Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Getting some things done ...

Just realised there has been some blog neglect of late ... so here's a pictorial update


 .. one hot water bottle cover finished, hope I don't need to use it to for a while

Merry Christmas quilted and ready to be decorated ... I'm saying little about the tension problems because I would much rather forget how wrong it went before it went right!!



and spring has arrived on the front deck, just a few more tubs to fill for summer colour

meanwhile, Crumble is keeping my terrace seat warm ...



small stone 120/2014



  brown flashes through the wheat - a deer emerges at the far edge of the field

Tuesday, April 29, 2014

small stone 119/2014



  
            after winter’s green and purple nourishment broccoli offers flowers for our pleasure       

Monday, April 28, 2014

small stone 118/2014



  sweet pea shoots, thick with future growth, show their tips to the outer world

Sunday, April 27, 2014

Saturday, April 26, 2014

Review: A Different Sun by Elaine Neil Orr



A well written novel, authentic and passionate, with hints of The Poisonwood Bible but sufficiently original to compliment to Kingsolver’s tour de force. Orr takes a deep look at the lives of missionaries to Africa in the late 1800’s, with a focus on the expectation and reality of life for Emma, a newly married young American woman, eager to please God and her husband.   The tensions and complexity of missionary work in Africa are well handled, and Emma’s journey of learning about how she might live her faith in that context makes for a good story.  

small stone 116/2014




strawberries, touched by dew, sweet and warm - handpicked breakfast aperitif