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Pilot MR Retro Pop

One of my weaknesses in life is stationery. I am trying to control it very much by not adding to my discoveries. I have very strong likes and not many dislikes but in general I try not to buy notebooks...

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Pianos and love

I fell in love with a few pianos today. It is hard to say how you can be in love with a few pianos simultaneously but…it happens. Today I went to the Marcus Hübner Pianohaus in Trier. This is a...

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If I were to come back to Ireland…

…I would live in Cork.

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Random stuff I collect – Scissors

I bought another scissors today. I file scissors under the label of “useful tool” and “I need one for every project I have going”. By project, I mean needlework project. Tapestry, canvas, needlepoint....

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WIP – Aeropostale and other needlework concerns

I used to go to the city of Lyon quite a bit some years ago. I don’t like to count but certainly ten years ago I was going there often. Once, I found a needlework store in the 2nd Arrondissement and I...

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Wandering through pages

I’m not entirely sure how but this popped up on my twitter feed this morning: Very important words in your #bluewings column @alexstubb It would be good for us all to bother reading more than headlines...

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Yesterday was International Women’s Day

My social media sources flooded with IWD, with promotions, with hashtags, with exhortations to talk about the inspirational women in your career who helped you along the way.  I am not a fan of...

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Thread journey

View this post on Instagram I have a finished object. I bought the thread and pattern for this in Nice in 2010 and probably started it there. I lost it in a house move around 2011 and it was missing...

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