It wasn’t even that cold, busy buzzing, perfectly put
1. Conscious of a distance chicken announcing she’d just laid an egg, I wake up earlier than normal. Carla is nestled in my arms like a teddy bear. When I’d woken through the night, she’d been there too – a sleepy purr starting whenever I brushed her silky soft fur. (She’s with me now too, [...]
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 – waking, bacon, quality
1. Even though we don’t have to get up particularly early for work – and work from home, it’s still a pleasure to have an alarm-less morning at the weekend. 2. I nibble off the piece of bacon extruding from the bread and it’s delicious – perfectly salty, perfectly crisp, bacon at its best. 3. [...]
3BT – goop, tweaking, sliding
1. The olive oil has turned gelatinous on the cold window sill. 2. The thrill of seeing the Twitter textbox count rise from -55 to 0 with rewording and careful cropping. 3. John decides it’s time to leave the house for the first time in 2010 and even though I’m starting to feel ill, I [...]
