Your time - My time. Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas babe! Christmas on a beach is a little strange but I can't complain. Was lovely to chat to you today. How did your cooking go? Any burnt turkey!? hehe.

Location: Vietnam, Cat Ba Island
Time: Sunday 25th December 5.30pm

Your time - My time. Playtime.

Not sure if this technically counts as our picture taking as I did not actually take the picture but it was 5.30pm - so think I can get away with it. Here I was on a two day trek in Phongsali (North Laos) and we were staying in a beautiful hill tribe village. There were so many children and I could not resist playing games with them all. I taught them 'snap' and everyone in the village started to gather round.. especially when we were all screaming 'SNAP' at the top of our voices! hehe.

Location: Phongsali, Laos

Time: Sunday 20th November 5.30pm

Your time - My time. Book worm

Hey love,

Thank you so so much for the book you gave me. I have become a complete book worm..... I can't seem to put it down! I have just finished yet another long bus journey and am in my hotel room reading Little Princes and listening to music. I also treated myself to these French 'chocolate schoolboys' which are YUMMY! They remind me of my parents as they always have them in their cookie jar at home in France.

Location: Laos

Time: Sunday 13th November 5.30pm

Is it too early to mention Christmas?

I am sure you have had Christmas adverts and shops selling all sorts of decorations for the last couple on months so I don't think it is too early to do a post on Christmas.... I just brought myself a copy of Elle Decoration as a little treat to read during my long bus journeys and within the shopping feature these beautiful cards by Banquet Workshop caught my eye! Don't you just love them! x

Kai and Sunny.

I discovered this illustrator the other day and thought you might find their work interesting. Here is one they did for Vodafone - they also have many other high profile clients. Certainly worth a gander. Website.

Your time - My time. A good catch.

Sitting on a boat fishing with a bamboo rod - can't really get much better than that! About 10mins after I took this pic I caught a fish, which we ate for dinner although I have to admit that we had to buy another fish for dinner as well as the one I caught was not big enough to fill our stomachs! But none the less - it was very tasty!

Location: Laos

Time: Sunday 6th November, 5.30pm

Your time - My time. Feeling hot hot hot.

Sorry for my delay in getting these posts up - time seems to be moving far too fast!
Love the posts you have done recently! Say congrats to George for the gig - looks like it was amazing! Also super pleased about the Brighton Eye, I thought it was going to be some ghastly tall doughnut ring thing?! so very pleased to see that it is a wheel... we will have to take a ride on it when I am back.

This pic is just of a bunch of chillies that I saw in the evening market and to say that I am slowly building up my tolerance to spice now... so hopefully once I am back I wont be such an awkward guest when it comes to dinner parties! hehe.

Location: Thailand, Chiang Mai
Time: Sunday 30th October, 5.30pm

Brighton gets a London Eye (though a bit rubbish)

Thought we may like to see the little wonky wheel we have here now. It's about a million pounds to go on, so we're not rushing to ride the shaky boxes but looks fun, well maybe :)

Your time - My time. English weather v2

I was out and about on Sunday and saw this little huddle of people, which I thought was tip top considering your previous post! :)

Location: Brighton
Time: Sunday 6th November, 11.30am

Your time - My time. Morning Gig

Sorry for being so utterly rubbish. Im' also slightly cheating; George had a silent disco gig on the Band Stand for White Night at 6am-7am for morning sunrise, it was awesome! The built a big cube on the stand and we had earphones. After that we went for a fry up and then crashed and burned and slept for most of the day! I also had a mega cold so I was mega chuffed I mad it.

Location: Brighton
Time: Sunday 30th October, 11.30am (sort of)

Your time - My time. English weather

Hey lady.. where have you disappeared to? Just to make you feel better here is a pic that I took whilst hiding away in a cafe drinking tea as the rain was pouring! I took a peek outside and it was like a sea of umbrellas, which reminded me of England... and then just as I was about to turn and go back to finish my tea a double decker London bus came past!

Location: Sri Lanka, Kandy
Time: Sunday 30th October, 4pm

miss ya.

I was just looking through the pics on my phone and I came across this one! I really fancy a girly day eating chocolate and watching movies! x

Exciting news.

