Here I share little tidbits to inspire and encourage you on your life’s journey.

Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day.  - A. A. Milne author (1882-1956)

I love this quote. It seems to be the easiest thing in the world for me to become more and more in a hurry as the week wears on. So much to do! Soccer has started again! Soccer practices on Wednesday and Thursday nights. Then there’s piano lessons and singing lessons… read more | 1 Comment

I sat upstairs in ‘The Snug’ this morning looking out through the wet windows at our rain-drenched land.  And I thought that just as the clouds pour forth their rain upon the earth, so too God pours out his love upon us day by day. I read Ephesians: “In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of his grace that he… read more

Okay, for those of you who are wondering what my new project is…
Last night I lay in bed thinking of what I should use a special blank book for. My brother Peter made it – he designed a way to burn the edges of the book – it looks so cool! I covered it with leather and have been thinking about what I’d put inside it. And last night… read more | 1 Comment

This morning I was searching through old diaries for information for another project I started today. (May do another post about that later ) I found a journal entry that touched me again. I have shared about this at HEART and with lots of home schooling mums but thought I’d write about it again on my site. Gezellig is a Dutch word with a beautiful… read more | 1 Comment

I read two good quotes the other day – and I can’t remember where, sorry! But they’re thought provoking. Good to share with your teenagers.

“Your behaviour shows what you believe. All the rest is just talk.”

“”If you really want to do something, you’ll find a way; if you don’t you’ll find an excuse.”… read more

Read a good quote this morning. “Your behaviour is what you believe; all the rest is just talk.”

I love the example of Daniel. When evil men tried to find something – anything – that they could use against him, they went away disappointed.

Daniel 6v4 “At this, the administrators and the satraps tried to find grounds for charges against Daniel in his conduct of government affairs, but they… read more

We had a wild blustery morning today – the perfect start to the first day of autumn. Then the sun came out after lunch and I went outside and gathered a whole lot of ripe berries from my chilean guava hedge. very tasty!

Jacob and Milly had their piano lesson this morning and I sat in on it and read an absorbing book about famous composers and pianists… read more

I love old things. Old washing boards, woodstove irons, trivets, cast iron pots, old utensils, ragged lace, delicately painted cups and saucers, wooden rolling pins and clothes pegs, battered leather suitcases, black and white photographs, old linen, stencilled wooden nail boxes…I love them! They somehow… read more | 3 Comments

 When God called young Jeremiah and appointed him as a prophet to the nations, Jeremiah responded with a  familiar-sounding excuse. “Alas, Lord God! I do not know how to speak; I am only a child.” (Jeremiah1v7)

And God’s response? “Do not say, ‘I am only a child.’ You must go to everyone I send you to and say whatever I command you. Do not be afraid of them, for… read more

I’m sitting at the table with Kate on the eve of her recital in Hamilton and she’s busy trying to finish a theology essay. I’ve just been reading some of her notes and found a beautiful passage from Augustine:

“Man’s maker was made man, that He, the Ruler of the stars, might nurse at His mother’s breasts; that the Bread might be hungry; the Fountain thirst; the Light sleep… read more | 1 Comment