Ikea

348/365 Ikea – circling the square

December 15, 2013 By Ellen

Boy Three and I were bound for Ikea and I was explaining what the big blue shop was all about. “Is it bigger than the sky?” He asked. Later, following the arrows he said: “Oh man. We are just going round in squares. It’s taking years.” Posted with Blogsy

6/365 Fir goodness sake

January 6, 2013 By Ellen

At Ikea there was a cage of discarded Christmas trees. We added ours. I wonder why they were kept penned in, perhaps they were in danger of charging over to the shop and liberating their already recycled forest mates. Perhaps they were just pining for a change of scene…

Things intended to be funny, that aren’t.

October 23, 2012 By Ellen

Clowns The boys and I popped into Ikea for a meat-ball based lunch and found, to our utter disinterest, that it was a family day. That’s why there was a torn-faced clown wandering around spinning plates. Clearly bored riged, he tried to strike up conversation. The topic? Our local undertaker. Top Gear Three grown men […]