Archive for July, 2008
Welcome to the world bamboo fans!
Monday, July 28th, 2008Get the bamboo ready, for there may be pandamonium!
Why? Well, there’s a few more hungry bamboo lovers just come into the world : )
What’s the difference between a courgette and a sock?
Thursday, July 24th, 2008Whoa! I’ve just picked the biggest courgette ever (in my life at least) from the Farther-in-Law’s garden here in Sweden. Look at the flippin’ size of it!
This locally grown fairly traded (and free!) beauty is also organic, which means no pesticides or chemicals were used to help it grow to this ‘bigger than a bodybuilders [...]
Great Socks! Good Times!
Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008Dear Jildau,
From today onwards our household will no longer be treated to your charming collection of bright socks** after your move back to The Netherlands. But the thing we’ll miss the most, even more than your bright sock collection, is your unwavering love of wearing them in odd pairs each and every day for no [...]
Money can make a world of difference
Thursday, July 10th, 2008With Tom away in Mongolia looking at Camel Hair socks for one of our social initiatives, I get to busy myself with all things official. Recently my specialist subject has been banking…..with an onus on the ethical management of our money.
Because if ‘money makes the world go round’ then surely it makes sense to choose [...]
I’m not a smart man, Jenny…but I know the value of socks!
Monday, July 7th, 2008This weekend a few of us decided to watch an old favourite that we’d watched time and time again as youngsters. But in all those viewings I guess I never truly appreciated Lieutenant Dan’s wisdom and Forest’s brilliance.
This time I noticed Lieutenant Dan carefully explain to Forest and Bubba upon their arrival to Vietnam that [...]
Sweat buckets?
Monday, July 7th, 2008That’s OK, as our socks are made from Bamboo remember, which is the fastest growing plant this world of ours has to offer thanks to it’s amazing natural absorbency qualities. Here’s a nice little video that shows as much, with the thread on the left being 70% Bamboo/30% Cotton and the thread on the right [...]