Hello! It's a beautiful spring day here as I type this, and a baby tui is singing outside from the power line. I hope you are well and you've had a good week. I'm so grateful for these lighter and brighter days. When the sun is shining, it feels like everything is simpler and more…

We have some hellebores in our garden but their season is ending. I love them a lot. I went to embroider some but instead the thread became something that looks more like dahlias, but that's okay because I love them too.  + + + + + + + + + Speaking of embroidered flowers, I'm…

It's properly spring here now – the first week of September – but we've had stormy weather with bitterly cold winds along with slightly lighter mornings and evenings. I hope you've been keeping warm, wherever you are! My newest niece M had a small party to mark her 100th day on earth last week. I…

This week I finished a knitting project that I've been working on for months. I'm quite a slow knitter! But I'm very happy with my new cardigan, which I made from this alpaca and merino yarn in a darkish shade of silvery-grey. The pattern is designed by Joji Locatelli and is called 'Lanes'. It appears…