Why did I drag you here to listen to what I have to say?
The answer is both SIMPLE and SWEET.
I want to leave a legacy of SIMPLICITY bound by LOVE for my daughters. A guidebook, if you will, of all the LITTLE things that add up to one BIG thing. A photo collage of loose buttons and bobbins, flour spattered kitchen benches, and little hands digging through rich soils like they might just find buried treasure. The SIMPLE things that have been lost in the age of madness! THINGS that feed the SOUL……
This is our JOURNEY. A journey which I hope will INSPIRE and CREATE a new way of living that will ENRICH our lives and those around us.
We yearn for a better sense of COMMUNITY, a chance to LEARN and SHARE. To have a forum where like minded people can BUILD ideas to bring change to those who need it.
I want the chance to CREATE and PRESERVE traditions, both new and old. This is our everyday life, with school runs, soiled laundry and not enough hours in the day!!
My name is STEPHANIE HAMILTON and I am a MOTHER of 3 beautiful daughters. These are the times to TREASURE. I am a wannabe photographer, blogger, gardener, baker, and enthusiast (with just about anything!! I get excited!!).
I WANT to write it all down and never look back!
Out with the OLD and in with the NEW just took on a whole new meaning…..so glad you joined us for the ride!!
You go girl! This is right down your street Stef. You are truely one gifted lady! I LOVE it and will be following your lovely blog … Well DONE!!
Ollie x
Thanks for the positive feedback Olive!! I remember you always being a whiz in the kitchen, you must be enjoying doing all the baby purees now for wee Ryan!! Love to you all xxx
Awesome Little blog you got going Steph….where or where do you find the time!!
Looking forward to the next ones!
Hey Lisa!! Thanks for the comments……hope you and family are all well!! Don’t know about time…I am just a nerd!!!! Haha!
Congrats on starting your very own blog…was looking forward to this, you’re a natural! Photos are amazing and the way they are entwined in the story is incredible. Keep up the good work, will be checking in on a regulal basis.
So glad I happened upon your post on Kelle Hampton’s blog…I’m enjoying your blog already
Wow, that’s amazing that you found your way here! Didn’t actually think that anyone would come over and check me out but I’m so pleased you did!! I love Kelle’s blog….there are so many times I read her blog and am amazed at how our lives are all so closely paralleled. Do you write a blog as well? If so, please feel free to send me your link so I can check it out and thanks so much for the lovely comment!!
Hey Steph
Your Blog is inspiring – it even bought a tear to my eye. You have one of the biggest hearts of anyone I know and I am so glad you and your family have come into our lives. Well done.xx
We feel equally blessed to have met you too!!! xx
Wow! You’re blog has blown me away… I await future blogs and so look forward to building a friendship with you. Friday (19th Nov) we just the first step in our journeys – together. I so look forward to taking more steps with you.
Your family is just beautiful, and you lovely lady, are the injection of joy currently needed by many. Keep touching lives and sharing your love. xx
Thank you SO much for your kind words Linda!! I feel so grateful to have met you and look forward to all the great things that are to come!! Thank you for your guidance the other night and the reiki/massage!! I have added you to my blogroll (links) so that others can be blessed with your gift!!
I am loving your blog. Have only just joined it. I am down in the south island & also have a couple of Top Bar hives which hubby built. Haven’t harvested the honey yet, any day I think! We have however had a little taste a while ago. It was just delicious! Hope to go to a Keeping Bees Workshop in Lyttelton in March held by Marcia Meehan from the North Island. I have so much to learn! Love to cook, garden, crafts, family life, have chooks, bees, 3 dogs & 3 cats. Enjoying cycling, kayaking, walking. You have a lovely family! I have daughter who is 21 & just graduated from Canterbury Uni last December. son is 13 & at high school. Have been married to hubby for over 30 years. How time flies! Have a lovely day!
Wow Linda, that is amazing! Good on you for just jumping into the beekeeping. I am keen but with my little ones I just can’t get the time (at the moment) to take a course so am hoping to learn off the people we have rented the hives from. I’ll have to look up Marcia too, would be neat to see if I could get into a workshop if she is in the North Island. Lyttelton is such a lovely spot! My in-laws live in Christchurch and when we first moved to NZ we stayed down there until my husband found a job in Auckland. Loved checking out the towns around there and especially loved Akaroa!! I read an article about Lyttleton community gardening which was really interesting!! Thanks for your comments, I love hearing what other people are up to and it’s nice to know that people are reading the blog and that we share a common bond of all the things you mentioned.
Hi again Linda,
I know we just “met” yesterday but are you ok?? I noticed you said you were going to a workshop in Lyttelton but are you living near there? Hope you are ok….just talking to a few friends who are alright but the damage is so bad. Keep safe!!!
Thank you so much for your concern. It is devastating! However, we live in Rangiora, North Canterbury but are experiencing all the shocks. Few household items on the floor but nothing serious here.
Both ‘children’ of ours have made it home from Christchurch safely. Feeling for everyone affected by this event. The workshop in Lyttelton is not until March. Not sure if it will still go ahead. Apparently Lyttelton & Brighton are inhabitable! Power out, liquefaction & flooding are also adding to the problems. Keep safe everyone!
Hi there and thanks for popping into Kims collectables . I love your thoughts on Simplicity . I too am striving to find joy in the simple things ,making my home a place of refuge and at the same time living with things that I have chosen because I love them and not by what the latest trends dictate! I have found most of my tins (yes there are a few more than pictured!) in Op shops and Trade- me . Have a lovely weekend .
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Dear Steph…I have been reading your blog for two days now..started in 2010 and finished just a minute ago with your August 2012 update. You made me laugh, cry, happy, thoughtful and reflective. Thank you for being here, thank you for this..the most amazing blog I have ever read. Love Kat
Dear Kat, You have no idea how much your kind words have touched me. I write this blog for me, and only for me, yet I understand that from time to time it may reach beyond the confines of my heart and connect with people, and for this I am grateful! This blog is my therapy, and it has shown me my own magnificence through the talents that I had laid dormant for so many years. As a child I loved to write and take photographs……this blog took me back to that space and allowed me to open up to the world without feeling threatened. Thank you so, so much for taking the time to connect with my story, I am truly, truly honored that my blog has been worthy of your time. I have just completed my first book “Hungry” which I am about to unleash to the world soon. This blog has been a stepping stone to get to a place where I could sit down and compile photographs and words into a beautiful piece to share. Thanks again and I look forward to hearing from you again in the future!! Much love, light, and blessings!!!!
Looking forward to ” Hungry ” then! Please unleash it soon! We started a little blog as well…gosh…no comparison but it is about our life, love and how it has changed since we brought our beautiful daughter Rose home….3 years ago in Malaysia. Feel free to browse dear Steph http://woodheadworld.blogspot.com
Love Katxxx