musings from michelle

MT doesn't usually show much affection for Templeton. In fact, he often hisses at him for no apparent reason. But I found the two of t...

I'm usually one who raves about HK public transportation. It's efficient and convenient, and then of course, it makes environmental...

Last Friday was Book Character Day at school. What fun! Here are some photo highlights: Salome as Olivia (great ears! ;) -- next year I...

I made a long-anticipated trip to Sham Shui Po today... first time in months, which must be a record for me. I decided to hold out on going...

I noticed this collection of escalator etiquette signs today (on an escalator I use almost daily -- how did I miss this?!). They happen to ...

Here are my latest appliquéd cozies. I'm learning a lot (mainly through mistakes -- of which I've made plenty!), and am having way ...

Sal has been kind enough to share her snaps with me so that I can add them to some new coffee cozies I'm working on. I like the snaps a...

I keep finding more fun t-shirts. This Tony the Tiger caught my eye... then I noticed the misspelling and couldn't resist. I think t...

I was wished a happy mother's day at church today. The older man who did the wishing then asked me if I was a mother. I said no (I didn...

I had the opportunity to go back to Crossroads yesterday, and convinced Morganne to join in the fun. We spent the morning working in the ki...

Time to do some catching up... here are some photos I took a while ago. I spent ages trying to get Templeton to sit still long enough for a...

Salome posted some photos of the finished cozy here ... I'm stealing one for this post though, and hoping that she won't mind. I lo...

Jon Allen is not the first artist I've found out about via a commercial. After writing about today's discovery, I recalled two more...

I'd been in the Japanese clothing chain Uniqlo a few times, but until today, didn't really understand what all the fuss was about. ...

Sometimes I wonder what I did before the internet... really. How did I find anything out, or answer any of the silly little questions that s...

On days as beautiful as today, a HK$1.70 ride on the Star Ferry is a must. (This is my very tentative do-you-know-how-to-use-my-camera smil...

The results of an afternoon (and part of an evening) of sewing: a tote bag and a coffee cozy (the original, quilted variety). Looking at ...

I love long weekends. Especially when I manage to use the time well. This one has been great so far. I went to Crossroads on Friday (whic...

I promise this will be my last post for a while. Just thought I'd put up a picture of this evening's finished crochet project. Wit...

I don't know about you, but whenever I start crocheting a new coffee cup cozy, I'm always tempted to stop prematurely and just make ...