Mother’s Day

Sometimes living in the bigger smoke gets me down – I have to be reminded to enjoy the smaller moments when overwhelmed by the bigger ones – thankfully I have some good little reminderers (a new word for our glossary). They bought me these happy walkers on Mother’s Day – be gone seriousness, how can I not have fun in these?

Cheers and fun beans

Amanda

 

 

Weaving

 I have decided that camping with children is a winner. Invest in one super michilin man suit for each child and do not take it off them except to sleep. Ignore the grot and you are set for a wonderful week. Children love being outside when they are little. Rocks are especially exciting.

Whilst the kids were proccupied with exploring (eating) their surroundings, I tried my hand at some basket weaving. I collected some beautiful grasses and vines and just had a go. Varying degrees of success ensued. The greatest success being that I loved it! Maybe one day when I am wealthy with spare time I will invest in some lessons. A few hints wouldn’t go astray. Until then, nothing is sacred in my backyard and there will be many wonky baskets to choose from in which to collect the chicken eggs…

Ell

Hello little lady

It’s a lovely crisp Autumn day in Sydney. A good morning for spending out the back basking in the sun. We are washing the Winter woolies, getting ready for what feels like it’s going to be a cold winter (well… cold

by Sydney standards).  When checking on the tomatoes for any edible fruit (we have been a bit preoccupied with other things this year and have neglected the tomatoes and thus they are looking a bit grim!),  I found a little lady friend there –  Enjoy the feast little lady – its all yours.

Amanda