today

w is for waterslide

they ran and slid and ran and slid. good times. awesome cousin magic.

c is for carols

we sang carols together. four generations. she came running with the ukelele.

m is for making

many hands make light work. and many cups of tea, and many berries of the season.

c is for compliment

was completely humbled with big compliments from a friend i admire. i will graciously accept it. why, thank you!

p is for play

he played and played. we said goodbye to an amazing place. it was time to go.

d is for ducklings

we've got some very gorgeous visitors. they're well loved.

p is for peas

my garden pea eaters. grandad made them a hut with sunflowers and sugar snap peas for walls.

j is for journey

he carried the world. he's been round the sun three times now.

o is for an orange loving 3 year old

he turned three a few days ago. my spirited, knowing, curious, grooving, sweet boy.

there was orange galore.

b is for back again

i've been a.w.o.l. i know. have finished work for the year now so we're transitioning again. a new summertime rhythm. looking forward to it.

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.

"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.