Megan Fox, crazy as batshit...

Better eat your greens kids or you could end up looking like this burlap sack on the right...we've named her "megan"

I'm sure I'm not the only person that's extreemly irritated by Megan Fox? It's not a jealousy thing at all,(I'm actually not so bad to look at myself) it just really winds me up how people (guys) are drooling over her now that she's had a crap load of work done...nose job, lip fillers, collegen, boob job, spray tan and she's lost about 2 stone as well. I read an interview with her, where the interviewer asked her something about "getting in shape for Transformers" and her response was that she put on some weight (about half a stone) by eating 3 meals a day. So what was she eating before that? "one meal around 10 at night".
She's also thick as fuck, opinionated and trashy.

smart quotes from Megan

"I have a mouth and I'm not afraid to use it"...ok Megan, becuase I have a mouth and I am afraid to use it?

"I go to the set thinking I'm not going to have any female friends, because that's the reality of the business. From what I've experienced, women aren't good friends to one another. When guys want to hang out with you because your personality is badass, women immediately hate you."

Megan expects not to get on with women, yet it's the women's fault they're not besties? retard!

"Well let me tell you what [High School Musical] is really about. High School Musical is about this group of boys who are all being molested by the basketball coach, who is Zac Efron's dad. It's about them struggling to cope with this molestation. And they have these little girlfriends, who are their beards. Oh, and somehow there's music involved. You have to get stoned to watch it."

words pretty much fail me on this one

"I've done drugs, and that's how I know I don't like them. I tried several things in order to make an informed decision, but I didn't enjoy anything other than marijuana. Cocaine is back with a vengeance, everyone in every club is doing drugs. A lot of people are on prescription drugs. Celebrities aren't trying to hide it, except where people have camera phones." - Maxim, 2007

"Before I go onstage anywhere, I take a Xanax now." - GQ, October 2008

What a legend! she's genuinely sees nothing hypocritical in either of these statments. It's the equivilant of saying "I'm a veggie, but I eat chicken nuggets"

"I think people are born bisexual and the make subconscious choices based on the pressures of society. I have no question in my mind about being bisexual. But I'm also a hypocrite: I would never date a girl who is bisexual, because that means they also sleep with men, and men are so dirty that I'd never sleep with a girl who had slept with a man."

what?

"If I show up and give any sort of performance at all, even a mediocre one, everyone will walk away going, ‘Holy shit! Megan did a great job in that movie!' So I'm an overachiever just by default because of the category I've been put in."

By the by, the catogory she's been put in is, "who's a better actor, Megan Fox or a peanut" and she won that by default because the peanut was too busy to come and collect the award

"If there's no sun, I go batshit crazy."

Annoying people/Facebook

Facebook is possibly one of the most annoying websites, EVER! I'm on it of course, but the idiot faux pas of some people drive me nuts! In no particular order

1.)repeated friend requests from people that you don't like and you know for a fact that they don't like you either...why go there, 3 requests in 2 weeks? I don't want to be your friend, leave it
2.)you defriend someone you worked with 2 years ago and haven't seen/spoken to/texted since...and they try to friend you again about 3 days later. What's with that? How do they even know you've defriended them? Why do they care enough to try and be your "friend" again?
3.) One person (who shall remain nameless, for now) leaving comments after almost every single picture of my boyfriend that's posted. Most of them include some crack about an Irish accent. We are Irish, get over it. Although saying that, if I hear one more person saying, "top of the morning, he he" after I've said I'm from Dublin. I'm not even going to say anything, I'm just going to drop kick them in the face. Yes I can do that, be warned.
You wouldn't speak to a german person in a faux german accent. It's rude
4.) People that write inane things on my wall, I don't mind witty one liners, but people that write things like "OMG, haven't talked to you in foreva, how are you", you reply and get nothing back, for about 8 months until you get "OMG, haven't talked...etc" don't bother please. And if I delete you, don't bloody add me again
5.)people tagging wretched ugly photos of you, when they look hot and you look fat and f*cked up...I will detag them, but I just wish they weren't up there in the first place.
6.)Farmville and other applications
7.)buying a Facebook cake for someone's birthday, I actually can't believe people do this! apparently it's a multi million dollar business though. Virtual gifts, insane!

