That beautiful bunch of flowers, which includes waratah, freesias and sweet william, was a gift from my dear friend Jenny who has been visiting for a few days. Lucky us! Much lego, coffee drinking and craft discussion took place. And my sister T and her family have been staying, too. Beautiful kid-chaos and happiness. Quilts,…

I won a box of seedlings from Awapuni Nurseries on Instagram last week, and this weekend was able to get them all planted in newly-prepared raised beds in time for warmer weather. I've been buying Awapuni seedling bundles for years – I love them because they're wrapped in newspaper rather than plastic pottles, and are…

Thought you might like to see this dress I made a few weeks ago, from some silk-blend fabric I found at The Fabric Store back in the coldest days of winter. I set it aside specially for a springtime project, and so far it's been a useful thing to wear to work (unfortunately it also…

Much of the weekend was spent looking out the window at the driving rain, feeling grateful to be inside. Springtime in Wellington..! But there was also pizza with friends, a dinner party, shopping and reading achieved as well. And a spot of knitting. Made this cake and sliced it up for some hungry kids who…

What a beautiful day it's been today. I managed to get some work done, tidy up some things that had been worrying me, and get a dose of sunlight too. I hope you've had a good Friday so far. Those beautiful white flowers are native clematis, and they're sprawling all over our fence soaking up…

Images by Felicia Semple, from here. When I got home from The Craft Sessions and unpacked, I realised I had not taken any photos of the event. I do that that every year – get completely immersed in what's happening with my classes, and forget all about recording them. Luckily Felicia takes beautiful pictures. These…

I've been winding and sorting a big tangle of threads into a respectable order, in preparation for The Craft Sessions which starts tomorrow. Tomorrow! I'll by flying out of Wellington extra early to get there in time. I love it when all my craft supplies are organised and tidy, but I can never keep them…

Here's a little bit of spring floral for your Tuesday morning.  I love these tiny little bulbs that come up in the garden every September. I don't know what they're called. (Maybe you do?) Inspired by all this floral activity going on outside, I've been doing some embroidery work. I sent a parcel of completed…

Good morning! Thank you for your thoughtful comments on my last post. And for understanding. I thought you might like to see some projects that Tom and I have been working on, with the help of some builders and our mate Dan. The project has been going on for most of the winter, and involved…

It's nice to be back in the blogging spirit. I'm not sure what happened over the past month – I suddenly couldn't bring myself to find the camera, think of what to write, or even log in here at my site.  With so many horrendous and heartbreaking things happening every day on earth, I found…