Category: Kids
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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…
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Spring is here
Not officially until next month, but the daffodils say it’s here. Astrid’s on the mend. My lovely new oilcloth arrived today, the sun’s shining and the fresias are flowering and flowering and flowering. How I do so love our garden. I remember seeing the photos on flickr when the northern hemisphere was starting Spring and…
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Home again
Just a very quick note to say hello, we are home. Thanks all so much for all the well wishes and thoughts. Astrid was a very brave little girl. She amazed us all. Had it been me I’d have been screaming my head off if I couldn’t see for four days. The little head is…
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Wish us luck
Photo from a shoot this week for indice. The past couple of weeks have been so packed full of things happening. Lovely NZ has taken off – especially Lovely Blogs and Lovely Shops – as I’d imagined. Whip Up did a post on it and everyone said they had a big spike in blog traffic.…
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More Koharu no Fuku
Well I decided to finally look up the meaning of my favourite book, and it means clothes of the early autumn. And here I am making things from this book in wool. But it’s the easy book and a good one for me to become reacquainted with sewing again. Astrid’s green woolen dress also doubles…
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Seven things
I’ve been tagged by Carson ! And I tag Tanja… Each person tagged gives seven random facts about themselves. Those tagged need to write on their blogs seven facts, as well as the rules of the game. You need to tag one other and list their name on your blog. You have to leave the…
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Time travel + zips
Thanks everybody for helping me decide on the font for Little Orchard. The final logo design will be announced in the next few weeks! Today’s Vessel Wednesday photo is of the old milk and cream bottles I happily discovered on a bit of a nostalgia trip last Saturday. They’re joined, on our kitchen table, by…
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Astrid’s ebay loot
Well, we have been so excited all day. The Svan bouncer has arrived from the states – 5 weeks after we bought it off ebay and with an absolute treasure chest of free presents for it being late!!! We got heaps of amazing little Haba toys, a sleepsack and a cute pink sheet with little…
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It’s fun having fun!!
Gosh. What a week of blur. Astrid had her first virus – caught, of course, from the hospital. Yes, the respiratory ward. She’s shaken it off very quickly clever girl. We went to Salvage in Mt Eden the other day and picked up a bargain piece of barkcloth (now a tablecloth) for only $15. I…
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Gypsea delicious
Hmm. I believe I do not know how to spell gypsy. Ah gypsy. Not gypsea. Tonight we took Astrid out to the Gypsy Tea Rooms and got rather merrily happy on rosé – suitably called ‘wooing tree’. Polly was certainly wooing after two glasses. Or did we have three? Astrid had a lovely time all…
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March 5th not 1973
34 today. These shoes, well, I should have known better. Bought: Cologne, around 1996. They’re made by Casadei. And at the time were on the back cover of Vogue Pelle. I’ve worn them twice. Once to seduce Kevin and the second time today. I am not wearing them now.
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New new new
Unbelievable how time flies – it’s been absolutely months since I last wrote here. I put my back out not long after my last post and spent weeks knitting little squares for the baby blanket which I still haven’t finished. Then we moved house – yes we did end up buying the big family house…