This Moment

{this moment} – A Friday ritual. A single photo – no words – capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember. Have a lovely weekend. Check out SouleMama for the inspiration.

This Moment

{this moment} – A Friday ritual. A single photo – no words – capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember. If you’re inspired to do the same, leave a link to your ‘moment’ in the comments for all to find and see. […]

Keeping Warm

Currently we are snowed in for the fifth day running here at Newbridge House. The doctor drove to work on Monday in our good-for-commuting-but wholly-unsuitable-for-rural-snowfalls Civic and it got stuck in the ice and snow in the drive leaving and returning. Tuesday he worked from home. Wednesday he trudged over knee-deep snowy fields to wait […]

Winter Comes a Little Early

As predicted on Wednesday, it did take all week for real snow to fall. Friday night we had a proper dusting, though it took until Sunday – after nearly 12 hours of blizzardy conditions – for our lawn to be completely covered, that grass is getting long! Although we had some great snowfalls last winter […]

Hats

Way back in November I cast on a hat for Kazuo for the winter. I am such a slowpoke knitter, esp when I only do a row or two once or twice a week. But some lovely peaceful girl-alone nights in the past couple of weeks finally led to the end of the hat. Just […]

Winter Sewing/Crafting Pt II

Finally my poor sewing machine has made the journey to and from the Brother Repair centre in Tennessee and is home safe, sound and in great working order again. But the wonderful generosity of Tarah meant that I managed to get a few crafty projects off the ground over the winter – especially given how […]

Recovering

Another week of ghastly gastric flu at our house. Thankfully (and I am holding my breath as I type this) Akira seems to have emerged unscathed. Which was a mercy since I was so ill for four days solid and am only just recovering today. Kazuo seems to also be on the mend, a little […]

In Which She Dreams of Spring…

…and wakes to find it is still -6degC outside. Spring… will you be here soon?

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 […]

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 […]