jan 04, 2012

smelling: the scent of summer – sunscreen and salt in the air.
tasting: coffee milkshakes. i think these will become the drink of this summer.
hearing: the hum of lawnmowers all around our neighbourhood.
feeling: a stillness within.
seeing: the past. while filling out a list in my listography book, i pulled out old photo-albums, an afternoon spent remembering.
reading: a post on portraits being more than paper.
writing: over at the habit of being. amanda kindly asked if i would guest post while she and her family are welcoming a new little one into their lives. i feel very honoured to guest post along side some lovely mothers and writers. if you have a chance, pop on over to read my list on things motherhood has taught me.

a few minutes

film: fuji superia 400

a few minutes to stop in and say hi
i have no words except
my little seeds are growing well
this is rather surprising.
the photo above taken with the pentax
the ones below with the digital
10 days later.

maybe a new list later…

[list two] spring is …

the buzzing of bees
picking wild flowers to press
warm, sunny days. but a heat i dont mind
rain. lots of it ~ but happy rain
fresh flowers on the table
trees full of blossoms
the start of daylight savings
longer days, more light
sowing seeds, planting veges
birds singing, all day long
the beginning of jandal wearing
but many days the gumboots will still be needed
lambs
growth
my birthday
strawberries
cleaning out
flying kites
cloud watching
line dried laundry

instant

working on number 17 on my list

and number 10 – just 360 days to go …

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23 before 24

last year i didn’t write a birthday list. i did the year before, but not the year just gone.  i have my life list (which i am yet to share, maybe soon…) but i missed the smaller, one year list. so, having just celebrated my birthday in the weekend, i wrote a new list ~ 23 before 24

1. bake a fruit pie
2. cross an item off my life list
3. finish my knitted afghan
4. grow my own veges
5. take 52 colourless photos (already started here)
6. write. everyday.
7. shoot film. lots of it.
8. learn how to parallel park
9. honour my one word for the year – light
10. take a photo-a-day
11. make home-made mayonnaise
12. bake five recipes found on pinterest
13. write 52 lists (this counts as 1!)
14. bake 12 different bread recipes
15. cut my hair
16. make guacamole
17. shoot instant film
18. go to the farmers market
19. create a calendar with my photos
20. give my blog a face-lift
21. create a blog book
(22. and 23. im going to keep quiet here on the blog)

** photos totally unrelated to the birthday list. taken yesterday – we had the best thunderstorm ever! the kids quietly waited and watched for the lightning**

16.

this has been sitting in my drafts folder for quite a while now, finally posting it. note to self : do not leave posts in the drafts folder for months on end …

16. Visit, photograph and blog the tourist attractions in my area.

when i first wrote the 22 things i wanted to do this year, i really wanted to visit and photograph the tourist attractions in our area and give each of those places an individual blog post. but, i have come to realize that –  that is probably never going to happen (there is still time, i know.) however, over the past few months we have visited a few tourist attractions / popular places to visit. so, a blog post with a mish-mash of photos from the places we have gone to and i am crossing no.16 off the list.

we took an afternoon drive a few weekends ago and went and looked at the geothermal power station.

we then drove a bit further and had a look at the hydro station and were able to watch the water release. i love that we can show the kids two renewable energy sources - both in one afternoon.

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02. Knit the kids a hat each for next winter.

as promised, the hat i knitted for biggy-boo. i used yarn that i had left over from a scarf (uh, will blog that soon?) – Sidar Click, Chunky with wool. and the pattern was Shandi’s Flat knitted hat (on Ravelry).

just like little miss’s hat, the knitting went fine, but it was the seaming i struggled on (maybe time to get some circular needles?) 02. has been crossed off the list - yah!

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02. Knit the kids a hat each for next winter.

i was worried about this one on the list, thinking it would be too difficult for me but, it turns out, knitting the kids hats, wasn’t as hard as i thought it would be!

my sister came to stay with us in her holidays and she had a beanie on, that her boyfriend’s mother had knitted for her. i loved her hat and figured it looked simple enough for me to handle, so she wrote out a pattern similar, to fit little miss and off i went to buy wool. i ended up buying sidar hug (on ravelry), mainly because the colour reminded me of candy floss!

the actual knitting of the hat went fine (except for the part where i made it just a tad too small and had to frog back), it was the seaming i had trouble with. i eventually got the hang of it, and im sure i will get better! i am yet to get a photo of little miss actually wearing the hat – she takes it off as soon i bring out the camera *sigh* but hopefully i will be able to get a photo of her wearing it when she isn’t looking! and tomorrow … the hat i knitted for biggy-boo!