We’re heading to the tropics on the weekend and I’m taking all manner of medicinal treatments. Some may consider the size of my medicine kit to be a little on the hypochondriac size [...]
I’ve been out the door before 7am for the past week – Percy pyjama-clad in his pram, me walking and thinking and sweating. It makes for productive and creative days. We’re in [...]
/ wandering through Popa’s garden in a delightful little outfit from Sweet Jane Petite. / whiling away rainy afternoons with puzzles. / the cheekiest, grubbiest little baby. / milky tea, [...]
/ willow and pink on my morning walk / decorations collected over the years, now hanging on the tree (that is looking a little worse for wear thanks to humidity and heat) / she’s been [...]
/ I go on about socks in winter but come summer I’m vigilant about hats. This lovely one arrived in the mail from Acorn Kids. / the Christmas Bush has bloomed red; the festive season is [...]
/ golden yellow and attracting all the bees / early morning peek-a-boo / through the fence / more is more, apparently / my guess is that totally wonderful miss plumberry is a steiner teacher [...]
/ oh this baby. He really is so very happy. Sweet tee sent across the seas from the bee and the fox. / the prettiest of blues in the Montessori community garden / that is not the shoe [...]
This year December is looking frightfully busy: drama rehearsals and performances, ballet recitals and concerts (three!), end-of-year assemblies, a big editorial deadline and the general malarky [...]
The swimming season has officially begun – this past weekend was hot enough to dive right in. It’s cooled off now but for four days in a row we launched straight into iceblocks and [...]
Creeping out of holiday mode is a little difficult when you live in a holiday house. Regardless of the fact that it’s our permanent home, the laid-back nature of our local area isn’t [...]
This story begins at Christmas time 2013 when my Dad built me a stand-alone vegie box out of recycled materials – timber and offcuts of corrugated iron. It was easy to assemble and pull [...]
It’s becoming increasingly clear that if I want to get anything done over the next nine weeks, I’m going to have to embrace a summer siesta. The week of Christmas was quite mild; [...]
