Category: EVERYDAY LIFE

Beautiful Blog Award

Thank you to Claire for my Beautiful Blog Award a few weeks back! Apologies that it’s taken me this long to accept it :-( So I’m supposed to pass...

finding my way back to me

source do you know who you are??? truly are, deep within your soul? none of us are just one thing, we all have different roles that form our identity. sometimes...

Belly Cast

One of the things I’ve been doing whilst I’ve been so quiet on here is finally getting around to painting the belly cast I made last year when I was...

Manifesto

the manifesto above is by new zealand poet and photographer leonie wise. i was excited to stumble across her website and especially this manifesto that she offers for free download....

May in Review

thought…everything will work out in the end…. a sound…of three little girls playing together a taste…of scrummy food cooked on the bbq an image…picnic in the woods a scent…the garden...

International Postcard Swap update… part 2!!

there were squeals of excitement yesterday when the postman brought us the first postcard from the postcard swap we took part in. it had come from the yorkshire dales, from...

{this moment}

inspired by SouleMama a single photo – no words – capturing a moment from the week

Papier Mache

another rainy day here, so after thinking about what we could do that didn’t involve getting wet agian, i thought that as lola and kiki both have an abundance of...

Thankful Anyway Thursday

Some days just seem to be hard. Dome days i don’t feel like i’m the best mama, the best wife, the best me. But today i am thankful anyway for:...

More garden fun

We finally got our shed yesterday, so whilst my lovely husband spent the day putting it together, I spent the day sorting out all the outdoor stuff that was crammed...

International Postcard Swap update

We were so excited to recieve our email from Zoe at Playing by the Book with the addresss to send our postcards to! There are a total of 1170 to...

Words of wisdom

The Victor Poet: C.W. Longenecker If you think you are beaten, you are.If you think you dare not, you don’tIf you like to win but think you can’t,It’s almost a...

Giveaway at "Walk Slowly, Live Wildly"

Sara from “Walk Slowly, Live Wildly” is offering the chance to win a copy of “Not So Fast: Slow Down Solutions for Frenzied Families” by Ann Kroeker. “Life is not...

International Postcard Swap for families

I came across a link the other day for this ‘International Postcard Swap for Families’. Basically if you sign up, come May you’re given 5 names to send postcards to,...

Gardening

Found my mojo hiding somewhere, have given myself a kick up the butt and got going on some gardening (a little later than I planned but still..) We’ve decided that...