Earth is one of the five elements (pancha mahabhutas) found in our body. The earth gives vital energy to the body, new life, new health, vigor and strength. So, mud plays a prominent role in curing diseases. Hence, mud packs and baths came into practice. The mud bath is also called clay bath.
Thursday, 5 November 2009
home day spa
Wednesday, 4 November 2009
Dressing up 2009
Mason and Maya started decorating their room for Halloween about two months ago with pictures and things cut out from the computer. They knew exactly what they wanted to be for this year's Trunk or Treat.
Sunday, 1 November 2009
The boy from the bush is back in town (again)

And this time for a whole two months! So far we've put him through a grueling work schedule including fifteen hour flower delivery days. He's a pro at driving around Sydney, parks on the footpath in the city and has developed a great road rage repertoire. We're expecting him to lose his last remaining demerit point in the next month! And right now he's slathered in coconut oil sunbaking on the trampoline.
Thursday, 29 October 2009
Dad's big suprise
Tuesday, 27 October 2009
The easiest fudge out
What do I do when I need a recipe? An easy one? I call Toni.

(Cookie Cutter Fudge care of One More Moore)
Sunday, 25 October 2009
botanical gardens swimming
How could you see a stoney creek on a hot, hot day and resist a swim?
Saturday, 24 October 2009
Grandad's Garden
Friday, 23 October 2009
It is so hot outside
and I need to have a quick break from the sweaty job of oiling the deck (won't Win be pleased!). Took me half an hour to open the stupid can before I had the ever so clever idea of putting a hammer right through the top.

Thursday, 22 October 2009
Needed: Experienced Florist
Experience in shop display and stock rotation essential.
If you have a flair for flower-arranging and a passion for creating beauty, this position is for you.
Wednesday, 21 October 2009
You bless me
Friday, 16 October 2009
Thursday, 15 October 2009
he loves me
I can really tell, all because he came home with this.
Wednesday, 14 October 2009
this one's a mixed bag
sometimes she's sugar and spice and all things nice and tells us she loves us over one hundred times a day... most moments I am entranced by her and believe she is an angel.
Tuesday, 13 October 2009
Lucky and Cloudy's Unlucky Afternoon

One Saturday afternoon it was raining heavily and Kerry's old man owner on Low Street accidentally left the back gate unlatched. Kerry was positively bounding with energy, and pushed the gate and went for a run. He ran around the school, that was fun, then went sniffing over near the fence. He sniffed something exciting and followed the fence around and around until he found himself in the next-door backyard and there was no one home. Kerry was positively salivating with delight at a smell, he didn't really know what it was, but it made squeaking sounds and he bounded up and down, up and down just to get a glimpse.
Thursday, 8 October 2009
a long time ago I cut out circles
after being inspired by the art work in this etsy store. I liked being able to take these little felt circles in the car and on trips - my sewing didn't have to be too neat. My original idea was to sew each circle onto the canvas but I tried sewing one circle onto a canvas with a frame and it was way too hard to manage so I ended up using the glue gun. It would be easier to sew onto a canvas sheet and then wrap it around a frame.
Wednesday, 7 October 2009
Tuesday, 6 October 2009
Today we did the bay run
Monday, 5 October 2009
Creating a Childhood

