Little Miss Greedy Guts

Have a great weekend, everyone. I hope you will be eating some delicious food!

For Renee.

A Perfect Present.

L'Usband gave me a perfect gift last week:

Yes, I know what you think, but really, there was no ulterior motive. (I hope.) And I absolutely love it. So now, in addition to going stab, stab, stab-stab, STAB, I can also go chop, chop, chop-chop, CHOP ...
What a fun way of getting rid of aggressive impulses! I used it to make some decluttering notebooks - i.e. notebooks made from old postcards and art invitations and the insides of old envelopes.

What is the most perfect gift you have ever received?

To the Lighthouse.

"Indeed they were very close to the Lighthouse now. There it loomed up, stark and straight, glaring white and black ... "

But alas, they were not allowed to enter, as someone (not the lighthouse keeper, she hoped) was practising his abseiling technique. Another day, she thought, another day ...

(First paragraph by Virginia Woolf, second paragraph by Anairam.)
Slangkop lighthouse - Kommetjie, Cape Town

The Shy Little Grey Mouse

Linda Sue has so inspired me with her lovely felted art. So this weekend I grabbed my second-hand felting needle (courtesy of the car boot sale) and some leftover wool from Snous's blankie and made the Shy Little Grey Mouse. She might become a brooch. Or maybe not.

10 Simple Things

 

L'atelier tagged me to post 10 simple things that make me happy. Easy peasy!

1. Snous waking me up in the morning - she comes into the room, puts her front legs on the bed and licks my arm. Or when she is feeling exuberant she runs in and bounces on the bed.
2. L'Usband. Not that I am suggesting that he is a simple thing, but he does make me happy!
3. Sitting on our patio, under our umbrella, looking at the sea.
4. Making my first cup of coffee in the morning, while reading the headlines over L'Usband's shoulder, then sipping it slowly ...
5. Lying on the sofa, cushion under my head, reading a book.
6. Catching up on people's blogs.
7. Seeing beautiful handmade stuff - often on people's blogs.
8. Making stuff. Even when it comes out crooked and skew.
9. Getting a letter in the post. A good kind of letter, obviously.
10. Watching a movie (on DVD usually), especially when eating my supper. I know it is bad, but I am addicted!
11. Finding a new word. Oh, I forget most of them as soon as I hear them, but I do so love a good word. Found this one today (on Michael Quinion) - galanthophile - a collector or lover of snowdrops!
12. Car boot sales.

Oh, wait, I have to stop ...

Oh! Oh! Oh!

Oh, look here everybody! Esti of Pintame el Dia has turned me into the most beautiful ghost-creature - emerging from lacey strands of mist ... I think of myself as a Venetian ghost ... masked, with a collar of lace ... unknowable ... silent ... secret ...