That's great news getting your work featured - I love the illustration.... especially the little pigeons dotted around everywhere. It reminds me of the stuffed pigeon we made at the V&A as part of Selvedge magazine - that was a fun day out. http://charliedavisstyling.blogspot.com/2010/09/feed-birds.html

Heaven on earth.

We have just spent the last few days in Mirissa and have had the most delicious food you could imagine! I am going to cook it for you and George next time we have our little dinner parties!

A lovely lady called Gayani runs this Rotti shop - she was so lovely - we met her husband and daughter and spent a lot of time with them. I fell in love with her chocolate and banana rotti so one day she gave me a lesson on how to make one! To return the favour we arrived the next evening with a bag full of ingredients and taught her how to make banoffie pie! She is now going to add 'banoffie rotti' to her menu.

Here is the recipe:

1kg wheat flour

1 egg

1.5 table spoon salt

1 table spoon sugar

1. Mix all the above ingredience together and then add a little water to bind together.

2. Make into a ball, cover with oil (coconut oil or vegetable oil) then wrap in cling film and leave at room temperature for 1 hour.

3. Split off into small balls (tangerine size), cover in oil and leave at room temperature for 45min.

4. Take one ball, cover your hands in oil and then flatter dough with your hands - spread out so that it is very thin.

5. Place in pan on a low heat

6. Break chunks of chocolate onto rotti.

7. Slice banana and place in middle of rotti.

8. Drizzle honey over rotti.

9. Fold up sides.

10. Serve and drizzle condensed milk over the top.

Yummy! x

Special thanks to Gayani and her Rotti shop.

no. 1 dewmini rotti shop, mirissa, sri lanka.

Tilly on Computer Arts

You asked about my London scene that was a YTMT blog extract the other week so I have posted the final and guess what it was featured on Computer Arts magazines inspiration board, which was a rather tip top way to start the week :)

Your Time - My Time, Bacon Sarnie

Hey Love! Wowza 240 steps, bet your backside felt like a rock after that trek! Well whilst you were exerting yourself I was tucking into a rather lovely bacon sarnie, Nom! Sorry I've been late again on posting been up in London for meetings (Jeez how did you do that every day!).

Location: Brighton (well this is getting boring, ha)
Time: Sunday 23rd October, 11.30am

Your time - My time. A long way to go

Sorry for the delay there was a massive storm yesterday and the internet was down. Now we have moved our time a little later so that you can have a well deserved lie in on your Sundays... so this pic was taken at 4pm on Sunday just as I was climbing the 240 steps to another beautiful temple to watch the sunset. Although as soon as we reached the top it started to pour with rain so we made a quick decent back to our room!

Location: Sri Lanka, Mirissa

Time: Sunday 23rd October, 4pm

Inspiration overload.

Hi lovely,

I have had a brilliant day... visited a beautiful temple which was decorated from top to bottom with stunning tiles and painted walls. You would have loved it! Here are some pics I took. x

Your Time - My Time

My post is so boring, I woke up and went outside and looked up, wow blue sky! Hence the photo from outside my front door. We spent the rest of the day enjoying the sun but wrapped up in a scalf, Autumn is certainly approaching...YOU lucky bugger!

Your bus looks ace, I love the decor and Garf looking moody, ha!

Jeez I wish I had been there your story had me laughing out load, your not usually one to get embarrassed so that must of been a moment.


Location: Brighton
Time: 9.30am

Your time - My time - Another bus journey

haha.. you drunk little lady! Glad you had a good eve.. hope the wedding planning is going well!

Well I was on a bus again! We were doing a 12 hour journey and it was boiling hot as you can see from the temperature gauge in the pic.

I also had quite a horrific experience when we stopped for a toilet break! You can just picture it.... I walked into the ladies toilet to be confronted by a tiled floor and a long trough running along the edge of the wall. So basically all exposed! A lady walked in and as they are all so friendly she said hello and then proceeded to lift her sari and pee. I on the other hand was wearing a pair of shorts so had to pull them down and exposed my white bottom to all! Then whilst I was trying to get over my stage fright another 4 ladies walked in and all insisted on trying to have a conversation with me!

Location: Sri Lanka, bus from Colombo.
Time: Sunday 16th October, 2pm

Your Time-My Time The hangover

Oh dear god, careful of those buses!

