What an incredible opening ceremony of the Olympics in London! We woke to a brilliant day of winter sunshine in New Zealand and watched the opening ceremony on the television with great excitement and awe. The most amazing history lesson of Great Britain unfolded before our eyes (fabulous slide-show of photographs on the IOC website). […]
Month: July 2012
Slices of life | 18 – 28 July | #PhotoADayJuly
18 plate | 19 animal/pet/insect | 20 eyes | 21 9 o’clock | 22 upside down | 23 mirror | 24 a stranger | 25 heart | 26 sunshine | 27 on the road | 28 cup 18. Plate The plates in our kitchen have seen a lot of pancakes of late (children on a […]
Weekend highs, simmering lows and why bother to blog?
I don’t feel like writing at all at the moment, but I look back through the archives and all the memories and I feel I must ‘carry on’. I feel I must record every moment of magic, to remind myself of what life is all about and leave the drudgery in the gutter to waste. […]
Alice takes a ride on the Wellington Cable Car
One of the ‘must do’ tourist activities in Wellington is to ride up the Cable Car from the ‘golden mile of retail’, Lambton Quay, to the sweeping panoramic view of the harbour city from the top, in the Botanical Garden. I’ve ridden this cable car with my children numerous times, but around the age of […]
Broken | Lyrical Sunday
INVADING, OVERWHELMING, OVERSTIMULATING, OVERTAKING Technology Television Computers Internet iPads and iPods Playstation BREAKING Family Walks Meals Nature Playing Games Music Dancing Sport Talking BROKEN ________________________________________
Pancakes, Pikelets & Crepes
‘Pikelets’ were totally new to me when I came to New Zealand. They are kind of like the English crumpet and great served with jam, cream and anything sweet. Kiwis love them at any time of day and they are probably one of the most served dishes in the kitchen. They differ to pancakes in […]
Snippets of life | 12 – 17 | #PhotoADayJuly | School hols
12. texture | 13. open | 14. building | 15. finger | 16. sign | 17. my addiction 12. texture Give me sunshine on a winter’s day and pass me a hat to soften the blow of the wind. Show me the smile on my little one’s face, given a moment to run in fresh […]
Things I’m Loving | School Holidays
Loving… ⤠Open, friendly and welcoming neighbours, with children that play easily with my children. It’s great to see the children running in and out of each others homes, enjoying their unstructured time together in safety and comfort. ⤠Quotes like this that crop up on my Facebook feed… ⤠Friends that visit and take us as […]
Slices of life | 7 – 11 | #PhotoADayJuly | School hols
7. garden | 8. lunch | 9. big | 10. my favourite colour | 11. letter (all taken on my phone – which has taken a few tumbles for the worse – multi-tasking with little people does that – hence dodgy, out of focus quality!) 7. GARDEN This is the view I see every day, […]
Slices of life | 1 – 6 | #PhotoADayJuly | School hols
1. self portrait | 2. busy | 3. best part of my day | 4. fun | 5. on the floor | 6. chair Playing along with this month’s ‘Photo A Day’ challenge at ‘fat mum slim‘ blog, because it’s fun to see the day through a different perspective (especially when much of the day […]
Lyrical Sunday | SMOKE
A smoke etched face I walked in to the beat of the drums – The moon hanging full in the starry night sky. The fire blazed in the circle of drums, Drawing in dancers with a hypnotic cry. I’d come with my drum, to sit in the circle, To add to the pulsing rhythm round […]