We met my Singer treadle sewing machine yesterday but I would like to tell you a bit more about it. This particular one was built in about 1945. Actually, I can tell you exactly when it was built. By looking up the serial number that is on the little metal plate attached at the front… Continue reading My 1st Singer sewing machine-9th Mar 2022
Author: cyndyloublue
Household mending-8th March 2022
Mending tea towels? REALLY? Get a life, girl! The obsession with mending things comes from a pig-headed streak in me, I admit it. There was a time when I had the same mis-matched tea towels as absolutely everyone else I know. I bet even the Queen has mis-matched tea towels. They are, without doubt, the… Continue reading Household mending-8th March 2022
Chilli plants-7th March 2022
Well, would you look at that? This is a picture of one of the two chilli plants that I have managed to overwinter in the lounge. I try and grow chillis every year because they can do well in our climate and I have always been pretty successful with them, but keeping them from one… Continue reading Chilli plants-7th March 2022
Sofa days-6th March 2022
Sofa days. Some days are just like that. We wake up. We are not very ill but we are not very well either. Done the test. No, not that. The body is just saying, enough already. Will you just sit and do nothing for a bit, please? There is a part of the mind…well, my… Continue reading Sofa days-6th March 2022
Staying warm-5th March 2022
When we moved to this house, there was no wood burner in the massive old inglenook hearth of this funny old house. It was largely as it always had been- an open fire with smoke escaping up into an opening, four foot by three foot, at the bottom of the chimney. When the fire was… Continue reading Staying warm-5th March 2022
Gloves and Secateurs-4th March 2022
It’s March. The garden is awake and the roses need pruning. The roses are going to grow whether I prune them or not, of course. Today’s pruning exercise showed up all the places I had missed in the past or where hands other than mine had made their own choices. Hum.. The roses don’t care… Continue reading Gloves and Secateurs-4th March 2022
Finding beauty everywhere-3rd March 2022
Ah yes, my old friend the mug. You are seeing it in different places around the house as it is a daily companion . Again, that East light through the window. Does anyone else find mornings to be a peaceful time? I would guess not, in most cases. The rush to get other members of… Continue reading Finding beauty everywhere-3rd March 2022
Seeing with new eyes-2nd March 2022
I am so mindful of the things we are experiencing in the world as I write this. We are now seeing horrors in Europe that we had hoped we could relegate to the past. They have never stopped happening, of course. Mankind has a particular talent for inflicting misery on his fellow man and another… Continue reading Seeing with new eyes-2nd March 2022
Trousers repair-1st March 2022
What was it John Lennon said? “Life is what happens when you are busy making other plans.” Hum. Yeah. I had planned a different picture for today and had already written different thoughts to go with that other photo. But, things happen. Yesterday, I managed to tear a little three-cornered hole in my very favourite… Continue reading Trousers repair-1st March 2022
Taking photos-28th Feb 2022
Hurrah!! The last day of the most miserable month. When I started this blog, I said that the 2nd of Feb was the start of the year in my head. That is true, but it is only the start. February as a whole still seems to act as a holding pattern. We get little glimpses… Continue reading Taking photos-28th Feb 2022
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