So I went to see Kelly, the Bride to be on the weekend and after a rather large amount of Prosecco and Whiskey I peeled my face off the pillow to take a picture and then fell back to sleep. I have to admit that this may not of been bang on 9.30am, since I went to bed about 4am I think the fact I managed to even take it should be applauded! ha

Location: Kent, YAY not Brighton!

Time: Sunday 9th, approx 9.30, OK a lie more like 11am sorry.

Your time - My time. Bumpy ride.

I had literally just jumped of the bus as my watch started beeping at 2pm for me to take my weekly photo. Just arrived in Kumaly after a 7 hour bumpy bus journey and several near death experiences - you would not believe how people drive out here - it is a game of chicken at every corner! Buses are overtaking buses on the windy roads up the mountains with a sheer drop to the side!

Have you tried out the choir with Helen and Kate yet? - you can always just mime. hehe.

xxx

Location: Kumaly, India

Time: Sunday 9th, 2pm

Thank you. x

Thank you very much for my card and balloons and also the fantastic picture you have done below! You must have used a very thin pen to be able to put lipstick on my lips! hehe.
Garf took me out for tea and cake on my birthday which was really nice - proper chocolate cake! yummy!

Your drawings look great - is that the Brighton building project you were working on? Make sure you are not working yourself into the ground, little one! x

Happy Birthday Charlie

Happy Birthday my sweet! Hope your having a tip top day and you received your card and found some milk for a good old brew! Wish I was there for a tipple or two. Sending lots of Birthday love.

Check you out with the red lippy! hot stuff x

Your Time My Time - 48 hours of an Indian Summer

Sorry this is SO late, I have been crazy busy! I've literally turned into you running round like a headless chicken! ha. Sunday I was working again (boo), we had a heat wave here and it was boiling (though freezing to what your experiencing I'd imagine) so I tried to grab a little sun by working in the garden. Lots to tell you.
Hope your feeling better! Delhi belly? I knew something was wrong as I hadn't heard from you, hope your on the road again and all OK? x Take care of yourself. Miss you.

Location. Oh look Brighton again, ha
Time. 9.30am

Your time - My time. Brighton pier?

Who would believe I was the other side of the world with this pic...... Brighton pier eat your heart out!

Am super impressed that you made a pair of curtains! Can't wait to see a pic of them hanging up! Oh I am really jealous you went to the London Design Festival - I love it! Did you go to Tent? Yes next year I am there, and we will make sure we go on the right day this year! hehe

Location. India, Ooty
Time. 2.00pm

Your time - My time. Lovely knobs

Sorry it has taken me so long to write this post - I took my picture last Sunday and then have been really ill and this was my first venture out and about.

Well you know me always on the look out for a bargain and I spotted these gorgeous knobs - I have no idea what I am going to use them for but they were too pretty to resist!

Location. India, Goa
Time. 2.00pm

Your time - My time. Singing Singer

Location: Brighton...again
Time: 9.30am

Your be so proud Charlie I managed to sew a pair of curtains and I didn't botch it up! They are actually looking pretty good, if I don't say so myself, it must be your trusty Singer who was singing away early this morning! I'll put up a photo when they hanging in Ton's spare room.

Your Monkey photo cracked me up, what a rascal! Bet that pop gives him some wind! ha ha.

I went up to the Big Smoke the other day to go have a gander at The London Design Festival. Twas a sad mooching round without your presence but I've taken some photos which I'll post in the week. Next year when your back we're definitely have to get our party frocks on and go mingle again.

p.s This is the first time I've used your camera :)

A little illo idea

Hey lovely, I just spent the day at Elephanta island looking at the caves - but also on this island were the most scary monkeys I have ever seen! They literally jumped onto peoples backs and stoll food and drink from their bags (bottles of sprite / crisps / banannas etc..) - I got this pic of one of the monkeys. Just thought it would be a funny illustration to do. Post it up if you get chance to do it! x

Your time - My time. cooling down with a bottle of coke.

Location: Goa, India
Time: 2.00pm

Ha.. loved your post.. I wonder if all our posts will be about drink and cake! I was sitting on a beach in Goa drinking a cool bottle of coke - wish I had had your muffin to go with it though!

Your time - My time. Desktop snackage

Location: Brighton
Time: 9.30am

A weekend of working. Fuel the mind to keep it going.

Saying Goodbye.

Tea with Chocolate & Beetroot cake, a fine way to say Goodbye.