Tuesday, December 6th, 2011
Over the weekend, my 84 year old mother was the victim of a conman. He was Irish and came to her door with a story that he was a tree surgeon and was working in a garden behind hers (where there incidentally are no trees) and had dropped one of his tools into her garden. […]
Conned….
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Monday, December 5th, 2011
Here is a rather sub-standard photo of Ilsa’s quilt (thanks for your concern, but no my camera still hasn’t made an appearance….sob), taken on my phone…. I can only say that I’m delighted with how this quilt is turning out – and I hope Ilsa will be too! It’s a really girly quilt – I […]
Coming along nicely
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Sunday, December 4th, 2011
You know me…always trying to use up my stashes of yarn and fabric ….and mostly failing miserably. At some point I’m going to have to own up to the awful totals for this year, but not quite yet – I’m beavering away trying to get them down a bit before I have to confess my […]
The perfect challenge
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Saturday, December 3rd, 2011
This was shamelessly stolen from what a friend of mine posted on Facebook – I have no idea who created it. I raise my hat to the unknown creator. Love it!! Enjoy your Saturday…and please keep your fingers crossed for the safe return of my camera, which hasn’t shown up yet! Helen
The face of things to come?
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Friday, December 2nd, 2011
Growing up with a Swiss father and an English mother, my children have always been fairly multi-cultural, but sometimes the overlapping traditions cause all sorts of confusion. Christmas is a case in point. Here in German-speaking Switzerland Santa Claus – locally known as Samichlaus – arrives on December 6th. He is generally accompanied by a […]
Multi-culti Christmastime
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