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I have this very lovely wool from the very lovely Bendigo Woollen Mills. Hmm, what to do with it?

I was thinking that I might have a go at a crochet version of Leonie's wrap, but my bust is significantly larger than her pattern, so I am wondering if I will have enough wool. Perhaps I will just keep taking more lovely photo's of it instead.

Orange is just so wonderful and warm and sunny, don't you think?

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This week I finally finished my little blue hat and I am so so pleased with the result. It is perhaps a little bigger than I envisaged, but at least it is not too small. This was such an easy pattern, I think there will be many more of these hats to come. And I loved how the little swirl worked on the side, my own personal touch.

I am not quite so pleased with this second hat. I'm usually pretty good at 'winging it' with my projects, but this one just doesn't seem to have come together. You see, I ran out of pink cotton, and of course it is a discontinued colour, so I thought I would just make it a bit stripy, a bit different. But I don't know. What do you think? It's all a little bit surfie for me. Fine for my teenage niece perhaps, but somehow a little wrong for a teeny weeny baby.

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I love babies. My own babies and my friends babies. Only after having children of my own did I discover the magic of these tiny bundles of joy. Before children I was completely unaware of what snuggly beautiful innocence they represent. I couldn't understand it in the slightest. Little kids, sure they were cute, liked them. Babies, well I didn't get it. Thankfully I do now.

Having re-learnt the craft of crochet after my babies have grown into little people, I now relish in the opportunity to crochet for other peoples babies.

One of my very lovely friends has just been blessed with twins. Oh dear. At least it's double the love as well, and double the crochet.

Of course this is what I should be doing! Does anyone else live like this? Or is it just me. Everyone else out here seems to be prolific in their crafting, and have time to set up beautiful photo's, and seem to do lots of wonderful things with their kids as well.

On another note, here is our other creative project. Looking like it's not going to meet our September deadline. Oh well.

Eloise and I are feeling a little sad today, because it appears we have lost her (and mine) favourite dress. It was so bright and lovely, and warm. I'll have to try and make another one, but it will never be the same.

It appears that I am as erratic as ever today. Just love this lovely, blurry, wintery photo.

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This week is all about refilling the well. After a bit of a reading hiatus due in no small part to raising two small children, I have suddenly rediscovered the joy, and lets face it plain addiction of reading. I have of course been reading little bits and pieces, short stories (thanks Cate Kennedy) and the like, but there is nothing like sinking your teeth into a good juicy bit of fiction. One that drags you away from the mundane, and lets you convince yourself that it is OK not to do the dishes just now, or that 1/2 an hour before school pickup isn't enough time to do anything else but read. So needless to say this new found addiction is probably going to play havoc in my already overwhelmingly messy house.

This year is also supposed to be one full of writing for me. I enrolled myself in a year long writing course in a bid to get myself motivated to finish a novel that I started writing before the kids came along. Of course, I feel too guilty to dedicate my little free time to it, so it is happening very slowly and homework will be happening well into the night, the night before, something which I am quite a master at.

On quite a different note, how lucky was I to find this lovely stash of fabric and sheets at the local op shop. The whole lot costing a whopping $4. I love the purple daisy fabric. My little girl is going to be very well dressed next spring!

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special places

There are some places that speak to me softly, fill my stomach with funny little butterflies, make me feel warm and comfortable like home, and fill me with inspiration. This is one of those places. I feel so connected when I am here, so content, even if it is only for fleeting moments. Looking at these photos makes me remember that there is beauty and inspiration all around. Now I just need time to indulge the creative urge.

Happy Mothers Day

This is my lovely family. My little girl, my bigger boy and my biggest boy on a sunny morning, on my parents farm at Easter. The farm where I grew up and always thought I would live forever. I think a part of me will always live there forever.

There is something I love about the bright blurry overexposure of this photo. How the light invites my family into the garden like they are some kind of garden fairies. The leaves of the windflowers kind of disappear into each other, dancing in the sunshine, melting in the sunshine. And the greeny greenness of it all.

Lucky me to have this at my finger tips.

Have a lovely weekend.