Very slowly, as work, time and health allow, I’m working my way round the house, clearing out cupboards, recycling and getting rid of stuff we really don’t need. It feels great even if I can’t say the rest of the family are really on board….but when nobody is noticing the clearout fairies get to work… […]

We are having a bit of a heatwave at the moment. Up in the hills we still have a little snow, but it’s melting fast and down by the lake it’s already long gone. I’m feeling a little better, but still as weak as dishwater and as though my head doesn’t really belong to me. […]

I’ve been learning to play the piano for about seven years. I started at the same time as my elder daughter  (who is vastly more talented than me!), which happened to coincide with my son starting Kindergarten, which freed up the time to let me go to lessons. My piano teacher is charming, good-natured and […]

These are secret socks, which I couldn’t show you until they had fought their way through the (rather slow) German postal system and arrived as a rather belated birthday present. Pattern: Embossed Leaves Socks by Mona Schmidt in Favorite Socks 25 Timeless Designs from Interweave. (even more proof that I couldn’t live without this sock […]

Today is busy with lots of work for clients who have left everything until the last minute and now it’s become an emergency. You’ve gotta love ’em! 😉 So there’s no sewing time today to give me balance … But these are helping… You should smell the hyacinths. Mmmmm ….. divine. I love them! I […]