Like mother, like daughter

Watching tv is justified if you’re making something at the same time.
I’ve tried to show her how to finger-knit a few times before. This time the learning curve was steep (she would’ve sworn if she knew how), but she persisted.

The Nutcracker

Yesterday Tilda and I joined many, many little girls in dresses and went to see the Australian Ballet’s production of the Nutcracker.

I really liked our seats in the thin wraparound edge of the balcony – we may have missed some of the action behind the Christmas tree, but we felt close. Even better, there were [...]