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Fiona
Dublin, Ireland
Interests: i read, bake, vintage, sew, knit, to relax, garden and take photos amongst other things. i love flowers, books and chocolate. i'm concious of the environment and try to be 'green'.
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Such a fabulous photo. I'm just getting to comment about the introduction of Greta to your family. My heart ached for you all when I realised Nellie was no longer with you, and I completely understand your hesitancy at trying again. Wishing you the best of days with the new ball of fluff, and a happy and safe childhood for your kids with her. xo fiona.
Commented Jan 10, 2014 on {this moment} at SouleMama
{this moment}
. . . . . . . . . {this moment} A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember. If you're inspired to do the same, leave a link to your 'moment' in the comments for all to find a...
I love love love this.
Commented Dec 11, 2013 on in a day at SouleMama
in a day
A (dusty) shelf in my daughter's room. Apropos of nothing, except that it makes me happy. Perhaps I've painted a picture of our at-home days, our 'skip week' this week as nothing other than sitting by the fire with my hand spun yarn and making artisan cheese in the kitchen with my children. Bu...
good luck with the bowties! and skip week sounds heavenly.
Commented Dec 10, 2013 on snowfalls at SouleMama
snowfalls
The very last of the (paper) snowflakes have fallen on the 2013 Nutcracker season. I am so proud of those kids - not just mine, but every single one of them on that stage. So young, but so professional and so responsible and really just so kind and supportive, the lot of them. It is a true pri...
beautiful fabric, and it looks like a perfect fit!
Commented Nov 21, 2013 on sewing, last spring at SouleMama
sewing, last spring
This post has the potential to deceive so let me just say at the outset, I have not been sewing of late (well, there is the tulle at the dance studio, but not in my own studio, which is where it really counts). I have been thinking a whole lot about sewing. I have been dreaming a whole lot a...
Yay! What a good chance for you to try it out.
Commented Nov 19, 2013 on her name is peach at SouleMama
her name is peach
We've been working on this little animal shelter for a few weeks now, with enormous help from friends and family, and of course so many little carpenter hands. Shed? Barn? Shelter? Yeah...we can't quite determine what to call it yet. Anyway. It was - and is - intended f...
I love this so. Also isn't Harper so sweet giving you his best smile?
Commented Nov 14, 2013 on at the table at SouleMama
at the table
{I've been thinking a lot about this table of mine. Thinking about all that happens on and around it, and how it truly is a center for our family life. How the things upon it are so reflective of who and where are at any given moment. It's turned into a little bit of a regular photo series her...
Good luck to your Dad!
Commented Nov 5, 2013 on happenings at SouleMama
happenings
I know...I really do try to find the things that unite us here in this blog space, and steer away from politics, but let a daughter brag about her Dad for a minute, will you? I'll be quick, and then we can move right back to the yarn tomorrow, I promise. The boys have spent a bit of time thi...
lovely to see a post from you. and your first sweater, exciting!
Commented Oct 23, 2013 on Living Yoga {day 38-44} at beauty that moves
Living Yoga {day 38-44}
"I will tell you what I learned myself. For me a long, five or six mile walk helps. And one must go alone and every day." - Brenda Ueland
this is fabulous. it's such a joy to bring from childhood, to enjoy feeding yourself and others.
Commented Oct 22, 2013 on in the kitchen with Ezra at SouleMama
in the kitchen with Ezra
We've fallen into a regular rhythm in the kitchen, Ezra and I. With more and more regularity, he's been joining me in the evening dinner preparation. This isn't new - his love of the kitchen. Since he was very little, he's loved helping us cook. More often than any of my other babes, he...
ooh, yes please!
Commented Oct 12, 2013 on SouleMama Sponsors ~ Quince & Company at SouleMama
SouleMama Sponsors ~ Quince & Company
Today, we bring you a giveaway from SouleMama Sponsor, Quince & Company. In Pam Allen's words: "We’re a handknitting yarn company devoted to making pretty yarns in American mills. We source all our wool from the US and have our yarns spun and dyed here. We also carry a 100% linen yarn grown ...
yes, I'm a bit lost after finishing my Solstice cardigan. Nanook might just be the thing to cure it.
Commented Sep 24, 2013 on the land of the knitting at SouleMama
the land of the knitting
(Stephanie, returning me to the land of knitters. A place I like very much.) It was a quiet knitting summer for me. Weeks went by without picking up my needles and I thought to myself 'this is strange...' It wasn't just the season - you know that in most summers, beach sand and yarn complemen...
beautiful capture Amanda. enjoy the fair!
Commented Sep 20, 2013 on {this moment} at SouleMama
{this moment}
. . . . . . . . . {this moment} A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember. If you're inspired to do the same, leave a link to your 'moment' in the comments for all to fin...
yes, i often think about the pockets of time that slip through the cracks, and how to cultivate them better. usually it's by doing nothing, as you say. this is my favourite living yoga post so far. (it's a fabulous series.)
Commented Sep 20, 2013 on Living Yoga {day 12} at beauty that moves
Living Yoga {day 12}
"The true economy of housekeeping is simply the art of gathering up all the fragments of time, as well as materials." - The American Frugal Housewife Last night I pulled this book from my shelf after coming home from a visit to Emily Dickinson's homestead. I noticed it on the table in her pa...
oh that's a lovely idea heather. i bet you can feel the power in your body as you hold it. i think i'll have to try that.
