LABYRINTHUS XXI
Saturday, 8 March 2014
Style/Home: Japanese Style Influences
For today's post I'd like to share this video of a beautiful house in California which is an amazing blend of 16th century Japanese architecture and 21st century design and technology. I think that this is such a gorgeous home and it just gives off this air of serenity. I love the sleekness of the design. The beautiful Japanese gardens outside do something that I love...they compliment the interior and bring nature inside. This house is one of those that's the ultimate in high end design and is out of the reach of most of us, but as I've mentioned before, it's fun to see what's out there. Seeing homes like this often inspire me to create my own take on the designs. I hope that you enjoy taking a look around this beautiful home.
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On This Day:
On this day in 2001, the wreck of Donald Campbell’s speedboat, ‘Bluebird’, was raised from Coniston Water in England’s Lake District, where it had lain since 1967.
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Friday, 7 March 2014
The Creative Maze: Creating the Yellow House flag.
A couple of days ago, you may have seen this post celebrating Dori’s six year anniversary at her ‘From a Yellow House in England’ blog, and as we had decided to embrace creativity here at Labyrinthus XXI, I thought it would be fun to design and make a flag for her. Having never made a flag before, I sort of made it up as I went along, apart from the initial sketch that I scrawled on a piece of lined paper during our recent Skype chat. This post shows you in pictures how I did it. I’d really love to hear what you think of it, so please feel free to leave a comment below, or email me through the link on the sidebar.
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Thursday, 6 March 2014
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On This Day:
Remembering those who died on the Herald of Free Enterprise just outside Zeebrugge on this day in 1987...
You can read about it via BBC On This Day here.
Wednesday, 5 March 2014
Recipe: Lovely Lemon Drizzle Cake
There are so many wonderful cake recipes to try, and I've tried a few, but I keep getting requests from my family for this really simple, but deliciously zingy Lemon Drizzle cake. It's taken from a little book called 'Teatime Recipes' by Carole Gregory, and I've done my usual thing - I've reduced the amount of sugar by a third, as I don't like overly-sweet cake. If you do, just increase the sugar amount back to the original 6 ounces. For me, with less sugar it tastes better and the lemon flavour really comes through. So, without further ado, we'll get on with it!
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On This Day:
On this day in 1963, the American singer Patsy Cline died in a plane crash near Camden, Tennessee.
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