Category Archives: small pleasures

I made a draught excluder!

Posted on December 4, 2011 by

I know, stop press, right?  But I am inordinately pleased with my little door pillow.  Our flat is old, with big gaps under the doors and the heat just creeps out, kilowatt hour by kilowatt hour.  Until today, we’d been … Continue reading →

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Sunday afternoon

Posted on September 4, 2011 by

Outside, rain patters on walls and windowsills, pings from gutters and drainpipes, drips from the branches of the trees in the garden downstairs.  Inside, vegetables for a crumble roast in the oven, a shoulder of lamb from the farmers’ market … Continue reading →

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Leaves and glass

Posted on September 5, 2010 by

These leaves came with my freesias from the Berwick Street market. They look alright shoved into old olive oil bottles, I think.  Austere but unexpectedly pretty.

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Tea and clementines

Posted on September 3, 2010 by

Or are they satsumas?

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Clean sheets

Posted on September 2, 2010 by
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Breakfast

Posted on September 1, 2010 by

Grated apple, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, yoghurt, blueberries, raspberries.

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Freesias

Posted on August 30, 2010 by
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7 Things

Posted on December 15, 2009 by

Jane tagged me to post seven things that I love.  Thank you!  I have really enjoyed thinking about all these things that make me happy while I have been mulling over the post. Clean sheets.  I love getting into bed … Continue reading →

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A stack of yarn

Posted on November 23, 2009 by

I wound up some stray skeins which have been lying about my living room for too long, stacked them up to put them away, and then decided to take a photo – as you do if you write a knitting … Continue reading →

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Red and purple

Posted on November 12, 2009 by

Two too many plums for the plum tart, little tomatoes left out of a Greek salad.

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