That is all for now

Stolen Treasures

http://blissfulb.blogspot.com/

You Are Beautiful

I found this website You Are Beautiful over at Una Bella Vita, A Beautiful Life . They are a website dedicated to speading this simple message...If you send them a stamped addressed envelope, they will send you some free "you are beautiful" stickers! I've just sent mine off today, but it might be a few months before I get anything back. I also put in a SAE for Ciara, I'm not going to tell her about the site and hopefully in a few months time, she will get an envelope full of "you are beautiful" stickers and she will have no idea where they've come from!

Hair hair hair

Fuck Yeah, Girls with Short Hair

Stories I like to tell

This one is about my friend Ciara, my favourite space cadet and one of my best friends. For years (8 or 9) Ciara was a hardcore vegetarian. No meat (obviously) also, no jellies, marshmallows, pringles (because they test on animals...true story) or anything that might have had a dead animal near it. Also, and this is pivital to the tale, Ciara hates mushrooms, hates them with a passion bordering on hysterical. So anyways, when Ciara was about 16, she was visiting her stepdad's family in Norway for the first time, her stepdad's mother does not speak a word of English and Ciara did not speak any Norweigan. So when Knut's mother offered to cook Ciara some food, there was much gesturing and miming, before Knut stepped in and explained in Norweigan that Ciara did not eat meat. Off went Mama Knut, and back she came with a big ol' plate of fried mushrooms.



And that was it.

It wasn't a mushroom stir fry and they weren't cooked with anything else. It was just mushrooms, fried up
I have to say, to Ciara's credit she ate the whole plate of "hidious hidious" (her words) mushrooms

Jack Kerouac

Jack

“It’s all like a dream. Everything is ecstasy, inside. We just don’t know it because of our thinking-minds. But in our true blissful essence of mind is known that everything is alright forever & forever & forever. Close your eyes, let your hands & nerve-ends drop, stop breathing for 3 seconds, listen to the silence inside the illusion of the world, & you will remember the lesson you forgot, which was taught in immense milky way soft cloud innumerable worlds long ago & not even at all. It is all one vast awakened thing. I call it the golden eternity. It is perfect.” — Jack Kerouac



Big Sur, California

Soul flames

Gala over at Gala Darling has asked her readers what are their thoughts on soul mates. Some of the responses were really lovely and very personal. I added my own comment about something I'd read a few years ago, and something I'd love to know more about, soul flames. I found this quote from Wiki Answers and I think it's pretty accurate

A soulflame is a twin flame or soul mate - someone you have a very deep bond with. Many times when you meet this person, even though you don't know them very well you feel a tremendous bond with him or her. You can feel like you have know them forever. You feel like you are supposed to be together. It is a form of love but on a much higher level - almost spiritual. Sometimes like twins will say, you can feel it when the other one who is your twin flame or your soul mate is going through difficulties or maybe experiencing something joyous. For example, if your soulflame/soulmate is experiencing difficulty you can feel his/her anxiety over the situation. It's difficult to explain but if you have ever or do ever experience it you will completely understand what I am trying to say. You somehow connect with this person is a way that you don't really understand. It is very powerful and strong. You will feel very deep love, unconditional love for this person.



