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Heart Felt Christmas Day

Christmas Day was a low key event this year, which was great. We spent Christmas morning at home as a family. Charlie and Sadie opening presents, excited and happy faces.

Charlie Christmas morning




I made Sadie a fairy dress which she wore all morning. She calls herself "Dinglebell", but I think she means "Tinkerbell".

"Dinglebell"



Christmas lunch was at Uncle Neil's where Sadie explored their beautiful garden with her new doll which she calls "dancing doll".

Sadie waiting patiently in the kitchen for lunch



 
 
 The weather was warm and the afternoon was wasted away in the swimming pool ~

Testing out the new swim wear




Hope you all had a great day! xx

Painting pottery

Pot-a-doodle-do is a great little place in Carterton where you can paint your own pottery. I thought a hand painted piece by the children would make a great Christmas present for Grandma and Granddad.  

You have a choice from a wide range of bisque, both Charlie and Sadie wanted to paint a plate.  Charlie's inspiration for his piece was the 'river' and Sadie's was 'purple'.

The pottery takes a couple of days to dry before they get glazed and then fired.  The finished pieces are just lovely and they had a lot of fun creating them.  I think Grandma and Granddad will love them.

Where ever you are in this wonderful world we wish you a joy and peace with your family and friends.....love and kind thoughts from the Heart Felt family,

Ian, Jannelle, Charlie, Sadie and Oscar. xx

 

Seedlings

We don't have a garden here at our summer house in the country, which is just as well because I don't need the extra pressure with a newborn in the house. 

I must admit, I miss my vegetable garden at our old house, especially knowing that things I planted a few months back will be now producing vegetables ready for picking and harvesting.   We are fortunate the local markets here have plenty of locally grown seasonal fruit and vegetables for purchase, but you don't get the same satisfaction as growing your own.

So I'm thinking small ~ window boxes with herbs and little lettuces would be a good start.  Sadie planted some little lettuce seedlings and they seem very happy on our kitchen window sill.  

Day at the beach

It doesn't get any better than spending a warm breezy Wairarapa day at the beach.  

Picnic basket packed with summer fruit and sandwiches, children dressed in swimming gear, buckets and spades in hand we headed off to a small local fishing village called Ngawi.   

The sky was blue, the sun was hot and the seals were sunning themselves on the jagged rocks.  

Hot sand under foot, crashing waves and cool spring water. Blazing red pohutakawa flowers and bright yellow and orange wild coastal flowers in full bloom on the side road.  

What a stunning day!



















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A windy day

A windy day...
 


Makes great fun...



Looking for treasures....



Of the natural kind.

The field

We love the field that surrounds our house. On a warm day it's a lovely place to sit amongst the cool green grass, surrounded by buttercups, daisies and clover.  

Daddy hung the swing up on the old tree ~ a perfect place to have a swing and enjoy the view. 
Happy Days. xx




   







  

Raspberry season

It's just the start of raspberry season here in the valley. We have been gorging ourselves on strawberries and now raspberries are the new favorite.
 
I was impressed how the children persevered in picking the berries ~ eating just as many as they were putting into their containers.  Berry stained faces, happy faces. 

Picnic tea party

These were taken last week while we were enjoying some sunshine.  Sadie wanted to have a tea party while Charlie wanted to have a picnic.  As a compromise we had a 'picnic tea party' on the front lawn.  

Honestly ~ I think we may have one of the best views in the Wairarapa Valley ~ it's a view that changes everyday and it up lifts my soul every morning when I get up to start my day.....it's just stunning. xx

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Looking back ~ December 2008

Some of my favorite memories from this time last year. xx 


Charlie's 3rd birthday party (my baby boy has grown up so much in 1 year!)




Sadie in awe of the Christmas lights.




Charlie cutting down the Christmas tree (poor Morgan Bear abandoned in the background)




Sadie with her Kewpie doll




Charlie and Sadie in summer grass on Christmas Day




Tora Coast








Raspberry picking

Heart Felt Spring in New Zealand

Heart Felt Spring in New Zealand, originally uploaded by Heart felt.

A celebration of photographs from my favorite season ~ Spring. xx