Yesterday was busy (apart from arranging things on the shelves of my new little table). Today was... not busy... so here are some pages from.my last Commonplace Book instead of regaling you with the entirely uninteresting details of the day.
The next photo is something shared by a good friend. I don't know the original source.
Random recipe (I haven't tried it) and a quote from a stitching blog I rate highly
I'm slowly reading 'Meditations for Mortals' by Oliver Burkeman;
This was a card from my son from a few years ago. Inside, the cat says 'is there anything you need pushed off a table or counter top you?'
Random quotes;
I've been writing in Commonplace Books off and on for a number of years, collecting all sorts scraps, and sometimes adding my own thoughts and opinions. I find it fascinating going through the old ones as it brings back memories of what I was reading and doing at the time.
I have never understood why BisQuick is so popular in the USA. It hardly takes a moment to mix fat and flour together.
ReplyDeleteAnd boxed cake mix...
DeleteI recently paged through some Commonplace Books I made in the past. At least 4 scrapbooks that bulged with things I had pasted in. I didn't actually know of anyone else who had made one. I'm quite thrilled to know that you have.
ReplyDeleteI don't know of if any of my friends keep commonplace books. I first came across them from a book that John Julian Norwich created called 'A Christmas Cracker'. People have kept them for centuries.
DeleteI love the second image, it's very good.
ReplyDeleteIsn't it just!
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