Our 11 year old daughter has been awesome in supporting her 9 year old sister settling into a new school this week. Friends, family and regular readers will know that our 9 year old daughter has been homeschooled these past three years, due to school anxiety; but having made a lot of progress in overcoming […]
This past fortnight I’ve been running and kept on running. I don’t know where this sudden urge to run has come from, but it feels great (and I’m just hoping the clocks going back, on the first Sunday of April, along with autumnal weather to come, doesn’t dampen my enthusiasm!). In the past fifteen days […]
There’s so many inspiring people in this world. Many of those people don’t have ‘fame or fortune’ in the conventional sense – but they are guaranteed to be famous with their friends and rich in ways that money cannot bring. They are people who through their own actions make the world a better place for […]
I hope my children’s feet will always love the feel of mud, To never stop walking on dewy grass – and on a sandy beach. To kick off their smart shoes and go bare-foot – whenever they have the chance. To feel the connection to the earth – through every flex, step and joint. To […]
This week my daughters have come up with the theme of ‘FEET‘ for Inspiration Weekly! This is a really fun theme and ties in nicely with ‘National Jandal Day‘ here in New Zealand on Friday 2 December, to raise funds for our wonderful surf life-savers (ways to donate). Surf Lifeguards rescue 1,500 people each year […]
Oh little drop of water, what times you have seen! Floating in clouds & running in streams – hanging in ice & sparkling in sun-beams. From when time began & the age of the dinosaur, to this sparkling rock pool of blues and greens. I’ve seen you in the morning dew & in the rain – felt […]
Still, I am like a mirror, Fast, I am stronger than stone. Wet, I can burn you, Cold, I can keep you warm. Life, I can be in the desert, Death, I can be on the riverbank. What am I? Sometimes we can’t get enough, other times we get too much. ‘WATER‘ is the theme […]
High above the tree line, the dragon lay – cairns of old fire-bombed rock marked our way. The ground, devoid of life, was tough to walk. We clambered over boulders, with little talk. The crater lake lay hidden out of sight – its dormant rim ridged with glacial ice. Smoking fumaroles emitted steam and dust […]
When this weeks inspiration weekly theme was conceived it was done on the after glow of fireworks, the childhood awe of sparklers and the Gandalf like magic of the colorful, exploding showers of stars and light in the darkened sky. First thoughts were romantic. The warmth of a fire on a cold evening or the […]
Here in New Zealand we’re entering our summer when camp-fires and drift-wood beach fires feature prominently (where permitted of course!). There is a romance of gathering around a fire, under a starlit sky, with good company and food for an ‘ole fashioned sing-along. Do you have any camp-fire stories to tell? On the other side […]
The house was quiet and the time all mine, ‘Go for a run,’ he said, but there was no time. The vacuum blasted hot air in my face, The air in the room, muggy and moist, A barometer swinging to rain. I could feel the pressure in the air move – my muscles pumped the […]
Get your inspiration on! Write a post anytime between now and 19 November on the theme of ‘AIR‘. The ‘Linky’ will be running from Sunday 13 November. First time? Want to know more? Click here… I’ve found a few links that may help to inspire (see below) and can’t wait to read what you come […]
In this moment I am fortunate to be living in the season of life – Spring. My home is surrounded by plants, trees, flowers and vegetables. They grow easily in the temperate climate of my home. I have children running around my home, reminding me of the energy of life. Less than two years ago […]
Join us on Sunday and link up here with a post inspired by the theme LIFE. Charlotte’s come up with an amazing theme this week ‘LIFE’. It’s a big subject! This week I’ve seen plenty of life in the garden, with a visit from our first Monarch butterfly of the season. It flew straight to […]
