For anyone who may have wondered what happened to me for the past 10 months, I went into a kind of online holiday while I was pregnant with our second daughter. She arrived safe and sound last month.

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This year we didn't make a big effort to get ready for Christmas or get presents. Somehow that olde festive feeling just wasn't there. And really, to be honest, DH and I have everything we want and need, making it very difficult to buy presents that wont quickly turn to land fill. Living a simple life can throw some interesting problems our way. ( Read more... )

Avó Belita, S. Francisco te acompanhe e as chagas do Senhor, que tu foste visitar, tantos Anjos te acompanhem como passadas foste dar. Deus te dê muita Paz.A small catholic prayer for my grandmother who is no longer with us. She was catholic, even if we are not, it has meaning for her ( Read more... )

Two recent videos.

little_monkey playing with a cardboard box...

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She is slowly discovering the TV. Selected programming only!

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And if you liked the sound of that... here is the full video. Showing off people and places from my home town Maputo. This is the latest 340ml video, and a very fine one it is too!

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Back in February I started stitching on Real Roses... Today I finished it! I did not frame it as I had originally intended too, but I did do some small modifications I added my grandmother's first name, which is also shared by many of the woman in my family. I also added a charm of Mary, instead of the angel I had originally planned to add to it - ( Read more... )