I found this here

The office door

Gripe for the day...the door into the office is directly behind my desk, there's only about 6 feet between my back and the door. And that leads out onto reception, which is permenantly open and freezing. We have heaters (by the ceiling), but it's about 5 degrees C at the moment, it's cold, there's snow in some parts of the country, and people keep leaving the bloody door open, every time they come in and out of the office. But what really gets my goat is, everyone working in the office complains about how cold it is (they're all wearing extra jumpers and scarves to try and keep warm) and what a draft there is any time someone opens the door but as soon as they leave the room to go to the bathroom, for a coffee, for a smoke, they will leave it wide open. And as closest person to the door, I not only get the biggest draft, but I have to get up to close it, I'm not joking, about 30 times a day, minimum. Granted, I could leave it open, but after 10 minutes of sitting in arctic temperatures, I eventually have to get up and close it...again.

sigh

Apart from that, everything is great! I'm going home to Dublin this weekend, catching up with friends and family. I can't wait to see my girlies, it seems like forever since I last saw them. And I had a really lovely night in with my boyfriend last nite, dinner, movies, far too many cheesy snacks and...other things that were very very enjoyable :)

Monte Cristo Sandwich

I first heard about this bad boy from my ex boss Amber. Amber is from Texas originally and is an all round appreciator of good food. Her enthusiasm for food earned her some funny looks in the office. But I loved how descriptive she was about receipes and cooking, she made a birthday cake for every single person on their birthday, baked from scratch and all different; Amber, this is for you!

No one is quite sure where the name came from. Originally called a French sandwich, the Monte Cristo was renamed in Southern California in the 1950s, possibly as a nod to the French adventure novel and film The Count of Monte Cristo. The Monte Cristo hit the big time in 1966, when it was featured on the menu at the Disneyland’s Blue Bayou restaurant.

The Monte Cristo Sandwich is on my list of things to make.

Ingredients:
2 slices bread
mustard to taste
3 slices deli ham (or turkey)
1 slice gruyere cheese
1 egg
1 tablespoon milk
a touch cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon butter
1 teaspoon icing sugar
1 tablespoon strawberry jam

Directions:
1. Spread mustard on a slice of bread and construct the sandwich with the ham and cheese.
2. Mix the egg, milk, cinnamon and vanilla in a shallow pan.
3. Dip the sandwich into the egg mixture and cover both sides with it.
4. Melt the butter in a pan.
5. Fry both sides of the sandwich in the pan until golden brown and the cheese has melted.
6. Sprinkle the icing sugar onto the sandwich by placing it in a fine sieve and banging it over the sandwich.

I found the receipe here amazing!!!

Mister Crunchy....Croque Monsieur

I would like to share a story about a croque monsieur I had in Paris in October. Myself and bf had gotten up a little later than planned, and we had a busy day ahead of us. We decided to save time we would just pick up some breakfast on our way to the Eiffel Tower, so we stopped into a little boulangerie and both of us opted for a croque monsieur and a chocolate eclaire to split. Unfortunatly I didn't have the foresight to photograph the croque monsieur before I started eating it, or rather inhaling it. I ate the whole thing in the space of about a minute and a half and when I looked over at my beau, he had the same intense look of concentration I had mirrored on his face! It's the only time we don't talk really, when we're eating. I don't think I've ever tasted something so delicious!! The bread was nicely toasted and slightly crispy from the butter that had been spread over it before it was grilled. The cheese on top was melted but slightly crispy on top and the ham inside was smothered in a creamy cheesy melty sauce...I'm slavering at the thought!


I found this receipe here I haven't tried it yet, but I will in the next couple of weeks and report back, yum!

Ingredients
2 Tbsp butter
2 Tbsp flour
1 1/2 cups milk
A pinch each of salt, freshly ground pepper, nutmeg, or more to taste
6 ounces Gruyère cheese, grated (about 1 1/2 cups grated)
1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese (packed)
8 slices of French or Italian loaf bread
12 ounces ham, sliced
Dijon mustard
Method
1 Preheat oven to 400°F.

2 Make the béchamel sauce. Melt butter in a small saucepan on medium/low heat until it just starts to bubble. Add the flour and cook, stirring until smooth, about 2 minutes. Slowly add the milk, whisking continuously, cooking until thick. Remove from heat. Add the salt, pepper, and nutmeg. Stir in the Parmesan and 1/4 cup of the grated Gruyère. Set aside.

3 Lay out the bread slices on a baking sheet and toast them in the oven, a few minutes each side, until lightly toasted. For extra flavor you can spread some butter on the bread slices before you toast them if you want.

