NaNoWriMo Woe
If I was writing consistently every day, I would have been writing 1,666 words per day and by today I would have written 25,000 words. Instead, I have written sporadic amounts each day (sometimes not actually writing at all) and my word count is at 22,453. I am aiming to do a big writing push […]
5-11/12 – 11/11/12:
11/11/12: what a glorious day! An amazing, beautiful day in the garden. 10/11/12: out and about with the family. 9/11/12: family movie might. Remember this beautiful film? 8/11/12: I have been so impressed with how Matthew’s reading has progressed this year. Tonight he read me a couple of his picture books before bed, not even […]
Fabric Friday: Barclay Snails
This delightful Alexander Henry fabric is called Barclay Snails, in fuchsia and olive. Fuchsia is one of my most favourite colours. I bought enough of this fabric to make a bag, or a skirt for Elora, but I think the snails would also make super appliqué embellishments, or even nice fabric buttons or brooches. I […]
Chickens and the garden
Monte’s idea for using the chickens to fertilize our garden stems from principles of permaculture. The chickens eat our food scraps, which they scratch into the ground, along with green waste, including lawn clippings, and hay and silage leftover from what the cows don’t eat, which monte shovels into the chook pen. Over time, the […]
An excerpt from my writing journal today:
I am keeping a journal of my NaNo experiences. Today I wrote: … i have written nearly 4000 words today and I am delighted. I have been working on the story of Timothy and I feel inspired and excited with my story! I’m so happy. I have really wanted to write today and I have […]
29/10/12 – 4/11/12
4/11/12: another day in the garden. Everybody in the family got involved. 3/11/12: nurturing my garden 2/11/12: watching Georgie represent her school in the catholic interschool athletics carnival. 1/11/12: all my children were sitting at the kitchen bench for afternoon tea; I noticed they were all wearing pants that I had sewn for them! It […]
NaNoWriMo 2012
It’s on again. It doesn’t feel like very long ago that I won NaNoWriMo 2011. I’ve got writer’s block. I’m finding it practically impossible to write during the day; every three minutes one of my children needs me to do something for them. I guess that goes without saying. I could never work at home. […]
The secret life of chickens
We still remark at how bad our luck was with our new chicks this year, with only two birds surviving after 24 eggs were incubated by our two hens. The two chicks that we do have are thriving, and we delight in hearing their chirping each day, amidst the clucking of the two hens and […]
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