October 2010
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demolision
you’ve got to love that feast for your eyes
saturdays
I like wandering around.
Especially buildings like this.
Especially on a grey day.
this time
sheffield
on our this is england tour. sweet
September 2010
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crumble
bramley apple and yorkshire bramble crumble = treat. ONLY when eaten with custard. ice cream would do only in a custard shortage
chocolate cake
cake
125 g dark chocolate
3 tbsp milk
150 g butter
150 g caster sugar
3 eggs
200 g plain flour
1 tbsp good quality cocoa powder
1 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp bicarbonate of soda
chocolate butter icing
75 g butter
1 tbsp cream
1 tsp vanilla extract
175 g icing sugar
1 tbsp good quality cocoa powder
i love brownies but the cost of that much chocolate makes them...
August 2010
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tasty
These are officially the tastiet carrots I’ve ever had.
Not to mention how pretty they look in a bunch (even when covered in mud!).
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home sweet home
i never realised how much i love the colour blue
£2.50, and wall mountable
more ladybird
I bought a story book ‘The Wise Robin’, worth a read
and
‘Birds and how they live’
So i remember reading them when I was a kid, but this is different. I was never aware of the non-fiction categories, never mind the condensed form in which they limit subjects to a few pages. They fascinate me and, of course, amuse.
These few i bought because I am bird mad. Much better...
boring postcards
finally purchased the book ‘boring postcards’. in amongst mand other local gems was this beauty
scunthorpe
this is where I’m from
and i kind of like it. its home
i don’t know what date this postcard is but this exact view definately hasn’t changed one bit. apart from the sun shines a bit less these days i find.
i now know how to make scotch eggs, thanks to this...
packed lunches ladybird book
amazing
this is actually advice on how to make sandwiches. no joke.
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yesterday
bought myself a joyous tea set. just loved the rose print. the woman in the shop told me it was worth nothing with a tone of classic manc bitterness. really encouraging people to give to charity. £5. from chorlton
oh yeah, and a real oil painting 99p. from hebden bridge
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desk
dorothy bohm
dorothy bohm - a world observed; a retrospective currently on at manchester art gallery. the exhibition is incredible, and the images on show are ones that arn’t available readily. such beautiful, precious gems. already been round it twice and i think im going to have to go again. shes a wonder.
sheff
went to sheffield to check out the antiques centre. stopped in at the cafe which cannot be missed. sooo cheap and the best menu ever. i had a cream tea while i lusted over the sugar bowl on the table. also visited the furniture shops and charity shops while i was there. had a brilliant day and purchased a few wonders to decorate the home.
aswell as spying some shabby chic moments on camera....
July 2010
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today
the kitchen is coming along
it currently looks like this
and i bought myself the most amazing bird book in the world
amazing illustration →
stumbled across this and was in awe. isnt it lovely
flickr wonder
isn’t the world lovely. isn’t it lovely making the world your own. this is a share of my world
exhibit a
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cheap cheap
never give up on charity shops. if you have a bad visit and don’t find anything, dont let it put you off. go back and youre sure to find gems again
typewriter £2
casserole dish, ‘made in yugoslavia’ £3.49
pyrex floral number, the list goes on and on
such joy, for cheaps.
mirrors, pictures, postcards, placemats, lampshades
they out do vintage shops by a mile for JOY
rainy days
nothing better to do than draw. been hung up on birds for a while, my mum loves them, saw i draw them for her. By a mile deers are my favourite animal, but i never think my drawings do them justice.
so here’s the first stag ive made public
dinner time
nom nom
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birdies
york, lovely york
wandering the backstreets and sidestreets. a maze. love it. i avoided the shops becasue i was skint and its actually MORE fun.
just looking
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norfolk park, sheffield
all these photo document my favourite bits of everyday life that tranform the mundane into JOY
manchester
paris
June 2010
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my room
April 2010
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