Tima begged to come in from the field yesterday so last night she had the barn corridors to sleep in. It rained all day yesterday. And was cold and blowey. (Is that a word?) And by dinner time she had had quite enough of her little tin shed which is very dry but probably quite noisy in the rain. I need to check the diary and see when she is allowed back in with Tane (the kunekune boar) but for last night they slept on either side of his gate in the barn.
The cows do not care about the rain. They are the essence of stoic. But for me I felt hemmed back in especially after that tease of a sunny day yesterday. 
So I thought we might have a photographic event. A challenge. Another ‘getting to know you’ The Fellowship Event. To cheer ourselves up until it gets warm. It will be called Where I write. Do you remember a few years ago when we all showed each other where we wrote or sewed or worked. Corners of lounges. Desks in home offices. The kitchen table. Your favourite chair. The train. Your desk at work. All kinds of lovely shots of where you work – it is fun to be able to see where a person is when they are writing to you.
(And of course you do Not HAVE to do this. It is just a wee bit of fun. No pressure at all. We are The Fellowship. We are gentle with each other always.)
So, if you want to join in and show us your work space, I propose that if you have a Blog or a Facebook page or even Twitter or Instagram; POST a shot of where you work with a link to my blog so we can come along and look. Even leave the link in my comments if you like just to be sure we get a chance to visit. You may even want to challenge your own readers to do the same. Just for fun.
If you do not have a platform and would like to join in send me an email and I can post your image on my blog.
And here is the kicker. NO TIDYING UP your writing area! Just as it is. And just to prove that this can be done here is where I write. 
My desk moves around the house, especially in Spring and this year it has migrated into the Store Room. My favourite chair has been abandoned to the winter and this is where I will write and have deep and meaningful discussions with my people for the summer. I have only just begun to fill this room.( This is a new area – I have taken over an under-used bedroom right next to the kitchen and put up shelves, next I am going to knock a hole through the wall of the existing teensy tiny pantry in my teensy tiny kitchen, so we have a butler style doorway joining the kitchen to the storeroom. Now I can see what I have and what I need and buy in bulk when there are sales. It is always cooler and all the produce from the gardens can be stored here. Much more suited to country living and the numbers we feed in the summer. It is filing up fast. And perfect for a cooks desk.)
I know you are thinking why not use the basement to store produce but I hate the basement it floods at the drop of a hat and anything stored down there goes mouldy. Best to keep goods up here in the dry.
So, what do you think? Do you want to show us where you write?
I am looking forward to this!
Much love
celi
The Kitchen's Garden 
67 responses to “Where do you write?”
ok, I will do it but I am a wee bit hmm, on the no tidy it up lol.. I will be back later with my space and links. ps, another three inches of snow overnight, is true spring really going to come soon..
Looove your room and your furniture!!! Perfect view for writing – you must get a better chair though. Nothing better than windows to your world when you write. Absolutely love your desk! Then again I am a vintage nut! Would much rather have older things and fix or repurpose them than buy new, cold stuff. Something warm and inviting in old furniture – like you are enjoying what you are doing with someone else that may have been there in the past. Just my silly rambling for an early Monday – lol.
Good morning. I’m off to brave a rainy and windy walk across London Bridge today for a dental appoint. The joy of it. Here’s my photo.
Oops. https://foundlines.wordpress.com/2016/04/11/a-photo-for-cecilia/
I’m in! My end of the sofa, where the arm is all stuck with needles and thread, there’s an embroidery pattern pinned up, my work light, my camera, and the cushion my laptop sits on when I’m writing. No table, no desk. I’ll post later today, and link back to this post.
And here’s the link: https://talltalesfromchiconia.wordpress.com/2016/04/11/where-i-write/
No idea if this works, but here we go! 🙂
http://wp.me/p6szmn-ws
I love your writing room/store room/chat room. Here are my writing places: https://vivinfrance.wordpress.com/2016/04/11/where-i-write-2/ Like Kate, there are threads and fabrics and tools around. I didn’t tidy up.
love,
ViV xox
Love your new storage area and writing space! And it seems like it will be perfect for a new pantry area to spread into! But I also loved it when you were writing and posting in the loft, and the plans for your book were spread across your desk in one of your posts to us. But, change is good, as ‘they’ say, and now the workers on the farmy have the wonderful loft with the marvelous view! Still on piglet watch!!! She is 3 days overdue now!!!
Funny, I just grabbed a shot last month. Definitely not tidied. Plenty of important papers on the ground that the wind blew. https://bratlikeme.com/2016/03/01/a-farmers-wifes-office/
Well – I hope this works, but this is my desk at work. A place I have not been in a while! Note the calendar on the wall. 🙂
https://flic.kr/p/FfMAVi
Your welcome to go look at any other photos I have out there too…..
Mom is doing well at home. It’s been a big roller coaster – but for now she is stable and where I can be in the office some. Thank you for your love and prayers.
Oh and the tissue tucked under the side of my keyboard is so “ME” I have had a drippy nose for all of my 50 years!!! Just noticed that!
Ha Pat😀😀. Me too! I just say I carry my humidifier around with me. It’s genetic- my mother had it too.
Love the work screen on the left, and the Celi screen on the right, next to Ton and Tane! It’s obviously a busy and well-used place 🙂
Resembles my old workplace desk. One screen for work and one for me ☺
That is a very busy work space. I am glad your mom is stable and doing well at home.
Yes, loks to me like you are a busy woman! Love to Mum..c
Hi I’ve sent an email with my space to you Celi. Mind you mine looks really empty compared to the ones I have seen so far.
But I just use my I pad. Great idea 😀
Ooo, I remember doing this, shew, was it years ago already! I will get cracking and take an updated photo, although not much has changed at all.
Have a fabulous day C. Our autumn has thrown a berg wind 40 deg C at us today!
🙂 Mandy xo
Here’s my link. 🙂 http://wp.me/pT5Tj-2jQ
This is my blog link http://cabincrafted.fangorn.space/ and a picture of my space, a reclining loveseat where I sit to blog, garden plan, spin, knit, and mend. My “desk” is a beautiful handmade walnut table in another room where I sew and write with paper and pen.
Can’t make the photo load, so you will have to read my blog to see it.
What a great idea . Just like Misky I’m off to the dental office for a root canal. I had to look for old photos since it is still dark in California.
http://www.sunnycovechef.com/home/where-do-i-work
The link on my omment does not work, hopefully this one does!
http://www.sunnycovechef.com/home/where-do-i-work-and-german-rhubarb-strawberry-meringue-cake
What an interesting idea. I’ll have to take a photo and post it a bit later in the day. It’s dark in here right now. This is my time that I read blogs and I’ve stayed in bed to late today. Our constantly changing weather has me feeling a bit off the last few days. I wouldn’t want to be in a tin house in the rain either. Everyone looks like they are waiting for the sun again.
don’t see an email address for you here….?????
celima.g.7@gmail.com