I made a floor pouffe yesterday from a free Closet Case Pattern. It is designed to be made from those scraps that are too small to use for clothing but too big to throw away, and then filled with smaller scraps!
I made a floor pouffe yesterday from a free Closet Case Pattern. It is designed to be made from those scraps that are too small to use for clothing but too big to throw away, and then filled with smaller scraps!
Just had breakfast listening to a duet between Hildegard of Bingen (Medieval plain chant, on Radio 3) and a blackbird (in our garden, through the open door). Bliss. I recommending starting every day like that if you have cooperative local wildlife.
New post: Extending org-roam
In which I create a monstrous pile of scripts in order to make notes on journal articles in org-roam.
I came across a wren on my walk today. Its song was as sweet and sharp as lemon sherbet. The unexpected force with which its tiny body punched the air into explosions of sound knocked all the stale indoor air from my own lungs and replaced it with cool spring freshness.
Blossom.
New post: Making things in isolation
In which I sew an incredibly bright shirt to celebrate my birthday.
Ah, my old friend Fraycheck (aka ‘Rafelstop’) - you save my sewing bacon again when I get a bit wayward with the rotary cutter! 😬
This fox was enjoying a patch is sun in our garden this morning, while sparrows shouted at it from a nearby bush.
From my one allowed outdoor exercise walk per day: I noticed that the willow catkins are just starting to emerge. They caught the low sun beautifully.
I’ve been trying to get two PhD students working overseas emergency flights. Things are moving so fast that I had a lot of drama before 6am trying to book new flight for one student 1.5 hours before takeoff 😰. He boarded that flight. Now to worry about the connection…