On the blog of one of my all time favourite podcasts (Craft Sanity by Jennifer Akerman Hayward) there is some FABULOUS video on continental knitting. Now I wish I brought knitting to work and not my new crochet… Now for some reason I can’t embed video today, so click on the image and it will [...]

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Finally in Canterbury we are getting some long awaited rain. The farmers and council’s gathered together just a week ago to discuss drought strategies (don’t quote me on that, i know it was recently!). Alot of New Zealand seems to be getting this well needed drink. But for me, it means wet “saturated” garden photography, [...]

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Happy Valentines Everyone! I am feel O so domestic when I look at these, but I just canna help thinking they are very cool.

The Saturday one is very appropriate to me, because I love sitting in bed sipping away at my coffee. I do love the look of my Coffee espresso jug, but too many [...]

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Hi There,
I just wanted to let you know I paid for the bill that I was sent a letter to pay for on the same day the letter was issued. Proof is attached. If it has not registered in your accounts let me know.
Due to the letter’s LARGE red writing about debt collectors and warning [...]

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I am starting a new line of research and “knowledge development”. This complements my web design day job and feeds my often bored brain. I am going to learn about “persuasive design” this is an area developing in web design that is what it says. Design that persuades people into doing whatever it is the [...]

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When one looks to start making a wee bit of extra money to start funding your craft/art it can get a little dis-heartning to actually do the maths, or try to care. REALLY the point is, you would do it anyway right? But its always nice to see an article like this one to help [...]

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After reading “You Grow Girl” (more like taking it everywhere and just pulling it out for inspiration every evening for the last month) I have decided to start using the seeds my plants create to be used for next years veges. I wanted to find other reading on this, but decided that I should just [...]

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I managed to grab some photos of the table before the on-slaught (that myself and my house mate had to start, I don’t think people felt right messing it up…) It was a lovely time of sitting on the lawn or deck basking in the sun, with Sangria and sweets followed by salads and bbq’d [...]

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Around the back of Christchurch at the base of the port hills is a wee place called “Creative Junk” some of you may have heard about it before, basically its a place for “trash” to be turned into materials kids can turn into something else. But its good for us big kids aswell. Carpet and [...]

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Well I am about to get busy with birthday preparation, so today I am keeping posting to a minimum. But you get a photo! This is one of my favorite shots.

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