calling all iPhone addicts...

on Monday, May 31, 2010

I used to have an iPhone. I had three in fact...two of them absolute lemons, hence the need for a third. And one particular application [the spirit level] caused the demise of my favourite Ganesh snow dome. It was so kitsch it was completely...

cold, wet, and yet...

on Sunday, May 30, 2010

It was very, very wet and quite cold in the nation's capital this weekend; but despite that it was anything but miserable. It was a weekend to...curl up with cups of tea...using the giant cup that the first born bought me for mothers day...do a...

soul food friday ~ art and music to soothe

on Thursday, May 27, 2010

Take a few minutes out...just for you...even if you're not a Don McLean tragic like me, who happens to know all the words to American Pie! Turn the sound down if you must and just feast on the beauty that comes from the hand, mind and heart of Vincent...

top 10 pictures from the week

on Wednesday, May 26, 2010

A little while back I said that I get pretty tired by the time Thursday rolls around and just want to post pretty pictures. I've mostly been taking them from books on my bookshelf...but, ever one to change my mind (surely not!) I've decided...for...

cheap ideas from BHG

on Tuesday, May 25, 2010

BHG = Better Homes and Gardens...a daggy mag to be sure...but here's a few good ideas from their website...Stretching fabric around the panels in cabinet doors...requiring a small amount of fabric and a staple machine thing...preferably electric...and...

a simple solution for a small annoyance

on Monday, May 24, 2010

No, Buffy is not the small annoyance I am referring to...she's a much bigger problem! But this jewellery box, bloggy peeps, believe it or not...was the simple solution...to this small annoyance...a candle plate that I have had for years and...