tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40337963860569115162024-02-07T21:44:50.843-08:00La Vida RusticaKirtihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12308609169198137529noreply@blogger.comBlogger183125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4033796386056911516.post-82883627566627242742018-04-15T21:55:00.000-07:002018-04-15T21:55:15.711-07:00Autumn 2018<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I keep this blog alive in the hope that all my thoughts and actions will one day focus here and the changes I would like to put in place in our family life, will be visible and inspiring. I am so inspired by a number of people, families, who live their lives with integrity and passion and are committed to low impact living.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">After a supermarket shop today, a funk came over me as it often does. On the one hand I think aren't we lucky to have access to food around the corner, and on the other - the more alluring hand, I think there must be another way to feed ourselves, provide what we need, and know that we are contributing positively to our environment. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I understand that down-sizing; reducing consumption, waste, miles etc is important and I feel that we already live a simple life. We both work in our local area and can ride or walk to work (I work from home). Our children can ride or catch public transport to school. We can walk to shops and conveniences. We have a cheap rental with a huge garden with an increasing amount of produce, bees and chickens. We have some lovely neighbours with whom we can exchange produce and skills. We have one car. We eat relatively simply and about 70% of the things we purchase are secondhand.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I also know that to be in this position is a privilege - to have a place to dig into rented or owned and so I am making the most of it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">But I still feel like we can do more. What if I could avoid the
supermarket altogether and bring zero packaging home. As a consumer that
is a big, loud statement to make. What if we could amp up our home food
production so that at least 50% of our food came from our garden/
neighbourhood?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">There are certain facts I am facing about a low impact lifestyle.</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Community is vital - a like-minded community that will support each member</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Going without a car has limitations </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Being in the outer suburbs can be isolating without the above two</span></li>
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we will have to pay for rent, small mortgage on our land, bills, school
fees, some food, clothing and the odd bit of entertainment</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Autumn planting in our urban garden - lettuce, parsley, kale and silver beet. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Martino doing his fabulous thing in shed - inspired to make beautiful things for the plot...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Like these benches made from recycled jarrah and iron bark, which will go out to our shack,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"> the footings of which we have put down. It will be small but eventually we will build a second; one for bunks and one for a wood stove and winter kitchen.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Having our plot of land just a couple of hours outside the city, gives us so much joy and hope for a life-style that is more in tune with our hearts. Starting from scratch we are trying to tread very lightly; building with as many natural, recycled and unobtrusive materials as we can; plant indigenous trees to encourage birds, bees and beautify; tap into the community out there; know the angles of sun and shadow so that our garden and house will be as energy efficient as possible.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">So more and more this blog will be about that; our family's journey from urban to rural and the other bits and pieces in between!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Reading The Corrections by Johnathon Franzen</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Knitting Rheinlust shawl in Debbie Bliss Luxury Tweed </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">I've begun making a list of all the things we consume in our household; in part as a result of becoming custodians of a piece of land on which to start completely afresh. I thought we were pretty low on the consumer spectrum but we still end up with two full bins on the verge every fortnight. Remember Andy McDowell's character in Sex, Lies and Videotape? The bored and obsessive housewife wondering 'what happens to all the rubbish??'. Even then it rang bells but now with the news reports reminding us of sea birds and Indian shores filled with plastic detritus and the Great Pacific Garbage Patch; how can we sleep at night knowing that every one of us is contributing to it, every day?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">It's waking <i>me</i> up anyway and I'm determined to do something about it; change the way we shop, eat, store and think about food and material possessions. Already we buy secondhand clothes, books, furniture, electrical goods; these all come free of wrappings (although stickers and tags build up..). Now I'm working on the more detailed list; what we can do without, what we can make ourselves; what else we can buy second hand; what we can recycle; what we can incinerate on the autumn and winter fire. </span></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">fully fox-proofing our chook run so that we can have chickens again, and be able to go away for the weekend knowing they are safe. </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">the more challenging location of sustainable dairy products; aside from putting a cow, goat or sheep in our urban yard (just not practical) or giving up the dairy completely (what no cheese!!!?). When I was a kid at school in WA, my friend's family went just out of town each week to bring back a big container of fresh cow's milk. How I wish that were possible at all let alone within an hour of Melbourne! That would take care of our milk and butter needs (but would add carbon footprints). Buying milk in plastic containers is demoralising, even our favourite organic stuff. Elgaar Farm in Tasmania, don't deliver to the mainland at the moment which, while understandable, is a shame for those of us who gratefully bought their wonderful stuff and returned their glass containers, which were picked up by the delivery guy at the store the next week.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">probably the most important right now is to collect storage containers that I will take to the fish monger, butcher, deli wherein I shall charm customer service into putting all my goods unwrapped therein. I want to reduce the amount of food we buy, as well as have no refuse at the end of putting it all away</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">letting go of upgrading our devices. Seriously, all I need is a phone. Doesn't have to be better/ faster/ stronger every year</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">make our own yoghurt</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">toothbrushes - there are fabulous 100% compostable farmed bamboo toothbrushes out there</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">dental floss <a href="http://www.zerowastehome.com/" target="_blank">Bea Johnson</a> suggests unraveling silk thread. Anything biodegradable in this department still has packaging.</span></span></li>
