⤠Loved seeing a beautiful seal pup on the city waterfront on Monday morning. ⤠Loved my girls all playing so well together this first week of their two week school holiday. The weather, though being mostly horrible till Thursday evening, finally reminded us what blue sky looks like. Through the rain, I was thankful for living […]
Alice
Time Alone & Together
Me and my two feet, striding out alone. Walking on the beach at a pace of my own. No voices to listen to, but those in my head. My eyes focused on the surf, relaxed and at ease. I’m on my way to meet with a friend. A friend who is a mother, just like […]
Things I’m Loving: Alice at 19 months, sunshine, old-friends & end of term!
♥ Loving old friends surprising us out of the blue. Charlotte’s friend from birth, who moved to Australia a few years ago, is in town! We caught up at the beach after school on Thursday. What a scorcher! Loved the sunshine this week. ♥ Loving Sophie having two trial days at a new school and coming home […]
Wonderful Wednesday – Clocks have rolled on & the sun is playing ball!
I’m just so happy that the clocks have rolled forward an hour and it’s light till 7.30pm! More hours in the day to play and Mother Nature has gifted us a week of sunshine to kick start the fun. The garden is where the fun is happening. Play dough and water play, skipping and jumping, […]
Do I stop at the beach?
I have no towels, no changes of clothes or togs for them to splash in. The air still has a chill, the water’s still cold. But I have the car and it’s a short drive home. The beach is deserted, except for another couple of mothers letting their children run free in and out of the gentle, […]
A day out of the house makes a difference
Yesterday I cleaned a lot (with a brief late afternoon escape to our local zoo). Today I had fun (except for a morning appointment to see the doctor for a warrant of fitness – but even that was plain sailing). The sun shone. The wind didn’t hamper my every step. Nature played ball (and threw in a real […]
So grateful for our ‘Little Zoo’ with a big heart
Wellington Zoo is a little zoo, so don’t expect grand scale exhibits, enclosures and a train to whizz you from one stop to the next. Come expecting to be welcomed to a zoo where the keepers, staff and volunteers are enthusiastic, friendly, caring and conservationists through and through. Come wearing comfortable walking shoes – this […]
The biggest surprise for Sophie
She moved so smoothly, like her body was one with Charm’s. She’d waited all day with great excitement, saying, ‘Oooooo, I can’t WAIT! When is it time? When is it time? I just want to go now!’. ‘I’m only a quarter nervous this time,’ she said. ‘I have proper stirrups now, metal ones and they […]
Wordless Wednesday: Spring Weather, Sunshine & Showers
Joining in with ‘Wordless Wednesday’ at ‘Faith, Hope & a whole lotta Love‘ and ‘My Little Drummer Boys‘
There was a little green fairy in the garden today
Running barefoot, in the grass, a fairy frolicked in my garden today. She stopped to pick some lavender and then hurried on her way. Dressed in green, she blended in, a magic figure of spring. I noticed her stop and rest a while, and wondered what magic she’d bring. I looked at where she’d sat […]
Flying the flag Friday as RWC 2011 kicks off!
Wellington is adrift with flags (it always is…), but never before has it seen SO MANY flags. There is Rugby World Cup bunting hanging from every shop and cafe (in fact the RWC bunting has now sold out, so enthusiastically have Kiwis been hanging it!), giant flags fly along every street and shop windows are […]
Shoes fit for three little Princesses
The theme for ‘The Gallery’ is shoes and prompted me to dig out this very special pair. These were the first shoes each of my three girls wore. They’ve lasted well! They’ve travelled to Queenstown, Taupo and Auckland, from our home in Wellington, New Zealand. They’ve never actually ‘walked’, but crawled, bum-shuffled and scooted around […]
Loving saying, ‘Goodbye winter and hello spring!’
Last night we sat around the table, adorned with daffodils and lush ferns, sipping a hearty homemade vegetable soup, to bid farewell to the last day of winter. ♥ The bright joy and hope daffodils bring. ♥ Ferns, so lush and green. My favourite plant to hide under, like a fairy, seeking shade from the […]
Exceptional, enabling, ever ready…
It’s all about ‘E’ on the home-schooling front this week. Whilst Sophie’s busy drawing extraordinary elephants, and exploring the earth with Alice, I am focusing on enhancing my energy levels to ensure I am enabled to entertain, educate and endure. How? Coffee (note the LONG ‘e’ sound there)… There’s nothing better than grinding up fresh […]