Japan
We’ve just returned home from three weeks in Japan, so bear with me while I use this space to unpack everything that it was. The…
Wintertime
I reach for my phone. I reply to one email before it dies. I open my laptop. Also dead. The kids ask to watch Peter Rabbit.…
The Easter of 6, 4 and 0
I used to picture time as a rope you followed along, hand over hand, into the distance, but it’s nothing like that. It moves outward but…
Easter Baskets, Hot Cross Buns + Natural Egg Dyeing
Happy Thursday! Popping in real quick today from a little family holiday we’ve taken in order to stockpile some eastery things in this little online journal…
O Holy Night: Traditions Old + New
I look forward to it all day, the darkness. The sun wanes, spilling out its golden light over the mountains in the very distance. Then…
December
She picks up the ornaments one by one, assessing them with her particular measures of success – that is – glittery-ness, pink in colour, or…
Homemade Gifts: Summer Lemonade
Sometime long ago, when Christmas started, I’m sure the spirit of the season was in generosity and kindness: People would gift each other packages of…
Oh, Christmas
Over the past couple of weeks, our home has been Christmasified with the guiding premise of my newly developed war cry: “More twinkle lights”. There’s…
24 Advent Ideas + A Holiday Playlist
Activity advents are a lovely way to create and instill family traditions, but they can be stressful — all that having to tick everything off…
School Holidays + Sun Printing
Popping in with a few small things we’ve been loving lately: A school holidays bucket list mixed with just the right amount of in with out,…
The Red Tent 