I'm having a clear out

It's been a bonanza of a weekend in the UK and after I got over the initial shock of having three whole days off work I decided to sort my stuff out. I love to collect, I can't help it but there comes a point where you look around and realise all the beautiful things are being suffocated by the nice things. The things you didn't need but couldn't leave behind because it's only 50p...

I re-decorated my kitchen last year and in the process lovingly cleaned and wrapped up all the objects that had collected on the shelves, windowsill, kitchen table. I hit a delay on painting the shelves and so didn't unpack. Yesterday I went into my spare room and found the boxes and with a mixture of delight and doom I realised I had re-filled the shelves, windowsill and kitchen table with new found objects... Unusual packets of food from my trip to Greece, 1960's shot glasses from the car boot, sugar dispenser's from a trip back home. Alongside two sets of cups and saucers, danish serving dishes, three glass vases rescued from my parents and a selection of crockery left by a stranger (which I had made into a little display). Enough I'm having a clear out...

Still writing to ghosts

Ha ha still no one out there is reading but I will continue to write. Then when you all finally find me there will be lots to catch up on...

So I saw my favorite Sheffield twins today and for the first time ever I saw one go in one direction and the other one go in the complete opposite direction. It was like the parting of the red sea, monumental, I was truly stunned. I must state now that I am slightly obsessed with these two identical old men twins. They are amazing, in their late 60's and still wear matching outfits everyday. There are a few unusual people in Sheffield and many sets of twins (the only photographic evidence of another set is two old women I only just caught a photo of) but these old men make me smile every time I see them.

My friend noticed them one day and kept asking if I had seen them having lived here for ages. I had never seen them but then one day there they were and now I see them once or twice a week (depending on the weather). At the moment the look is blue jeans, navy jackets and trainers. They also carry one red bag. I'll post some pictures so you can all share the love.

Amazing Sol LeWitt exhibition in Sheffield

Good morning! I went to this amazing exhibition yesterday at Site Gallery in Sheffield. They have loads of Sol LeWitt's artists books on display and I was lucky enough to go in when they were drawing one of Sol LeWitt's wall drawings on the wall of the gallery. If your around Sheffield you must pop in although I don't think it's on for very long... I'll find out the dates and post later.

Surprise find in the recycling

Sometimes the most boring job can turn up something that makes it worth doing. I don't know what it means but this stamp mark made me smile today so I sneaked a quick pic.

Lucien Cravate - Kartuizersstrat - Rue Des Chartreux, Brussels
Is a must for anyone visiting Brussels

Flea Market - Place Du Jeu De Balle Vossen Plein, Brussels

Brilliant Brussels

Hello all (not that anyone is signed up to read this yet but hello all the same).

So I've started my first ever blog after contemplating it for a while and finally getting the internet back into my home.

I have been luck enough to visit Brussels this weekend and I am totally converted. It is an amazing city where you can't help but be inspired everywhere you look. I stumbled upon a shop which was like a little bit of junk shop heaven - Lucien Cravate.

If you ever get to go to Brussels I highly recommend a visit if you like retro/vintage objects, ceramics and accessories. Its only open Monday to Saturday 12pm to 6.30pm, I'll track down the address on my map and let you know.

There is also a fairly big flea market (address to follow) which had everything and anything - stag heads, stuffed emu's, clothes and a whole host of other objects of interest. I am now the proud owner of a lovely vase/jug made in West Germany, a small oil painting and a very eames era looking tin. I did fall in love with a mini piano and two stuffed deer heads (loved them and they kinda freaked me out too, I didn't dare ask the price as I was too sacred to take them on the Eurostar!). We went on Sunday and I think the prices were higher than had been reported from people who had been in the week. They do haggle especially when you screw your face up as much as I did...