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Beauty in the everyday moments.

  Beauty in the Everyday Moments. In the garden. Pausing that bit longer to appreciate the dahlia’s as their second flush of flowers is coming to an end and marks the beginnings of them returning to the earth for the colder months. Checking on the hens, love how they afternoon nap in the warmth of […]

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Beauty In The Everyday Moments.

    ~ Beauty in the everyday moments ~ Flowers in the dusk light. Picking Scarlet Runner beans. Sitting on the bench with Honeybee in her garden. Watching how she notices everything. Garden steps and a well used bird bath at the end of the day. The Indian Runner ducks waiting for me at the […]

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Fairy Wren Cottage Postcards.

I’ve been wondering how to move forward with Fairy Wren Cottage Postcards. Wanting to share them on a more regularly basis, but at the same time not wanting to clog up your inbox. How does sending out a Postcard to you once a month sound? My plan is to send out this flowery newsletter in […]

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Embracing Joy & Beauty.

“I will never apologise for embracing joy and beauty – even when the world is falling apart – because joy and beauty are my fuel for activism.” – By Karen Walrond, The Lightmaker’s Manifesto. Reading that quote yesterday on Brene Brown’s Instagram feed really felt like it helped shift my perspecitive. Motivating me to keep sharing […]

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Birthdays at Fairy Wren Cottage.

Michael and I decided before Liliana was born that we wanted to make sure we celebrated family birthdays together. Three things really influenced my decision. The first was hearing about Michael’s sister and brother in-law always taking the day off work to celebrate each others birthdays and their daughters birthdays. Hi Ezra if you are […]

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Summer Mornings.

Written in early February, sharing it now. It’s always the way isn’t it! The one morning I’m out early watering the front garden, hair unbrushed and shirt on inside out, is when you see people to say hello to as they are walking past with their dog! In my defence I was relying on my […]

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Rate Your Routines.

Good. Better. Best. Rate your routines. Are your routines working for you? For me a routine is: that lead up time to meal time or a situation that occurs regularly, eg. going to school or work. If the energy during the routine is feeling clunky and stressful, the outcome not matching the energy going into […]

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A bandicoot in the garden.

I’ve seen the Southern Brown Bandicoot in the front garden three times now. It never gets old. I find myself standing as quietly as possible and have to remind myself to breathe! The largest bandicoot we have seen by far, this darling potters about, digging a little and grazing. The first time I saw Brown […]

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Early January 2022

Hello! How are you? I hope you are doing as well as can be during these interesting times. For us we are doing as well as can be here. Lil is healing and we are really hoping that she won’t be needing more surgery. Over Christmas time I re injured my hand and am recovering […]

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