Dyed & Gone to Heaven - the book
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I have been dyeing again. It's been a while: since I received Liz
Constable's latest book in the mail I've been wanting to get back into
paper dyeing...
2019 - Gratitude
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I realised that my last post sounds really shitty and ungrateful. I wear my
heart on my sleeve and tell it like it is, my ups and downs are frequent.
What...
Herbal Search Engine
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This herbal search engine allows the user to search for quality herbal
information from the folloowing sources:
7Song
Rosemary Gladstar
Susun Weed
J...
New Zealand Veronica: how high do they grow?
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At the moment, New Zealand’s largest flowering plant genus is *Veronica*
(the speedwells and hebes), with 122 native and 19 introduced species
(maybe 124...
Meditation for living a better life
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I have written about mindful meditation before (and the associated
benefits), but not about the other forms of meditation that I also
frequently do. Ther...
Heartburn & Paris Etc
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I never seem to read anything in sequence for book group anymore. Wrong
book for the wrong meeting, or I have to go home because I was falling
asleep beca...
One of Our Cows in 4K Video
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Ever seen a cow in 4K video? Me neither. My Samsung Galaxy Note 4 shoots 4K
video so I pointed it at one of our beefers to see what would happen.
New Venture
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https://kellyelvy.scentsy.co.nz/Wow! Who knew it was such a long time
since my last blog??? In my defense I have been working since Elijah
started schoo...
Rash decision
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I moved my blog to ramblecentral.wordpress.com.
Partly because OH HAI I had a baby and this blog named after a single devil
child didn't quite fit anymore....
performances
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So a couple of months ago I did two performances. They were completely
different settings. One in the Wellington Opera House at The Golden Carnie
Awards, a...
harvesting
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It must be Harvest time.
Pickles, relish, pasta sauce and pesto to freeze, apple pie, bottled fruit
and herbs drying on the rack.
Produce from our garde...
"Let's just call it summer!"
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Thus declared Miss Nine this afternoon. First BBQ of the season. Done.
Best thing I bought this week? An EGG SLICER. A must for the hard-boiled
eggs a...
Nanatech helps out Lyttleton
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Nanatech has been very quietly lately, none the least due to travel, the
ensuing health problems and then some recent earthquakes keeping everyone
busy and...
Oranges are for oil
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I'm very interested in how we can continue to manufacture the synthetic
substances on which our civilization depends when oil runs out. I've long
been awar...