Tag Archives: At Home

I spent yesterday on a farm outside Wellington, shooting the 14th episode of the photo comic I write and shoot for Strika called Weltevreden se Doen en Late. This morning at work, I’ve been sorting through the pics, and thought I’d share some of them here. At the farm, the recent rains have brought out …

Paul, my husband, is really into bicycles, particularly pared-down single-speed machines – a thing of beauty if your eyes are tuned right. Just up the road from our apartment is a conveniently-situated mountain, providing us with a great view and Paul with endless temptation. Over the weekend he and his friend Justin did an epic …

I got tagged by two people! Patricia from A Little Hut and Crafty Synergy and Christopher from The Empire Collective got me while I wasn’t looking. I have to list 8 facts about myself now. Ack.Fact 1: I’m a pretty reserved person, so this isn’t an easy task for me. That’s why I’m going to …

See this? Nothing special, right? Just an ordinary, rather scuffed 5c piece? Wrong… It’s the “penny” I found at my car door when dropping off the laundry on Thursday. I picked it up, and all weekend long, boy, did I have good luck.In no particular order:First bit of luck: I sold Every Last Bit of …

I’ve been tagged again, this time by Lara of Kirin Notebook. I have to write down 7 random things about moi. Here goes: * Today I’m wearing headphones at work even though my soundcard isn’t working because I want to discourage people from talking to me. * I hate having my hair loose while I’m …

My first Etsy purchase arrived by post on Saturday. It’s even more beautiful than I thought it would be, and very much at home on our sofa. Thanks so much to Ann at Absoluut!

I’ve got a new magnet up in my Etsy shop today. Selling on Etsy’s been great fun for me so far, and has had some unexpected consequences. This week, I got my first local order, and although I didn’t recognise the buyer’s surname, I had a funny feeling that she was an old schoolfriend – …

I haven’t written anything about my day job writing work for a while, so I thought I’d tell you about this great project I’ve been working on at Strika. African Bank is concerned about levels of indebtedness in South Africa, so they commissioned Strika to make a comic for kids about the problems of poor …