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Hi, I'm Lucy Patterson. I live on top of a windy hill on the wild West Coast of Auckland, New Zealand with my man, my mum, two dogs, a cat, lots of chickens and a pig called Alice. I teach Reiki (a kind of hands-on healing), craft beautiful things and grow some of our own food.
This is my journal about the things that inspire me in every day life, projects I'm doing, and the little hands-on moments that make living worthwhile. I hope you'll enjoy stopping by for a bit.
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Category Archives: Celebrations
2010: My year in blogging
I started this blog back in April. Over the past months there have been many times when I haven’t managed to blog as often as I wanted (or, let’s face it, at all!), but looking back over all the posts … Continue reading
Posted in Artwork / Illustration / Design, Autumn / Fall, Celebrations, Chickens, Colour palettes, Craft projects, Food and cooking, Friends, Gardening, Giveaways / Competitions, Kimono, London, Markets, Monday's inspiration, Morocco, My Shop, Nature, Our family and animals, Seasons, Shopping, Spring, Stamping, Sustainable solutions, Toys, Travel, Tutorials, UK, Vintage, Where we live, Winter
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Happy New Year!
Wishing you all a very happy 2011! Thank you to each of you for visiting my blog and sharing this journey with me over the past months. Blogging has brought a huge amount of creativity, joy, community and fun into … Continue reading
Posted in Artwork / Illustration / Design, Celebrations, Kimono
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Happy Christmas!
We’ve had a lovely quiet day at home celebrating Christmas. I thought I’d share a few images with you before heading off to bed. Our ‘tree’ this year was a big bunch of native New Zealand flax flowers. Our decorations … Continue reading
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Hand carved stamps: lanterns and blossoms
Yay! I’m so happy to be back blogging again! Over the next few weeks (I have a lot of photos to show you!) I’ll share some of my recent adventures in the UK, Morocco and Germany, but in the meantime, … Continue reading
Happy Equinox!
It’s the Spring Equinox here today and we’ve been having crazy stormy weather every day for the past week. Up on top of our hill it’s felt a little battering at times, with the wind roaring straight in off the … Continue reading
Posted in Celebrations, Nature, Seasons, Spring
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…and the winner is…
CONGRATULATIONS to April Yedinak who has won the giveaway! Here’s what April had to say about where she lives and what she’s loving about this time of year: “I live in Hodgenville, KY. Birthplace of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln. It is … Continue reading
Rainbow eggs and a basket of flowers
If you haven’t already entered the giveaway, don’t miss out! I’m picking the winner on Tuesday (New Zealand time). I can’t tell you how much I’m enjoying reading all your comments for the giveaway! Most of you are in the Northern … Continue reading
Posted in Celebrations, Chickens, Colour palettes, Gardening, Giveaways / Competitions, Nature, Seasons, Spring
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Spring love: magnolia blossoms
I’m so enjoying reading the comments you’re posting for the giveaway about what you’re loving this time of year. Don’t forget you can enter the giveaway right up until Tuesday morning (NZ time), so keep sharing your seasonal loves and go … Continue reading
Posted in Celebrations, Giveaways / Competitions, Nature, Spring
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Fresh start and a GIVEAWAY!
Wow, I can’t believe it’s been two months since I last posted. Ouch. I’m afraid I somehow managed to get myself stuck in a great, fat, muddy blog block and just couldn’t get myself out of it. Thank you to all you … Continue reading
Midwinter mandarin lanterns
I’ve been quietly celebrating a few things this week: Monday, of course, was the Winter solstice; on Tuesday my man returned home to me after several weeks away visiting his family on the other side of the world; and on … Continue reading
Posted in Celebrations, Craft projects, Nature, Our family and animals, Seasons, Tutorials, Winter
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