River Festival

Fi and I were lucky enough to be a part of the Samba-Soul dance parade at the Bello River festival.  It was hot, sweaty, feathery fun.  The drumming was fantastic and all the women beautiful.  It combined four of my favourite things - dancing, making new friends, getting dressed up (green feathers, tulle and fishnets) and music.  Yippee.  (I felt a bit tired, sore and dishevelled on Sunday though)

You can see some amazing photos of the day and parade over here...

(I forgot my camera so have no photos of my own)

This next clip is of Didjital  (Big O is on the drums).  You can see us sitting in the audience (me, sunny, granny, Liz, Freya, Jen...)

Hail Storm

This hail storm was a couple of weeks ago.... I have only just got around to downloading the photos.  Funny weather.

Faery Houses

I love it when they do things like this without any prompting from me .

Check out these fairy houses....

Angourie

 We had a lovely few days up at Angourie with Mike, Peta, Reuben, Mum, Dad and all of us.  We stayed at a very cool holiday house with lots of decks and a great view.  There was lots of surfing, eating, drinking good wine, exploring, beach combing and even a turtle and fish rescue.  It was also Mike's 50th, Nelson's 8th and Dad's birthday ( I think he is getting younger now!)

PS - Nelson is not drinking beer, it is apple fizzy!!

PAT the movie

I just had to share this lovely short film about a beautiful woman called Pat.  Pat grows the potatos that make the yummy chips at  Number 5 (that is Jason Brown's cafe).  The film was made by  Jay  and Jason  for the Local Food Film festival.

What an inspiring woman with a simple but full life.  She reminds me a bit of my granny, same tracky dacks!!

A garden and a library

 
Well nearly ......  They are pretty good things to have.  (I also need my family and friends, food and drink, music and dancing, swimming and walking, showers, comfy bed.....etc etc)

Spring is here and I am loving the garden.  Warm sunny days, lots of new seeds to plant, peas to pick.....  It is very very dry..... the goannas are back and the chickens are freaking out and laying eggs in strange places (like under the parsley).  I am also doing lots of reading - Anne of Green Gables then an interlude of Clan of the Cave bear (remember that book?) before returning to the Anne of Green Gables saga.  I really like it, so simple and sweet but full of wise words.....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Simple Pleasures

   

""I believe the nicest and sweetest days are not those on which anything splendid or wonderful or exciting happens but those that just bring simple little pleasures, following one another softly, like pearls slipping off a string."  Life at Green Gables was full of such days, for Anne's adventures and misadventures, like those of other people, did not happen all at once, but were sprinkled over the year, with long stretches of harmless, happy days between, filled with work and dreams and laughter and lessons." (from Anne of Avonlea)

Hello hello.  How are you?  I haven't been here for some time, I haven't felt very computery..... but here I am again.  Life is good.  Filled with the ups and downs of daily life.  What have we been up to??   



Django had a birthday and is now six!!

He would make a good warrior !!

Django had a party....Yum, birthday cake !

Some people love dressing up...I wonder who they take after?

 

 

The boys have been homeschooling this term.  Mini beasts are always good to learn about!!
All sorts of creatures have been collected and homes made.  (This one was put back in the tree)

Django invented a game - you build towers then stand back and throw blocks at the towers to smash them down.  Good idea!

Noone around here between the ages of 6 and 7 ever gets sick of building and playing with lego.

A scrap metal sculpture is in the planning and the making.

Mess is always being made. 
Why can't I be magic? I would love to wriggle my nose to tidy up the house!!

Sunday afternoon fun with friends and a fire.

I did finish this dress and I did enjoy knitting during the cold winter evenings.

Thats all for now, it is time to seize the day and get on with things!!!

(with some music!!)