Every Monday we start again

These are words my sister recently said to me and they made an impression.

I like the idea of putting last week behind you, however awful it was, and having the chance of a fresh start every Monday if you need it.

So I've decided, this week is going to be a good one.

 

I love these little dolls by Eva Monleon of Misako Mimoko. Find more about her work here

A proper weekend day

Today we have had a nice productive day doing things for the house.

He made a cupboard for the boiler, I sorted out some pictures for the wall. And of course made sure the worker got regular cups of tea.

This was the soundtrack.

 

 

A strange thing has happened to my website

My website has been playing up for a couple of weeks now in different ways, but yesterday it became most alarming. It looks like my site has been taken over by Microsoft IIS7. Also, from being the first few results for a number of years, I am suddenly almost impossible to find on google.

Does anyone have any ideas as to what could have happened and what I can do about it?

It feels a bit like I'm in an alien B-movie...

If I don't blog for a while, it's because they've got me.

Lesser Spotted

As promised, here is the work of Dominic Greyer for his card company Lesser Spotted Images.

I love the pictures that he takes; the black and white serenity of the countryside along with the humour of the names. 

We often find ourselves as show companions, and I must say he is a lovely person to have on the next stand. Always cheerful and with a ready supply of chocolate. :)

You can buy cards, cushions, coasters, mugs and his great book from his website

Road signs

On the way out to the motorway yesterday I stopped off at the village where I grew up to take these photos. As kids, Boozer Pit and Sandy Hole always used to intrigue us. On the way over to Taunton there is also Folly Drove, which I really like because I love Follies as buildings. I also play this little game with myself where I build sentences around it, like Folly drove…me round the bend, or Folly drove…a rather battered 1968 Ford Cortina…Folly drove to London to see the Queen…

But I wouldn't have thought to photograph them if it weren't for a man called Dominic Greyer. Tomorrow I'll show you what I mean.

Happy Valentine's Day!

I've come back to flowers all around and bubbly in the fridge. It's good to be home :)

I just came across this lovely Valentine's entry at this blog thanks to Camilla Engman who mentioned it on her blog.

It's a bit of a grey day

Do you ever just need a burst of colour?

 

  

For me it's like food. I feel better now.

When I was little my favourite colour was brown, but only because that was the colour of my teddy and I loved him so much. He went everywhere with me. He lived in my arm pit. When I was about 4 or 5, he changed into a she. I made lots of little outfits for her.

If s/he looks a little shy, it's because s/he doesn't really like having his/her photo taken.

Still haven't figured out how to comment, but I am working on it.