12 of 12 January 2014
I was introduced to 12 of 12 by my friend Snuva, who has been doing this for ages. All you do is take 12 photos of your life on the 12th of each month. Some days will be mundane, even boring, and totally normal, others will be exciting and...
the farmer and the musician
I wasn’t going to write a post today. The 365 Project is over and I can relax and skip a few days, posting only when something that interests me happens, or when I want to talk about something. But today had its moments so I wanted to share them....
P365 – Day 361 – the pirate caterpillar (and year in review 8/12)
Juniordwarf helped me in the garden. What I mean is, he played in his sandpit while I spent hours clearing out vegetation from various parts of our yard. Then he wanted me to fill his little clam shell pool up. I didn’t want to say no, because I’d already...
P365 – Day 360 – return to the purple carrots (and year in review 7/12)
Remember when Juniordwarf and I sowed the purple carrot seeds in June? Well they have taken a lot longer to grow than the 12-18 weeks suggested by the garden guides. In fact, only two of the seeds even grew into carrots. Today I thought one might be big enough to...
P365 – Day 338 – trellis
This is part of Slabs’ masterplan for his shed, aka The Beer Barn. Previously there was an old, low, very dodgy trellis held up pretty much only by the plants climbing over it. This weekend he put a flash new big trellis in place. I like it because it...
P365 – Day 332 – beans!
When I got home from work this afternoon, the first thing Juniordwarf wanted to show me was some beans that he and his friends had grown at their daycare centre. He was so excited about it, I just had to smile. Slabs said that they were the first thing...
P365 – Day 331 – i could write a lot about my bad day . . .
. . . but I won’t. It would all be ranty, venty stuff. Instead I will focus on something good. I know Juniordwarf is only five, and he’s only in Kinder and there shouldn’t be too much pressure on him and he will learn and develop at his own...
P365 – Day 327 – vege garden or something
I am battling oxalis in my vege garden. I believe it is almost impossible to get rid of. As soon as you rip it out, more grows in its place. Here are my poor little corns in among the evil weed....
P365 – Day 322 – here be dragons (eggs)
A while very long time ago, Juniordwarf and I met up with the fabulous Kim from frogpondsrock to create some dragons eggs. One of the highlights of that day was walking through the bush and finding the huge eggs that Kim had made for the event and hidden in...
P365 – Day 296 – find your passion
Go directly to the garden. Do not pass Go. Do not collect $200. I’m one of those people who never knew what they wanted to do after they finished school. I was the career guidance teacher’s number one nightmare, and my parents despaired that I was never going make...