Anknel and Burblets

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

  • Following my dream

    I don’t know how many old readers are still here after my three, almost four year departure from blogging after I had Edith. I’ve never actually told her birth story here have I? Things just kind of went a bit quiet really. I tried to keep things limping along, but I’ve had four years of…

  • Dalston Dolls – doll making workshop

    Have you ever wanted to learn how to make a Steiner Doll? I know I have. And Mopsa and Sevim of Dalston Dolls make the most beautiful Waldorf style dolls. They are running a workshop at That Place on the Corner in Newington Green, N16, for four Sundays from November 4th, 7-10pm. The cost is…

  • Lemon and pistachio biscuits

    Written For Sister Mag Spring Suppers feature These biscuits are very un-sweet so if have have a sweet tooth I’d suggest you use maple syrup, honey or agave syrup instead of the rice syrup. Don’t give them to chaps who like chocolate bars from the corner shop – they won’t like them!! Recipe on Lovely…

  • A day out at Rachel’s

    Yesterday we drove up to Oxfordshire to see Rachel and Sherry and the boys. Sherry was over from New Zealand and I have only seen Rachel a couple of times since I’ve been in the UK. We brought up a box full of St John doughnuts for dessert. The kids LOVED them! And so did…

  • Surprise visit to Maltby Street Market

    Yesterday I got a tweet from Erin saying she’s in London and did we want to meet. Well, yes of course we did, so I quickly thought of the best place to meet because we were going up to Oxfordshire for lunch and we’d only have an hour and a half or so for coffee…

  • Around Rue des Vinaigriers

    Paris really was incredible. I’ve stayed in Paris a few times. The first time I went I was, well, there’s no better way to put it than I was like a dog hanging its head out the car window panting with excitement. That was me, age 16. We’d driven from Cologne overnight. And we eat…

  • Ten Belles coffee bar, Paris

    Without a doubt the best coffee in Paris. We were lucky to arrive only a few days after they opened. How fortunate we were. It’s hard travelling with a coffee-a-holic in a city renowned for not really having the coffee scene down yet. Thomas was a very nice chap. He’d been to Sydney but learnt…

  • A lovely delivery from White Stuff

    A great big lovely happy thank you to White Stuff who sent me this outfit to share on my blog after I wrote to them telling them how great I think they are. So please be nice to them and say hello next time you’re passing 🙂 As you know I only recently discovered them…

  • Le Citizen Hotel du Canal Paris

    It’s almost two weeks since we returned from our lovely stay in Paris – the highlight was of course Le Citizen Hotel. The children loved having iPads, sitting on the long sofa by the window, jumping up every time a boat came through the lock, watching as the road closed, the bridge slid open and…

  • Get your Instagrams printed (by nice people)

    I’m a huge fan of Copygram. I know some people might freak out at the mention of the word copy – but it’s not about nicking people’s pictures at all – Copygram does a great job of being flickr for Instagram – and they really don’t let you steal photos at all. You can do…

  • Thinking of cities

    Last night I was supposed to be doing one thing and I was looking for apartment rentals in Paris. We always do this. Go somewhere for a few days. Then decide we want to live there. But really, we don’t really want to live there – we just had a nice time. Right? Now the…

  • The end of the crazy white flour fun

    Now I’m over the kidney infection I’ve got no excuse – I even got back to handstands this morning – so I’ve hopped back on the fruit and vegetables wagon again. I want to lose another 5kg which will take, precisely, FIVE weeks. And I really am a lot better when I stay totally on…