Tomorrow

I will be quiet.

It’s not much, but every little helps.

For Japan With Love has a direct link on the website to the US fundraising page for ShelterBox.  (The UK page may be found here)  ShelterBox was one of THE first organizations asked by Japan to help and were on hand on the Saturday after the quake.  Each large, green ShelterBox is tailored to a disaster but typically contains a disaster relief tent for an extended family, blankets, water storage and purification equipment, cooking utensils, a stove, a basic tool kit, a children’s activity pack and other vital items.

Please check it out and whatever you can contribute will be so appreciated.  UK taxpayers can giftaid their donation too.

In the blink of an eye

I made a book for a dear friend, moving to pastures new.

Visited Ironbridge for the first time

and discovered a great shop with a wealth of simple treasures to covet.

Asked the question “that canal boat lift must be near here somewhere” approximately four miles away from the Anderton Boat Lift, making last Friday a day full of engineering marvels.

We’ve been to the seaside.

Paid homage to a comedian whose feet are now standing in a few inches of sand

but whose hands are beautifully sculpted.

We’ve enjoyed a bit of culture at the Royal Exchange

enjoying the company of friends whilst watching the heartbreaking  events unfold in Japan.

Since then, I’ve slept in West Suffolk, too.

Can a week really have flown by so quickly?

More thoughts

We’ve been in St Annes this weekend.

But our thoughts were elsewhere.

Of course.

(photographs of the first few blossoms of the year, taken in the Koishikawa Korakuen, Tokyo just three weeks ago)

Wednesday afternoon

Found on the card packaging from some linen tape measure tape.

Just baked

I thought this headline in the LAist website was aimed at me. 

Guess what I baked yesterday?