It started well. We got a day's harvesting in before the rain. Now it's onto all those farm jobs you save for a rainy day. Days. Week. Weeks. Surely not 'summer'. As for the locusts, they've arrived from the north, or hatched here, and make for a dodging dart to the clothes line. You know … Continue reading Harvest update
Film clip for the song, ‘The Bear & The Whale’
Around the time I decided to seek a market for my mobiles, my husband, Anthony, and I were driving with our two daughters, Elsie, 2, and Maeve, a newborn. Elsie was singing a song, an original that we’d come to know well as she sings it often. And especially since it contains the same single … Continue reading Film clip for the song, ‘The Bear & The Whale’
To market, to market
Our second one down! And another success. By that I mean we sold some things and we learned some more. We were in Ballarat on Friday night at Pleasant Street Primary School's 'Christmas Fest by the Lake'. It was much easier to fit our things and be satisfied with our display because of the larger … Continue reading To market, to market
Introducing The Bear & The Whale…
Take a passion for an old handicraft, add some new ideas, and there you have it - my new business, The Bear & The Whale (read how and why it started in About Us), my new website (which went 'live' yesterday), my first ever blog entry, and today, my first ever market (Sugar & Spice Children's Market in … Continue reading Introducing The Bear & The Whale…
Writing by Larissa Patton 