Monthly Archives: March 2012

Joe’s Boat

We are having amazing weather at the moment, it is so hot you would think it was August. Joe took us on a trip downstream on his boat. Here is the last time I visited him. The weather was quite different this time, we were mostly on the roof having cups of tea and coffee, [...]

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Recipe Cards Box

To do this I bought a black index card box from Paperchase, it has a magnet to keep it closed and metal hinges. I decorated the top with some washi origami paper. I made divider cards by cutting cardboard to the right size and decorating with more paper. The recipe cards are 6×4 index cards [...]

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Charlecote Park

We were dropping my sister off in Coventry and, in the spirit of getting a good adventure out of even the most mundane journey, we stopped off on the way to take a look at Charlecote Park. We are becoming experts in historic houses near the M40 motorway! It wasn’t great weather for exploring but [...]

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The cats

Cats love windowsills don’t they. That green plant is cat grass so they have a snack too :)

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Dust bunnies

Look at this amazing dust bunny leather purse that my sister’s boyfriend made her. You know, the dust bunnies from Totoro. There are dust bunnies inside too :)

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