Goodbye to wearing coats and hats, and being able to see our breath in front of our faces when we're out walking...
Goodbye fireside talks and toasted marshmallows...
Goodbye white skies...
Goodbye slippery roads, frosty mornings, ug boots and woolly scarves. Hello Spring xx
Each one will be unique, and they will be completely un-traditional with sequins, animal prints, retro recycled fabric and colour galore! This is going to be fun. I stopped at my local sewing shop yesterday afternoon for some supplies...
And this made me smile; Look closely at the armpits... Oh the things we find to entertain ourselves with on these at-home days! Have a good one xx
Well, I said I would, and therefore I had to-finish this train! It's a commission project for a lady here in town. It's to send back to her family in Canada. It's made from a New Zealand Map tea towel. I built it up making one section at a time, and piecing them together, and finally adding the wheels and nameplate.
Zac's first time at the beach. He was so funny when he stepped on the sand for the first time.
A beautiful sunset to finish off a beautiful day.
1. It's Friday. 2. I finally managed to get a shot of Kyan in his hoodie from lovely Kristin, of squidgy widgy woo .Kristin and I did a swap a wee while ago now. The hoodie is fabulous quality, and adorably gorgeous. I think I want another one... (by the way-look at K walking-another Yay!)
Yay for having a fabulous book to read. If you haven't read "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini, then please do. I am in the process and I find myself snatching any moment possible-even just two minutes-to read a page because it's so beautiful.
Especially Isla, who showers him with kisses and wraps him in blankets and pushes him around in her dolls' pram. Luckily he doesn't seem to mind.
Hopefully I can start to get back on track now, so here is this weeks Book Sharing Monday. "Giraffes can't Dance" by Giles Andreae.
Poor Gerald. He's really good at munching shoots off trees, but not so flash at the dancing...
At the annual Jungle Dance, he tries his best but the other animals laugh at him...
Luckily he meets a friendly cricket who plays him a lovely song on his violin, and advises him to look inside himself and listen to the music all around him in the leaves and the trees.
And much to the other animals surprise, Gerald learns to dance better than he could have dreamed! And then he gives his friends some very good advice-see below xx
I will miss this house, with it's old fashioned "chippie" burner in the kitchen, it's quaint porch, the wooden floors and creaking window frames. I've come to think of it more as a piece of history and a thing of great craftsmanship than just a building. I wonder what kinds of things these walls have seen... going all the way back to a time where chlorophyll tablets were "as safe as a lettuce leaf!" It's probably silly to become so attached to a home (especially one that is drafty and has damp walls 4 months of the year) but I have so loved living here.
Well, tonight is our last sleep in this house. I hope the next family take good care of it... Next time I'll be blogging from the beach!
"Very Interesting" by Yokococo. It's so fabulous in it's simplicity. I absolutely adore this book.
I've read it to groups of children, and to sit on the mat time chair and see a little sea of faces beaming up at you, transfixed with a story of such few words... That really is something.
I hope you get to share it with your little ones sometime as well.
Back to packing now for me. Those boxes aren't going to fill themselves up...
