A Touch of the DG's (Domestic Goddess)

Yeah, you heard - I had a touch of the Nigella's today, a whisper of the Delia's and a fair amount of the Cath Kidstons.

I had one of those rare and special days, a very productive day without feeling that anything was much effort. The day went at just the right pace, I ticked lots of boxes and then, had time to make cupcakes AND do some knitting!

I got a good amount of work done, 2 wash loads (whites and darks), did a lot of washing up and several niggly chores that have been bugging me at 1am when I suddenly realise another day has gone by and yet again I forgot to;  

re-arrange a delivery, 

send a particular email, 

source something useful, 

book a restaurant. 

Today, I did them all. I still have plenty of other things to do (organise drawers, file the evergrowing pile of paperwork, plant my spring onion seedlings) but the urgent/niggly/annoying things were all done today, calmly and easily.

Tomorrow's clearly going to be hard work in order to redress the balance but for today, I shall feel pleasantly chuffed with my day's gentle labour.

see my busy washing machine in the reflection

vanilla cupcakes with cream cheese frosting

P.S And just to add to my lovely day I got offered a great job, without having to audition! Amazior!

Cupcakes for everyone!!

"Every day may not be good, but there's something good in every day."

~Author Unknown

Booked!

c/o anglotopia

Today me and The Big One booked a mini break in April to celebrate another year together. After much debate and website trawling we decided on a beautiful looking boutique B&B in the Southern Lakes of the Lake District.

We will go on loooong walks, read, I will knit, we can try some Archery and eat and drink lovely scrumptious local delights.

Thank goodness we don't have long to wait as mentally today I think we were both already there.

"I roamed the countryside searching for answers to things I did not understand."

~Leonardo da Vinci

The New Wall of Inspiration

New Season - New Wall

...with a few familiar faces...

“I shut my eyes in order to see.”

- Paul Gaugin

Currently working on...

"A colour is a physical object as soon as we consider its dependence, for instance, upon its luminous source, upon other colours, upon temperatures, upon spaces, and so forth."
- Ernst Mach

Car Booty

This Saturday my sister,  Everything Is Better on the Weekend, took me to her local car boot to hunt for treasure and treasure we found! It was so much fun that I forget to take pictures but worry not as I shall go back for more rummaging!

Amongst a few other bits and bobs (picture frames, vanity jar) I found these...

A great addition to my new colourful Spring wardrobe 100% Wool

Both a crack-a-lacking £1 each.

Bargainous!


"A box without hinges, key, or lid, yet golden treasure inside is hid."
- J. R. R. Tolkien

Out with the Old and In the with the NEW!

c/o Style Magazine

c/o Style Magazine

Marc Jacobs

c/o fashionrising

c/o Style Magazine

I am finding all these images for Spring wardrobes so tantalisingly full of cheery, chirpy colour that frankly it is making me want to throw out all of my current wardrobe and invest in a new, technicolour one.

If I could trade my black, grey and plum winter wardrobe for aquas, fuschias and pale lemon yellows I would skip everywhere everyday.

BUT really what appeals is the trade of seasons which I am sooo beyond ready for. This cold, damp grey has lasted for what seems a lifetime and I am desperate for the sun to wake me up in the morning. I want to be back out in my garden looking after my new emerging bulbs and clearing all the brown, glum leaves left over from autumn and winter.

There's no point wearing a palette of bright colour if the scenery outside is still muted. Firstly I'd be bloody cold in a thin spring outfit and strappy flats - my chilly blue/corn beef legs would clash in an non aesthetically pleasing manner and my spring fling feeling would soon shrivel as the shivers took over.

So until the weather changes from glum to glee, my dull, but warm, winter wardrobe will be safely hanging on it's rail unchallenged...for now.

"If you want an interesting party sometime, combine cocktails and a fresh box of crayons for everyone."
~Robert Fulghum