Memorial

William Maurice Eason 3 April 1942 – 24 February 2007 Fond memories today of lovely Bill.

Moving

As I mentioned on Monday, I think that our toddler did actually creep up on us, rather than instantly invade. Here is some evidence, taken over the past three months, of Kazuo’s transition from cruising the walls and furniture to using his ride-on/push toys and finally moving around on two legs in an increasingly confident […]

A Little Older

At the end of last week I got a little older. It was a quiet sort of day, spent moseying around the library in the morning, chatting to my mother and sister in NZ online in the afternoon and then going out for a coffee with Kazuo. Unfortunately, he slept through the early dinner time […]

New Shoes

It is official. I no longer have a little baby. Our house has been invaded by a toddler! It seemed to happen overnight, though I guess it has been a while in coming. Yesterday, after Akira had spent the afternoon hauling a soft-baby-shoe-clad Kazuo out of the slush and dirt at the ice skating rink […]

Winter Sewing – Part I

Cushions are my latest obsession. I do go through phases. They are nice and easy to sew, and I can construct a couple while Kazuo is sitting at the table watching me sew if they are cut out the night before. Before Christmas, the only handmade Christmas presents I managed to construct were the two […]

Pancake Tuesday

Last night we had a traditional Shrove Tuesday feast. For an atheist, the carnivore definitely subscribes to more of the religious feasts than I would have expected. And for a carnivore, he eschews meat even when on offer surprisingly often. So I prepared a little feast of savoury (mushrooms, cheese, sundried tomatoes) and sweet (maple […]

Red Thai Curry

We had a killer curry for dinner last night. The last time I made such a concoction I nearly died, choking on water I was gulping down to mitigate the fire at the precise moment that Akira cracked a joke. I sucked too much water into my lungs, I thought I was drowning (so did […]

Crafty Amazingness

Last year when I had a rare crafternoon with Julia (and my sewing machine jammed irretrievably), she was working on the most incredible paper cutting delights with some old Funk and Wagnalls Encyclopedias. Imagine my joy when she presented us with our very own masterpiece for Christmas: Here is a side view, including the lovely […]

Thinking of Permanence

Today we began the day discussing (and discarding) yet another potential re-location destination…the whole year is gonna be like this I think, until we finally settle on where we will be in 2011. My hope is that it will be a place we at least intend to stay in for more than a year or […]

Blueberry Chocolate Cake

It’s snowing outside. I’ve been inside all day with a cranky little boy who is cutting a molar and not having a very good time of it. In the fridge were blueberries that I got to tempt Kaz (who seems to cope better with fruit than veges right now) that need eating quicker than he […]