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Friday, April 16, 2010
Holiday Fun x
16th April 2010 x
We've been having such a lovely time in the holiday break...oh how its much needed!
Dancing and twirling and following the maze (of life)...how glorious it is to enjoy our last little taste of Autumn and sun. I can feel King Winter waiting ...not too patiently...there's a chill coming into the air.
The holidays are almost over, with 2 days left...then hibernating we will be.
But for now we will relish our last days of warmth and treasure our beautiful homeland with all it has to offer x
We've been having such a lovely time in the holiday break...oh how its much needed!
Dancing and twirling and following the maze (of life)...how glorious it is to enjoy our last little taste of Autumn and sun. I can feel King Winter waiting ...not too patiently...there's a chill coming into the air.
The holidays are almost over, with 2 days left...then hibernating we will be.
But for now we will relish our last days of warmth and treasure our beautiful homeland with all it has to offer x
Friday, April 9, 2010
candlelight shining bright x
9th April 2010 x
Candle light...
I have used candles for many many years now...i think as soon as I moved out of my childhood home , I turned off the overhead electical lighting...(I do use a soft lamp in a couple of rooms )...but mostly its 'candles'....tall, squat, tealights, scented, beeswax...yes, there is a candle for every occasion and there's always a moment for the use of candles...
I love them...
so here's to 'turning off the lights'...
not just on occasion...but more often...
you'll be pleasantly surprised by what the night holds x
Candle light...
I have used candles for many many years now...i think as soon as I moved out of my childhood home , I turned off the overhead electical lighting...(I do use a soft lamp in a couple of rooms )...but mostly its 'candles'....tall, squat, tealights, scented, beeswax...yes, there is a candle for every occasion and there's always a moment for the use of candles...
I love them...
so here's to 'turning off the lights'...
not just on occasion...but more often...
you'll be pleasantly surprised by what the night holds x
Saturday, April 3, 2010
Picking up sticks... x
Today at the local market, I met a man that picked up sticks...
He sanded them, shaped them, oiled them and sometimes just left them as they were when he found them...
I was so taken by his beautiful craft ...I bought pieces from him and brought them into my home....I do love wood !
2nd April, 2010 x
Trying to keep it simple....and natural x
Now I keep a simple home (have done for most of my life...) of wood and grain and seed and leaf...when my now fully grown son was a small boy, we lived a very rustic basic lifestyle...times change...but I still try to maintain this ....
its just that sometimes...as the photo way below shows, plastics creep in!!!! This happened on my daughters 6th Birthday. She loves this land of plastic on occasion..so how I get round this, is to put the 'plastic play' in a plastic box and store it away. It doesnt come out on special occasions (there's nothing special about plastic after all), it just comes out sometimes....she mingles her 'plastics' with felted bunnies and mushroom houses....and draws the platic world into her own wonderful world of fantasy and imagination....
Whenever I go to a thrift shop, I notice, its full of plastic toys...but wooden, they're harder to find...because they're special...they're timeless!
Here's to keeping it simple....with a little help from plastics x
Trying to keep it simple....and natural x
Now I keep a simple home (have done for most of my life...) of wood and grain and seed and leaf...when my now fully grown son was a small boy, we lived a very rustic basic lifestyle...times change...but I still try to maintain this ....
its just that sometimes...as the photo way below shows, plastics creep in!!!! This happened on my daughters 6th Birthday. She loves this land of plastic on occasion..so how I get round this, is to put the 'plastic play' in a plastic box and store it away. It doesnt come out on special occasions (there's nothing special about plastic after all), it just comes out sometimes....she mingles her 'plastics' with felted bunnies and mushroom houses....and draws the platic world into her own wonderful world of fantasy and imagination....
Whenever I go to a thrift shop, I notice, its full of plastic toys...but wooden, they're harder to find...because they're special...they're timeless!
Here's to keeping it simple....with a little help from plastics x
Friday, April 2, 2010
2nd April 2010 x
Keeping it all together....
well ...sort of...
I've been looking at a lot of crafty blogs of late, and what I'm noticing is not only how talented people are, but how they 'keep it all together'...
Photos often depict 'not a hair out of place' , so to speak...and this led me to thinking about the 'modern day dilemma'....
Often we mums feel the need, conscious or not, of being 'seen' as holding it all together...we cook, we sew, we make lovely things, raise well balanced children and sometimes look ok ourselves.
Well, I just wanted to say, that sometimes...its not about keeping it together...things get out of place, hairs stand on end, meals arent always perfectly balanced ...and thats ok ! I'm not a perfect mum...Im perfect for my children, but by no means not flawed...its the human condition...
So heres too unmade beds, clothing yet to be put away, a meal of soba noodles and tamari, and being human!
Happy human being-ness x
Keeping it all together....
well ...sort of...
I've been looking at a lot of crafty blogs of late, and what I'm noticing is not only how talented people are, but how they 'keep it all together'...
Photos often depict 'not a hair out of place' , so to speak...and this led me to thinking about the 'modern day dilemma'....
Often we mums feel the need, conscious or not, of being 'seen' as holding it all together...we cook, we sew, we make lovely things, raise well balanced children and sometimes look ok ourselves.
Well, I just wanted to say, that sometimes...its not about keeping it together...things get out of place, hairs stand on end, meals arent always perfectly balanced ...and thats ok ! I'm not a perfect mum...Im perfect for my children, but by no means not flawed...its the human condition...
So heres too unmade beds, clothing yet to be put away, a meal of soba noodles and tamari, and being human!
Happy human being-ness x
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