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Category Archives: Seasons
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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Plant skeletons
My head’s been so full this week, I’ve simply not managed to find the mental space to sort out what I wanted to post, let alone actually sit in front of the computer and put a post together. But I’ve … Continue reading
Posted in Artwork / Illustration / Design, Nature, Winter
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Magical toadstools
The other day I drove home a different route from usual and suddenly pulled the car over to the curb because I’d caught sight of some beautiful, red-and-white spotted toadstools out the corner of my eye and I had to … Continue reading
Posted in Autumn / Fall, Nature
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Garden meditation
Here are some photos from our garden this week, focussing on some of the kinds of little magical details that are always there waiting for us to find if we look carefully enough. Autumn leaves fall round Buddha’s head. The … Continue reading
Posted in Celebrations, Gardening, Nature, Our family and animals, Seasons, Where we live
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Autumn Blues
Yesterday I had the Autumn blues. I’m not exactly sure why. Maybe it was the moon, or the heaviness of the weather but, whatever the reason, I found myself mid afternoon lying prone on the couch with our large, black, … Continue reading
Kumara harvest
One of the things we harvested this week was our crop of kumara (Ipomoea batatas – Maori sweet potatoes). We get our tupu (young plants) from the Koanga Institute. The institute holds a very special collection of ancient kumara, many of which … Continue reading
Autumn
Autumn is well and truly here. The air feels thinner, the sun weaker, the nights colder… I photographed these hawthorn berries on the side of the road near Matakana the other weekend. Aren’t they beautiful? We’ve had a busy last … Continue reading
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