(Alternatively, you can assemble the sandwiches as follows in step four and grill them on a skillet, finishing them in the broiler with the bechamel sauce.)

4 Lightly brush half of the toasted slices with mustard. Add the ham slices and about 1 cup of the remaining Gruyère cheese. Top with the other toasted bread slices.

5 Spoon on the béchamel sauce to the tops of the sandwiches. Sprinkle with the remaining Gruyère cheese. Place on a broiling pan. Bake in the oven for 5 minutes, then turn on the broiler and broil for an additional 3 to 5 minutes, until the cheese topping is bubbly and lightly browned.

If you top this sandwich with a fried egg it becomes a Croque Madame.

Makes 4 sandwiches.

Inspiration

Perth Sunset

"the only people for me are the mad ones,
the ones who are mad to live,
mad to talk,
mad to be saved,
desirous of everything at the same time,
the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing,
but burn, burn, burn,
like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars..."
-jack kerouac

I have so much going on at the moment, so many plans, so little time. Unfortunatly they're pretty much all dependant on money. In no particular order...

>Run my own vineyard in the Penedes Region, North of Barcelona (that's a 3 to 5 year plan)
>Move to Perth, that one is mostly because of my bf, I'd like to live in Melbourne, but Perth is easier to get work in (so I am told) and that's possibly an 8 month plan...more on that later
>Open my own cafe, I have this little cafe completly visualised in my mind. We will serve excellent coffee, homemade cakes and omlettes. Wednesday will be mojito night
>Learn Spanish properly, I speak a little now, but only in the present tense and I really just know different types of food and drinks...what? that's essential for Spanish living!
>Live in San Francisco...I've never been but I love the idea of the hills, the trams and the laid back life style.
>Go to Sziget Festival in Hungary...that one I think I actually will be doing this Summer! It's set on an island just outside Budapest, 5 days, 20 stages...it's the Burning Man of Europe, amazing!

>Buy a 2 bedroom, ground floor flat with a garden and a decent sized kitchen, it's impossible to cook for more than 3 people in the flat I'm in now. I want to keep chickens and bees, grow my own vegetables and I'd love to have a small scruffy terrier, big enough to play with, small enough to fit in a bike basket


I have a collection of tea sets left in my parents house that I've been pining for. I think I'll collect them at Christmas and set them up in my new room! Which leads me onto another thing I'm pretty excited about (I totally get off on the little things!) I was planning on moving in January, but I've kind of changed my mind now. One of my flatmates is deffo moving out, and his room is easily twice the size of mine, for the exact same rent...so that's pretty much a doosy. I get a new room, more space and I don't even have to hire a man with a van! I have so many ideas for my new room, some small projects and so much more wardrobe space!! I'm starting a new job on the 4th of January too, very excited about that! I'll be working longer hours, but the people seem so lovely, there's a real team spirit in the office and plus, they pay a monthly bonus, which will help so much with my vineyard/bee keeping/australia plans!

And of course, spend as much quality time with my lovely, amazing boyfriend as possible

Bored

Today, I have spent approximately 6 hours in work doing nothing. Nothing! I have done all my work, finished all my projects and debriefs, but I’m not finishing here until the 12th of December….so I have to pretend to work, which is much harder than actually working

Work Toilets....

are truely disgusting! We have a mixed 2 toilet bathroom on my floor, and regularly urine is sprinkled on the seat (that's right, not only do these guys not put the seat back down, they don't bother lifting it in the first place) or on the floor, or if they do manage to get it all in the bowl, they don't flush it, so it sits there, stewing and getting thicker. I put a sign up a few months ago asking all the gents to aim their light sabre into the toilet bowl...and it worked, until someone ripped the sign down and then the toilets returned to their original horrible state. The thing I find most upsetting though, is using the toilet straight after some large man has squeezed himself out of the cubicle. The seat is warm, the smell unholy and then of course, sods law, when I come out of the toilet there will be someone else, inevitably a girl, waiting in line...and it looks like I stank the place up! Do I explain the situation, thereby incriminating myself? Or do I look embarassed and wash my hands as quickly as possible and hope she's sharp enough on the uptake to realise by herself that I probably wasn't the one peeing on the toilet seat.....

