Fiona's Blog

My mother has always said ‘no matter how hard you work, it always helps to have a bit of luck in life’ and right now I’m thinking just that! I know exactly where she is coming from as my Mum has been very lucky indeed. Maybe we would say today ‘she was born with a [...]

Yesterday started off no differently from any other really until I tootled off into town as I usually do to pick up the mail and have a coffee with my mates at Cahoots. For some reason I chose the car over the motorbike as my means of transport but I seriously considered taking the bike [...]

Oh yes, I have a few theories regarding that but right now I’m a tad ropeable and unusually for me I’ve got the bit between my teeth as I’m so damn tired of  the  knockers out there!! If you are a misery-guts then by all means be a misery-guts but please don’t make other folks [...]

Well now, I’m going to unashamedly pass the buck and ask you guys to help me out here – there’s been some wonderful light-hearted banter going back and forth on my Fiona Bassant Cushion Facebook Fan Page recently and some how names crept in there so I know you are well and truly up to [...]

We have finally been having some glorious weather here in the Wairarapa and Sunday was no exception and dawned clear-skied and still. Having been abandoned by the dearly beloved for a few days while he did some bike riding of his own some quick networking was surely needed to see if I could gather up my friends and head off for a girls own [...]

As we headed down to our local pub for their monthly Cross Creek Blues night we knew we were in for a treat as the ’star act’ was playing a repeat performance and he is good. Very good! What we got though was a lot more than that – we were treated to a medley [...]

Now that we are well and truly past the silly season, it is time to get into some serious business!
For the first time, the Bassant girls will be selling their beautiful silk and pashmina scarves at the two Martinborough Fairs http://www.martinboroughfair.org.nz/. The first of which is this coming Saturday the 6th February and will be [...]

We managed to snatch a motorcycle ride this weekend on what seems a rare beautiful sunny Wairarapa day (it is summer after all) and we were riding our usual ‘Rapa Circuit’ and heading down to The Ferry for those famous Fish & Chips and as always there were lots of other bikers heading in the [...]

Oh dear, I’m really not so sure about this blogging! My web guy has talked me into it – ‘gotta get off your chuff and start cushion blogging Fiona’ he says and he is right of course but hey, this man’s business is all about words & images…it’s even called that. He’s a whiz with [...]

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