• WIPS and UFOs

    ~ Printed hands quilt for local playgroup ~ Wrap around skirt (waiting for the right fabric) ~ Ear flap hat (knitted) ~ Umpteen cross stitch projects ~ Sleepy Sarah Amigirumi (from Owlishly) ~ Horse plushy ~ Entrelac scarf ~ Bird Deco for Nervousness ~ Rabbit plushy
  • Things I want to do but haven’t started

    ~ Ragged Squares Quilt ~ Boxes made out of old drinks cans

run rabbit, run rabbit, run, run, no really…run!

I was delighted to come across this site, quite by accident when searching for something else…
The Book of Household Management, by Isabella Beaton
Since we moved to the country, our dog has developed a rather handy skill for catching rabbits.  She dissappears for five minutes and comes back with one in her mouth, drops it at [...]

naughty step #1

On a recent trip to the naughty step I was forced to see the good in my little boy who hadn’t really done anything so bad as to be sent to the step but was doing my head in all the same.
It all started with a refusal to eat dinner…
Me: (after the requisite three minutes [...]