the hunter

oooo yeah...he conquered that wily trout, smoked the beggar then we ate it - freshly smoked and warm.....

...love these lads of mine - and listening them doing blokey stuff; paitently answered questions and reasons given to the 'but whys's' quietly discussed...I love to see my wee blokes chests puff up with the importance of helping Dad (the local hero at our place)....

squeal!.........

look what arrived in the mail for me!! it was hearalded with Pip the pooches melodramatic protection of the gate as the courier attempeted to hand over the package - sigh...seriously need to do something about that!...anyho LOOK!

from the states came my vintage swap package (which is seriously way more generous that mine was, and postage is enormous from over there too! - eek!), and a wee treasure trove tumbled out...THANKS so much MUCH Nicola...I have the perfect use for the yarn already, have drank from the teacup, have plans for the books and love the yellow fabric/sheet...your awesome! Thanks so much xx

wardrobe wednesday

gulp....sigh...gulp...nervous snicker...yup doing it!

Now ladies before we giggle at the above pic I must impore you to be kind and hide it behind your hands....I thought I'd join in the Wardrobe Wednesday along with all the other players (well maybe just once, will see how brave I feel next week) hosted/started by Clare from GreenValley...its been fun checking out other people styles and there are some seriously gorgeus chicks out here in bloggy land - yay...so anyho as you can see I am no twiggy, or even sticky - hehe - rather like the giagantic redwood of this land (well the girth anyways!)....here goes:

cardi- glassons

jeans - wild child (a must for redwood builds)

ballet flats - op shop score WITh tags still on, there were silver so painted them black and they came out a gunmetal colour =LOVE.

Dress, made be me with MUCH crankiness at the shirring elastic!

belt - froma friends opshop adventure (too big for her - sigh)

crazy hair - mine.

a birth-day

my lovely friend Sarah asked if I would come and support her during her 2nd birth - um, YES!...this gal doesn't need to be asked twice I can tell you!...such an enormous priveledge and honour, one that I will forever treasure; this sweet babe will be one I will always pray for and delight in...

Such a lovely calm and peaceful entry into our world...such a brave and courageous Mama....

Welcome sweet Freya Emmeline Daisy.......you are such a beautiful wee blossom.

a trip to the gardens

my boys and I go to playcentre once a week - where we are able to hang out, make a huge mess, and spend that time playing and learning together in a wonderful enviroment with other mums and kids...we are fortunate to have this and I think its unique to NZ...we encourage our children to learn naturally and at their own level, catering for their intersts and merging passions - it so fun....anyho, some of us went on a wee excursion the other day to the Ngatea Waterlilly gardens...such a fun place for families...I esp. loved the quirky little signs everywhere...

birthday girl

happy birthday miss 2 year old niece! you make the sunsine seem brighter....xxxx Aunty B

a great idea

while checking out the net the other night I came across a picture of a sock icepack...and thought - 'what a great idea!'(can't remember where sorry)...little did I know that idea was about to come into practice IMMEDIATELY!

the biggest girl likes to play soccer and play it HARD, (think bulldozer) and came home Thursday with a suspected light concussion and shoulder injury....healed from that (according to dr) and played on Saturday...where she rolled her ankle lightly spraining it - seriously, I wish she would take up knitting!...so anyho, what you do is:

take small ziplock bag and fill it with ice....push the ziplock bag into a tube (or long) sock...then you can gentle loop it around the affected area and gently tie it on using the sock itself!....hey presto!...a sock icy pack!, soft, flexible and COLD - I suspect I will be using it again soon - and am building up my ice supplies ready for the weekend...hmmm