I am Lily - stay at home muma to Abigail and wife to Julian. I make time each day to let my imagination potter and add quirky prettiness and handmade comfort to our home and lives. You can email me at lily(at)blockaday(dot)com
family
orange … amongst other things
Wednesday, March 10th, 2010I love orange. So often, when I’m choosing fabric, or wool, or clothes, I find myself thinking oh look, there’s orange, I love orange and never choose it. This happens so often, that when I fossick through the stash, look through my wardrobe, there’s a lot of orange.
Julian and I have fallen into the habit [...]
comfort stitching
Tuesday, March 9th, 2010It is well documented that sitting in a cosy armchair, in your flannel jammies doing some handstitching with your muma and dada sitting across from you with their books, and your puppies snoozing lazily on the sofa is the best medicine for the angst that can accompany a day at high school.
Oh my sweet Abby [...]
a day by the beach
Saturday, February 20th, 2010The weather is hot, dry and windy. The drive is long, dull and slow (the freeway has at least five roundabouts in a 10 km stretch - funny freeway). The beach is not very beachy for us Queenslanders, but the food is yummy and there were some pretty bits and bobs to look at through [...]
it’s a birthday
Friday, February 19th, 2010Ah he’s so young that Julian. Only 39 times round the sun. Happy Birthday dear boy!
As we have such a rush in the morning - well, I don’t but Jules and Abby do - we decided to create a new family tradition. Simple, everyday breakfast with a quick birthday kiss, a quick round of “Happy [...]
bits and pieces for sharing
Thursday, February 18th, 2010After three very focussed days, my mind was a-wandering today. I attempted to sit down and look “quietly” at my knitting - taking a quiet look is the means to solving any knitting dilemna according to my old Nanny - and whilst I realised where I’d gone wrong in the last row knitted (2 weeks [...]