Monthly Archives: March 2011

Posted on March 27, 2011 by

(sorry for the lack of posts this weekend – C and I are heading off to visit my parents for a couple of days, and although I had good intentions about blogging as usual, yesterday ended up being full of … Continue reading →

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Waistcoat – part II

Posted on March 24, 2011 by

It looks like this is going to be a three-parter – although I’m making good progress with hemming, there are still buttons and buttonholes to sort out So – to recap: you have your pattern pieces (a front-right, a front-left, … Continue reading →

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What makes a good leader?

Posted on March 21, 2011 by

What do you think makes someone a good leader? This is something I started thinking about in Church yesterday. I think the thoughts knocking round in my head are kind of related to the ‘Passing on Wisdom?‘ post which I … Continue reading →

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Tea of the Week – Tea Palace Smooth Caramel

Posted on March 20, 2011 by

This week’s tea review is brought to you by Sheila O’Flanagan’s “Stand by Me” which appears in most of the photos (and is also a great book). Source: Bought from Tea Palace. No idea where the tea itself comes from … Continue reading →

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Saturday play – organising!

Posted on March 19, 2011 by

This may seem to be a bit of a contradiction in terms – play and organisation going together … but recently I have been somewhat enjoying organising / decluttering / tidying stuff up. It’s been paying off – giving more … Continue reading →

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Vegan baking – an attempt …

Posted on March 17, 2011 by

So the plan was that I would have my waistcoat finished by now, so that I could do a second post about it. As it happens, other stuff – well, happened (some work took a lot longer than I thought … Continue reading →

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There are no words

Posted on March 14, 2011 by

(watch it in full screen. All the way to the end)

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Tea of the Week – Pu Erh

Posted on March 13, 2011 by

I should say before starting: Pu Erh is a whole ‘family’ of teas, not just one tea. (The reason I haven’t put more details in the title of this post is that I can’t make them out – most of … Continue reading →

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Japan Earthquake

Posted on March 13, 2011 by

My thoughts and prayers are with the people of Japan. I don’t know what to say/do/write. I’ve only started looking into the true scale of things today (lax of me, I know) and it is overwhelming. I found a prayer … Continue reading →

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PANCAKES!

Posted on March 12, 2011 by

Today I feel kind of like the person depicted in this: Except not about bacon, about PANCAKES! Which is good, since they’re a lot healthier. So really I’m lacking the ‘this will make me really unhealthy bit’, and just enjoying … Continue reading →

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