http://www.rosieboom.com Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:34:54 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://www.rosieboom.com/homeschooling/write-in-the-stolen-hours I woke feeling so melancholic and sad this morning. At 4.30 on Thursday morning I'm taking Kate and Ellie to Auckland airport - both are going to Mount Hope in Indonesia with a team from church for ten days, and then Kate is going on to Cambodia for six months. I will pick Ellie up from the airport when she returns and...]]> http://www.rosieboom.com/news/goodbyes 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...]]> http://www.rosieboom.com/rosies-thoughts/old-treasures Well, it's almost definite now - there will be no filly for Milly. :( Peony still hasn't produced her foal, despite coming into milk around New Year, and she still looks small. She must have lost the foal sometime in the pregnancy. It's very disappointing. We're not sure what to do now...]]> http://www.rosieboom.com/news/no-filly-for-milly Saturday evening came in softly and still - not a breath of wind! The perfect balmy evening for a midsummer's music by candlelight on our front lawn - a fundraiser for Katie and Ellie who are both off on a mission's trip next week. (And the perfect evening for me to indulge in my passion for candles and lanterns. :) ]]> http://www.rosieboom.com/news/midsummers-evening-of-music-by-candlelight http://www.rosieboom.com/rosies-thoughts/do-not-say http://www.rosieboom.com/concertspeaking-engagement-diary/january-2012 Peony is now ten days over, having missed the opportunity to foal on Christmas Day, New year's Eve, and the first day of 2012! In fact people have been asking, "Are you sure she's even pregnant?' because she looks so small. But today she has started to bag up, and I can squeeze milk from her teat. Tonight she is lying down...]]> http://www.rosieboom.com/home-and-family/still-no-foal Well, it's been a long time since I last did a post - life has just been too busy! And as all the happenings happen, my garden is beginning to thrive - I even have my first hollyhocks! We've had a house full of visitors staying - still have 18 here at the moment. Christmas was a wonderful celebration of God's gift of the Saviour with]]> http://www.rosieboom.com/news/crowning-the-year The day after Kate’s recital we headed home, but stopped in Auckland for Ellie to sit her ATCL in singing. We picked up her pianist Juan Kim (he’s fantastic!) and made the concert hall in plenty of time for them both to warm up. No-one is allowed in the room to listen while the judging [...]]]> http://www.rosieboom.com/home-and-family/ellies-special-day