Must be a month of Sundays (or more?) since I last wrote here! What beautiful sun-days we've had over the past month. I'm feeling very grateful for a few weeks off from work, lots of good family adventures and hang-outs, books read, outdoor coffees had with summer knitting to hand. I hope this finds you…

Greetings to you on the longest day of the year! And the shortest, if you're in the Northern Hemisphere. This special time of the year has been one of poppies, roses, lots of eating and drinking with friends and family and… a lot of work as we near the end of 2023 and prepare for…

I embroidered this phrase as a motto – another world is possible. I haven't felt like sharing much on here, as the darkness of what is happening in so much of the world – in the Middle East – Gaza, especially, in other war zones. On a much smaller scale, here in Aotearoa our new…

For years I was convinced that I lacked the inherent skill to crochet. My patient mum, an accomplished crocheter, tried to teach me dozens of times. I stayed up late trying to learn from YouTube videos (even the ones that promised 'anyone can crochet – this video is for absolute beginners!') My sister tried to…

There have been some long breaks between blog posts over here! I would really like to work out a way to post more regularly, if for no other reason than to keep it somewhat current!  That seems to be the way life is these days, but I apologise if you visit this site regularly. Now…

It feels like winter is (slowly) easing away and I'm not sad about it. The past few days have been light and warm and even though it's quite the cliche, it feels like life is lightening up too. I do love this time of year. Once again, I've left it too long between posts, so…

Midwinter, the perfect time to get the knitting needles out. When the days are short and they're mostly spent in the office in town, I find that knitting is my calming companion to offset the stresses of the day. I'm sure I'm not alone in that! I finally finished Tom's Moby Sweater – hooray! It…

This post is morning-themed, in that I snapped all these pictures first thing in the day. I actually love this time in early winter (rather than early mornings, which I've never liked to be perfectly honest), when everything feels light and crisp and it's still simply cosy to light the fire and wear coats and…

Some May projects and places! Autumn is fading into winter now, but we are still having some beautiful crisp and bright mornings. I was at an early-morning meeting by the water last week and the world was so bright and true! I had to take these pictures from my walk there. The quote is from…

Kia ora dear reader. This blog post is brought to you by plants! Autumn is my favourite season, and around here it's marked by walnuts and feijoas from our family orchard, marigolds in the garden and neighbourhood walks to forage blackberries and bits and pieces for the table. Last weekend was Easter, and we had…