Thursday, June 10th, 2010
There’s been a lot of serious heavy-duty stitching going on around here over the last couple of days, which did result in more house and garden neglect…, but I did at least remember to feed the children!! The Whirligig top is done apart from the outer borders. They are going to take a while as […]
Getting there…and it’s looking good!
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Tuesday, June 8th, 2010
My Whirligig blocks are all finished! Whew! I’ve been having a real push to get them done over the last couple of days. I’m really pleased with them and I’m looking forward to seeing how they are going to look with darker sashing in jewel colours between them. I still have to make a zillion […]
Whizzing Whirligigs
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Monday, June 7th, 2010
Today I heard something on the news that really made me smile (how often does that happen?) and I would like to share it with you! In Switzerland we have a national circus – the Zirkus Knie. Zirkus Knie has been around since 1919 and has always been run by the Knie family – who […]
Elephant Stroll
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Saturday, June 5th, 2010
Today was a race day for me. The Zumikerlauf is part of the local 10km race circuit and starts and finishes in the village next to mine. It’s a pretty run, 11.2km long and much of it through the woods that I train in regularly and know well – but funnily enough run in the […]
A very hot run.
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Friday, June 4th, 2010
Phew…I think I’m under control again. I got the papers I was working on sent off to Sweden this morning and have worked like a trojan to lick the house into some semblance of shape . I made a management decision to just close the children’s bedroom doors and pretend that they aren’t my responsibility […]
Phew…back on track…
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