Easy Like Sunday Morning

Happy end of January! We made it!

It might just be because it’s sunny as I write this, but it feels like Spring is on the way (I know, realistically we’ve got months but I live in hope)!

It’s been a busy but lovely week here; seeing friends (including Echo’s brother!), eating pastries, a bit of bouldering and topped off with Mike Wozniak’s new show, which was fantastic!

House Progress

I’m finally painting with actual colour! All the damp proofing, mist coating, priming, filling holes, sanding, taking random bits of wood off the walls (???) etc is done in the dining room and I’ve finally been able to start just doing the fun bit.

We went with Farrow and Ball ‘Pink Ground’ which is a really satisfying warm pale pink.

Next up is painting the adjacent room the same colour, doing a second coat on everything AND painting the doors. I’m undecided whether to paint them white or be brave and go with a secondary colour (like a pale blue?) - I would love opinions or suggestions!

Art

Not much to report this week as I have been doing client work, but I did some people watching and sketching at a local café. I really love doing these little drawings - they’re very relaxing!

Food

Lots of frozen egg whites left over from various recipes = a very large pavlova. This one had a layer of lemon curd under the cream and was very tasty! I loosely used this recipe for the meringue but I never really bother with the vinegar/cornflour as I don’t find it ever needs it (also, putting vinegar in seems kind of gross?).

Things I’ve Enjoyed This Week

• I treated myself to a pair of trousers from Lucy & Yak this week and (much like everything I’ve ever bought from there) they are super comfy and soft - as well as being a really fun print!

• I started watching Shrinking on Apple TV - I’m only a couple of episodes in but it seems really fun and sweet so far!

• We had some friends over this week and played Monikers which I’d really recommend as a super fun casual board game!

I hope you have a great Sunday!