Spudballoo's random witterings
Feb
15
2010
I don’t remember Valentine’s Day playing any kind of role in my childhood, beyond a secret yearning for one of those vast and (I now realise) hideous padded cards, complete with saccharine verse inside. Valentine’s Day was for lovesick and sickening teenagers and dutiful married people.
I can remember the giddy expectant joy of it all [...]
Jun
30
2009
Scooting in right at the last minute for this challenge, which ends today, but I couldn’t resist it! Lesley of Funky Art Queen laid down the gauntlet in the shape of a Ten Tiny Things challenge, the rules being:
1) find 10 tiny things and group them together
2) photograph them
3) post about them on your blog
4) [...]
Jun
18
2009
Whilst pondering my 5 random favourite things today I considered ‘Small Blue Thing’ by Suzanne Vega as one of my song choices. But then I remembered how dreary it is and the fact that I hearted it as a teenager is no basis for its inclusion, since all teenagers are hard-wired to be gloomy [...]
Jun
10
2009
Inspired by Christina’s blog today, 10 simple things that make you happy on June 10.
1. The first cup of tea of the day
2. Stripes
3. White things
4. Order
5. Heart shapes
6. The colour purple
7. The beach
8. Nostalgia
9. Sunshine
10. Sleep