Commented Sep 15, 2013 on Living Yoga {day 5} at beauty that moves
Living Yoga {day 5}
The day was a simple one. Nose to the grindstone, really. Homeschool, check! First batch of tomato sauce, check! Cardamom Peach Butter, started! Good, everyday work. At night the rain came. Finally this heat and soupy humidity would be ushered away. With gratitude, I opened the windows t...
What a lovely birthday treat. Happy birthday Adelaide!
Commented Sep 11, 2013 on postcards from A Taproot Gathering at Squam :: my roomie at SouleMama
postcards from A Taproot Gathering at Squam :: my roomie
I have had the enormous pleasure of spending the past day and night on Squam Lake with my girlie, Adelaide. A pleasure, a delight, a true gift really, to spend this time together alone as we've done. Looking for the fairies of these woods, crafting our hearts out by the fire...
Happy birthday! I love this set of pictures so - the goats and the girls.
Commented Sep 9, 2013 on Buttercup & Bluebell at SouleMama
Buttercup & Bluebell
We're right in the middle of our September birthday celebrations here - always such a full and fun time. Mine first, then Adelaide's to follow in two days. As it goes, I can hardly believe she's turning eight years old. Eight! Oh, these years. Sigh. If each new year and each new adventure wer...
oh this post speaks to my soul. the drained feeling coming out of summer, the gentle way you've flipped those expectations about getting older, and of course the yoga. it sounds like a fabulous plan, and one that will be grounding for me to watch. also, happy birthday! you got some lovely presents.
Commented Sep 7, 2013 on Living Yoga at beauty that moves
Living Yoga
This week I turned 41. Needless to say, last year at this time I turned 40. Somehow turning 40 didn't feel very profound. Perhaps the hype of middle age that we've been sold for decades falls flat on the actual big day. It did for me. It was a lovely day, a lovely stretch of days actually, fil...
I'm so sorry to hear about Banjo. As time moves on, I can feel the sensing that goes on behind this screen, your decisions about what to share as your farm and your children get bigger. From here, it seems like you're doing a great job at that.
Commented Aug 26, 2013 on still summer at SouleMama
still summer
It's been a trying week around here. There's a lot going on here this summer - so much more juggling than ever before in our lives. I struggle sometimes in this space, especially as my loves get older, with what's appropriate to share here and what should be left unsaid. Wanting to write my w...
thanks for the link to the one pot pasta, that sounds great. The chickpea salad looks delish.
Commented Aug 20, 2013 on in the summer kitchen at SouleMama
in the summer kitchen
The kitchen is full these days. Full of baskets of food coming in from the garden. Full of ideas and inspiration from those very baskets. Full of very hungry children! I'm holding onto the feeling of abundance that this time of year brings in this room. This week, I have been... ...
such lovely photos. and your green summer dress is pretty.
Commented Aug 13, 2013 on tansy time at SouleMama
tansy time
common tansy + anne's fleece For now, the busyness of this season keeps my days full of other things. But one day not so very long from now, these two favorite things of mine shall meet. In a dye pot. On a lovely fall day that I am greatly looking forward to.
I can't help thinking of your hands insisting gently that you rest. Those injuries can be so frustrating, but I always find their lessons valuable (however unsuccessful I am at implementing said lessons ;).
Commented Jul 23, 2013 on On the Mend at beauty that moves
On the Mend
I feel like the only thing I've done in a week is tend to this poison ivy of mine. Not a very exciting thing to talk about, but it is pretty much what has consumed me so now it becomes blog content. There will be no pictures though... I have limits! ;) As I said last week, it wasn't just havin...
So beautiful Heather, I really love your re-arranging eye. it's perfect for summer now. yes the heat! across the Atlantic, we have it too and the stickiness is so unusual for us. Really it would be wonderful summer weather in other parts, but I'm a true temperate climate girl. I like my sea breezes to be in abundance :)
Commented Jul 15, 2013 on The Garden Porch at beauty that moves
The Garden Porch
This summer, more than any summer I can recall, feels different. Though last year was our first on this property it is this summer that I feel we are coming into out own here. With the huge expansion of the back garden, the fine tuning of the front garden, the ripening of berries, those chicke...
these look great, thanks for the giveaway!
Commented Jul 13, 2013 on SouleMama Sponsor ~ Bee's Wrap ~ at SouleMama
SouleMama Sponsor ~ Bee's Wrap ~
Today, we bring you a giveaway from SouleMama Sponsor, Bee's Wrap. In Sarah's words: "Bee's Wrap is a reusable beeswax and cloth alternative to plastic wrap. Use the warmth of your hands to mold the Bee's Wrap to create a seal around the top of a bowl, half of a lemon, a crusty loaf of bread...
ooh those are pretty fabrics, I'm dying to know who got the job! that's such a good title too :)
Commented Jul 9, 2013 on the beginning of something at SouleMama
the beginning of something
This morning, I woke early to the sound of rain on the roof. With garden and fencework then taken off the list, I slipped downstairs quietly to my studio. And before the work of editing and writing began, I lingered in the land of a new project I've been mulling over lately. A...
"this time is theirs." yes. you amaze me with your loving, sensitive way of blogging about the (pre)teen years. :)
Commented Jul 8, 2013 on just one postcard, please at SouleMama
just one postcard, please
By now, my (big) boys are nestled into their summer sleepaway camp experience many miles away from here. I imagine that right now, they are waking up from their top bunks in those hot, humid cabins full of other pre-teen boys and their brave counselors. (And just thinking of all of that immed...
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