying the bright blue Summer skies, a beach at our doorstep, days spent making sandcastles under a rosy…

  • A year for building

    After the holidays I made a big spreadsheet of all my domains, sites I’m going to be building up – it really is a huge job, but if I just stick with it and tend each piece of the project like a plant – where each one is watered and tended to over a period…

  • Running with E.

    For years now I have harboured a secret desire to run. I watch as runners go by, wishing I could be like them. Wishing there was a way I could do it. Then the other night I was visiting 101 Cookbooks links to her friends favourites cookbooks and there was Emi and I randomly clicked…

  • Thank. You.

    I’m far too tired to be making much sense really. Firstly a beautiful white Christmas. A lovely time at home. Time to just be here and be together, quietly. Astrid and I went out for a long walk in the snow on Saturday and ended up getting caught in a snowstorm. It took us by…

  • I used to make things

    Recently I’ve looked back on my blog and seen that indeed, I did used to make things. Making things usually coincided with not working full time. I also used to write a few other blogs (which I’ve started doing again). And I still managed to buy loads of fabric and yarn even with no money.…

  • Too cold for Autumn

    It’s supposed to be only Autumn but already last week I have been out and bought myself the most incredible super padded super warm winter coat from Comptoir des Cottoniers. And this week I am ordering another pair of boots from Trippen so I can at least alternate them through the Winter. I toyed with…

  • Astrid’s songs

    Astrid has an amazing singing voice. Did you know that? I knew she liked singing but there has been a transformation. A great transformation. I was in the kitchen the other day and the most wonderful pure little song was being sung, perfect high notes, and such sweet melody. It was Astrid. And now that…