What is so wonderful about these childhood days is that they don’t just have to happen. I can weave some magic into tomorrow. I can set the mood for the moment. I can help her discover what makes her happy. I can create a childhood. I can paint the backdrop scene for her time with me. I have a vision of what I want it to look and feel like.
I know what I want it to look like. I want it to be bright and colourful and clear. I want as much time with her in the bush, at the beach, in dark starry-filled nights, in backyard sun. I want her to discover that the love of her Heavenly Father is there in the pink sky and the camellia blooms. I want to see her joy with jars of lizard pets and worm friends and see her making houses for them. I want to introduce her to wonderful people from the world over, to taste foods from Seoul and Spain .
I have a vision of unhurried, unmeasured play. To let her go explore, to protect her gentleness, to lift up her goodness. If it’s able to be dreamed, we can do it. We can swim in a winter’s sea, and catch a possum for a “pet”. Freedom for her innate acts of expression and heartfelt displays of emotion. I wish her to wake to the excitement of every day. To know silence can be joy, and that learning comes from a deep love affair with curiosity. I want her to take time, to be steady, that she isn’t rushed from her naps or her soft toys. I want her life to be filled with that familiarity of all-loving and all-supportive family faces. That she builds memories of special talks and hide and seek games and tickles with aunts and grandparents and cousins. That the playlist of her mind will sound the love of A Child’s Prayer, our late-night lullabies, a repertoire of nursery rhymes and the soothing string-plucks of her grandfather’s Beatles melodies.
Creating a childhood is also about protecting. To be vigilant with what she sees and hears. To turn off the television when her mind doesn’t have the emotional maturity to understand a theme or conversation which could really harm her developing view of the world. I understand that fears are fostered all too easily if I let the news play as her background noise every night. Creating a childhood means making a safe haven from the world. To have the spiritual protection of the Spirit in the decisions I make about the childhood I’m painting for her.
Her mind, her soul, is a sponge today. At four, she can soak up the scripture phrases which will breathe comfort to her for years to come. She will remember my smile when she was so sure she would turn to see a frown. Perhaps she’ll recall the feelings of unabated safety she felt as she rested in my arms. I pray that my vision will expand as I take time to look through her eyes. That as I feel the needs of her developing spirit, I will be able to fill her heart and mind with the tools, the songs and the smiles of a beautiful childhood. It’s going to happen anyway, but with some careful planning, the simple melody of her childhood can sound with the richness of a stunning symphony.
Saturday, 3 October 2009
gumboots
Friday, 2 October 2009
Turning the computer back on...
My week-long computer hiatus just finished. I was enjoying simplifying my time without being distracted by the trappings of the net. But I did miss my blog.
I would like to think my stomach is now expanding, or is that just the leftovers of 1,2, and 3?? I did not enjoy my appointment today, I felt that the fresh out of university midwife had few people skills and I wanted to tell her so. If she appears in the labour room I will be quite unsettled. This is another reason for just staying home in my room, or I would prefer the darkness of the walk in wardrobe, and birthing there.
(Is it a fashion crime to STILL be wearing the same skirt I wore to my seminary graduation? Purchased at Rockmans Launceston in 1998! Will I still be wearing it on my 40th birthday??!)
I am very, very happy about the rain which is falling right now. We haven't had rain for a long time and we need it to wash the dust away. One more little thing - I just said the word 'stupid' and was throughly reprimanded by Mason who told me that I had just said a SPARE word and if I ever said another SPARE word Jesus would NOT come down and take me to heaven. No more sparing!
Saturday, 26 September 2009
today's natives on my breakfast bench
Friday, 25 September 2009
moss and scriptures
How about a living growing ring on your finger?
Thursday, 24 September 2009
Stand as a Witness: The Biography of Ardeth Greene Kapp

If I could only say one thing about this biography I would have to say that it radiates goodness. Ardeth Greene Kapp is no stranger to hardship, adversity, or the weaknesses which come with self-doubt, but as a woman of ever-righteous intent, she has allowed the Lord to shape her throughout her life. It is really rare to read a book which is so uplifting, which inspires you to reach taller and be better and make prayer, and one's relationship with God, the focal point of life. Because of Ardeth's dedicated journal-keeping, the book is rich in personal insight and quotes from her life, I wanted to write so many down. As she struggles through school and the pain of infertility, and experiences the love of the young women of the Church as she leads the introduction of the Young Women Values and Personal Progress program, I saw the type of woman the Lord needed as she was molded with the special traits and characteristics she would need to serve fully.
I'm fully recommending this biography as one which will encourage you and strengthen your testimony. How thankful I am for faithful women like Sister Kapp.
hot september in our splashy pool
I'm very happy about this little investment - it's almost better than a real pool because I can tip all the water out, watering the garden, and I don't have to stress about drowning when it's not being used! Then we just fill it up the next hot day... which seems to be just about every day this month. It's even better when Dad gets in!
Wednesday, 23 September 2009
red in the morning... shepherds warning
When I saw a peek of red through the side of the blind from bed, I thought to myself, I haven't seen in red in the morning for ages. I pulled back the blinds expecting to see the sunrise of my life, and saw something more akin to a red bushfire haze. Then I remembered the dust storms Canberra had yesterday and knew it had come our way.
Tuesday, 22 September 2009
Jellies
Monday, 21 September 2009
There's a rule in our house
about eating icy poles outside. Mainly for Michaela's sake as sugary water drip drips down her hand and everywhere. So when they were extra quiet and hidden very well I went in search and found them..



