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Dream about missiles

When I awoke this morning, my head was full of dreams.The last one was the most disturbing - and is the one I am sharing here.I arrived back at my family home, the Jones home.  There were open gardens...

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Amazing infographic on carbon impact

from article here:https://phys.org/news/2017-07-effective-individual-tackle-climate-discussed.html

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A few projects this year - 2017

Purple Dolphin Friend for Troy's Blue DolphinSome captions pasted from my fb page Nonnie's Cool Ideas.  (Also enables my record keeping).I asked Troy if she wanted me to knit her a cool little bag for...

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Seal and ocean jumper for Arwyn

Project of love - for a little ocean - forest girl in Canada.I have been working on this little jumper (sweater) for awhile - jumpers take wayyy longer than toys. And I do find freestyling easier than...

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A few projects I haven't shared - 2016

There are quite a few knitting projects I haven't posted.   Some labours that helped keep me sane, on the train - commuting to and from work long hours in the city.Pink dolphins, rainbow horses...  for...

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Breaking Up with Plastic!

I love this video.

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Isadora - Knitted Sea Turtle (for Fynn).

Design as it came to life, from scale to finish.Side project from October 5 (scale) and finished just before Christmas so over 2 months.  She became so alive, like a Jim Henson creature, that I took a...

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2018 - knitting works in progress...

Piwakawaka (NZ fantail) - for Kohanga friendsRecorded the pattern exactly - like everything else - a work in progress!  Created for a Kohanga friend.  Starry Sky - for a newborn (and named by a 2 year...

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Japanese recycling

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Sihouette dyes - fabric method - so fun and creative (and stores a sunny day...

Posting this activity I did after I first left my full-time city job - on a hot summer morning in 2017 (February).  I posted it on my fb page, but not on my  (public) blog.  I really want to share this...

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Preserving tomatoes and chillies this summer - plus the quest for green...

My garden this summerAfter returning to my life, where I actually had a life - I planted my garden to the best of my ability, even planting companion plants like basil between tomatoes - trying to...

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How to make your own perfect beeswax wraps with Lilybee's Make Your Own wax...

Beeswax wraps! THE WAXI have done this before with a class of young children, grating up pure beeswax.  They keep the air out, but are a bit brittle, and the grating method was NOT easy.  The easiest...

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How to make chilli jam

Ingredients:600g cut up chilllies or capsicums (peppers), any kind. 1 cup vinegar 5 cups sugar (helps preserve as bugs don't like all the sugar)1/2 pouch Hansells Jam Setting Mix (from supermarket...

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Oven roasted habanero sauce

Super easy and healthier than boiling style!  (As nutrients are more preserved.)  Just freeze or eat fresh.  Making this sauce is just like you bake or oven roast veggies - then use a blender stick.  I...

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The Making of the Houhora Dolphin

Free pattern as follows:This dolphin is knitted from nose to tail. I knit the body mostly in the round - except when forming buttonholes for the side fins and top fins. Later stitches are picked up...

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A whale for Wendy

It was a whale of a project.But I wanted to express to my sister how much I loved her, from far away.  (I live in NZ, she in North America.  She had also just given me some super valuable advice and...

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Papatuanuku: Our Connection to Nature (bottle top mosaic artwork), mounted in...

This year I have been blessed with work in a team of staff who support Year 7’s to 13’s in a NZ school.  I started doing art with a few students that have supported classes in the centre, who have...

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How to create amazing chilli sauces

After all this time of experimenting, making chilli sauces - as once I began growing chillies, I was hooked - I now know the general strategy for creating an easy, but the best ever, chilli sauce!In...

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Amaze-balls pumpkin soup - healthiest method as it preserves the most...

Using the exact same method I cook chilli sauces with, roasting the veggies then blitzing, just make sure your pumpkin soup includes these elements: pumpkin, onion, garlic, a bit of curry powder if you...

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Best bread ever from the Prairie Homestead (Jill Winger)

During lockdown, I tried this, and it was the most silky, soft, delicious bread ever.   I made this dough for pizza, which I love making, and have made for many years, developing my own improved...

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My Prairie Homestead Cookbook learning 1 (cast iron care)

I saw a few of Jill's Prairie Homestead posts that came up on Facebook, about sourdough starter (something I am dying to learn), then during the Covid lockdown she shared a simple pantry bread recipe...

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My Prairie Homestead Cookbook learning 2 (foraging frittata)

This frittata is delicious!I learned a few things making this - I had never made a frittata for one.  But the special reason I was attracted was the use of foraged greens, like dandelion, purslane,...

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My Prairie Homestead Cookbook learning 3 and 4 (chicken stock, pulled pork)

It seems that I am feeling like a cookbook challenge approximately once a week - at least, so far.  I had never made pulled pork before.  I had this at family gatherings on a bun, a bbq version, and...

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Simple beauty

I just love the super chunky, strong dovetail drawers my partner Shane is making for his fishing space - and the design perspective behind them.  In comparison, all of our cupboard doors upstairs in...

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How to knit a simple mouse for SPCA cats (or any animal shelter/rescue)

This is a super simple pattern; even beginners can do it. (Though I do suggest just knitting only for beginners until you have it down, before purling; don’t progress too fast!  This is an intuitive...

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