Thursday, July 17, 2025

Fruit box week, reels and repair.

1. Somehow the delivery of a fruit box is much more fun than the delivery of a box with vegetables.

2. I love the sound of all my cotton reels rolling to and fro as I lift the miniature chest of drawers down from the shelf. Nick's dad salvaged it from a flooded shop, and it's provided a lifetime supply of thread for two generations.

3. It's late and the light is not great, but I'm putting stitches as small as I can manage into a much-loved pair of pyjamas so they'll last a little longer.

Fruit box week, reels and repair.

1. Somehow the delivery of a fruit box is much more fun than the delivery of a box with vegetables. 2. I love the sound of all my cotton ree...