I've started a new blanket. I've been working on this for a little while... since we got back into our house in fact, and I was ...

I've just finished unpacking my china cabinet. This is an old cabinet that I repainted - it used to be a dark walnut - and changed th...

 It might have been the winter solstice this weekend, but I had the best gardening day I've had in a while. There was no frost or...

Here we are in winter. We've had yet more rain in Christchurch this month, although it wasn't as bad as other recent storms becau...

 I've got a few bulbs popping up early out in my garden. Mostly earlicheer daffodils. This happened last year, as I recall, and despi...

Early in the morning, the rising sun is tinting the sky with palest peach. The early birds are busy, holding excited conversations in the...

Here are some of my phone photos from this week. I'm still trying to unpack and organise the house. I also had to finish pain...

My garden is a bit neglected at present. I did try to keep an eye on it during the past two months, but it was a bit difficult to keep up...

You guys... it's nearly over! We're moving back home this weekend. The earthquake repairs are finally done and the house...

It's been an unsettling few weeks, waiting out the time until I can go back to my home again. In two weeks' time we shoul...