today::

collecting bits of daily life. moments i want to remember.


w is for water

it felt like summer. there was a lot of outsiding, bare feeting, picnic eating, water splashing. good times.

s is for sock puppet

one of our favourite boy's turned 3. she knew she wanted to make him a sock puppet. she knew she wanted to have an orange tongue and sticky up hair. i love her design.

h is for honeycomb

my brother is keeping bees and making honey. i can't get over how amazing honeycomb is. how amazing nature is.

b is for broad beans

still can't say i like them. but i did enjoy finding the quiet while sitting on the deck in the spring sunshine, prepping them for dinner.

g is for guy fawkes

we celebrated guy fawkes. an english tradition. i can't quite remember the story behind it. but it was a lovely night watching my girl dance with her sparklers.

t is for tuesday

tuesday is athletics. then afterwards it's become picnic pie and playground night. this week some good friends joined us. nice way to catch up.

s is for (feeling) spoilt

it's been busy. they spoiled me big time. to top it off, we had dinner outside on the deck. i'm feeling blessed with love and light.

s is for skimming stones

he had his first skimming stones lesson from his papa. mont the dog was confused why things were being thrown, but not for him.


c is for (her) chooks

"they're my chooks, ay mum" "i'll be in charge of them, ay mum" "i can feed them, ay mum" "they real like me, ay mum"
we got these hens for her birthday about eighteen months ago. this morning she really took ownership. she says she'll share the eggs with us though.

s is for strawberries

the strawberries are ripening. the netting might keep the birds out. not sure it will keep kids out though.

h is for harness

he wanted me to tie the rope around his tummy so he could abseil down the couch-cliff in tandem with tiger. i found my climbing harness for him and he was super stoked.

g is for gran

we celebrated gran becoming 84. there had to be custard squares.

h is for hot

the days are hotting up and my walking buddy is feeling it. he gets his haircut this week.

i is for industrious

i needed to keep industrious to keep myself from worrying too much. it seemed to work.

m is for monster


i love watching her draw. this time it was a monster. a friendly one, of course.

h is for holiday

we've had a lovely two weeks. found a holiday groove. it included no rushing and lots of outside.
i know they really enjoyed hanging out together.

i is for iron

press, press, and press again. this sewing lark keeps my iron going.

f is for feet, floor, family

feeling grounded. bare feet on a floor that tells stories of a family.

c is for crawling

she didn't really crawl as a wee one. but i think she's making up for it, now that she's turned into a puss-cat.

b is for birds

we've been celebrating the birds. bird art, bird walks, bird biscuits, bird books, bird songs, bird craft. bird fest.