bits and bobs

My Dad took a break from his work as a digger/truck driver to join us for lunch last week. A and K were very excited to see his huge truck parked on our little street, so they both had a turn 'driving' for a while.

Actually, Keira didn't want to stop driving, and seemed to make more noise than a truck does as we dragged her back down to ground. A and K are the envy of many of their small friends- they can drive with 'Pa' on a tractor, digger, truck or motorbike whenever they wish.

I found out about this beautiful new shop 'Dusk' which opened in Christchurch last week- I'll be popping in for a visit next time I'm down there. It features the photography of Lenore Farrelly as well as some great New Zealand art + craft. I love shops like this springing up, full of handmade goods: 

 

And in crafty news: I'm hoping to start an embroidery project this week. I've always wanted to try some, but I've never had much success before. I think it was something to do with wonky/rushed stitches combined with my lack of drawing skills... let's just say some of the embroidery I've done recently doesn't look as good as the cross-stitch I used to do when I was 7. So, wish me luck!

p.s. look what just arrived in the post: some Rainbow Wool that I ordered from Marianne's appleseed shop. You can go here to see the beautiful colours to choose from, and this is a skein of Blackberry:

I can't wait to get some of this on my needles...