sizzle sizzle
A soul soothing day. I sat under a lemon tree with two of my oldest and dearest friends while the kids paddled in the wading pool and drove plastic cars around the yard. Special-k...
January 2005
Humph
Today I have already maxed out on caffeine and it’s only two thirty. I am craving warm comfy stuff still thanks to the cold from HELL which will not move on to the next...
Filler
I have a sore neck from staying up late stitching up a little kitten. The poor wee thing suffers from the usual problem I have which is to sew on arms which are way...
Playground Finder
Something that I have been meaning to find time to blog about for ages is the wonderful site set up by our good friends Ben and Suzette over at Playground Finder. You may have...
Little steps
Today was the first full day where I left Amelia with our lovely friend Ms. L and her little girl (who is Amelia’s age) along with another friend’s toddler to be looked after for...
Felt good
A while ago I read the interview with Jennifer Murphy in Home Companion where she says “Use the best materials. For a long time, I’d work with felt that wasn’t 100 percent wool. Once...
Gentle breezes of change
My mum and Amelia, 7.30am this morning. We move into our new place some time in late Feb to early March. While I am not quite counting the days, I am almost every moment...
Garden dreaming
It’s really too bad that Amelia is still dairy free as this recipe for Rice Pudding from the delicious Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall looks so good and surely the perfect comfort food. Having this awful cold...
Hello 2 oh oh 5!
Personal challenges for 2005 (rather than resolutions but pretty much the same thing). 1. Update Loobylu every day (I did it for the month of June last year and found it to be quite...