We have a photographic exhibition coming up for our homeschool group this week. JJ has taken alot of photos lately of his artwork and his world. We put them togther to form this mosaic tonight. The world through JJ's eyes.....
Saturday, July 26, 2008
Saturday, July 12, 2008
Feeling Clucky!
Bug and JJ have been in the hen house to collect the eggs and saw a hen sitting on 3 eggs. Bug was very excited about this because she thought the hen had gone clucky and would hatch the eggs. Sadly she was just laying and lingering a bit and soon left the nest. I just turned around to discover that Bug had made a nest and is trying to hatch the eggs herself :) The trouble is I want to make a pumpkin pie and need those eggs!
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Printing Proof
I have just seen the printers proof of 'The Wonderful Place' and feel very EXCITED!!!! I am really happy with the result. I made the decision to print locally when I was researching layout and design.
I visited The Murwillumbah Print Spot to get some information on file formatting for print and left with a very reasonable quote for printng 'The Wonderful Place'. They are lovely helpful people and embraced my idea of 100% post consumer recycled paper even thought they had not used it before. Hopefully it will be the begining of eco friendly printing for them:)
They are ready to set the press up this afternoon and are just waiting for my paper to arrive.
On the home front my little loves are recovering well from being quite ill with Whooping Cough. JJ has been very creative and cheeky..... Bug ahs been helpful and gentle.
Thursday, July 3, 2008
The Natural Bridge
We have been exploring and eating icecream with my cousin who is visiting from London. Honey and almond icecream at Cabarita with a walk and a swim. Pistacio icecream, swim and wlk to the lighthouse in Byron Bay. Macadamia nut icecream in Chillingham after a treck to The Natural Bridge
Sunday, June 22, 2008
Motherhood and creativity
For Parenting by Heart, Pinky Mckay http://www.pinky-mychild.com/
Motherhood and Creativity
Chrissy Butler
Birth and mothering has been the catalyst in finding a place of harmony where my life and art are woven together. Guiding the energy of my life into creativity is wondrously rewarding and certainly challenging.
I like to notice things that I experience: birthing, breastfeeding, playing dolls, washing dishes…. Anything and bring it into my artwork and my writing. I like to notice what is there and take a journey with it, draw it, paint it, read about it or have a conversation around it.
Artistically being a Mama is a creative soup; the challenge is often finding the right moments to create something. Each day has a different beat, some days in our family we like to learn together and other times we prefer to follow our interests alone. Often too these distinctions can’t be made, we just find a harmony where we are learning together and inspiring each other with our projects.
Children are wonderful at reminding us how to learn and how to live. I try to make art and live my life the way children learn, by one thing leading naturally to the next without coercion. My pursuits are neither more nor less important than the pursuits of my children and I am always trying to honour this. By understanding that building their tower out of blocks is just as important as my latest painting. When I remember to honour my children’s endevaours they immediately do so with mine.
I like to notice things that I experience: birthing, breastfeeding, playing dolls, washing dishes…. Anything and bring it into my artwork and my writing. I like to notice what is there and take a journey with it, draw it, paint it, read about it or have a conversation around it.
Artistically being a Mama is a creative soup; the challenge is often finding the right moments to create something. Each day has a different beat, some days in our family we like to learn together and other times we prefer to follow our interests alone. Often too these distinctions can’t be made, we just find a harmony where we are learning together and inspiring each other with our projects.
Children are wonderful at reminding us how to learn and how to live. I try to make art and live my life the way children learn, by one thing leading naturally to the next without coercion. My pursuits are neither more nor less important than the pursuits of my children and I am always trying to honour this. By understanding that building their tower out of blocks is just as important as my latest painting. When I remember to honour my children’s endevaours they immediately do so with mine.
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Reclaiming Sex After Childbirth
A wonderful new ebook by my friend Jodi Cleghorn..
"We want to dispell and defuse the deeply embedded belief that women should ‘Just get over themselves and get back on the job’ when it comes to sex - it is far more complex than that, as the personal stories in the eBook show. We want women to stop carrying the guilt that it is ‘their fault’ that a couple’s sex life is not like it once was. This is unfair and destructive to a relationship in the short and long term. It is our desire to show that many assumptions around initiating and maintaining a sex life after birth are wrong or simplistic. Our intention is to create a resource that is a beginning point in reclaiming sex after childbirth."
http://www.reclaimsexafterbirth.com/
http://reclaimsexafterbirth.com/blog/welcome
"We want to dispell and defuse the deeply embedded belief that women should ‘Just get over themselves and get back on the job’ when it comes to sex - it is far more complex than that, as the personal stories in the eBook show. We want women to stop carrying the guilt that it is ‘their fault’ that a couple’s sex life is not like it once was. This is unfair and destructive to a relationship in the short and long term. It is our desire to show that many assumptions around initiating and maintaining a sex life after birth are wrong or simplistic. Our intention is to create a resource that is a beginning point in reclaiming sex after childbirth."
http://www.reclaimsexafterbirth.com/
http://reclaimsexafterbirth.com/blog/welcome
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