inspiring a playfully creative life
In July, we took the children to Parkes for the weekend, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the moon landing at The Dish. It was an amazing experience, being able to walk up the tower and around the azimuth track, attend talks by a whole mix of scientists, watching The Dish At The Dish (very cool, both figuratively and literally), and back up on day
It is a well-established fact around here, that I require only the very vaguest of provocations to hit the craft room and get busy making a mess. When a message comes through asking if I have any spare oil pouches on hand, what else am I supposed to do but get busy and sew one up? This 12 bottle pouch was whipped up for one
After a smashing start to the year and getting through my 2019 goal in four months or so, I seemed to hit a wall, and didn’t read much beyond my NovelTea Book Club commitments. With not much reading going on, It didn’t seem worthwhile doing a book report round-up, and somehow it’s been a whole 3 months since I’ve blogged about the books I’ve been
Over the weekend, we had a houseguest. Our “guest room” is actually now the school room, and what used to be the formal lounge became a part time guest room after setting up a dedicated school space. In the interim, however, we managed to pick up a second hand piano on Gumtree, and that space is now a music room. One of the “fun” things
I have a bit of a Thing about having stuff that matches. When it comes to projects, this normally comes out in the way of project bags, as evidenced by the improv pieces bag I made for my sunrise stripe sampler crochet blanket, to the detriment of my wedding outfit packing skills. When we kicked off our latest challenge-slash-craftapalooza, one of the first things we
This week, there is a definite feel of spring in the air. The days are deliciously warm, to the point I’ve cracked out the shorts the last couple of days. The air has the scent of newly budding flowers. The mornings are rapidly getting lighter and the afternoons longer. With a new season, my favourite season, comes a fresh burst of energy and motivation. And
Back in the day when blogs were a thing, in a way they aren’t now…when they were more personal and friendly and less about pinterest views, there were a couple of bloggers who I would follow that would do “day in the life” posts. I am an unrepentant sticky-beak, and love to see how other folks manage their days. At the time, I had small
The Gulf, Anna Spargo-Ryan – I grabbed this from the library on BorrowBox as I adored her first book, The Paper House, and this book didn’t fail to live up to expectations. It was stunningly written, and heartachingly moving. So many emotions and thoughts stirred up by this book. 5 stars. Lark Song, Jane Bailey – oh gosh, this was such an emotional read! Moving
I have long accepted the fact that I am not built to sit still. Not in the “where do they get their energy” way that kids can’t sit still, but in the sense that my focus is non-existent within approximately 37 seconds of sitting passively. Even when I am super into whatever I’m sitting for, be it a movie, or like on the weekend, a
It’s school break for us this week. And after a busy couple of months, it couldn’t have come soon enough. We are having a delightfully slow week, with nothing more exciting planned than being at home. There have been pj & movie days. Cubby house building. Books galore. Boardgames, complete with a side serve of handwork. It makes me so happy to sit with these
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