The Red Wren

A bit of this and that

Craft: The craft front has been a bit on the non-existent side since I returned to work. I keep reminding myself of my list though and that I’m not supposed to beat myself up over it this year. Although my list doesn’t explicitly say that. My bad! Pregnancy: There are some other things going on right now too. I’ve been having strange severe pains lately, mainly at night, which leave me feeling exhausted and yuck. Turns out I have gallstones. Being pregnant there’s ...

Our Home

Devonshire Tea

This morning I had sudden cravings for Devonshire Tea. We had been intending to go car hunting this morning as yesterday’s weather was too hot, but instead we decided to potter in the garden, go down and do some shopping on the bikes then make our own Devonshire Tea. The results were fantastic- ...

Gardening, Our Home

Crepe Myrtle

I was intending to post a fairly mundane post about today’s heat with a couple of photos, but when I popped out a few minutes ago to take a photo of our blueberries I noticed that at some stage in the past two hours the main part of my crepe myrtle has broken off the tree. Given it’s my ...

Gardening, Our Home

Blueberries

I’m excited to see our blueberries are finally turning blue! Yum!

Gardening, Life and Outings, Our Home

In the garden

We’re sadly attending a family funeral today. I spent some time this morning enjoying the sun and reflecting in the garden. The flower timings of some of the plants is odd this year due the real lack of summer beginning. The gladioli would normally finish around Christmas, but this year the ...

Life and Outings, Our Home, Sewing and Craft

A list for the year.

Tinniegirl has posted her list of things she’d like to do this year and has encouraged others to do the same. My list isn’t as long as hers, or as impressive, however it will suit me just fine! Renae’s wonderfully challenging list for 2011 Don’t let the house become a pig-sty before ...

Our Home

Wall planner

A few days ago I shared some links to DIY calendars and showed you my chosen one this year – here it is up on the wall; I printed them two to a page instead of one and whilst they’re tiny there’s still room to jot important information like ‘mortgage’. I’m really pleased with how colourful it ...

Sewing and Craft

Sundress

Happy New Year! Yesterday I offered a sneak peek of the sundress I made for last night; here’s the details! I used Heather Ross’ Mendocino Sundress pattern as the base with the following alterations: I considerably shortened the dress to go from awkward below the knee length to above the knee ...

Life and Outings

New Year’s Eve

Today’s post was going to be a wrap up of the year especially since I have three months worth of photos to blog about. However given the heat in my study I’m abandoning that idea and doing a small post from my phone! I’m looking forward to where craft takes me next year. I ...