Vicarious Thoughts

Look what I came home to after an exhausting day taking a preschooler on a miriad of errands on a hot, humid day. And the special occasion? “You seemed quite grumpy this morning and I thought this might cheer you up”. Well Mission Success. For the record, the sunburn on my feet is healing nicely […]

We went out to the cove near Snapper Rock (near Wainui Beach) with some friends today with the idea of doing some fishing while the kids played in the sand. Unfortunately, our friends hadn’t been there on an incoming tide before and we discovered even near a new moon the cove pretty much disappears. So […]

Last minute post as I forgot again (visitors all afternoon/evening), tried out some of the custom settings and may have to try them with a tripod pointing at the sky. It’s not quite that bright out there but they replaced the streetlight bulb and trimmed the trees a year ago and now we need blockout […]

Forgot I hadn’t taken any photos today – just some video footage which isn’t too exciting (from my perspective anyhow – might be fun to see what I can manage in the editting arena though). So this is a bit of a filler photo I took of the “new” cellphone (ie wouldn’t know I’d got […]

I spend a certain percentage of my time drooling over err, reading through craft blogs and thinking “ooh my daughter would love it if I made this”. Most of these projects are absolutely gorgeous with beautiful fabrics or patterned paper, tasteful embellishments and highly skilled craftmanship and finishing (and no doubt I will link to […]

I decided to see how many themes for 2009 I could find as I tend to hear about them midway through the year – when all the cool events have passed. I think the most exciting one is: The International Year of Astronomy which encompasses a whole bunch of anniversarys including a celebration of Galileo […]

Sadly, due to a sudden viral attack which involved a trip to an emergency doctor and the ensuing fatigue and sleep, I’m out of the running having missed both Saturday’s and Sunday’s posts. Nevertheless, I’m going to press on and keep posting – later.

Sooo … exciting stuff here. It’s Friday night and I’m watching an episode of Bones while chipping away at an overflowing Intray. Got up early this morning and had a productive few hours. The weekend is looking rather busy to someone with limited energy at the moment, and I know I’m unlikely to get some […]

Been out all afternoon/evening in Palmy doing errands and had a big sleep in beforehand so don’t have much to say really. The out of the blue heavy bursts of rain continue to occur – I think most people are thoroughly sick of the rain, wind and cold weather (snow in November!) and can we […]