Lately, I’ve been drawn to very simply designed sites, heavy on photography and crisply typefaced. And blogs like the two French ones I recently posted about. This one, Textism, really blew my mind today – notes on the site design is on the about page.
I also like the shop design at Retrosaria, so much so [...]

A small makeover. I’m fighting to make the wordpress stylesheet do what I want, but I can’t erase the border down the sides. Sigh. Today we did laundry and other practical things. M sleeps outside during the day and loves it. Planethalder asked what he thinks of the garden and seeing trees and leaves for [...]

It’s the beginning of summer, and while living so close to the beach and with a garden for only our second year is almost like being in a summer house, I’m still dreaming of traveling. And then K. opens a letter and hooray, we’re all going to Berlin for a week this autumn! I’ve been [...]

When the baby finally falls asleep for his first nap, shower immediately. Do not waste time on the computer in the vain belief that he will stay asleep for a whole hour, even though you discover great new blogs made by French people.
Next Easter, I want to make M. a hat like these.

The moon is just a scraping in the high sky. We’ve planted gooseberries, raspberries and a redcurrant bush; when I look at the bottom of the garden it’s as if one of those tv teams came by. There’s even a lavender in a huge pot and pathways and everything. The grass is long and the [...]