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Quiet day

Thursday, July 1st, 2010

This morning was the first morning this summer that I’ve headed off for a swim before getting on with everything that needed doing. My home overlooks this lake – the Greifensee and it’s about a five minute drive to reach it. I only ever swim here in the early morning. Later in the day the […]

Quiet day
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Slow and steady

Tuesday, June 29th, 2010

It’s hot today. Summer finally arrived. My big race is a month away now, so Andrea and I headed out early for a long training run. We kept to the woods – the Erlenbachertobel down to the Lake of Zürich, then along the lake to Küsnacht and up the Küsnachtertobel and home. A Tobel is a […]

Slow and steady
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Embossed Leaves Socks

Sunday, June 27th, 2010

Thanks to all the football I’ve been watching the house and garden have gone to hell in a handbasket (as we in England say), but my socks have been progressing – pace dependent on the level of excitement of whichever game I am watching. A couple of the games over the last few days have […]

Embossed Leaves Socks
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Back on track again

Friday, June 25th, 2010

I still don’t know what was up with me yesterday. Such an aimless day. Today though I woke up and at least knew what I had to do. A good run in the sunshine with my running buddies, a hot shower, a good cup of Nespresso coffee and some sewing. What is it about working […]

Back on track again
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Whirligig is done!

Monday, June 21st, 2010

I did it! It’s finally finished! A zillion hourglass blocks later and the borders are done and the whole top is ironed and ready to be mailed to be England to be quilted. I just need to finalize the details and then off it will go – at the moment I’m thinking to be quilted […]

Whirligig is done!
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