The season changed!! We are suddenly launched into a new dimension: able to work, rest, play a great deal more (co)creatively! We've loaded the car up with cement and roof paint, and are bracing for the

We had a wonderful long chat in the tent last night before sleeping, with the orange moon rising slowly above the mountains in front of us. @vincentnijman and I unfolded some of our fears and vision around

Dearest Needlework Friends! I will try to express what a relief it is today, to get some momentum behind my sewing practise again! The atelier has been a bedroom and a living room, a store room and a workshop

There are times when we think we're a bit crazy for throwing ourselves into homesteading like this... But it is rare; mostly only when someone directly accuses us of rashness, madness or irresponsibility.

How potent it is to let go; physically, mentally, verbally (!!), emotionally, energetically: catharsis is such a great spiritual dynamic that I tap into periodically, and allow to wash me clean. taking

CAVEAT: this is a genuinely sacred rant, with heartfelt intention to release and resolve the tensions, charge and contraction around my challenging moment: absolutely NO UNSOLICITED ADVICE wanted, and

Our garden is becoming quite thrilling to explore every morning, as we're gettati out of the tent by the raging heat of the sun cresting the mountains in front of us. We spend our first hour or two with

I've had neither the head- nor the heart-space to get into my #needlework these past weeks: we've been navigating the extreme temperatures and the dishevilled state of our land and buildings; bumbling

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We're sheltering in the piazza of the nearby village, to get through the hottest day of the week. There's a delicious breeze keeping insects and being-boiled-alive at bay, whilst the bustle of school bus,

Wow - today marks one full year since we first set foot on our land... We've been looking back on our time here, seeing how far we've come and what has already been achieved: this helps immensely in how

updated photo, from this morning Hallo Brilliant Needlework Friends! It has been a while! As you can see fro the chaos behind my dress model, we're deep in our highly inexpert attempts to make our wee

our new 'fridge'! We are in the temporary 'kitchen' of our new home, having eaten our first meal in this house. A simple affair, as we haven't brought our cooker down yet. We're satiated and hydrated,

We spent the early morning and then the afternoon and evening yesterday, working on our new house. At last the word came from the owner's daughter, that all he needs is a big roll of yellow hose, and a

As @vincentnijman referenced recently, it has been hard to get into sharing this month, as things have been pushing us to the edge of sanity - and beyond, in places! We rarely rant excessively, epecially

It is very hot. And quite hard to reason, plan or focus. For those of us in very hot climes, without air conditioning or the like, it is time to pace ourselves and to limit what we try to get done in a

We've had rather a fun week, these past 7-days; a lot of moments of lightness and laughter, rather than the usual rollercoaster. It has been a HUGE reprieve, at least for me, where the previous month or

Hallo Dear Hive Garden Friends! It has been a long while since I shared in this community, as we've been deep in our #sovereignhomestead journey, and sharing over in Hive's Homesteading group: life has

We had THE most successful opening night of this mostra in the Galleria Artemis! The most reinvented clothing I ever 'sold'! It had to be done in a fairly clandestine manner however, as someone locally

I worked a lot on this dress this week - it still wants major efforts to get it to completion, and so I'm using Needlework Monday to reflect on what it needs doing - and to hold me accountable to finish