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apricots..too much rain??). A beautiful gift of alpaca yarn from my
Tassie-born friend; from The Alpaca Shoppe in Deloraine (craft capital
of TAS apparently!)- so soft and lovely to wear upon my head. The
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Kirtihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12308609169198137529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4033796386056911516.post-55428195902704112822017-01-08T00:18:00.001-08:002017-01-20T18:55:17.052-08:00Happy New Year Hiatus<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">This is the longest either of us have lived anywhere since leaving our respective family homes 30- 35 years ago. Were we not a blended family needing to stay put for our children's' sake (other parents' homes to go to every other week), who knows where we would be. Probably not this suburb, this city, perhaps not even this country. But one piece of wisdom we have managed to gain over the last (often complicated but very good 9 years)is that sometimes, the most unexpected things bring the most peace and happiness. Sometimes life propels you to a destination or a decision and therein lies the most surprising source of joy. I.e a Shit House in a place far from one's Motherland, from which good things have been achieved and wonderful friendships have been made, and two perspicacious and resilient children are flourishing . </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Love a road trip. Melbourne to Adelaide always wonderful despite the full day's drive. Love the beautiful big sky, ever-changing colours of paddocks and fields, looming Grampians splendor, sheep at pasture, sweet little towns, time to think, time to chat and knit, visiting the family and friends, and coming home to the kids and the menagerie and spring!!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">This guy has been on my lap every night throughout winter it seems. He is aging and spending less and less time patrolling the neighbourhood<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">, probably more due to age than temp<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">erature.</span></span> That makes three of us<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">!</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">I just finished my third Donna Tartt novel, having started with her most recent (The Goldfinch, brilliant), followed by her second (The Secret History, almost as brilliant), and now the third (The Little Friend, possibly the most brilliant). Now I am onto Richard Flannigan's The Narrow Road to the Deep North which comes passionately regarded by several friends. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">There are a number of books I have read twice;</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Dirt Music- Tim Winton</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">The Unbearable Lightness of Being- Milan Kundera</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Burial Rites- Hannah Kent</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Everything is Illuminated - Jonathon Safran Foer</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">The Buddha of Suburbia - Hanif Kureshi</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">..and</span> those I have read three times;</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">The Razor's Edge - W.Somerset Maugham</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Bliss - Peter Carey</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">A Year of Wonders - Geraldine Brooks</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Cold Mountain - Charles Frazier</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Love in the Time of Cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Most of which, after some time, I could possibly even read again.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">There are some I will definitely re-read;</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Foal's Bread - Gillian Mears</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">The Signature of All Things - Elizabeth Gilbert</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">The Luminaries - Eleanor Catton</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">The Goldfinch - Donna Tartt</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">The Old Man and the Sea - Earnest Hemingw<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ay</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">A Little Life - Hanya Yanagihara</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">I want to love a piece of writing so much that I want to dive into it again and again, re-discover its jewels (a song writing teacher once spoke of Joni Mitchell's lyrics as such. A wonderful analogy). </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">I <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">think I am fairly typical in my choice of reading material -<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">i<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">f I am looking for books <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">on <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">the sh<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">elf without <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">a recommendation, then I am drawn to the ones with <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">beautiful covers<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">.</span> Once that door is open, if I'm not drawn in after the first few pages, it w<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ould</span> be <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">r<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">are f<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">or me to keep going<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">, unless a trusted source assures me that I won't be disappointed! </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">I haven't gone down the kindle path. I <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">acc<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ept</span> the practicality of such a device, especially for travel<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">, but<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> the j<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">oy</span></span> of a paper-paged book</span></span></span> in my hand is such that I<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> will lug our libr<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ary</span> of books <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">around into my <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">twilight</span> years.<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">There are so m<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">any wonderful books that our kids are yet to discover<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">. And all their beaut<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">iful books I will keep for the grand children.</span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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very very busy we have been but now the term has ground to a halt and
the arctic wind is driving us in doors so what to do now that the school projects, the extra work hours, the daily routine, and the last music lessons are done, but knit, drink
