Embrace yourselves...

höstens härliga film, Tuva Novotny spelar med i 

Take a peek.....

Svensk premiär på fredag!

Let yourselves go,

biodags girls!!!  

P.s. Pay attention to the marvellous voice of Richard Jenkins.

Trudilutta dig.......

We have a new tenant in our house.

Charming little fellow.....

and he doesn't seem to cause any rivalry either as long as he stays put.

The little statue is made out of sandstone, 

he is slightly weather-beaten by age,

 having lived a long life for many centuries 
playing his flute in a park somewhere.

Now in caring hands,

❤Ia❤

Business associate......

min trogne kompanjon gillar de numera  temporära kontorsrutinerna

hemma i köket.

Vårt permanenta tillhåll har nu hamnat i  en containter ute på gatan,

 kontoret har så att säga blåsts ut. Tack o lov är verksta'n orörd än så länge!

Vidare värst effektiv tycker jag inte att han är, han power nappar för det mesta eller smiter ut på toan hela tiden......en massa matpauser skall han ha också. Stretchar o töjer på sig pysslar han med en hel och då

är jag faktiskt snabb att hänga på, blir stel som ett krokigt grenverk av att sitta still och sköta papper.

Som hantverkare blir man lätt "bagarens barn" och jag prövar nu att

nåla fast ett gammalt franskt bröllopslakan för att testa lite.

Risken är stor att det blir hängande så för en tid......

Märkligt nog kan jag inte finna maken till detta par bland mina hyllmeter av

antikt linne. Kan inte begripa varför lilla kollegan inte är intresserad av att leta!

❥ Ia med kompanjon Kletus, idag blev hans stämpelkort inte godkänt.

My office has been totally demolished, tossed away in a dumpster.

So for the time being most of my company's paperwork has to be

made sitting at my dining table in the kitchen.

My sweet fellow companion is rather lazy and prefers having continuous

power naps on the table next to my computer, preferably being caressed by 

my right hand most of the time...when he's not paying a visit to the loo

or having one of his many breakes for a snack. 

We do have workout sessions once in a while during the day,

a relief for a stiff back that is not supposed to sit on a chair for very long.

I'm trying a new idea for unlined drapes in my kitchen and so far I've

managed to find time to have one in a pair of two antique French wedding bed sheets

pinned onto the old drape......just as a check to see if it works well.

Now I don't seem to find the other one, stacked away in the storage room 

on a pile of textiles...somewhere! 

At dawn......

mid September 

Blue sky reflecting the window pane.

Sun setting earlier by the day.....

Best time of the day......giving me a short break to contemplate.

Now is also the time to organize the garden.....slowly bit by bit.

emptying out pots.....covering some of the plants in soil, to 

protect the roots from being detroyed at winter frost.

We are being supervised......

Music in the air today.....do you remember!!!

Have a great September Day!

❤Ia❤

First and last.....

Cleaning up a workshop that has been closed for almost 6 months 

consumes a lot more time than I'm really up for.

Displays being dusted.....a tediously boring work.

Once done.......

I can focus on spreading my tables with beautiful embroidered silk again. Much more fun!

Needles on an antique pincushion.

I prefer standing while working but there is a old industrial stool to rest a leg against.

One of the last projects before closing in the beginning of April

is now being documented and filed as completed. 

A Ralph Lauren design "A Poetry Walk" in chocolate, handstitched drapes in 3 layers with lining

and blackout, hanging on a special ordered rod in pewter. There is no pleating tape used in the

heading of the drape, the rings are sewn directly onto the top with a linen thread.  The rings are then  twisted in pairs towards one another to shape natural heavy pleats and will retain the full witdh. 

The calender is slowly filling up with appointments, autumn is here

and I'm back on track, if only part time so far. The rest is to be...... 

By a ✂ hand,  Ia. Happily playing with her tools again!

Fredagsmys..

med en son under pågående reklamutbildningoch som debatterande familj,

hamnar vi titt som tätt i tyckande o tänkande i ämnet.

Nu har Kletus hamnat i fokus som exempel på hans uttryck av livsnjutning.

 Hoppar han  upp på bänken och sätter sig vid spisen,

är han sugen på lite kokt torsk. Vi fixar......med pepparkorn o lagerblad.

Aj aj Husse, du får blåsa lite!!

En god stunds borstning sitter heller aldrig fel...

En liten mysstund. Ömsesidig kärlek som och ska vårdas.

Kan det vara något för reklamens värld?

❤Ia❤

Our youngest son is now enrolled in an international bachelor's program in advertising

and quite often at the dinnertable we end up having discussions (yes, this is a debating family)

and ideas in this subject. This time our house cat cuddly behaviours came up as a suggestion 

for a draft. What do you think?

The motive goes -

 On Friday evenings in Sweden you are supposed to focus on having

a relaxed time after a week of hard work.

There is a running TV commercial on one of the major channels

and if I'm to translate it from Swedish it goes something like "Friday cuddle".

The only contradictory could be that the ad is for potato chips, not fish!

Wishing everyone a wonderful weekend!

Skruvläge.....

att jag är en fantast av gjutjärn kanske har framgått med tiden.

Eldstadens tegelväggar valde vi att klä med gamla skivor i

gjutjärn med sirlig dekor, när den uppfördes för 25 år sedan.

Den gamla vedspisen från Norrahammar inhandlades från en 

byggnadsvårdsbutik och renoverades efter konstens alla regler.

Jag har alltid jobbat sida vid sida med husets hantverkare och denna

eldstad växte fram med gemensamma ritningar på väggen under

 byggets gång. Ett rätt givande sätt att få ordning på de små detaljerna. 

Andra små detaljer som verkar sitta på sin plats, enligt mitt senaste

röntgenbesök är alla 4 bultar och 12 skruvar i ryggen.

Jag gillar ju metaller, titan funkar det med! 

Nu skall jag väl stå stadigt.......

❤Ia❤

The old word of wisdom saying the heart of the house is to be

 the open fireplace is somewhat true. The snug comfortable delight 

from a log fire in the kitcehn on a chilly fall morning.....

I'm rather fond of works performed in cast iron and when we

had the openfire place made 25 years ago, the walls inside 

were covered by old plates of ornamented cast iron.

The wood stove is a hundred years old and has been meticulously

restored before being installed.

P.s. My latest x-ray pictures of the spinal fixation are telling all the 4 bults 

and 12 screws are just in the perfect position and look really well so far.