Tag Archives: family

Pre-Holiday Panic

Posted on December 19, 2010 by Karie

It has been a week of woe in Casa Bookish. A possible burst water pipe, a plumber missing in action, parcels also missing (prompting a vaguely panicked last-ditch shopping expedition today) and a tonne of other mishaps great and small. … Continue reading →

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Canvas

Posted on December 16, 2010 by Karie

Christmas came early this year. I just received this beautiful collographic print in the post. The sender? My artist uncle, Preben Andersen.The photo does not pay it justice as you don’t get the wonderful play between print and paper so … Continue reading →

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Family

Posted on October 31, 2010 by Karie

The Danish landscape is more subtle than Scotland’s but no less beautiful. My parents live on the outskirts of a large bog area famous for its archaeological finds (link in Danish) and today we went for a long drive through … Continue reading →

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It’s in the Air

Posted on October 24, 2010 by Karie

IKEA’s Christmas 2010 wrapping paper and Christmas cards include Selbu motifs. Very cute. Clearly I had to buy a roll of wrapping paper. Other recent shopping include a trip to Granny Would Be Proud, a fairly recent addition to the … Continue reading →

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Attack of the .. WHAT?

Posted on October 17, 2010 by Karie

Last night I discovered that my wonderful father-in-common-law (aka D’s Dad) will be starring in a low-budget spatter film set in Aberdeenshire. Ah, The Geekiness It Runneth in The Family. I uncovered a few videos and found this one to … Continue reading →

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Momse’s Sewing Box

Posted on September 7, 2010 by Karie

The parcel man brought me my great-grandmother’s sewing box yesterday. It contains buttons of varying sizes and colours. And things that may look like buttons but have clearly been put there by one of my prankster uncles (yes, that’s sweets … Continue reading →

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Bricolage

Posted on September 5, 2010 by Karie

The internet does weird things to how we are perceived and how we interact socially. Two recent examples: A New Zealander living in Scotland has contacted me through YouTube (where I have added a few Kiwi music videos to a … Continue reading →

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Sunday Sunday

Posted on August 29, 2010 by Karie

Sunday, Sunday here again a walk in the park.. The day started with me drinking my morning tea whilst listening to BBC Radio 4′s Women’s Hour where I was informed that knitting was a “post-modern, ultra-chic habit adopted by the … Continue reading →

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Guilty Pleasures #231

Posted on August 21, 2010 by Karie

My Other Half told me that not everybody remembers the German 1979 Eurovision entry. Which is totally a shame as you are about to find out.. Apparently my mum sprained her wrist trying out the dance moves back in 1979. … Continue reading →

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Signal

Posted on July 28, 2010 by Karie

Sorry for the blog silence. I’ve been on a mini-vacation..

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