Domesticated Sunday

I think we've forgotten how to go out. Another weekend and another stay-at-home fest for the Attic24 family. Well a part of it was spent at my in-laws eating junk food (pizza and chips) and drinking sparkling wine and allowing the Little People to sit wide-eyed in front of endless choices of children's channels on Sky TV. Fun of sorts, but oh I did enjoy coming home again :: there's only so much junk I can take in one day.

Sometimes on a Monday morning when I sit down to blog, nothing much springs to mind. If we've not done anything riveting over the weekend, the camera usually contains a hotch potch of Domestic images :: nothing specatcluar, just the Stuff of Life. But I love it, I continue to delight in all things domestic, I get my thrills from such simple, homely things these days. Trips to Paris? Wild Parties? Nightclubs? At one time in my life, yes, but these days, nope.

I am aware that my blog is showing repeat patterns, well it is bound to isn't it, to some extent? I am trying not to apologise for this, as the wonderful Mrs Magpie once said "blogs follow life and not vice versa", and I do try and remember this.

And I really enjoy photographing my home life. I've been inspired by some blogs recently that have been showing a series of photogrpahs documenting "a week in the life". I just love this whole idea, love that the ordinariness of life-at-home can become something special when photographed and shared :: warm, cosy, friendly, intimate. Have a look at Notes from my Days, The Ecstasy of Being Ordinary and Garden Nymph for some beautiful images of Domesticity.

So here for your perusal,  are some little snippets of my own Domesticated Sunday....

Sunday morning :: I bake banana bread, ((click)) I photograph it hot and fragrant as it comes out of the oven. Butter melts on the still-warm bread, just moments before it is devoured by the resident locust-children (and their father).

Sunday morning yarn :: after a visit to a little wool shop the previous day, I get the pleasure of opening the bag again on Sunday morning and force-feeding myself eye-candy. Gobble it up and then ((click)) take a  photograph.

A little lull in the afternoon :: I sit drinking tea and making hexagons. After showing off my blanket to the lovely ladies in the wool shop on Saturday, I have renewed enthusiasm for it.

Little snippets of yarn :: for some reason I just adore seeing these accumulate almost as much as I love seeing the hexagons themselves grow. ((click)) and capture it on camera.

I opened a new box of tissues yesterday :: I loved the design on the box when I bought it (roses again, my rose-fest shows no signs of letting up). It was only when I opened the box and took the first tissue out that I realised each one is decorated with rose petals. How thoughtful, how delightful! To blow ones nose on such prettiness! ((click)) that too, that rosy loveliness.

Browsing through the Laura Ashley catalogue :: we are gearing up for some major home renovations/decorations after Christmas and I am enjoying planning it out in my mind, thinking of paint colours, curtains, lighting, furniture...

Domestic chores still needing to be done :: early evening and I fold clean laundry in the bedroom, put away the piles, re-clothe beds with clean-cotton bedding. Think how I adore my ripple blanket and the smell of clean cotton laundry and ((click)).

And so to bed :: I go early (9pm) and sit to read a while.

A birthday present :: such a generous and unexpected gift from my friend Lovely C, this book is beautiful, interesting and thought-provoking. I love "nesting" in bed, snuggled up amongst crisp white cotton, CK roses and my ripple-stripes. Such warmth and happiness ((click))

And so to sleep :: thinking of roses and lavender, and looking forward to the week ahead.

It's half term week here, and right now I'm drinking coffee, typing this on the laptop at the dining table while the Little People are watching a film. I've been really looking forward to this week, I love the ease-up on routines during school holidays, the possibilities of simple fun with my Little People. 

Here's to a happy Domesticated Monday-Tuesday-Wednesday-Thursday-Friday-Saturday-Sunday for us all. Enjoy!

xxxxxxxxxxx

Comments

[Alyssa]

The one picture with all the circles pre-hexagon all lined up in rainbow order in a big ring is just SO BEAUTIFUL! I love amazing photography *and* gorgeous crafts and this is one of those rare times that both are fully expressed in one photo! I've been meaning to learn how to make hexagons because I love how they look in a blanket and I think your blog is going to be the final push for me to jump in and do it. Thanks (:
p.s. - awesome tissues

[marigio]

I love tissues boxes,when I find nice one (sometimes only kleenex)I don't resist I buy about 5 or more and people look at me ,they think I'm mad. The reason is that in Italy , you can find only ordinary boxes and never colored ones!!! Love your blog. it reminds me when i was little girl and live in UK.
Marigio from florence.it.

