Five years ago…
The other day I found this Christmas letter from 2007. Five years ago we were getting ready to leave Adelaide and make our adventurous and courageous move to Tasmania. I like looking back and thinking about the things that have changed for us over the past five years. I can’t remember what it was like […]
Fabric Friday: Christmas!
I have made some Santa sacks for Monte and me. I’m pretty sure that Monte has been a good boy and that Santa will be coming to him this year. I am *hopeful* that he will be coming to me too. I made some sacks with some red, weird elasticky fabric and trimmed them with […]
He is six
Matty is six. The thought keeps repeating in my mind, over and over, like a track on repeat. I just can’t fathom how the families of those beautiful children from Sandy Hook Elementary School are feeling. I’ve seen photos and their pain is gut wrenching. My baby boy is six. The idea of not having […]
Christmas 2012
See our Christmas greeting here. As the silly season is thrust upon us once again, and all too soon, we would like to take this opportunity to wish you and your family a safe and happy Christmas and New Year. This has been a good year for our family and we are happy. We kicked […]
10/12/12-16/12/12
16/12/12: the highlight of today was sewing with Georgia in the afternoon, after we had all exhausted ourselves with swimming. 15/12/12: we had a superb lunch with some superb friends. And when the sheep escaped we had extra helpers to herd them back into their paddock! 14/12/12: Santa came to Geeveston, riding a ride-on lawnmower, […]
Geeveston Christmas parade and carols
The Geeveston Christmas parade and carols evening was a lovely event, as usual. Most of the population of the town seemed to be in the parade and it went for quite a while. We all chose to watch it together this year; in previous years some or all of us have been in it. It […]
Fabric Friday: repurposing
I received a large bag of little girls’ clothes last weekend. I rummaged through, taking a few items that I thought would be suitable for Elora. One item was a little sundress. It was sewn out of very pretty fabric, in a pillow case dress style, but the straps and binding were so frayed that […]
This photo
I have been looking through my photos of 2012, reflecting on the year that has been. I have been working on our Christmas letter: a summary of our year. I found this photo, which I took in January this year. I love it. It is one of my favourite photos ever. I remember the day […]
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