The recent unpredictable weather in Wellington is perfectly normal for this time of year. One day hail, the next blue sky and sunshine. A morning of torrential rain and battering winds, followed by an afternoon of serenity. It’s the kind of weather that demands a flexible wardrobe (and preferably a back-pack, buggy or car filled […]
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Lyrical Sunday – Week 25: Musical Instruments
Welcome to Week 25 of Lyrical Sunday! Lyrical Sunday this week is themed on ‘Musical Instruments‘. If you’re new to Lyrical Sunday, please click here to read about how it began (I have an inspiring daughter who tries hard to keep her ‘ole Mum’s brain ticking!) and to read poems from earlier weeks. We have […]
Theme for Week 25 Lyrical Sunday…
Charlotte and Sophie have set the theme for ‘Week 25’ of ‘Lyrical Sunday‘ as ‘Musical Instruments‘. Here’s some ideas… Do you play an instrument? If so, how does it make you feel to play? Perhaps you love to listen to a particular instrument? What instrument and why do you love it? Maybe you tried to […]
Things I’m Loving… this last week of daylight saving
The clocks have turned back. This morning when the girls awoke at 7am I wearily acknowledged the fact it was actually 6am. Tonight darkness will fall at 6.30pm. The long summer nights will, for a while, be but a memory. We shall rug up, play board games, watch sunsets and admire starlit skies before bed-time. […]