All posts by: Brenda

This morning some of the muscles I tend to ignore are reminding me, in no uncertain terms, that they exist. I don’t know why I find this surprising. The morning after the first day in the garden is always like this. Admittedly, my hamstrings are not screaming as loudly this morning as they have in…

Three years ago Tonia and I spent the better part of a week in France. We went to meet a wonderful artist, who lives not far from Giverny, near the location of Monet’s house and famous gardens. Sadly, we picked a Monday to visit, and the gardens were closed. I stood on a bollard and…

I’m not a regular viewer of the ITV program that’s responsible for today’s M3 video. To be honest, I’m not any kind of viewer at all. I usually give it a wide berth, which is why I missed the memo on the K Factor contest that ran through the month of February. Apparently ITV put…

I plan on sewing today, and to get in the mood I’ve been trawling the web for patterns. I adore Japanese designed clothing, so it will come as no surprise that I am doing some serious hand fanning over this pattern book. Tres cute. See the rest here. Love, love love them all. Wouldn’t wear…

Yesterday morning, for the third time this week, Gmail ate an outgoing email. I don’t know what the deal is, but sometimes lately when I reply as normal, and then hit the “send and archive” button, my reply simply goes *poof*. When I check sent mail, all I’ve got is an email adressed to “me”,…