The End
I remember writing this post like it was yesterday – or last month. We have come to the end of another year! Each time I think about how fast time flies and how much older I am getting, I panic a little. Do you reflect a lot? I do. I have been thinking about my […]
3/12/12 – 9/12/12
9/12/12: today was a great day. Shopping in Hobart and picnicking with some lovely friends and colleagues from our time at GDHS. 8/12/12: for us, preparing for Christmas is all about the creative fun. Today, painting salt dough decorations. They loved it; Elora was very good at it too. 7/12/12: Bendigo bank Christmas dinner 6/12/12: […]
Feeding Bessie
We went to see the cows. They ran towards us, smelling the cow pellets in the steel buckets. They look funny when they run. They are so big, yet they can run and bound, heaving their heavy bodies up the hill towards us. Bessie was the first to see us and run. Then Mr T […]
Hugs
I read recently that we need 12 hugs a day. More specifically, children need 12 hugs a day for growth. I’m guessing we’re not just talking physical growth, but emotional and spiritual and mental growth as well. And if we’re not just talking about physical growth, I reckon the hugging theory applies to adults too. […]
Conversations with a toddler
We are really enjoying Elora. She is older and easier now, having been our most demanding child to date. I wouldn’t call her difficult – none of our children have been ‘difficult’ – but she certainly has a very strong personality. Little Elora, 15 hours old From the day she came home from hospital she […]
26/11/12 – 2/12/12:
2/12/12: baking this beauty made the house smell divine! 1/12/12: Christmas tree! The children were so excited! 30/11/12: It is not a positive moment but it was a pretty consuming part of my day. This brushfire in Geeveston was pretty scary. The temperature was 33 and it has been so windy. (At the end of […]
Accidental Gardening
As I am beginning to find my way through the addictive enjoyment that comes from gardening, I am learning quite a bit – purely by trial and error. Some things happen purely by accident, and I call this ‘accidental gardening’ because that’s what it seems like: an accident. However, from these little accidents in our […]
Winning NaNoWriMo 2012
Yes! I won NaNoWriMo 2012. I wrote over 52000 words in November. I crossed the line on Wednesday November 28. I didn’t have the same exhilaration as I did last year. I did not cry with relief. What happened was I crossed the line and could not stop writing. I kept writing. I kept going […]
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