Such a great weekend. The rain held off on Saturday for our local school to hold its fair. Dan took Charlotte, Sophie & Alice along, whilst I stayed a home to make the most of the chance to thrash the carpet with our ear piercing vacuum cleaner. The cleaning wasn’t all bad though – I […]
Month: November 2011
Air – Inspiration Weekly
The house was quiet and the time all mine, ‘Go for a run,’ he said, but there was no time. The vacuum blasted hot air in my face, The air in the room, muggy and moist, A barometer swinging to rain. I could feel the pressure in the air move – my muscles pumped the […]
Silent Sunday: hanging around!
Just hanging around after the Wellington Christmas Parade! Have a great week & hope your weekend was a good’un x
LOVED the feel of summer in the bay on 11.11.11: The Gallery
11/11 is always a day to stop and remember. To remember those that fought and lost their lives so we could be free. 11.11.11 marks the 93rd anniversary of Armistice Day. The last day of WWI. More than 100,000 New Zealand soldiers served overseas for what is still remembered as the Great War. Exactly 16,697 […]
Welly won’t they leave the bush alone?!
The voting is on! Will the Miramar hill display the ‘WELLYWOOD’ sign – or perhaps the eye of the Taniwha – or a ‘Wellington’ blown-away sign? Friday 18 November is the deadline. What do you think of the choices? Neither stands out as a sure fire ‘yes’ with me, but I don’t have a clever […]
Expressions on a Wednesday at the Strawberry Fair
We went to the Strawberry Fair, where red balloons floated in the air. We feasted on strawberries red, drizzled with cream. And watched the QM College girls sing like a dream. Alice danced, and clapped, along to the songs – dressed in a vision of strawberry red, with a Christmas tree, towering, over her head. […]
Theme for Inspiration Weekly: AIR
Get your inspiration on! Write a post anytime between now and 19 November on the theme of ‘AIR‘. The ‘Linky’ will be running from Sunday 13 November. First time? Want to know more? Click here… I’ve found a few links that may help to inspire (see below) and can’t wait to read what you come […]
Engineering in the garden on a Sunday afternoon
Sometimes it’s so nice not to have to be anyway or even want to go anywhere. It’s great to have a home and garden that we enjoy ambling around in. This Sunday was just one of those that called for some home-time chilling. My view from the sofa… Though Dan did need to take our […]
YOU light my fire
YOU light my fire & are the ROCK of this FAMILY YOU spin the dial & MAKE US SMILE YOU help us keep FOCUS when we get distracted YOU CARE more than we will ever know She DANCES & YOU LIGHT up her WORLD She SPARKLES because OF YOU SHE feels SAFE having YOU They […]
Life: Inspiration Weekly
In this moment I am fortunate to be living in the season of life – Spring. My home is surrounded by plants, trees, flowers and vegetables. They grow easily in the temperate climate of my home. I have children running around my home, reminding me of the energy of life. Less than two years ago […]
Writer’s Workshop: It’s a pretty good life, for a cat
They’re not too bad for adopted owners. It was about four years ago when they moved in and the smell of their summer BBQs drew my cats whiskers to their home. I couldn’t resist hanging around, especially since they already had a cat that got fed regularly. The photo up there was taken at the […]
T is for Touch & Team [The Gallery]
She ran onto the sports field, without giving me a second glance, focused on reaching her team mates. The wind was howling and my voice, calling out, ‘Good luck!’ was lost. I sat, sheltered from the wind in the car, watching her petite figure running to the far end of the field. I wanted to […]
Inspiration Weekly Theme: Life
Join us on Sunday and link up here with a post inspired by the theme LIFE. Charlotte’s come up with an amazing theme this week ‘LIFE’. It’s a big subject! This week I’ve seen plenty of life in the garden, with a visit from our first Monarch butterfly of the season. It flew straight to […]