Last week, someone asked me what I liked best about my job, and I said that I like the way it’s made me more alert to looking at things around me and taking time to enjoy them. Maintaining this blog, especially, has made me take the time to look, notice, and, if my camera is …
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Sunday morning handwashing
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Downward-facing Cat
Our cats are usually pretty elegant beasts, arranging themselves picturesquely in order for us to see them and go “ahhh”. But sometimes I catch them contorting themselves into shapes that would leave most yogis scratching their heads – all unlikely-directioned legs sticking out at ungainly angles. I made some sketches of Nanook in one of …
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Holiday feeling, if not doing
Unsurprisingly, Cape Town is embracing the endless string of public holidays wholeheartedly. While I’ve worked on most of them, and torn my hair out at the half-days that seem to precede each holiday, I’m enjoying the infectiously easy-going mood around town. Even Monkey is feeling it (below). Wait a minute, I think ‘public holiday’ might …
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Lunch
Apart from occasional furtive spoonings of sugar directly from the bowl into my mouth, I can’t say I have any particularly wierd eating habits. I am, however, wondering if it’s possible to have an eating disorder that’s limited to the period between breakfast and dinner, because every single day, the concept of lunch comes as …
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Leaves Curtains
I made curtains for our bedroom from my Leaves fabric in Autumn Gold. They’re beaut, and the cats agree.
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Big Wave
[all photos Lily Strauss at Tokyo Lily, post title by Jenny & Johnny] There are disasters around the world all the time, and it’s hard to say why one affects a person on the other side of the globe more than another, but ever since the first news of the quakes in Japan broke, I’ve …
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Do the maths
This bloke + 10 years of marriage = The best quarter of my life.
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Out of chaos, coathangers
It’s chaos here, as the painters are coming and we’ve had to dismantle the flat and puzzle it all back together in one room. The payoff of a clean, freshly painted home will only be enjoyed in a week or two, but in the meantime, a small consolation like a cluster of coathangers in the …
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Weekend family portrait
Look closely: there’s Paul and Monkey, who are napping, and me, who is snapping. We’re all reflected in Paul’s huge linocut, which will soon be exhibited at MoMA on this show.
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