I hope you are enjoying the festive season, for me this is a complex time, and not always as relaxing…
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Water plants – setting up a natural aquarium
Luna, Blake and I began an aquarium project about two years ago now, the seasons have come around again, and…
New and improved vegan Kimchi recipe!
I first wrote about homemade vegan kimchi, way back here in 2012. For sometime, I have known I need to update…
Butterick 7653 – complete!
I started this dressmaking project in 2013, ages ago, one of my first ventures into toile making and up-sizing the…
Butterick 2137 60s summer frock
Vintage Butterick 2137 in a 60s floral print…perfect for summer! Yet another unfinished-project-busting Vintage Pattern Pledge dress… I have made…
What’s going on? Real Modern Reading and Sewing projects on the go.
The blog has been a bit quietly lately, I have been doing a lot of sewing, happily, just not the…
The Solar System Project
I had been planning a Solar System Project for sometime, we just needed a several days or a weekend when…
At The Beach, 100 years of summer fashion in New Zealand
New Zealand Fashion Museum have been busy again, I was at the Maritime Museum with friends and children for a…
The beached whale
With children free during the day we can have some exciting spontaneous adventures, we have a degree of flexibility during the week…
Bay wild play
We have some very special wild places around us in Auckland. The bike that goes everywhere Blake does. Over sand…
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