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2012; a retrospective

31/12/201230/06/2017 CarolynUncategorized71 Comments on 2012; a retrospective

Here we are, the very last day of the year! and a good time to reflect… was the year fabulous? was it awful? was it so humdrum we now cannot remember a single thing? Of course, the beauty of having…

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here’s a thought…

30/11/201215/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized10 Comments on here’s a thought…

Details: Top; from Pattern Magic 3, of grey marle jersey knit, details here Shorts; Burda 7723 modified, of grey/beige corduroy, details here Thongs; Havaiiana The last day of the month, the time of reckoning is at hand; and verily, an…

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A petticoat and an ISTJ

30/10/201215/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized24 Comments on A petticoat and an ISTJ

OK, so I have posted about this new… er, thing before; and in a comment janesewandtell expressed surprise that a petticoat should have a zip … the answer of course is that even though I did describe it as a “petticoat”…

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September summary

03/10/201215/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized9 Comments on September summary

(random holiday daily outfit  ðŸ™‚ ) Details: Top; top “b” from “shape shape” (formerly known as Unique Clothes Any Way You Like) by Natsuno Hiraiwa, white cotton, details here Shorts; Burda 7723, hot pink linen, details here Hoodie; refashioned oversized…

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The Gentle Art of Preservation

05/09/201215/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized18 Comments on The Gentle Art of Preservation

… otherwise entitled: Further Developments in the Case of the Super-Prolific Citrus Trees Our lemon tree’s desire to give give give and just keep on giving…. well,  I have been doing more good things with our produce  ðŸ™‚  Limoncello!!  Aah,…

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You are all so brilliant!!

31/07/201215/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized7 Comments on You are all so brilliant!!

Woa, you are all so fabulously switched on and fashion-icon-savvy!!  hehe, might I just add; far more so than my husband, who had no idea  …   😉 Yes, of course, everyone was correct, I was Annie Hall.  My husband…

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On lemons, cats and hearts in the grass…

30/06/201215/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized11 Comments on On lemons, cats and hearts in the grass…

Fabio contemplates boughs laden with lemons, and dreams of a summer awash with limoncello… a furry feline line… and verdant love in unexpected places… May and June were lean in handmaded-ness… but soft! all is now beyond sweet memory since…

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Delightfully tacky

30/04/201215/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized36 Comments on Delightfully tacky

I like the clashiness here.  A reminder that nature can beautify anything…  The rose is a late autumnal bloomer from my garden; some litterbug chucked the Coke can onto our verge and in the act of picking it up to toss into…

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