tea and chat?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">A <a href="http://www.maddermade.com/patterns/charlotte-light-cardigan" target="_blank">Charlotte cardigan</a> is on the circular needles, for myself; lovely pattern but I'm not sure about all that pink! The wool was generously given me by my sister-in-law, along with much more, so very happy to be using the stash. I love knitting in the round. I'm sill to perfect the pick up and knit precision but it's preferable to sewing up! </span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">And I found this today courtesy of <a href="http://theyardpdx.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">the Yard</a> where I very much like to visit of a week. <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">This is a sentiment <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">by which I try to live life. There could be so much more simplif<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ication. Slowly slowly!</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">or start reading this....</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><br></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsFzLW7hed-sa1yaHMDfofeOv7qC8USpJjiMLjc6SeP7Sm-j8TnrM25825HYjTsnkLP_XYQ7qDinQP4YXkUhCEATN97mIBt06_o7fHtJXZR4UrGoJEsEEauirx9I4ukkZP0fv9Y7QalRs/s640/blogger-image-1667126064.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsFzLW7hed-sa1yaHMDfofeOv7qC8USpJjiMLjc6SeP7Sm-j8TnrM25825HYjTsnkLP_XYQ7qDinQP4YXkUhCEATN97mIBt06_o7fHtJXZR4UrGoJEsEEauirx9I4ukkZP0fv9Y7QalRs/s640/blogger-image-1667126064.jpg"></a></div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">After tea and musical plans with our lovely neighbour, my wee laddie and I wandered home. I went out to pick greens for dinner. What a happy sight - a lush vege patch and one red tomato...<i>what </i>a<i> </i>tomato....the kind we wait all year for and then eat for breakfast, lunch and dinner. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"> Here is my beautiful handmade glasses case from Abuelo. It's the perfect size and feels lovely. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Here are the four of us this New Year's Day; what a lovely bunch (shame about the plastic bag on the line overhead...)- me sacrificing a potential glamour shot for the sake of a guinea pig on my head. Truffles is his name and Caramello down there in Bella's hands is his hot date for the month in hope that they may make sweet babies. </span></div>
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Kirtihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12308609169198137529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4033796386056911516.post-27348530733255697412015-12-29T21:56:00.000-08:002016-01-01T00:59:56.616-08:00Last days of December '15 <span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">With Christmas postponed this year until Grandma and both children are with us on Friday, I've had a little extra time to finish Beau's viking costume. We declared a hand made Christmas earlier in the year, with the very best intentions but not quite enough time in the end to make it happen. Me thinks we ought to start NOW for next year. I would love to make the children a quilt each, and they alone may be a year in the making. Abuelo is making my gift - a beautiful glasses case out of leather and felt</span></span>. <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">The kids have plenty of skills to offer - knitting, crochet, woodwork, copper shaping, baking, felting, drawing.... I will try to get organised with some regular craft sessions over the year.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Of course the best part of all this is contemplating how to grow more, produce more on our 1/4 acre block. We have plenty of fruit that with netting, will give us a bigger harvest. Our vege garden is rockin' this summer and we have only just reached the end of our year's supply of honey. The salami will have lasted 6 months, so a double quantity should technically cover us and allow for gifting! We have lots of big jars of preserved olives left, and 4 new beautiful bantam chickens. The last team meeting out in the chook run should surely result a one for one egg count!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">KNITTING - I haven't been knitting as much as I normally would this time of year. Really we have only just gone on holiday as of this week. I love knitting in Summer - for the obvious reason that everything is ready for where by winter! I finished another Milo vest for little Rosa, from a stash of wool that my sweet sister-in-law brought to me a few months ago.<br />
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READING - This beautiful book by Kara Rosenlund, which for a family who are deep in the search for a little plot of their own, is the perfect feast of inspiration. I also received My Brilliant Friend for Christmas, by Elena Ferrante and am already half way through, content in the knowledge that three more books follow in the story.<br />
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I don't do New Year resolutions because I'm a Sagittarian and it's my God-given right not to follow through, but there are a few things I would like to bring into 2016, like more writing and drawing which are good for my soul. On the cusp of the New Year I am mostly giving thanks for what has essentially been a very good one, and looking forward to the next. <br />
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is my sweet pooch Flash, in his prime some years ago, when I
imagined he would be with me forever. And so it has seemed as he forged
ahead on his 19 and a half year adventure. Three weeks ago I had to
make the decision to send him on his way, realizing that in the last few
months I've kept him going more for myself than his own comfort. It was
the hardest thing I've done and so sad to say goodbye - what a wonderful
friend he has been. He's traveled the country on trains, planes, boats
and automobiles; dined on the finest road kill between here and Perth;
he has gotten me into trouble with housemates, shop keepers, goat
farmers and random pedestrians; he's humped everything from woolly
jumpers to outraged kelpies; he has fallen in and out of love; moved
house too many times and hardly ever done what he was told; he has
protected fiercely and loved devotedly. Some part of his white shaggy body is present in pretty much every photo from 1997 to last month. Happy journeys Flashy boy. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">A jumble of images from a very productive weekend that even included sunshine! There was much sowing, tidying, baking, knitting, and of course eating around a good fire. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Our salami is ready for bagging and tastes delicious - just the right amount of chiili.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"> The photo above reminds me of one my recent dreams. Not because of the fire. But the light. I crossed a ledge over a river. The ledge was covered in bits and pieces - of furniture, clothing, books, ornaments...I had to step carefully to cross without falling. I wasn't nervous because the light was so beautiful. Night with warm glow like this. And my husband below, appearing out of the baths, waving up to me. When I joined him below I told him of my crossing and he said "I had the same dream." </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Because of this lovely fire we stayed outside all day on Sunday, over lunch and dinner. It's enough - a warmer day, warm flames, simple food and some visitors - to keep us going to the end of this winter. </span></span></div>
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