Joseph is eight

Eight times around the sun, Happy Birthday my sweet gentle boy.



Ten things you might not know about Joseph:

If he could paint himself invisible he would.

Knows instinctively what people are thinking.

Prefers people to think that he knows nothing about anything, he even has his teacher fooled.

Loves to paint

Loves to make

Loves a cup of tea,

Prefers the company of meercat and scruffy (kitten and dog)

Loves rice pudding, and stirring the other children.

Would love to own his own canoe,

needed two hours in the bath by himself after his birthday party, I'm guessing to reflect.

Looks like me

In the Weekly Times

Well, I forgot to mention that I now have a walk in shop, called Gathering, with two other lovely ladies, Lisa and Louise:)
We have a write up in the Weekly times, you can find it here.

Winter soltiste

The night was as still as can be, all the stars were twinkling in the night sky. There was much excitement in all the quietness.

Thoughts for the day

::wondering where three weeks of school holidays have gone.
::feeling that my head has been in the clouds for most of that time.
::accepting that sometimes, you can't be fully present.
::happy that we are all together as a family.
::loving this song right now.
::smiling at the sun today:)
::grateful for friends and their act's of kindness,
::wishing that Flynn will get a spot at school soon.....
::living out of pure trust.
::knowing that change is apart of life,
::learning to let go.

warm clothes

Jim needed some warm casual clothes, made from thick cotton fleece, from Hilco in germany, I don't think I've put it in the shop yet....

I think I just get away with this ribbon, I wonder how long he will let me make his clothes, at the moment he is very proud of the fact.

another reason why I love castlemaine

I'm at 1.30 in a red dress at the back with the kiddo's.
How many supermarkets does this happen at?.

Alice's party dress

I made this dress for last summer, and now it's autumn, and I'm posting it. Am I the only one who forget's their blog?, yet I want it as a journal of our lives, of my crafty adventures, but I'm so hit and miss. I wonder if I took the challenge of posting everyday for a month, I wonder if I would better at it, that daily rhythmn.

Back to the dress, I was making the feliz dress today, in a rush, thinking that we are going to a bush dance this weekend at Campbells creek, and thought that Alice needed a twirly dress for the occasion. Then I remembered that I had this one, and put the feliz in the corner and went and jumped on the trampoline with the kiddo's.

Back to the dress, beautiful sky blue clipped voile, with an underskirt in a brighter blue. Fully smocked front, and meters of lace, silk ribbon and pin tucks.
What more could a girl want:)