I'm a lazy blogger

I've gotten worse and worse at keeping my blog in the past few months. I keep a...it's not a diary exactly; it's a book of poems, receipes, thoughts, phrases, spanish (I'm trying to learn) with me at all times, I feel lost without it, it's how I organise myself and I suppose after using it all day I can't muster the energy to type or re-write my day! Between that, work and emails, I'm all written out! If I could copy and paste my diary it'd be so much easier, but I doubt the notes will make sense to anyone except me, it's how I sort my thoughts out
I love reading other peoples blogs, all these people I've never met and never will, sending out their thoughts into cyberspace, forming allies and sharing themselves with other bloggers. I love the completly anonomous blogs, but I'm charmed by the personal stories. My favourite blogger who I've only recently discovered is the The Maiden Metallurgist.
A beautiful creative soul (and a wee bit of a lush, like myself!) I felt an afinity with her straight away...Chicago, here I come!
And, even more exciting, (for me) I have just discovered how to link pages properly, instead of copying and pasting the web address. I know that most people know how to do this already, but this is a first for me! Actually, it's ridiculously easy, I should have learned a long time ago, but I just never seem to have enough time for anything these days. I'm sure my many readers will be relieved to know I've finally gotten the hang of it!

Guerilla knitting

I took this image from Grrl + dog's blog. I don't think it really needs an explanation. War, what a fooking waste

Skies of Arizona

Little Fluffy Clouds...

I love this track by the Orb sampling singer/songwriter Ricki Lee Jones


Interviewer: "What were the skies like when you were young?"

Jones: "They went on forever – They - When I w- We lived in Arizona, and the skies always had little fluffy clouds in 'em, and, uh... they were long... and clear and... there were lots of stars at night. And, uh, when it would rain, it would all turn - it- They were beautiful, the most beautiful skies as a matter of fact. Um, the sunsets were purple and red and yellow and on fire, and the clouds would catch the colors everywhere. That's uh, neat cause I used to look at them all the time, when I was little. You don't see that. You might still see them in the desert."

Cupcake Blog

I have just discovered this Cupcake Blog . Amazing, inspirational, delicious cupcakes; the cupcake dreams are made from...

early birthday wishlist...

My dream car, Fiat 500
Lovely teacup and saucer, perfect for rainy day tea and (carrot) cake

http://www.polyvore.com/bordello_red_mary_janes_polka/thing?id=7643275

There are no words...oh how I crave these shoes!

weekend fun and games

I had such a nice weekend! On Friday I made a fabulous carrot cake

Ingredients:

1 cup castor sugar
1 cup plain flour
1 and ½ cups grated carrots
2 eggs
½ cup olive oil
½ teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
½ teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon cinnamon powder
(Note: Use ½ cup self-raising flour and ½ cup plain flour if necessary)
Method
Preheat oven to 180°C (350°F).
Line a standard loaf tin or oblong cake tin with baking paper.
Place all ingredients into a bowl and beat well.
Pour mixture into cake tin.
Bake for approximately 45 minutes until a skewer inserted into the cake comes out clean.
Remove the cake from oven and allow to cool.

Turn onto wire rack and allow to cool completly before icing

On Saturday, myself and bf went for nice breakfast in a little cafe in Gospel Oak then we went to Hampsted Heath with friends and went for a swim in one of the outdoor ponds; not as cold as I thought it was going to be, but certainly not 21 degrees, which is what the thermomater next to the pond said! We spent about 3 hours lying around in the sun, swimming and as we were leaving to make our way home, we heard music coming across a hill in the distance. We followed the sounds and found a free festival, celebrating (we think) national swedish day, we stayed for a few beers then headed back to my place. My hair had gone completly wild from swimming and not fixing it afterwards. I look like a crazed muffin when I don't straighten it, which is not a good look for anyone!

