Archive for the ‘our furry children’ Category
Tweet I’ve missed a few weeks … not that there wasn’t loveliness … I just didn’t seem to have the camera by my side. today … moments of loveliness from an ordinary week. If you would like to join in, leave your lovely moments in the comments or a link to your space. ~ making [...]
Tweet :: A simple recipe for a warm winter’s eve :: light the lamps pull on your fleecy slippers and a cosy flannel skirt snuggle a soft knitted shawl round your shoulders share steaming cups of tea & whilst brewing tea, make hot water bottles add a wee glass of muscat – warms the throat [...]
Tweet Oh the sun. So nourishing. And I so needed it today. Monday, when popping on my spectacles, I realised that the right side of my nose was very sore. The kind of sore your nose feels after meeting a cricket ball. Not something I’ve experienced lately … cricket balls that is. There was no [...]
Tweet ~ very simple, very sweet and oh so very soothing ~ ~ new friendships were cherished, endings that arrived so quickly were lamented & promises were made ~ ~ an early morning prac was rewarded with a steamy, creamy bowl of coffee in the sun ~ ~ knit, knit, knit, knit, knit … & [...]
Tweet make sure you get to the bottom of this week’s ~loveliness found~ post to check the winner of the May Gibbs giveaway! again, thank you all so much for entering and leaving such lovely comments – I only wish I could send all of you a pillowslip! p.s. & if you would like to [...]
Tweet Eeeeee! As I write, Abby is at the birthday party we have sat through the last week’s heatwave for. Hmhm. Instead of heading up to Merimbula soon after Christmas, to hit the beaches, swim, laze and walk in this beautiful coastal village, we have sat here in Melbourne and SWEATED. Profusely. At least, here [...]
Tweet … and oh what fun we had! The day bloomed bright and hot and as I stumbled sleepily into the early morning kitchen, needing to bake and ice the birthday biscuits, the beauty of the world outside my window filled me with such anticipation. I LOVE birthday parties :-) By the alloted time, a [...]
Tweet ~ bundles and books of beautiful fabrics expired – no longer useful to those who gather it but an Aladdin’s cave of treasure for those who dream of patchworked furniture, patchworked curtains, sweet bags of prettiness and all manner of stitched delights. ~ I yank and pull and peel back the old, revealing the [...]
Tweet We so look forward to Saturday & Sunday – long, wonderful days together. The to-do list is sometimes crazy long … sometimes there are surprising additions … somehow it all fits in. 9.15am The Haircut * could there possibly be someone else who has what I want? * that one! * the pre-snip jitters [...]