Vague Science - The Cartoons of Stephen Collins

Loved this cartoon in the Guardian Weekend mag on Saturday by their new cartoonist Stephen Collins...

Image by Stephen Collins from Guardian.co.uk

See more on the Guardian website - also love the 'I am the Internet'one. Genius.

Hwyl

Image of Welsh Scrabble originally uploaded to Flickr by afagen

I heard this rather lovely word being discussed on the radio this morning - on the Chris Evans show on Radio 2 of all places. I was stuck in traffic on the M11 and had grown bored of the Today programme. They were using it to talk about the Welsh rugby success.

"Hwyl".

It's Welsh and means, according to Oxford Dictionaries Online, "a stirring feeling of emotional motivation and energy".

How poetic.

Another favourite Welsh word - I only know two so far, of course -  is "cwtch", which means "a cosy corner" or a "safe place". Sianuska uses it in the name of her splendid blog A Cwtch and a Cuppa, which I recommend you visit when in need of beauty and sustenance.

Please can I live in Downton Abbey?

I am so enamoured of these Clarks 'Colour Wheel' heeled brogues.

[image from www.clarks.co.uk]

They are so Edwardian, so Downton Abbey.

[image from enchantedserenityperiodfilms]

Hope they have them in my size!

Junk-a-holic

We had a lovely day, the boy and I, pursuing our favourite past-time: hunting for treasure.

After a frustrating visit to an auction house - the words "As seen on 'Flog It'" should probably have warned us no bargains were to be had - we ventured to Lewisham to the best salvage yard in the world.

I just wish I needed gigantic crystal chandeliers, cast iron radiators and a million mismatch chairs. Not to mention the five foot bronze of a parrot ... One day ...

National Poetry Day

[Picture from http://www.poetryarchive.org]

I just realised it's National Poetry Day. Go over to Poetry Archive immediately and read this gorgeous poem - you can even listen to the great man himself reading it.

Poetry Archive | The Whitsun Weddings by Philip Larkin

Like Totally

Revisiting my teens and indulging in a little 1990s nostalgia thanks to this splendid post over on Design*Sponge...

Design*Sponge | Living in: Clueless

Remember this?



Such a witty film. Best moment has to be Cher's debate club speech on offering aid to Haiti

And so if the government could just get to the kitchen, rearrange some things, we could certainly party with the Haitians. And in conclusion may I please remind you it does not say R.S.V.P. on the Statue of Liberty. Thank you very much.

I never rocked the knee highs and mary janes look, but still ... like way influential....


[uploaded to YouTube by www.wornjournal.com]

Enjoy!

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Jammy Dodgers

First steps in jam making.

Rather pleased. Much easier than expected, set but not too set, and ever so strawberryish. Yum.

Highest praise from my friend's three year old, Little O, who must have it on crumpets for breakfast..