Monthly Archives: July 2012

Truck Festival 2012

It was a fun Truck Festival. The new organizers did a good job, there was a really nice atmosphere and the essentials (banana milkshake, Rotary Club burger, sunshine) were there :)

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at my dad’s house

We sold our house! We are so happy :) A move has been a long time coming, some folks might remember that a year ago we were trying to build an eco house and how it almost happened but then did not work out because there was an obscure covenant that needed paying off. That [...]

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new Japanese craft clothes sewing book

My dad brought this great Japanese sewing book back from Japan a couple of weeks ago. I love the designs, can’t wait to make something! ISBN: 978 4 471 40068 2

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a quick trip to Bath

On Saturday I went to Bath to meet my sister for a quick sushi and chatting catch-up session. The weather was awful but we had a really nice time looking in shops and stopping for cups of tea. Society Cafe – good drinks, and interesting booths/projections/magazines Yen Sushi – very nice seaweed salad, prawn hand [...]

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Books for free

There is a branch of the Healthy Planet: Books For Free initiative in Oxford (Oxford people: it is up Botley Road next to where Habitat used to be). They take books that are heading for landfill or pulping and give them out for free! This is what I have got from there so far, there [...]

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