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One of those lovely days. We spent the day with our school community at the Brooklyn Book and country fair, shared out all our coins evenly,...

The onset of the cooler weather is excuse enough for new accessories I think. Brown and black to suit the winter wardrobe. A "dapper ...

"Sewing clothes kids love" is a book having a good influence on me at the moment. My colour combos and trims and not as daring a...

I set up my handcrafts at the "Country Occasion" a couple of weeks ago. My photography skills on my son's camera do not do the...

The kids had prize winning peas and Broad (fava) beans with their dinner tonight. I reminded them on several occasion's that they were t...

This weekend the most talented crafters of New Zealand will gather at Neudorf Vineyards for the Country Occasion . Also divine local food, ...

This basket of wool illustrates how easily I can be distracted from things I should be doing. I sorted out my stash trying to find somethi...

We had a lovely day at the Easter Fair yesterday. It may have been a bit hot for people to think about buying my winter woollies but they w...

No baking or decorating eggs here for Easter. Last minute preparations are under way for the giant Mapua Easter Fair. Printing labels, sewi...

Quick word before the fair. This week has been all about garlic!! I'm sick of it. Yesterday my attention span was about 20 minutes befor...

I'm wishing I was enjoying a wine, I've had a really full on few weeks. There's been very late night sewing for yesterdays fanta...

I've had two questions about a picture of a fennel flower I took last year. I've replied here as I get sent a "no reply" ...

The setting was beautiful... We found a lovely spot in the shade and relaxed for the afternoon. The red head took the photos. I gave him the...

The Fair at Neudorf vineyard yesterday.The setting was beautiful for wine drinking, listening to jazz and shopping for Christmas. I hear i...

Some pretty big weather events in Tasman in the last couple of weeks. I have to go over this bridge to get to work and town, it's prett...

Early frosty start this morning to set up a cake stall at the Sunday market raising funds for Playcentre. The crowds were pretty slow in com...

I had these grand plans of dunging out the house in the holidays. There's no excuse I just didn't do it. The small kids room got sor...

It's a relief have Easter over and done with. Schools out, we can sleep in and blob around. Visitors come round and there's not a ti...