Latte Junkie has set a really fun exercise for this week’s Lyrical Sunday. The idea is to make a poem using the titles of books. I’ve had quite a lot of fun doing this with my oldest daughters over the past week – turning books on their side and putting titles together to make a […]
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Photo A Day MAY | You (howling to the full moon!)
There is only one photograph of me taken today – and hubbie dearest did the honours. We had walked to the top of our street to watch the full moon rise over the distant hills. We got there just in time to see the moon lighting up the sky as it peeked up on the […]
Photo A Day MAY | Bird [flying on the eve of a full moon]
‘Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me!‘ Eric Carle you’ve given my little girl the thought that she can play with the moon. She stared at the moon, saying, ‘Hello Moon!’ and then turned to me and said, ‘Fetch a ladder Mummy!’. But, as mole discovers in ‘Bringing Down the Moon‘, some things are not […]
Photo A Day MAY | Fun!
Another disturbed night of sleep with Alice (blame the super moon, molars, growth spurt, developmental surge, too late an afternoon nap… take your pick!). Lack of sleep made the thought of ‘fun’ hard this morning (and I forgot about taking a photo). I was invited to Charlotte’s school for ‘Mothers to School Day’ – 8.30am […]
Things I’m Loving: BIG Swells, Lyall Bay, Surfers In Action!
The ‘super moon’ has been tossing up some amazing swells in Lyall Bay, Wellington, this week. The temperature of the water, even in summer, takes a little getting used to, so right now – as the Antarctic starts to send us the off shoot of its big freeze – it takes some serious stamina, heavy […]
Photo A Day MAY | Something I wore today…
I LOVE Thursdays – especially this Thursday. Hubbie sometimes comes home early (4pm), as he has a tennis session at the court adjacent to Charlotte’s school. Most weeks he has to get his head back down to the grind stone for a few hours in the home office, but today I was buzzing to try […]
Photo A Day MAY | Skyline
After one of the warmest April’s on record in New Zealand, May has started with a taste of the winter season yet to unfold. Blustery winds and horizontal rain battered Wellington. But, the sun kept shining through the dramatic, fast moving, cloudscape to reveal rainbows of light on the hilly topography that surrounds Wellington. After […]
Look what I found in Wellington… A Love Letter!
I was sat on a bench by the bucket water fountain on Cuba Mall, Wellington, sipping a latte in the sunshine, and watching my children play on the little playground. I had been feeling quite shaky and flat emotionally. My youngest daughter, Alice, is two and her sleep has been somewhat erratic of late. It […]
Sunshine Monday at The Chocolate Fish
Sophie, Alice and I spent four hours today hanging out at the ‘Chocolate Fish‘, in Shelly Bay, Wellington, with a lovely unschooler friend and her two amazing children. The children all enjoyed each other’s company so much, that my friend and I enjoyed a lovely chat. I even found a moment to do a quick […]
Week in the life | Sunday
Our first ‘garage sale’ has been and gone, with lots of preparation and sorting out – but only a few customers (we only told friends). Nevertheless, it was an amusing exercise for Charlotte and Sophie – with long, detailed discussions on garage sale etiquette and how best to sell, a sharing out of the float […]
Week in the life | Saturday
Breath… it’s the weekend! We aren’t *yet* – [it may happen one day] a family committed to multiple sporting events on a Saturday morning. We love our time together on a Saturday morning. Late breakfast, late to get dressed, letting play unfold as the chores get ticked off in between. There was no running round […]
Week in the life | Friday & Things I’m Loving
It’s been a strange week of documenting every slice of life for ‘Week in the life‘ – but great to reflect and observe our life too. Today it’s raining. I’m tired. Alice was awake for a couple of hours in the night (again) – over stimulated probably – late to bed (she’s making up for […]
Week in the life | Thursday
Smartly dressed in her school uniform, my eldest daughter appeared in the kitchen, ready to start the new school term. She had an enthusiastic smile and look of eagerness. Dan and I looked at her with pride and soft hearts of love and admiration. She sat up to have breakfast next to her father, talking […]
Week in the life | Wednesday – ANZAC Day
ANZAC Day occurs on 25 April in New Zealand – it commemorates all New Zealanders killed in war and also honours returned servicemen and women. The date itself marks the anniversary of the landing of New Zealand and Australian soldiers – the Anzacs – on the Gallipoli Peninsula in 1915. It is a public holiday and with […]