Our little boy turned 3 today. What a beautiful day, the day this beautiful gift of Toby was given to us. We are so grateful, so happy and so in awe of his beautiful, energetic way of being. Here he is enjoying his massive set of duplo (bought from some big boys who had just […] Read more...
Perot Family Land Art Part 2
‘We will make a Family Picture’ declared our beautiful artist child. And so we did. By now, the sea will have taken it away. Happily, we have camera’s to capture our moments (aren’t we lucky?). Read more...
The rough and the smooth
It’s bug city round here. Our home must have been put on the bug hotel map cos them little viruses just keep on coming. I have tried not to whinge on here about the amount of bugs we are getting but seeing as, right now, I am in bed instead of in my studio, I […] Read more...
A little visitor
Just popping in quickly to show you a new visitor to the neighbourhood. This little cat (who looks too well fed to be stray me thinks!) has decided she likes noisy, boisterous children. Whenever they are around, she appears and doesn’t seem to mind being chased by Toby. The children are just squealing with glee […] Read more...
How to nurture creativity in children
I love lists. It is a matter of much amusement to those who know me well. I love them a lot, too much maybe. I would be lost without them. I have enjoyed reading my fellow local aritst, Amelia’s lists on her blog recently (see here and here) and I feel its time to indulge […] Read more...
A giant flower tutorial to hurry spring along!
Over the Christmas period, a shelf in our house was given over to a nativity scene (you can see it here). Once Christmas was over, the empty shelf sat there for a few weeks, looking miserable. One day I thoughtlessly placed a couple of objects there (they were floating without a home – do you […] Read more...
Gratitude
I had a moment last week of deep, deep gratitude towards someone for their loving care, their choices that were liberating and conveyed such deep care, value and honour towards me. Boy, how lucky am I? That someone is sitting on the sofa here with me as I type! There are those things we take […] Read more...
Creative life, creative hands
This blog straddles two distinct but intertwined aspects of my life – being a creative parent, mother and home maker and being a “Creative” – someone who has chosen a career shift which for me is into the world of mosaic art. On the whole, my posts reflect where my energy is going in a […] Read more...
How quick was that?
It does not seem like a year since I was busy preparing for a certain little girl’s birthday celebrations, yet here we are again (for the fourth time!) most joyfully in the throes of birthday plotting – cake making, present wrapping, party planning and working out ways to fill our beautiful girl with glee over […] Read more...
‘Trusting the process’ & design choices in mosaic making
The weather is happening to us. It always does, I know, but when its this dramatic, you realise that the weather just happens to us. Any plans you may have had to work outdoors, travel here and there etc… are just stopped because we have been happened to. Apologies to you lovely folk in places […] Read more...