“I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.”
― Douglas Adams, The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
After a hiatus of close to 18 months I've decided to pick up my proverbial pen and start writing again.
It's taken me nearly two years to find my words again and if I'm being honest with myself I'm still finding the words to express myself after what were some of the hardest times in my life so far.
In the last 18 months I've been learning a bundle of new hand crafts including spinning yarn and weaving which have both taken up a bit of room but made me immensely happy. There's lovely sense of achievement processing raw fleece and turning it into yarn which you then make into something. Not as hard as you might think either!
I'm teaching myself to weave on a rigid heddle loom and so far my projects have been limited to some sample fabrics, scarves and tea towels. I have a vague obsession with the idea of making tea towels. Everyone one needs tea towels right?
Earlier this month I was lucky enough to head to New York with Andrew for a week long holiday. We saw some shows (Warhorse, Once, Bring it On, Peter & The Starcatcher, Newsies and Spiderman), ate some great food (a lot of pizza) and caught up with some friends. It was just the change of scenery that I needed.
Oh and we narrowly missed Hurricane Sandy. We flew out just before they closed New York. Despite watching the news while we were there, as the US Election was on, we managed to not hear a thing about the storm until we were at the airport where a little girl kept repeating "Mommy are we flying into the storm?". We thought she was referring to a thunderstorm.
A week after returning from NY I started work on a short touring gig which was great fun. Now that I'm back from travels, both work and play, I'm back into a bit of a nesting mode as we've just planted our first lot of plants in our second attempt at a balcony garden. Our new balcony has a lot more light than our old one did. We also have a translucent blind now which means that we can actually see the plants so with any luck it will be harder to forget that they're out there.
We managed to (miraculously) germinate from seed some tomatoes, basil and capsicum. It was one of the most exciting things to wake up and discover a tiny shoot of green in the pot of dirt that hadn't been there when you went to bed last night. Possibly I need to get out more... but it was exciting to me! We've also planted some spinach, rosemary and zucchini seedlings.
Hopefully all the plants will have had the chance to establish before the blistering hot Summer hits. On that note it's time to check on them. It's our first 38˚C day this year... of course this being Melbourne we're set for storms and the low 20˚s tomorrow. Love it!
― Douglas Adams, The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
After a hiatus of close to 18 months I've decided to pick up my proverbial pen and start writing again.
It's taken me nearly two years to find my words again and if I'm being honest with myself I'm still finding the words to express myself after what were some of the hardest times in my life so far.
In the last 18 months I've been learning a bundle of new hand crafts including spinning yarn and weaving which have both taken up a bit of room but made me immensely happy. There's lovely sense of achievement processing raw fleece and turning it into yarn which you then make into something. Not as hard as you might think either!
I'm teaching myself to weave on a rigid heddle loom and so far my projects have been limited to some sample fabrics, scarves and tea towels. I have a vague obsession with the idea of making tea towels. Everyone one needs tea towels right?
Earlier this month I was lucky enough to head to New York with Andrew for a week long holiday. We saw some shows (Warhorse, Once, Bring it On, Peter & The Starcatcher, Newsies and Spiderman), ate some great food (a lot of pizza) and caught up with some friends. It was just the change of scenery that I needed.
Oh and we narrowly missed Hurricane Sandy. We flew out just before they closed New York. Despite watching the news while we were there, as the US Election was on, we managed to not hear a thing about the storm until we were at the airport where a little girl kept repeating "Mommy are we flying into the storm?". We thought she was referring to a thunderstorm.
A week after returning from NY I started work on a short touring gig which was great fun. Now that I'm back from travels, both work and play, I'm back into a bit of a nesting mode as we've just planted our first lot of plants in our second attempt at a balcony garden. Our new balcony has a lot more light than our old one did. We also have a translucent blind now which means that we can actually see the plants so with any luck it will be harder to forget that they're out there.
We managed to (miraculously) germinate from seed some tomatoes, basil and capsicum. It was one of the most exciting things to wake up and discover a tiny shoot of green in the pot of dirt that hadn't been there when you went to bed last night. Possibly I need to get out more... but it was exciting to me! We've also planted some spinach, rosemary and zucchini seedlings.
Hopefully all the plants will have had the chance to establish before the blistering hot Summer hits. On that note it's time to check on them. It's our first 38˚C day this year... of course this being Melbourne we're set for storms and the low 20˚s tomorrow. Love it!
