Here are three beautiful glossy eggs just ready for beating up and adding to the chocolate mixture for Mississippi Mud Pie!
A trio of eggs
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Monthly Archives: November 2015
Stamp, Ribbon and Mittens
What a delight this morning when the postman delivered a real handwritten letter from Australia, from a young woman who used to light up my English classes. She is now 31 years old and it is so lovely to hear from her.
Australian stamp
A parcel arrived yesterday full of things I have ordered for Christmas presents so I cannot show you any of it apart from this bow which was attached to the inner parcel.It may give you a clue to the contents!
Bow
I have knitted something for myself for a change – a pair of mittens in Suffragette colours of purple, white and green. I used random coloured wool and was delighted when starting the second mitten, I realised that they were going to be close on identical!
My new mittens
Thirty-One Words for Peace
Peace in 31 languages including Cornish – kres. Ā Can you find your own? Do let me know in the comments.
Peace
Our friend Paul who is doing a PilgrimageĀ for Peace is still on his way. You can follow his progress here
The Peace of Wild Things
Another poem for our times:
The Peace of Wild Things by Wendell Berry
A nasty cold is keeping me indoors so poems are being my beautiful things for a few days. Thank you to Kari for this one.
A Poem for Peace
Peace Comes to You
Thank you, Ing, for your beautiful words which the world needs now. Thank you ,Nancy Emad, for your translation.
Lego, Paddington and Original Decor
We have spent much of the last weekend building Lego with Second Biggest Live-Wire and this magnificent Police Station is the result.
J’s Police Station
We leave for Cornwall via Paddington Station and just love this bronze of the lovely Paddington Bear made famous in the book — and later, the 1970s TV animation –which Ā introduced Paddington like this: On one fated day, the Brown family happened upon a lonely bear at Paddington Railway Station in London. This bear was a stowaway, traveling from “Darkest Peru” to the United Kingdom after his former guardian, Aunt Lucy, moved into a Home for Retired Bears. Inspired by the child evacuees in London fleeing the war, he had only a suitcase and a note that read: “Please look after this bear. Thank you.”
The book by Michael Bond was a great favourite of our children. Ā I like the pun too as the station is re-furbished.
Paddington Bear
The waiting room was apparently once gloriously painted in gilt and bright colours. There is just a small preserved section now.
The original and very beautiful decoration of the waiting room where we had coffee and a Pain au Raisin while waiting for our train home.
Information about the waiting room which was once the private waiting area of Queen Victoria
Peace, Autumn Woods and A Gate
We spent the afternoon in Highgate Woods and in the Pavilion Cafe in the park was a thin obelisk to Peace. It seemed particularly apt for this weekend.
Autumn leaves were everywhere and treasures to be found. This is one of Second Biggest Livewire’s that he brought to show me.
The gates to the woods are charming.
Cousins, Kittens and The Marriage of Figaro,
What a delightful day with three Ā little cousins together having fun, the kittens amusing everyone and a treat at the theatre in the evening.
Photos to come.
Ai Weiwei, Clock and Leaf
Visiting The Royal Academy is always a treat when we visit London. Today the exhibition was of the works of Ai Weiwei and it was most affecting, some humour, more tragedy and revelations about his treatment in China both in prison and out. Click on the gallery for detail and information.
The Ai Weiwei Exhibition at The Royal Academy
Souvenir from Shanghai
Souvenir from Shanghai
The other side of Souvenir
Rebars and the names of the 5000 students who were killed in the earthquake of 2008. Please read the info.
Information
I love how the bored security man’s legs are made to look by the perspex cube
Information on the marble sculptures
Marble stroller as a real one was pushed past
Fragments
Fragments information
Chandelier made from bicycles
Delight!
The clock across the road from the RA has figures which appear on the hour.
Clock opposite the Royal Academy
Our second visit was to the VandA Ā where I found this beautiful Autumn leaf. Please forgive the disorganised post. OS 9 on the iPad is driving me crazy! Ā I’ll add photos later.
Leaf found at The V&A
White Horse, Poem and Kitten
We always look out for the White Horse in the hills at Westbury and today , through the mist, the sun was on it.
From time to time the London Underground publishes poems which appear along with the adverts. Today we spotted this one.
The boy who sits on bins becomes
a chough, admires the sight of his red beak
Against the wall
He goes nicking coins
Across the city, flies back and roosts
In the chimney stack above our house.
At dawn he climbs down and walks to school
With rooftop-torn jeans and fingerless gloves
The colour of smoke on a winter morning
In his pockets: a half pack of matches,
a lighter, a week’s worth of razor blades.
Imogen Cassels
It has been hard to get a photo of our Daughter’s beautiful kittens. Here is Boris.
