November Photo a Day Challenge

November Photo a Day Challenge - Final week

 

 

In the cupboard

Tree
Vehicle

Big

On the wall

 

 

Have completed my first Photo a Day Challenge via Chantelle at Fat Mum Slim.  Have loved it and will definately join in another one again soon.





 

In the cupboard - George in the cupboard where I keep all of my "plastics" - if he's quite you are most likely to find him here, emptying it of ALL it's contents.

 

 



 

Tree - Two of our lovely fruit trees - heavy with green fruit. We can't wait for them to ripen. We have been told that these are Apricot trees............

 

Vehicle - We have a little boy who is mad on fire engines, ambulances, cars, trucks and especially trains. Thomas the Tank Engine is very popular in our house.

 

Big - Here are the boys foot prints made into butterflies. Can't belive how much they have grown. George is rapidly catching up to Tom. This lovely picture is going to Grandpa Geoff in England for Christmas.

 

 

 

On the wall - one of my favourite things in our house. A very good artist friend drew this for me one Christmas to give to Mr H. It shows our favourite things from our time in London. Our flat, Bushy Park, Big Ben, Kings Cross Station (where we used to meet up before we moved in together) and the Number 33 bus on the Richmond Upon Thames Bridge. I worked in Richmond and our favourite bar was there too. Lots of Happy memories.

 

Happy weekend everyone!

A sound you heard and Sky

November Photo a Day Challenge - Day 24 & 25

 

A sound you heard........... An after dinner walk - the kiddies laughing and playing in the vineyard. 

 

 

 

Sky.................. warm but cloudy today.  Small glimpses of blue.

Amazing sunset over the vineyard.............

 

 

Black

November Photo a Day Challenge - Day 23

 

 

 

 

I've worn glasses since I was 10 years old.  My first pair were large framed and thick - looking back now they probably looked a bit like Deirdre's from Coronation Street!

 

 

I maybe slightly exaggerating!

 

 

I have recently bought new glasses.  I looked at so many frames, different colours, shapes, styles.

 

 I always end up buying the same style I love and am used to wearing........slightly thickish frame and as always  Black. 

 

 

Do you wear glasses - do you update your frames regularly with a different style or a you a creature of habit like I am?

Grateful

November Photo a Day Challenge - Day 22

 

 

 

 

This is easy! 

 

So many things to be grateful for - living here, Mr H, my children, family, friends, health.

 

I'm grateful that I can be a stay at home mum - I tell Mr H this often.

 

I'm grateful for choices.

 

The list could go on, but just want to keep it simple.

 

Grateful..................... 







 

 

 

 

What you wore

November Photo a Day Challenge - Day 21

 

 

 

 

 

 What you wore..............

Witchery jeans
Witchery stripey top
Max slouchy tee
Havaiana jandels (flip flops)

This morning we had Playcentre - it's like Kindergarten only the parent/caregiver stays and plays too.  Loads of fun!

 

Notice the lovely big rip on the knee?  I did this a couple of months ago chasing Charlie over the fence to the vineyard.  Thought I would be clever and jump the fence.  I got my jeans caught on the wire fence and put a tear in them.  Fast forward a couple of months and I'm sporting a pair of jeans that looks like I probably paid to have that rip in them.  If it gets any bigger I will cut them down to denim shorts!

 

Like most women I have a stack of jeans (various sizes) but these are my favourites.  Easy to muck around in with my boys.  I have some lovely summer dresses which I should start wearing more often.  I love wearing flip flops (with painted toes) and I don't wear makeup, unless I'm going out somewhere for dinner with Mr H.

 

Do you tend to stick to favourite outfits or do you wear everything in your wardrobe?

 

 

Work/Play

November Photo a Day Challenge - Day 20

 

 

I'm really enjoying the November Photo Challenge via Fat Mum Slim.  I like having a prompt each day to go by.  I will definately do another one sometime.

 

I'm over half way now which is great - I'm SO looking forward to December as I have loads of great things to post in the lead up to Christmas.  I LOVE CHRISTMAS - and anyone who knows me well knows how much I love it.  And here in New Zealand it falls during the 6 week Summer School holiday period - so for me that Christmasy feeling seems to hang around a lot longer.

 

Todays photo challenge is Work/Play.

 

I'm a stay at home mum and I finished fulltime work about 4 years ago when we left London.  I don't really think of what I do as a stay at home mum as "work" - do you?  I have the daily routines and (endless) chores though.

 

Today however the sun was out again.  I really needed to do housework but instead the boys and I headed into town.  We did the river walk which heads towards the beach and back into town again.  Then we headed back home with sushi and strawberries for lunch.  Followed by a lazy afternoon snooze.