Sunday myself and bf took a walk around Camden market, very cruisey day. We had noodles in the market and wandered around for the afternoon, and then the weekend was over

wow

I found this photo by Chris in KY on flickr. http://www.flickr.com/photos/chrisof4/2549615615/

What makes it even more amazing, it's not been photoshopped, the lightening really did strike as he took the shot

Awesome photo Chris!!

pretties of the day

source: http://leptitpapillon.blogspot.com/

dream bed

Looove this bed! big fluffy bed and cuddles with my favourite person.... mmmmm

oh my, ooohhh myyyyy

Thank you Alice in Wardrobe Wonderland for these amazing images (http://wonderlandlondon.blogspot.com/)

I must be the only person that doesn't know how to post a link properly...sigh

amazing blog!

I've just found an absolutly beautiful blog, http://www.boubouteatime.com/. The image above is from Boubou Teatime (thank you) so inspirational!

I feel much better today, amazing what some sunshine and an invitation to a barbeque can do! Nice plans for the weekend too, hampsted heath on saturday (if the weather is still good) swimming in the outdoor ponds and a picnic.

Tender is the ghost

The ghost I love the most

Hiding from the sun

Waiting for the night to come

Tender is my heart

I'm screwing up my life

Lord I need to find

Someone who can heal my mind

Come on, Come on, Come on

Love's the greatest thing

That we have

I'm waiting for that feeling

Tender is the night

Lying by your side

Tender is the touch

Of someone that you love too much

Tender is my heart you know

I'm screwing up my life

Oh Lord I need to find

Someone who can heal my mind

Wednesday

I'm feeling a bit stressed at the moment, I'm not being very creative with my time. I have lots of ideas, but no time to do! I think the main problem is, I really don't know what I want to do in 6 months, a years time. I'm getting so bogged down in worrying about today I can't see a way forward.

catching up

I haven't blogged in a while, so for a catch up. I went to Barcelona about a week and a half ago, had lots of fun, meeting friends, going for nice meals out. The weather wasn't great though, it was warm but cloudy. But I got to eat at my favourite restaurants and see some friends I hadn't seen in months and months! I got back to London last Monday, and I've been ill ever since. It started as a slight tickle in my throat, then a turned into a dry cough and I've been coughing ever since. And (getting even more attractive by the day!) I have hives on my legs, and arms, and my hands and feet have swollen up. woe is me. Strange after effects of my cough apparently, I have antihistamines, and I've been told not to take any more cough syrup because it's useless.

Croatia National Park

I will be visiting here in a few months time. I think you can stay in the park overnight, which we're definately going to do. I think I'll be bringing my backpack rather than my suitcase, but that's my kind of holiday!

http://www.wayfaring.info/2008/04/25/you-can-never-exhaust-europes-surprises-plitvice-lakes-national-park/

Holidays!!

I have finally booked time off for Summer holidays, and I can't wait! Actually, I'm really lucky with holidays this year, I'm going to Barcelona next week to visit a friend and then end of July I'm going to Croatia with my bf. I've gotten the time off work, and we're booking flights this weekend...

Wednesday

I don't seem to have enough time to do anything at the moment! I had friends over from Ireland this weekend, lots of nice food and plenty of wine! My little balcony garden is doing really well, in spite of the crazy weather, 23 degrees on Sunday, rain rain rain ever since. I've spotted a few green fly on my tomatoes and I am disgusted. I live on the 5th floor, how can they possibly know there was plants up that high?
I had an meeting yesterday with an event organiser, she spent more time playing with her puppy than talking to me, it was so distracting!

I love Florence!!!

