Crowning the Year
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...
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Dec 7, 20111 min read
Ellie’s Special Day
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...
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Dec 7, 20111 min read
Kate’s Recital
We have just been down in Hamilton to attend Kate’s recital at Vision College – the end of her three year music degree! What a thrill it...
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Nov 8, 20111 min read
Sunrise, Sunset
Today my darling Kate turns 21!! I can hardly believe it. I remember well the joy of getting her first beautiful smiles. I sat on my bed...
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Nov 2, 20111 min read
Comings and Goings
We’ve had eight gorgeous little chickens hatch! Cackleberry is the proud mother of an assortment of chickens – white, russet, black, and...
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Nov 2, 20112 min read
Home From the South Island
Last night I arrived home after spending the weekend at the inaugural South Island HEART conference! (Home Educators Annual Retreat) What...
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Oct 4, 20111 min read
In the Garden
We’ve just had a lovely weekend with Chris’s Mum and Dad up here. Mum is a wonderful gardener and helped the children plant out our corn...
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Sep 26, 20111 min read
Kate Home
We’ve just had a wonderful weekend with Katie home. She got here at 2am on Saturday morning after attending an opera in Auckland that her...
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Sep 20, 20111 min read
Little Britches
I’m very happy to be home again with the family after a wonderful weekend with the ladies at Patchwork of Grace. Tonight Jacob crept up...
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Sep 15, 20111 min read
Special Message for Jada!
I’m hoping you’ll read this, Jada, because today I got the most beautiful letter and pictures from you!! I want to write back but there...
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Sep 13, 20112 min read
Singing Competitions
Ellie, Milly and I have just had a fun but exhausting weekend at the Northland Performing Arts Competitions. Both of them were competing...
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Aug 31, 20111 min read
Meet Fairlight
Two days ago, I got a tiny three day old Jersey calf for ‘my very own self’!! I’ve been wanting to get a calf that I can hand rear and...
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Aug 22, 20111 min read
Rose, the Milkmaid
Well, this afternoon I milked a cow for the first time all by myself! I have had the odd attempt at milking Blossom (may she rest in...
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Aug 21, 20111 min read
The Pool Fence is Finished!
Today Sam and I worked together nailing the last hundred and fifty battens on the pool fence, while the rest of the children stained...
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Aug 3, 20111 min read
A Sad Day
Milly’s milking cow Blossom has been losing weight for some time now and has also had a bad hip which has stopped her from being able to...
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Aug 2, 20111 min read
The Booms Were Here!
We had fun in Tauranga last weekend. I was speaking at a women’s camp in Papamoa, so the whole family (other than Ellie who stayed behind...
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Jul 26, 20112 min read
Holiday Fun
We’ve had a full busy two weeks, starting with a visit from some of Chris’s family from Europe; two of his cousins – Jacqueline from...
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Jul 11, 20111 min read
Where Lions Snore at Night??
Just have to show you this photo of Shasta sleeping by the fire. He’s been lying in the cane wood basket the last few days and several...
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Jul 5, 20111 min read
Sam’s Long Board
The last four weeks has seen Samuel trying to make his own longboard, with little success. The first one he made snapped in two when...
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Jul 1, 20111 min read
Off to Wanganui
A good frost here this morning! Happily, Chris had stoked the fire in the night, so it is warm and snug in the house. Today I fly to...
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