GILLYBEAN

It's weird to come back to my comfortable old blog and realise how much of a different direction my life has taken since my days of bein...

I had a go at rewriting my "about me" but I don't want it on my side bar. So I'll post it here and then start fresh, as a...

I'm spinning green merino while the Dial Up loads. I've done a little blog house-work too. The house fairy hasn't done the dishe...

The teen is back, safe and sound. Yay. It seems neither of us has had an "Epiphany" in his absence. I'm still public enemy no...

Neither gardening or crafting are being done. Pictures? Nope. I miss them a bit, but equally important activities are taking place. The ...

Time for a little seed saving. Recently I have ventured back into the garden after a summer of mostly neglect. I'm hearing that alot of ...

I loved Melissa's question "Do you have an imaginary house somewhere?" I do. There is even a picture of it on our fridge. Next...

The teen is getting quite good at juggling, but I'm sick of hearing the four of them fight over the juggling set so I made a trio out ...

I know I didn't knit this enthusiastically when I was 8 years old. PJ caught the knitting bug in the last week of the school holidays an...

I know, I'm repeating myself. It's just that time of year where a pair of extra hands would be helpful. I've picked a lot of hu...

It sure does take a village to raise a child. How lucky we are to live in such a good one. Several times over the past few weeks one or othe...

I have to share this wonderful trick. A friend who I really admire has raised 5 lovely children , one of whom has special needs after an hor...

Trampoline this time. The red head snapped both bones in his lower arm last night. Skatey had been helping him to flip!!!!!!! Red said ...

PJ and I bought some delicious local apples for this weekend's baking. She's been taking about baking again all week and how could ...

It would take me all day to catch you up with what's been going on here in the garden, at the sewing table and with life so I'm not ...

36, 20 years since I was 16, 1989. My teen is alot better behaved than I was 20 years ago. My goodness 20 years seems such a long time. Musi...

The kids know how to make me smile, it makes my day. My first question when the kids ask for a new friend over is "Is he/she a good eat...

I was shuffling through the photos looking for a good one to illustrate my lovely new cottons, but instead all I could see in the photos wer...

I've really appreciated the comments latley, especially one I got from Briar today about enjoying me keeping it real. I like to think ...

Winners announced below. I breathed a big sigh of relief sending the children back to school yesterday. We all really enjoyed the break but ...