Archive for February, 2009
If your head is hurting…
I am not a magazine girl particularly, but now that The Chestnut brings me the fruits of her addiction on a regular basis, I find myself flicking through magazines I had never looked at before. This morning I found myself flicking through Real Simple, a magazine that has never held any appeal whatsoever, but on [...]
A crafty piece of work
The gorgeous Ann Leary has just emailed me to say I lost her at ‘favorite craft store’. I need to come clean. Despite glueing bits of dried moss on to sanded Manzanita branches, I am RUBBISH at crafts. I also have no interest. (Sorry, Martha). I do, however, like making pretty flower, twig and branch [...]
There snow place like home
he Golfers are flying in tonight. They tried to cancel by saying there was a snow advisory, which in England, where they live, happens once every two decades, produces about four inches MAXIMUM, yet brings the entire country to a grinding halt. All I’m reading about on my English friends Facebook profiles is that they’re [...]
Things I Like…
I am obsessed with Manzanita branches. A couple of years ago Beloved, the Eldest Daughter and myself went to visit the in-laws in California, and the Eldest Daughter and I decided to go horse riding. We were in the middle of a giant Redwood forest, and as we trekked slowly up the mountain, the path [...]
Teardown of the day
One of my favorite websites is one that lists everything that’s happening in my town, and one of my favorite features on said website, is Teardown of the Day, which shames those people who buy old Westport houses, some historic, and promptly tear them down, usually to make way for yet another oversized-builders-version-of-a-Nantucket-shingle-that-wouldn’t-be-caught-dead-in-Nantucket house. I [...]
