I was up at sparrowfart this morning and it was not a bad day at all, so I took time out to go for a walk to the shop – taking my camera with me. One of the local farmers dumps his rubbish on the foreshore between our house and the sea. Each year the rubbish heap is brightened …
Tag archives: Island Life
Mum, I’m boooooored!
I had some random mail yesterday, via Send Something. It was a pleasant surprise, as I have not had much random mail lately and I do love it so. The problem is, of course, that I am not sending any out. It has been many, many months since I could reach my paper crafting desk! …
So gloomy
It is incredibly dark and gloomy this morning, and I needed my headlamp on to put out the rubbish. Now almost 9am and it’s still dark out there. I have been asking my beloved when the darkest morning falls – as we all know, after the shortest day, the mornings keep on getting darker for …
Something worth remembering
I knit. You know that. I knit a lot. I know that. I knit and I knit and I knit… often to the exclusion of all else – witness the past couple of months. Sometimes, I knit so much and so often that I forget that my primary creative focus is, and always shall be …
Francie, my dear, I don’t give a…
When the power goes off long term, it is essential to find ways of keeping warm. I try to stay active and perhaps use the time to catch up on housework – that generates some body heat. The thermal vest and long johns are deployed when it is time to rest but I find that …
FOs
That great big FO post that I sort of promised? Won’t be happening. We’ve been without power from 8pm last night until lunchtime today and I’ve not been able to get anything done. Our weather station recorded record wind speeds for our location last night – we got a gust of 90mph, breaking our …