 

So it's been all play today.  My house is still messy.

 

Here are some photos of our River Walk.............

 

 

 

 



Heading out of the harbour and towards the beach.





Tom - "who's that boy"?

 



Explorer Captain James Cook - our coastline was first spotted on 6th October 1769.  2 days later Captain Cook came ashore in this bay - and named the peninsula in the distance "Young Nicks Head" after the young boy who spotted the shoreline.

 



George used a tent peg to eat his sushi - yum!

 

 

I hope your week has been a good one so far!

Something awesome

November Photo a Day Challenge - Day 19

 

 

 

 

We took a break from our usual Monday morning routine.

 

The boys seemed tired after a busy weekend.

 

So we headed out to the beach for some much needed sea air.

 

We found a driftwood hut.

 

And apart from a few surfers in the water - we were the only ones there............... awesome.

 

 

 

Happened this weekend

November Photo a Day Challenge - Day 18

 

 

Happened this weekend.....................

 

An amazing sunset.

 

Clearing of the chicken coop has begun!

 

Lots of gardening.

 

Fresh grapefruit for breakfast - George is a fan.

 

Homemade burgers, pizza and chocolate cake for Sunday lunch with friends.

 

Lots of sorting around the house.  Jungle vines and artwork hung in the playroom.

 

Bell had a friend for a sleepover - Tom followed them everywhere - they were so patient.

 

Movie nights.

 

VERY tired children come Sunday evening.

The last thing you bought

November Photo a Day Challenge - Day 17

Unwrapped goodies from Isla & Olive.

A very clever friend has started sewing clothes for her vintage inspired clothing range Isla & Olive.

 

She has always sewn for her girls and has started selling her clothing at local stalls and through the Isla & Olive Facebook page.

 

So this week I popped round to have a look at her new boys range.  I snapped up a few pieces for Tom and for one of my nieces.  She is going to sew up an outfit for George too - so pleased she is now sewing for boys.  I will be putting these outfits away for Christmas day.

 

Take a peek at the Isla & Olive Facebook page and see the gorgeous clothing and accessories that are made here in New Zealand using natural fabrics  - I know you will love them!

 

 

Toms top - photo courtesy of Isla & Olive



Toms long shorts - photo courtesy of Isla & Olive

Photo courtesy of Isla & Olive

 

 

Photo courtesy of Isla & Olive

 

 

 

The view from your window

November Photo a Day Challenge - Day 16

 

 

This is the view from our bedroom that I wake up to every morning.  Always a pleasure to pull the curtains back especially if the sun is shining!

I love our leafy green tree - in a matter of a couple of months it has grown all it leaves back after being bare over winter.  This tree will be a blessing in the upcoming hot summer months.




View out the left side of our bedroom - toward the hills.



And here is the view out our lounge window. You can just see the covers for the kiwifruit orchard in the distance. There is farmland across from us which grazes sheep over winter and grows corn through the summer months.

 

We have this amazing flower growing along our fence line.  I thought it was going to be old fashioned roses growing here.  I'm not sure what they are - they sport the VERY sharp thorns though.  Do you know what this flower is?

 

Have a great weekend - what do you have planned?

Vintage Suitcases

November Photo a Day Challenge - Day 14

 

Manmade.................

 

 

Manmade - that could be a manner of all things but I though it's the perfect excuse to photograph my vintage suitcases.  I love using them for storage and with little hands around the house they are great for locking or buckling shut.  And whats not to love about the smell of old leather and to wonder what kind of life they had before they came to live here.

 

I use two of them in Tom's room to put the boys playcentre and kindy clothes in.  A great way to separate the good clothes from the mucky ones.

 

I store these under the bed - which makes for easy access.

 

 

 

 

And the ones below are stacked in lounge to hold all of our CD's. 

 

And the fact that I can buckle these ones are great as they can be kept away from sticky hands!

 

I'm always on the lookout for more to use as toy storage for in the playroom.

 

What do you find handy to use as storage?

 

November Photo a Day Challenge - Day 15

 

In your bag.............

 

I could'nt quite bring myself to dedicate a post to the contents of my bag for the November Photo a Day Challenge.  Hence why I'm tagging it on to the one above!

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

Still loving and using my Orla Kiely tote - loads and loads of room inside.  It's filled with the usual things we like to cart around - wallet, lipgloss, wipes, nappies, toy cars, snacks for the boys and piles of paper.  Now I've had a good dig around in it I think it may be time to give it a clearout.

 

Hope you are having a great week!