Category: Adventure

  • Note to self

    Must go here.

  • Blog action day – October 15th

    An international initiative of bloggers known as “Blog Action Day” has been launched with the aim of uniting thousands of blogging voices, talking about one issue for one day. This year it’s the environment – something I dreamt about last night. I woke up ready to race off to the Amazon to stop illegal logging.…

  • Seeds glorious seeds

    This afternoon Dad came over and helped build the teepees. We put in the potatoes, some cherry tomatoes, red onions and cabbages. The rest of the planting will wait until the seeds are ready to plant out. Ooooh this will be an exercise in patience for me. It’ll be weeks! I planted LOTS of seeds…

  • Making the meadow (and vege plot)

    Friday; Dad rotary hoeing the lower lawn. Below; still hoeing – the grass is all cut. And we still have the nice big shady lawn above. Saturday we dug, and dug, and dug, and dug. And sifted up the grassy clumps, shook the soil from them and threw them in the (now huge) grass pile.…

  • Thirty thousand today

    Looking at my little counter I set up in May or June I think it was we now seem to be nearing the 30,000 visits mark. Oh my gosh how exciting!! I have no idea of knowing who it is, but if you notice it’s you – let me know! (The counter is at the…

  • And now for another giveaway

    Yep – you asked for it – so here it is; another giveaway. I’m giving away four sets of six mixed cards and one $30 voucher (which will actually buy you quite a bit!) from the shop. All you need to do this time is to head on over to Little Orchard and register. No…

  • The gods are smiling

    The Good Customer Service planets must have been in alignment on Monday because at 8am the postman left this lot on my doorstep: And a couple of hours later this turned up: And then this turned up in my bank account (yes, that’s £ pounds): All the above came because I emailed or phoned about…

  • A nice Sunday morning

    Yesterday morning we got up early and decided to go to the flea market on a photo mission. This is one of the places of my childhood and teenage life. Every weekend we’d walk up here or catch the bus. And then walk home along the shoreline – along sandy beaches and rocky outcrops. Then…

  • Of feathers and pillows

    Remember the feather pillows I was talking about making – the ones in Simple Sewing with a French Twist? Well, I made one. And I’ve made the covers for two more, but I’m putting off the stuffing part. Yes, the stuffing part. Next time I’ll be wearing a protective mask and glasses. And maybe a…

  • What I’ve been doing

    This. I’ve been making Lovely NZ websites. And I’m excited about it! It’s all part of coming back to New Zealand – I feel the need to rediscover this place. Really, I feel more at home in London than I do here and this is a way for me to go out and talk to…

  • There’s a new Fred in Town

    If you haven’t read it over at Yvestown, Fred has appeared on the blogging scene just recently. Hi Fred! He emailed me a couple of weeks back telling me about his fabric collection and the next day his wonderful blog materialised just brimming with posts! I am so glad Fred and WordPress have become such…

  • The magic of flickr friends

    And new ones at that. I was blown away by Jen of String and Scissor’s generosity and her enormous vintage fabric collection that she must have been just bursting to share. I am so so so lucky. Really lucky 🙂 Here is part of my thank you email dotted throughout the photos. The care that…