Just in case there is anyone that hasn't heard this amazing girl...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0ZPTFfpO40


ENJOY!!!!

new tattoo

I took this image from Crayola Yellow's blog. I have been thinking of getting a new tattoo for a while now. I have a reddish brown bat on my back, that's meant to mean happiness and I have a dragon on my hip, I found out after I got it done was a fertility dragon...
A girl I worked with had "Life is Terrific" on her wrist, which I thought was quite beautiful and concise.
I'd love to get a tattoo on my forearm, just past the crook of my elbow. But Love, on my wrist... It'll always be true

Mondays Child

I've had such a busy week, I went for a meal with my bf on Tuesday to a lovely thai place in Shepherds Bush, then we mooched back towards Camden afterwards. We stopped off for a drink just before Camden town and played pool for a while. I don't think it sounds very romantical, but I had such a lovely night!

I went to Newcastle for a work event last Wednesday, my my I am so happy I am not a student anymore! I had dinner with my bf and his friend on Thursday, and I took a sick day on Friday. I've had a cough for over a week now and it's just not shifting. I don't generally feel ill with it, but Friday morning I was so tired from coughing all night and I had a sore throat so I called in sick and slept til about half 12. I got up, sorted out bank stuff that I should have done about a month ago, then I went for a walk to Kentish Town city farm. I took loads of photos, which I still have to sort through (and post), the goats and hens were my favourite. I really really want my own garden! I have my little tubs on the balcony, but it's really not the same thing.

I went back to Dublin for the weekend, my Mum's birthday was on Saturday so we had a family dinner in the evening which was lovely, and I went to my cousin's communion on Saturday afternoon. So happy I don't live in Ireland, far too much distant family drama. I know it's very selfish, but there are a lot of family members I could take or leave seeing!

I got back to London yesterday evening, my lovely bf met me off the train and we went back to my place, he had candles set up in my room, food and wine in the fridge and treats all ready for me.

busy weekend

Primrose Hill


My little “garden” is looking quite well so far. On Saturday I got up early and arrived at Borough Market before 9 o clock. It was so clear and peaceful, all the traders were setting up but there were hardly any other people around. I wandered around the stalls without being bumped by crowds, cold morning air combined with the smell of bread, cheeses, chocolates and coffee was heavenly. I bought 2 tiny tomato plants, 1 yellow tomato plant, a strawberry plant, a little tub of thyme, a chilli plant and a packet of peas. Actually I thought I’d bought cherry tomatoes until I got home and discovered I had bought Shirley tomatoes, so all going well I will have a massive crop of tomatoes in about 2 months time. I got the tube up to Kentish town to collect some compost and plant pots and I even had time to pop into a charity shop for some wool-all this before half 9!
I planted everything except the thyme into 2 big pots and arranged them on my little balcony on the step ladder that lives out there along with old wine bottles and the mop. Then yesterday I found a metal chair with a blue painted seat by a skip. I nabbed it and carried it back to my apartment, so my “garden” is now perched on its own chair. I’m ridiculously pleased with it, but also slightly afraid the pigeons will steal any fruit that does grow! I’m determined to make the balcony into a little haven for the summer, it’s already south facing so it’s perfect for a little rooftop garden. {Photos of my efforts to follow}
I started knitting again last week; I’m so slow at it though! I’ve managed about 3 inches so far. I think my first piece will be ready around the end of next week. I’m flying to Dublin on Saturday, so I’m going to take my piece with me as travel entertainment.
I had a friend around for dinner last night (bread sticks, red wine, pizza and more red wine!) I told her about my new projects and she was as intrigued as I was! We went for a walk around primrose hill after dinner; it’s so nice to see someone’s reaction to a (not well known) place that you love! The houses look like they’re straight out of Peter Pan, lots of old trees and bicycles with baskets. We passed by Sylvie Plath’s house and my absolute dream house-photos to follow. Then we went to a pub that Mick and I were in on Sunday, candles and wooden floors and merlot (of course). I love the asymmetrical houses, the old combined with the new, tangled tree roots in the pavements, more candles in the windows. Asymmetry and the imperfect intrigue me. I think my obsession can be summed up with the following, “Who needs perfect anyway, it’s the cracks that let the light in”.

grey gardens

http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2009/04/17/garden/20090417-insidegreygardens_2.html

make love not war