Company, suit, welcome return
1. I am alone in the meadow. Except for the dog sniffing the grass. And the cat slowly baking in the sunshine. And the crickets chirping their alarm at our presence. And the dragonflies – the largest I’ve ever seen here – racing about over head. And the butterflies dancing over the thistles. And the [...]
31 Beautiful Things
In honour of my 31st birthday, here are 31 beautiful things from today. (Cross posted to my main blog.) 1. I’d gone to bed before John and it’s after midnight when he comes to bed. I stir as he climbs in next to me and we have a sleepy exchange, the content of which I [...]
3BT – new project, on anti-cry patrol, quiet time
1. She started but didn’t finish embroidering the linen table cloth. For 50p, I take on the challenge. 2. After giving Katherine hell for a week, poorly Joe is all smiles as I push him around the supermarket. It’s the exciting boingy hair and buy one get one free offers that get his interest. 3. [...]
3BT – spectrum, mid-afternoon break, menacing
1. The purple dye transforms all the items but each ends up a different colour depending on its fabric composition and soak time. The colours range from dusky pink to mottled heather and glossy aubergine. The wool yarn, the point of the dyeing session, is a muted grape – I like muted colours so it’s [...]
3BT – I’m not the only one, misconception, night bright
1. The bus stops right outside. I ring the buzzer and tell the voice at the other end of the wire that I’m there to stroke yarn. The way she laughs makes it clear she understands. Inside, everywhere I turn, I see potential. 2. I try spinning for the first time: the wool thing, not [...]
3BT – yeasty, worth it, outsized
1. At five days old, the ginger beer plant is satisfactorily gloopy and the sourdough starter smells divine. 2. Even though the general backstage consensus is that Thursday night was better, John is impressed by the show – the music, the costumes and the kids alike. I clap like a proud mum throughout. 3. Sleepy [...]
3BT – reflecting, making waves, unravelry, sway-sway-sway-swirl
1. The new floor reflects the light around the soon-to-be-decorated walls. I imagine how bright it will be when we’re finally finished: I can’t wait to work down there. 2. Her tail hits the water in a rapid beat. 3. The wool is tangled. It’s such fun to undo the knot. 4. Backstage, we mouth [...]
3BT – surrounded, distracted, rewarded
1. I wake up just before dawn to the sound of some low half-barks – Lily getting excited in her sleep. She’s still in her bed so I go to her to soothe her. Next time I wake up, perhaps an hour or so later, she’s lying in between us, on her back with her [...]
