You can't make an omelette without breaking eggs

Saturday morning, breakfast at T's house. Parsley and cheese omelette, yum, yum.

Bonus!

I was wondering why the sleeves on my new hoodie were so long, when, hey presto, I discover they extend to fingerless gloves - cool idea!

Contexturise

New works by South Africa's leading fibre and textile artists.

I am only showing detail/close-ups of the artwork because the WOW is in the detail.

FADA Gallery, University of Johannesburg

Looking out the window

Looking out the window at the library.

Appreciation of old things

At the Johannesburg City Library 3 things made me very happy. 

1. They have retained all the old wooden furniture and fittings. 

2. It was full of young people, I assume students. 

3. Silence.

China stamp

I love this stamp - I would love it as a large artwork on my wall at home.

Weekend read

page 9: I am forty-seven years old and a university lecturer, but my sister’s voice reduces me instantly to a bogey-nosed four-year-old.

page 24: So Mother’s little legacy stayed in the bank, and after that my sister and I didn’t talk to each other for two years, until a common enemy brought us together.

page 67:(‘Just imagine, Nadia, these English people will spend one hundred pound to save the life of a cat or dog that can be picked up in street for nothing. Such foolish kind hearts!’)

page 78: The heavy weight of all the unsaid things bears down on us like storm clouds.

A short history of tractors in Ukrainian © Marina Lewycka 2005