Hand-dye Days

My big girls painting their own yarn.Playsilks. :) Jenna did the flower mandala silk herself.
Poor exhausted babies! Oh, and please send prayers and wishes for Emma's friend Ellen who is in labour right now with her second baby (five weeks early!) - Emma has gone to be with her and left Connor (and Chris) here for a while. Such an exciting amazing time for their family!Some of the finished yarns, dry and ready for winding. What an amazing week, I can't wait now to start some projects with it all. :)

4pm: Ellen Update, labour has stopped so she should be home soon, with a little while longer to prepare for baby's arrival! :)

Festivals and Friends

First, our Passover celebrations this year. Nothing went to plan, as usual. It was busy and crazy, as usual. And meaningful and beautiful, too. Every time we read that verse ("as an institution for all time") I wonder why we get such funny looks in Christian circles for keeping this feast. The changing of seasons, the cycles of nature, and the remembering of festivals and celebrations. Time after time, the same but different. My feeling is that in the tapestry of our lives, these little golden threads will be precious memories as these babies grow. They are precious to me, anyhow. :)

Saturday marked six years of marriage for Martin and I. There have been times, this year, when I doubted we'd make it. I'm glad we did.

We took ourselves to Wollaton for the day, something different. The girls did an Easter egg trail, hunting for letters to make a word - and colouring. And drew the exhibits, and climbed and played and ran and danced. And yes, those are yet more finished crochet projects. *grins*"CA" says Rowan, "CA!" Yup. Yes it is, baby. BIG ca.
More celebrations today. Starting with the girls tearing downstairs to see what had happened to their Easter Garden! We had another meal with Chris, Emma, Connor and Ashleigh. And now we're pre-soaking wool for a dye session tomorrow... *excited*Fab new clothes from Bishopston Trading, via the lovely Ashleigh (what gorgeous Easter gifts, thankyou so much)! All three sweet girlies together, one of those nearly-impossible pictures where you remember why you never ask them to pose. ;)

Highlights

First, we experienced what happens when I rave about sunshine on my blog - it tips it down on us before we even get back from the library, and my potatoes remain unplanted because of the sleet and ice. ;)We run around on the park some more. And show of the crochet socks that I made. *proud*We play, and play, and play, and see friends.More Easter crafting and decorating happens. Oh, and don't forget the baking.And we enjoy the mud at Elvaston again, until it nearly sucks Jenna's boots off and we retreat to get changed!So those were some snapshots of my week. To come: Passover pictures, and our Easter weekend (which I'm looking forward to inordinately). Ah celebrating with my children, feeding friends, and cake. So many of my favorite things...

Know and Believe

I was talking with Jenna this morning, and she was pondering on how she can really know wether there is a God or not. And I told her that there are lots of things that we can never really KNOW. How do you know gravity is real? You can test it, but you can't see it. You can only see what it does, and by the nature of its actions we make our best guess. How do you know love? You can only see its effects, you can't really KNOW it, you just believe that someone loves you because of how they act.

"But mummy, I know you love me. No matter what. I can always see it in your eyes."