340/366 - Tree sculpture

Found on wall of house we were staying in. . .

339/366 - First sunset of the new year

337/366 - Approaching Wellington on the Inter-Islander ferry

334/366 - Harwoods' Hole, Golden Bay

Sonny Jim on the way to Harwoods' Hole

Sonny Jim overlooking Harwwods' Hole, 176 m drop. . .

A load of inebriated Irish tourists on the edge of a 176 metre shaft - not their smartest move?!

333/366 - Rough Island dog walk

Frodo and Booster, poised and ready to go. . .

Booster

Frodo

Follow that tennis ball!

332/366 - Christmas, Kiwi style!

Fresh berry pavlova for Christmas day breakfast - a decade-long family tradition

A dip in the local river with the dogs (the Wifie's tradition)

Dogs playing in the river at Brightwater

Scenery beside the river in Brightwater

Prawn cocktail and pink fizzy wine for lunch

Homemade Christmas cake with tasty Cheddar cheese. . . yum!

331/366 - Oh Christmas tree!

323/366 - Fresh flax flowers, woven by me

322/366 - SEGWAY . . . Sonny Jim's birthday treat.

Segways from www.movenelson.co.nz

320/366 - Handspun fingerless mitts all finished

318/366 - Work-in-progress: gift for teacher

Handspun "Susie's Reading Mitts" for Sonny Jim's 2012 class teacher.

316/366 - Secret Santa Swap with Nelson ravelry knit group

We all brought a hand-knitted or crocheted gift for our "Secret Santa recipient" and a plate of food.

313/366 - "On a roll" with my spinning

A beautiful roll ("bump" of merino and angelina fibre sent to me by a very kind friend up north. . .

This beautiful soft-as-air fibre is from Loop Fiber Studio

312/366 - Hand spun & hand knitted cardi in progress

310/366 - Verdigris fingerless mitts

 My latest knitting project off the needles :)

309/366 - Homemade vanilla ice cream

294/366 - Hand-dyed merino fibre, by Vintage Purls

An instalment of the "Fibre Club" from Vintage Purls arrived today. Beautiful :)

290/366 - "The flower that once has blown, forever dies."

A rose in Maria's garden

"The flower that once has blown, forever dies." Quote from The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam.

289/366 - Well watered in!

We scattered Maria's ashes in the sunshine and then almost immediately it started to rain and then hail. 

288/366 - Memories of Maria