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PostJul 13, 2009#321

Nice and pink... even has Hello Kitty in it!



I'm on a travelling kick again (because people keep moving away and inviting me to visit and I really want to!)... show me something pretty and Japanese.

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PostAug 21, 2009#322

I'm back at work and ready to revive this thread! :)

Here's an eighteenth-century Japanese manuscript scroll from Cambridge University Library, showing the poet Ono no Komachi, with one of her poems:



How about a picture of your favorite poet?

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PostSep 10, 2009#323

Vladislav Petković Dis
I don't think he's translated in English (but I'm not sure). I LOVE his work and one of my favourite is precisely “The Drowned Souls” that is mentioned on Wikipedia.


Your least favourite house job.

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PostSep 15, 2009#324



Where did you go this summer? (or during your last vacation/travels?)

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PostSep 16, 2009#325

Wellington, to visit in-laws.


Your favourite place to read a book?


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PostSep 16, 2009#326

This one is easy. My favorite place to read a book is:




Since it is now fall in the Northern Hemisphere and I keep thinking of Thanksgiving and harvest festivals, show me what is your classic "Bring a dish" dish?

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PostSep 18, 2009#327

One answer is (if/when I can get hold of pumpkin here):



But last year, believe it or not, I cooked a whole in a church hall oven!
I'm in two minds about whether to repeat that again this year.

Let's stay with the food theme for another round. Google for mulled cider or mulled wine, and show us a picture you find attractive. (It doesn't *have* to be a picture of wine or cider, just anything you like that came up from that image search.)

PostSep 26, 2009#328

After a week, I'm answering this one myself ;)



What's your favorite hot drink?


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PostSep 27, 2009#329



What is a chore/job that you HATE doing?

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PostSep 28, 2009#330

I hate trying to clear the clutter.



Lately I have been reading lots of inspirational articles about minimalist living to try to get me in a better frame of mind for getting weeding out the clutter. [Not that I'm *ever* going to be the sort of person who only owns 100 things!]

But please post a picture to help inspire me that minimalism can be beautiful.

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