Greetings! I’m Annastasia
I'm bit keen on the colour green and like to ramble on about food, cooking, veganism, refashioning, sewing, clothes, list making, music, reading and anything else that pops up in my overcrowded existence! I'm also one half of Ink drops boxes, stationery by the boxful, dropped through your letterbox.
Category Archives: Daily waffle
Reasons to get more sleep
Do you really need reasons to get more sleep? I love the idea of getting loads of rest. However, I seem to do very well at finding reasons not to do so. Some weeks are just busy. There’s lots to … Continue reading
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After the sunshine
The warmer, brighter days this week really perked me up. I got the urge to put on real clothes instead of glorified pyjamas. To dress up and go out and explore the world again. But I can’t so I stayed … Continue reading
Lockdown is a tiny taste of the past
I remind myself every day how fortunate I am as regards the pandemic. I’m able to work from home. I have my chap for company. My health has been good. I have enough to eat. I have an excellent internet … Continue reading
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Musing on a Tuesday
There seems to be something about the start of a lockdown that makes me want to blog. Maybe this time because it’s the start of the year. A stay-at-home festive season does actually result in feeling rested and ready to … Continue reading
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Papery things breed
It seems that every week I have a pile of paper and card for recycling following a clear out. I’m always convinced this is the last lot but then another mound appears. Where does it come from? The Green Rooms … Continue reading
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A silly day
Things really didn’t run smoothly today. My doctor’s appointment was interrupted 3 times by people who needed to access the cupboard in the room. Then I got on a bus to go to a meeting and arrived to find that … Continue reading
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Read the label
I was uninspired for dinner. So I fell back on pasta figuring I could add in Calvo Nero, onion, garlic, chick peas and a slug of the lemon olive oil that we (the royal we) bought back from Canada. It … Continue reading
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Time to sleep
I felt perfectly dreadful on Saturday afternoon so I took to my bed. Clearly my body approved as it decided that I should remain there until the early hours of Sunday morning. As this point I woke up and was … Continue reading
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A tale of left and right
A visit to a friend, a slight misunderstanding over which parking spot, the note on the car and the horrible realisation that you’ve taken some else’s space. But when the owner of the space was so gracious about our mistake … Continue reading
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First frost
Last night was the first frost so I can stop saying, in a suitably menacing tone, “winter is coming.” Winter is here. I was chatting earlier in the week with chums about staying warm, wearing onesies and turning the heating … Continue reading
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