Attila the Mum

I know there are more important things to get your knickers in a knot about (pun intended), but it is this wee niggling thing for me. I ventured into the lingerie department the other day.  There were countless bras all displayed in their boxes and on their hangers, in their various shades of neutral and…

Sunshine.  Willing the sunshine warmth to sink into my bones and banish the deep winter chill.  Sunshine.  Bright.  Creeping through the skin of my eyelids, making my closed-eyed world orange, red, white.  Breeze, lifting my hair, movement.  Soundscape.  Bird song: chickadee, woodpecker, cardinal, sparrow, red-winged blackbird, crow.  Well, maybe not song from the crow.  The…

I get ads in my email.  I know there is probably a way to not receive them, but in the short term it is easier/faster to delete them.   Not being much of a shopper I really don’t care about what the ads are trying to sell me.  I can very easily ignore ‘50% off…

Shortly after we were married I introduced my husband to The Contract.  The introduction was something like this… Him – “You’re not being very nice” Me – “I don’t have to be nice. It’s not in the contract.” Him – “What contract?” Me – “The contract you agreed to when you married me.” Him –…

I love food.  Food is a fabulous thing.  I spend much of most days making food for my family, and whomever passes through my kitchen when I am creating.  It is a good thing I like cooking and baking because there are hours put into making it but it is devoured in no time at…

There is a legend in my family that my eldest sister’s first word was ‘shit’, and she chose to demonstrate her new ability in the middle of a fund raising tea by saying it multiple times, while beating on a small toy in the middle of a circle of properly dressed church ladies perched on…

It is snowing.  Great masses of the fluffy white stuff.  Even though I am ready for warmer temperatures and growing things I am not sad about the snow today. After embracing the reality of having a snow day, we spent the day making playdough, visiting with friends over hot cups of tea and bowls of…

We are supposed to get another blast of winter tomorrow but today was all about spring.  I could have happily stood at the end of my walkway, hot cup of tea in hand, warm sun on my back, listening to the birds sing their ‘hey baby, I am an awesome example of the male of…

It was a beautiful day today and what a better place to be than outside in it.  If I am outside then it is vital that I harass my children into venturing out, and of course the dog has to be out too.  The temperature was balmy, snow melting, water running, and my dog covered…

This is Elizabeth.  When I started thinking about the design for this tea cozy I was thinking about how tea is associated with England and the image of a stereotypical middle aged English woman popped into my head, with her proper buttoned up cardigan with pockets to hold a convenient handkerchief, and pearls (maybe the…