[gardenymph]

Hi Lucy!

Thanks so much for the mention, I am honored. :~)
Your blog is so cheerful and bright, and such a joy to read. I covet your dishes and linens. Can you tell me a little about those darling fabric balls in the striking pink glass bowl? What a wonderful combination of colors there!
I can't wait until I finish my own ripple blanket so that I can curl up under it.
Thanks again, you totally made my week, possibly even my month. :~)

[Liz]

I just love your blog and your baked goods and your noteboards, and your projects. I have been trying unsuccessfully to find the pattern for your lovely crocheted hexagons. Got as far as the Japanese source for the blanket itself. Surely it is possible for someone to print the crochet instructions for a hexagon. The hexagon itself is not copyrighted, is it? I've been trying to reproduce from the pictures of how to crochet them together but it's tough going since I'm from the granny square school of crocheting. And that was twenty years ago.

[http://lavenderhouse.typepad.com]

Hi Lucy

Thanks for the lovely comment today. I have a whole little bag of snippets of yarn. I love the mix of colours. I think you might be my long lost twin sister that my parents didnt tell me about!

Love Emma

PS We would be non identical I am blonde and fat!

[Gillian]

I just found your lovely blog over at henhousehomemade - I love all your crochet works!

[Cele]

what lovely yarn.The blanket is growing well. It will be stunning when finished.

[Monda]

Hi Lucy
Just wanted to let you know that I have tagged you over on my blog :o)

Monda

x

[Leisa]

Your posts are always so lovely - I enjoy your blog so much. It looks like a truly wonderful weekend.

[Sal]

I love your domesticated Sunday! Your crochet is gorgeous;-)

[Kathryn]

Dear Lucy,
I love reading about your day to day life, makes me feel normal. Bread looks great, wool delish and even your basket of clean washing to be folded.
With Smiles
Kathryn

[Frugal Trenches]

What a wonderful post. There is something so wonderful about realizing a house is actually a home and a home is somwhere we should take comfort in just being!

[Alice C]

Happy Monday to you, Lucy!

In fact may the whole of your week be blessed with good things because I am thrilled to be described with such an adjective. I may have to rush off and show the Much More Wonderful MrM.
X

[sarah]

Lovely post Lucy I loved your homely photographs. Naturally your blog is going to repeat it makes it real and true your blog is always a pleasure to follow repeats and all!
Happy half term!
Sarahx

[cathleen]

How lovely and peaceful to see life thru your eyes, dear Lucy. I feel warm and cozy and wrapped up in delicious domesticity right now...and, I, all of a sudden, feel the urge for a delicious cup of hot sweet tea.

[Lesley]

what a lovely post Lucy :-) those type of pictures are the best kind I have a folder full of them now after doing just a couple of days! think i will do another day next week :-) I spent nearly 10 mins trying to decide on a box of tissues yesterday as they have such lovely designs on them :-D we have made cookies today as same as your banana bread they were eaten whilst still warm from the oven - lovely! enjoy half term :-)
Lesley x

[Daisy Steiner]

A lovely heartwarming post. That bread is mouthwatering.

[simone]

I never tire of your 'repeat pattern' posts Lucy. I love it when you talk of the 'locust children' and of what you have baked and of your wool purchases. I enjoy reading about your hexagons, granny squares and ripple blankets. In fact reading your blog is like a big comfort blanket to me!

[Jane]

What a lovely Sunday you enjoyed and a day still full of so much colour.
I love sneeking off to bed with a good book to browse through.
Isn't it great now the clocks have gone back AND it's half term? that means we can get into our P.J's even earlier!!
Have a lovely day with your children.
Jane. x

[Fiona]

Such a lovely post. You've inspired me so much this morning. Today is the start of a new chaptor for me as it is the first day without full time employment and all the possibilies that brings stretching ahead of me. But I do need some motivation not to be thinking 'I'm unemployed' and more 'I'm freelance'! Your domesticated post has made me feel very positive this morning. Enjoy the week with the little people. I'm off to meet my Mum for a coffee now. Long time since I've been able to do that on a Monday morning!

[Mrs Be]

Ah thanks for the link. Your photos are lovely, I love looking at "domestic details" as it were. My fave homely pics that I pore over in mags and books are well ordered utility romms (so unlike my own) and kitchens.

That book looks interesting, perhaps one for the Christmas list.