Delightful Dahlias
Dahlias are one of my favourite summer flowers, and I’m are so lucky that there are plenty in bloom in our neighbourhood right now. Just to brighten your day (and mine of course!) I’m going to share a...
View ArticleWeekend…
Its a pretty quiet weekend here, the weather is beautiful in a way only the end of summer can be. Ive been spending lots of time playing my banjo… in the garden sorting out the end of summer crops and...
View ArticleIn the garden
Oh how I love my vege garden in early summer… the zucchini have started fruiting but the tomatoes still have a wee way to go:And Carter is all about peas this year… he thinks they are lollies in pods,...
View ArticleA pre-holiday holiday
We’ve just spent the last five nights at Mt Maunganui…. having a restive break before the festivities begin. It was lovely to be away, doing not too much at all… We spent a lot of time wandering around...
View ArticleGoodbye 2012…
May this New Year bring you immense happiness in all you do. There is much I would like to say, but I think Ill keep it short and sweet… Thank you for the happiness you have brought through visiting me...
View ArticleThese summer days…
I’m sitting here typing this in a lather. It’s past 8pm and still very very hot. But although the mercury has been rising, this summer has really settled into holiday mode… which I love. No routines,...
View ArticleCrochet flower card
Today was my Mum’s birthday. We had a lovely (hot!) day together shopping and lunching – with Maia, it was a day that only girls really enjoy… no pesky husbands/sons hurrying us along. Now if there is...
View ArticleCamping
Goodness me, this post is long overdue. You see when we were away camping I hurt my back, this week I have been back at work (alternating meetings with sitting at a computer) and my back has been...
View ArticlePretty in the garden
My garden has plenty of pretty right now… flowers and an abundance of summer veg. Before it all starts to go downhill (water restrictions are now in place and even though the nights are cooling, the...
View ArticleTomatoes, tomatoes and more tomatoes
Here’s what I picked in the garden TODAY. I have a serious tomato glut… not to mention zucchinis and cucumbers. I’ve given up on both of those crops, we can’t keep up and I can’t give them away to...
View ArticleA rose by any other name….
Would smell as sweet. We visited the Hamilton gardens this weekend, the rose display was amazing! Have a wonderful week, friends. J – xoxFiled under: Uncategorized Tagged: Flower, Gardening,...
View ArticleA break away and some Christmas pillowcases
In the midst of the busy (or should that be silly?) season, we have decided to take a pause and make the most of the beautiful weather we are currently experiencing by spending a few days away at the...
View ArticleSunny thoughts
Thanks for all of the kind thoughts and wishes sent my way in the past 24 hours, it really means a lot to me, I appreciate you taking the time to let me know you were thinking of me and … Continue...
View ArticleLooking back, looking forward…
It’s been a quiet week between Christmas and New Year, which we needed. There has been lots of time spent cuddling in the hammocks (yes, I got out of the one below to take the photo), from early...
View ArticleA new blue cushion…
How’s 2014 turning out for you so far? Great, I hope! Today I completed my first project for the year: It’s another one of these groovy zigzag flower cushions… this time in shades of blue. Well, and...
View ArticleCamping
We’ve been away for almost a week, first visiting my parents, and then on our annual camping expedition to Ohope Beach. The weather was kind to us – if anything it was too hot! The children had so much...
View ArticleNewsboy hats
A while back Jill over at Nice Piece of Work (great blog – go check it out!) posted a newsboy hat she had made, which reminded me how much I love that style of hat. A quick trawl around the … Continue...
View ArticleThis and that
Here are some photos from the last few days, it’s a bit of a random update I’m afraid. The weather has been so nice and we have been so busy I haven’t been spending any time near a computer. The …...
View ArticleOrange you glad I shared these photos?
It’s been so hot here this week, and I’ve been working away (perhaps more accurately I should say sweating away) under my crochet throw. I’m now about half way through joining the squares… the progress...
View ArticleMaking progress and more sunny days
I’m loving these late summer days… Amazed by the talent of a clever face painter at a birthday party we went to this weekend… Can you tell we went to see Frozen recently? So impressed I got a little...
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