My Mum gave to me...an advent calendar!A few weeks ago she was looking in Inside Out and we saw something vaguely along these lines and while I forgot about it, she was tinkering away on something very special for me. On Tuesday afternoon she arrived for a cheeky mid week sleepover and she bought it … [Read more...]

A month or so ago Harper got stuck into some pineapple which she was totally into at the time, until many hours later she was screaming and literally crawling up my arms holding on for dear life. The other end, it would appear, did not like the pineapple so much. After a frazzled drive to the doctor … [Read more...]

The changes in the girls since we have moved here are both on the outside and the inside. They are both healthier looking - from all the time spent outside, the the fresh air, the sunshine. They are stronger from all the walks into town and also just getting around such a bigger space. They are … [Read more...]

I'm all for for signs. I am always on the look out for them and seem to read into the silliest things - calling it a sign! A number plate - a name of a shop - anything can be A SIGN! And yes it always has to have a ! after it! OK!Anyway, over the weekend I happened to spot the world's most beautiful … [Read more...]

Sunday 21st November 20103.10pm @ homeAlthough we have never been busier than we are right now with this garden, I cannot stop smiling when I walk around it. Roses coming out, bees buzzing around lavender and cat mint, rosemary heavy with scent when you brush past it. I just had to get my camera out … [Read more...]

The Big W catalogue arrived in the mail earlier this week and Daisy almost wet her pants when she saw that Disney now make mini doll versions of the Princesses {which actually just look like pageant toddlers}. We had to get that letter to Santa tout de suite or as I like to say Toot Sweet.She … [Read more...]

Yesterday didn't quite go to {my} plan. Funny how that happens in life with kids isn't it? Little Miss Harper has had her cranky pants on for the past week {has it only really been about a week?!} and spends her days going like this:Eh. Eh. Eh. Eh. EH. EHHHHHHH. Eh. Eh. Eh. Eh. Eh. Eh. EH. EHHHHHHH. … [Read more...]

I have an unashamed LOVE for colour. Always have. Always will. I took a little look around my place just now and was surprised to see just how many bursts there are.And red. Ah red. I love me some red.It's this beautiful house. All the white walls. All the amazing light - it just BEGS for some … [Read more...]

Every time I look into the garden I see another rose, or flower or shrub in bloom. The few rose bushes we have are now in full bud so no doubt soon enough there will be even more {it has certainly been a late spring here}. Daisy is beside herself with the cut flowers. She keeps finding more and more … [Read more...]

If there is one thing that's been a constant since we have been here, it's that you have NO idea what the weather will do one moment to the next. I have always been a weather gal...a little obsessed some may say...it's my family honestly. When Dick Whittaker or Grahame Creed start talking about a … [Read more...]

Not me. The wall decal.A while back now Maxabella did a wee post on a little Etsy Store that she had stumbled across via someone else I think (?!) don't you love the Internet? Anyway, at the time I was like "I have SO many walls to fill up and I like that. And that. And OH I really like that!" With … [Read more...]

It would appear that another WRR {weekend refund required} is er, required. Our first one without any visitors was meant to be just us. Relaxing. A wee trip to Sydney for a friend's birthday and a little visit to a Grandma too. Instead Saturday I woke in a cloud of grump which lasted for most of the … [Read more...]

Sunday 14th November 20105.10pm @ home: post dinner carnage mostly caused by 1 year old who ate her dinner like a drunken rugby forward: do you sometimes feel like an overworked waitress/cook in a really badly paid gig who has to cook, clean up then start all over again? Yep, me neither. … [Read more...]

You guys! It's Friday! But you knew that already right? BUT....it's Friday and for the first in 6 weeks(!) we don't have anybody coming here this weekend! I could go mad with these! But! I! Won't!This morning I don't have to go to Dan Murphy's and pick up a truck load of booze {my liver will be … [Read more...]

Growing up I was lucky enough to go to a school that had boarders attend. Some of my best friends {still to this very day} were good, honest {ha} girls from the country and I was lucky enough to be able to spend time on their properties each and every holidays. I spent many a time at a Picnic race … [Read more...]

I was in my favourite local shop the other week with a round of visitors when I stumbled across this great range of rebound books which {I think} are from this site. They are beautiful old books which have had the covers taken off them, then rebound and turned into a journal...or a diary. The Golden … [Read more...]

I got an email a few months ago asking if I wanted to participate in a global campaign to raise awareness/take into consideration the environment when purchasing books. Because I was clearly deranged from packing my house and thought I was indestructible and capable of everything and I kind of like … [Read more...]

Good MorningGood MorningWe've slept the whole night through {a Macdonald variation}Good MorningGood MorningTo youJust about every morning we sing this little Gene Kelly number to one of the kids. It's very rare that they actually have "slept the whole night through" but we sing it anyway. Puts a … [Read more...]

I keep walking past this wee bunch of flowers that Daisy picked for me on the weekend when she went for a walk with our visitors and smiling.I'm not sure what it is exactly that makes me so happy...the wild flowers all mismatched {including buttercups!}...the vase that used to be my Grandma's {who … [Read more...]

Harper has herself one tidy set of chompers. I have said it before, the kid likes to teeth. At just 12 months of age she is currently working on her 11th & 12th teeth and boy are they causing her some GRIEF. I wonder how it must feel to teeth? Sore, swollen gums? Hot pain that goes right through … [Read more...]