There’s something so noble about boating marine rope. It’s strong, tactile and has lived many adventures. But at the end of its boating life, what becomes of it? An ingenious Austrian girl living in New York, Sophie Aschauer, is giving them the dignified retirement that they deserve, weaving them into colourful mats and I have to say, when I first saw them, my heart skipped a few beats, they are divine!
Back to decorating our home! After the initial burst of energy to get the place sorted, we were still left with a couple of boxes and a bunch of decorative pieces to find a home. Not only were we exhausted by the move, but as it does, life took over and between our trip to Sydney and two birthdays we hadn’t had a chance to do a thing until yesterday. Although we’re not quite there, we got a reasonable amount done including a little rearranging of our vintage marble bistro table in the corner of our bedroom.
It was my eldest son’s sixth birthday yesterday and the lucky boy would have enjoyed three birthday cakes this year: One to share with his class, one with the family and another tomorrow for his party! While the school and party cakes are of the sweeter, colourful childlike style, last night I thought we’d enjoy something a little finer, to develop those little taste buds – a chocolate and raspberry dessert cake.
One of the (many) things that I enjoy so much about being a blogger is this creative community that I belong to and the friends I meet along the way. Some of these people are in places that couldn’t be further away from my home in New Zealand and Kreetta, from Helsinki, Finland is one of them.
Hi everyone, how was your weekend? Yesterday was Fathers Day for us so after treating “Papa” to breakfast in bed, we made ourselves a picnic and headed out for the day on the west coast of Auckland to celebrate not only Fathers Day, but the first day of spring!
