It's what I do . . .

Happy New Year

Happy New Year.
For me, 2009 is going to be a busy one and so I have decided to close the door on this little cyber room for good. I still wanted a place to post pictures though so you can find me here and here, and also here.
Thank you very much for visiting.
Katy

I need defrosting.

I'm  cold and it's dark and misty outside.
I re-found this photo today and it made me so happy. I remembered why I love living under these big Norfolk skies.
I know it's only December - but hurry up Springtime.

Happy Winter

It's been a long time -  I see that my last post was in June! I've started an Masters degree and it's been eating into valuable leisure (and blogging time) - but hopefully it will be worth it. Apparently there is a slightly lighter timetable next term so I hope to be back in this space in the New Year.
In the meantime - have a wonderful winter and a restful holiday - especially all the amazing, multi-tasking mothers out there. I salute you - I really, really do.
xx

The thing about :: Bantams

The thing about bantams (of which we have 3 in our garden) is that they lay a really small egg and it's nearly all yolk. The good things about this are that they are a perfect size for C and S likes yolk. The difficult things are that I prefer the white and they only fit into 2 of the 15 eggcups that we own. Yes, 15 eggcups. Even with as many house guests as we can manage and with normal sized eggs - that is still 8 too many. I have discovered this because I am clearing out the backs of cupboards today. It is a truly grimy and satisfying task which is completely distracting me from the actual work I am supposed to be doing - but the upside is that I have liberated several spiders from their dark, back-of-cupboard lives and they now happily reside in the garden and I know S will be happy about that.

This little lady is smaller than most, so a contender for a larger bantam egg. Her partner is with my brother and I have lots of happy teatime memories associated with them.Can't wait for C to get excited about using her. Until then she will be pushed to the back of the (clean) cupboard with the other 14 to await a sudden mass visitation of friends all wanting boiled eggs.

hold me back

 

Pros
I've always wanted a piece of Rob Ryan's work - and now I could have some  - and a new skirt to boot.
I will save electricity by not looking at it on my 'puter 3 times a day ( or more maybe)
It's so pretty.
I will feel all self righteous because I'll have to make it and then I can say ' Oh yes, I made it at the weekend' to people who enquire.
If I don't dare wear it I could always frame it.

Cons
I like the white one best. I also have a toddler with often muddy feet.
Wearing patterns on my bottom? I fear the opposite effect to what I would normally try to achieve.
The price - and then I have to make it.

Ooooo look! More  Pros than cons . . .

You can get this skirt at Clothkits - but please don't buy them all and not even leave me with the option ;)

Woo Hoo

I've topped 20,000 views on my Flickr account. I know that it's lame to admit that I know that - least of all because it reveals that I've checked my stats which, I have been told, is impossibly uncool of me - but come on - doesn't everyone do that really? And also because I think that hard core Flickristas would throw their heads back and laugh at my paltry 20,000.
Anyway - I am going to continue to revel in the fact that my pictures have been opened quite a lot and that it can't all be my parents - can it . . . ?

To celebrate I present my Flickr favourite . . .

And my 'top seller'

There are a lot of people seeking baby bedroom inspiration out there.
Happy Wednesday.

She is a very lucky small person

Her Papa is one of the best.
Happy Father's Day to all of them, especially mine and hers. xx

Her Daddy's hair

 
My daughter is cultivating her very own internet presence.
I just found this.

May

May is my favourite month. The lanes become green again, the garden springs to life and I begin forget how much I hate mud.
I am trying to learn how to be a gardener and each year is a definite improvement on the last, but there are still either big gaps or too much stuff in one place, so this year I am planting nothing at all. I'm just going to hang in there and see what comes up - or seeds itself - or whatever. A thoroughly tended garden is not for me - so we're going for more of a slightly controlled wilderness type of a look.
 




However - this is a bit too wilderness/ scrapyard - even for me! I plan to plant some veges in it this summer and then decide what to do with it when the builders ( who aren't here yet) leave. That'll be next summer then . . .

Tuesday

I've been away so long that Typepad have changed their layout! Either that or C has been fiddling with the computer  - she has a canny knack of hitting combinations of keys with bizarre commands attached to them - then I have to work out how to make it all normal again.
Anyway - hi . . . and thank you to those who keep coming back - even when there is nothing new to see - I know that you do because of that sneaky little stats thingy !
It's late so I'll leave you with this and promise to be back tomorrow.

 

Holkham. Probably the best beach in the world.