Category: Adventure

  • Yesterday’s photos

    I don’t appear to have taken photos today although I really should have taken some in Muji – the food, oh the Muji food! And we had a perfect lunch at Paragon – which I must say has been the most pleasant place on Orchard Road so far. Kinokuniya was overwhelming– it being the biggest…

  • Singapore

    Well, we all survived the flight – in fact Astrid slept from take-off until they turned the breakfast lights on and we’ve been in Singapore a few hours and she’s asleep again. I’ve got to buy an adaptor to plug the laptop in so no photos yet – the juice on this might run out…

  • London to do

    I’m going to keep adding to this – this is my repository of things to remember to do in London when we arrive: Cabbages & Frocks Jewellery Show: 11th-12th June Cabbages & Frocks Summer Festival: 13th-15th June more info Petit Aime delightful french children’s shop that might have a certain doll I seek Tate Modern…

  • Working

    We finally got a nanny for Astrid. Just before we leave. Don’t tell, but we’ve got Mary Poppins. She talks to Astrid all day long, sings songs, whistles, plays games, makes jokes, feeds, bathes, entertains, laughs, claps. She is Astrid’s friend. It’s brilliant hearing the goings on during the day while I’m working here in…

  • Dreaming of London

    Things are falling into place left, right and centre. Our new home is all organised; we’ll be moving into quite the bohemian cottage – in my old street, only paces from the southern entrance to the Heath – very close to Parliament Hill. Right next door to my best friend, who’s moving back next week.…

  • London here we come

    Tickets just booked for May 31st. One way. Back home. (We have two hometowns). Just how much longer can I contain my excitement? If I count on my fingers it’s only three and a bit months. View from Waterloo Bridge Jan 2006 Kevin, Waterloo Bridge Jan 2006

  • Nani Iro sewing patterns + Paris

    Thanks to Jen for the link to the nani iro site, I happened upon a heap of patterns for download. Follow this link and navigate by clicking the pictures or the dates on the top nav (as long as you stay within the sewing section). I want to make the baby bloomers! And a few…

  • Happy days

    I’ve sold a tonne of stuff from the shop today – six bags, five moisturisers, five floral waters (that was all one order), another bag and I’ve posted out the Snuggly Bunny and a Onesie as a gift order from the UK. To top the day off (and it’s onlly 11:47am) I’ve been granted a…

  • I have no plan

    I have a couple of life mottos. One of them is ‘everything is always over in the end’ and the other I adopted after seeing it on a wall at said author’s house in Milton, Australia. I have no plan. I make minute~by~minute my plan. – Stuart Wilde So, today is shop update day. I…

  • Seeking help from Japan

    I’ve been buying a lot of fabric from Japan recently – because I find it so much fun and I just love Japanese fabrics. Today I found a site that buys for you on Japanese Yahoo auctions but the fees are enormous. So, I thought I would put the question out there… is there a…

  • Sandy Bay

    It’s been raining a lot lately. Which is good because I love the rain. Last Friday we dropped the cats off in Greenhithe and drove up to Whangarei where we bought food for eight. Then off we headed to the far reaches of Sandy Bay. Upon arrival I walked along the empty beach to the…

  • This

    …is what happens when craft bloggers meet. They buy far too much cake. And then eat it all. (That’s actually a lie, we all had to take some home). Aunty Polly couldn’t believe her eyes at all the cakes to choose from. We had fun! Babychops liked playing with Lieveke’s toys. Now she wants a…