Grow Your Own Vegetables From Seed

I’m writing this from the position of being in full lockdown in Northern New Zealand. There’s a pandemic sweeping the planet like a big, nasty broom. As an observer, I’m living through the most amazing time! (I’m hoping to remain an observer… ) But it’s also a very scary time. People are fearful for their […]

Oh Blog… Where did you go???

Where did you go, blog? You’ve ignored me for ages. It’s been so long I’ve almost forgotten how to interact with you. The truth is, I’ve been distracted. My world was rocked by the overwhelming plastic waste, consumer gluttony, climate change effects that we are confronted with more and more. I’ve had to comb through […]

What, it’s February?… um… March? Oooops…

Wow, I think I’ve been abducted by aliens. They just put me back and ALL THIS TIME HAS PASSED! I’ve had a lot of cool things happen but right now I CAN’T REMEMBER any of them! That’s why I know it’s definitely aliens. The first thing I see they’ve done is hide all my widget […]

Image attribution…

Have you ever been browsing the web, news, and seen a really cool image? And then held your finger on it long enough for the “save image” to come up on your device? I do it all the time. But sometimes I look back on my photo stream and think “Where did I get that? […]

Scandi Quilt

I’ve been delaying blogging about this quilt because it’s a gift. Not that the recipient reads my blog, (or even knows I have one…) The block concept, while not new, (um, its a square… ) was inspired by Gwen Marstons’ work. The quilting design is Button Flower by Keryn Emmerson of Australia. The quilt was […]