Fabric Friday: Tania’s choice
My lovely friend Tania scored this beautiful vintage sheet. Isn’t it pretty! I’m quite envious. She’s going to use it to make pajama pants for herself and here daughters. I love the idea of having matching jarmies pants! There are lots of tutorials on the Internet for making simple pants, using your existing pants to […]
Learning to jump
Elora can jump. She has been practicing so much that she is quite the expert. I love it when toddlers start learning to jump. It looks like it is quite challenging at first: the heaves and hos that go into the process! It’s endearing. As I hold her hand and take her for little strolls, […]
8/10/12 – 14/10/12
14/10/12: what a glorious weekend. Today was such a relaxed day, and the children played so perfectly. Georgie surprised us by making delicious sandwiches. Monte and I went for a walk about the property, saying hello to the cows and exploring the forest. Elora entertained us in the evening with her jumping practice, and her […]
Where we live
We live on a hill, overlooking the valley that is Geeveston and beyond. It is very beautiful. In fact, it was this view that sold the property to us, despite the steep driveway. We’ve been here five years now. It has taken nearly that long for me to adjust to being more isolated from the […]
Chicks
We love having babies at Fangorn Farm, especially of the cute yellow fluffy variety! And the gorgeous red four-legged mooing variety, and hopefully the woolly baaing variety one day! Our hens have been sitting on 24 eggs. Nearly a week ago, two chicks hatched. Georgia has been checking on the chicks frequently. She carries them […]
This photo
before This photo was taken at the botanic gardens in July. I posted it on Facebook. Somebody commented that I looked pregnant, and asked when I was due. This has never happened to me before: being asked if I am pregnant when I am not. After deleting this embarrassing comment, I decided to work on […]
1/10/12 – 7/10/12
7/10/12: family picnic by the river, followed by gardening. I planted zucchinis, pumpkins, cabbage and broccoli. Elora helped. 6/10/12: a walk around the paddocks with Monte and Matthew, exploring, chatting and laughing. We paused under the old blackwood tree, watching and listening for birds and talking about swings and tree houses. 5/10/12: dinner out with […]
Kid friendly meatballs
There’s not much that’s not kid friendly about meatballs, but Matthew and Elora can be fussy with their food most of the time. We eat very healthy dinners, and healthy dinners don’t always appeal to small children, for some reason. They seem to like chips and sausages and easy food like that. I find it […]
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