In the first photo above you can see my new plant friend. A beautiful ficus in a pot – a treat from my favourite local shop Next Stop Earth, bought to celebrate leaving my suburb for the first time in a while. I posted the same picture on Instagram, and a friend wrote that she…

Kia ora! How has your week been? It's stormy and cold here this evening – it has been for a while. Wintry weather makes it easier to stay at home I think – and harder, at the same time. Lockdown life is a bit darker when the days are short and the skies are gloomy.…

The title of this post is a bit… obvious. But, here we are. Never has there been such a home-bound time for all of us, I expect. I hope you're safe and well wherever you are. Here are some things from my past fortnight.  I finished a pair of socks for Keira. The first of…

Hello!  Here are a few scenes from my past week. Looking back through the photos I took, I seem to have had a thing for light – there are lots of pictures of sun shining through the windows and golden afternoon light in the garden. On the weekend I walked to the top of Mount…

Kia ora friends, how are you doing this week? I wanted to write a little something here, but now I'm sitting at my screen, i can't think of the right words. I'm not sure that i have much to say, really, except hello and thank you for visiting me here. Instead I thought I'd share…

Kia ora! How are you? I wanted to send a dispatch through the interwebs – a warm hello from my house to yours. From this second week staying home (apart from a walk around the block every day) I know one thing for sure: I'll not take the beautiful faces of my friends for granted…

Hello! How are you? The world feels so big right now – we're sharing the experience of sheltering in our homes during this pandemic and tracking the numbers of those suffering every day. But at the same time, our own lives are smaller than ever. Staying close within ''our bubble'' as our Prime Minster would…

If you're reading this blog, the chances are good that you enjoy a bit of textile making, music, books and the like. There has never been a better time to get stuck in to these activities, but I so wish it was for a different reason than keeping away from each other to stop the…

Kia ora! I hope this finds you very well.I've been a bit quiet on the blog front, mostly because I didn't feel there was much to report. I have been slowly knitting on a top/sweater that I think will be just the thing for autumn. But as usual, it's taking me ages to finish it,…

Here are some images captured by my phone over the last few weeks. Except the first one, with rose shadows. That was taken this time last year, but it beautifully sums up the slightly cooler, darker mornings creeping in. I've been working on my punch needle frame, getting a few pieces underway for an event…