In the morning

Good morning

hello there

 we love our cat friends.

close to home

Flickr favourites - photos by talented folk

1. Untitled, 2. my livingroom, 3. Untitled, 4. flower paintings , 5. My work., 6. Untitled, 7. my home, 8. Untitled, 9. zinnias, 10. Untitled
Spending time with those who are close to me this week x

in the light

The beach today - perfect sky, warm water and a cool breeze. 

and the heat goes on

Making Madeline paper dolls. Miss Clavel completed - 11 girls to go.

Perusing Adelaide Festival guide

hot plumbs

It has been really very hot here for a long time now. The BOM say 34 but after a week or so of dry heat and still nights it feels so much hotter. My little one has been unwell all week, the doctor reported bronchitis this morning. So this week has seen us spending most of our days inside, away from the relief of the pool and beach, with cabin fever geting the better of us all now and then. On the up side, I am anticipating the coming Adelaide Festival. I am quietly excited about Jane Birkin singing Serge.

This morning

On the menu today - french toast and sailing boats

Thank you Eve A.

Eve Arnold, 1963
Image from here

Marilyn Monroe, The Misfits, 1961
Image from here

Harlem Models
Image from here

I would like to give thanks to Eve Arnold, who passed away today at the age of 99, for her compassionate and personal approach to her photographic subjects who ranged from the poorest of the poor, everyday folk, civil rights leaders and to the most celebrated. Her photographs have made me think a lot about ways of seeing and the choices we have when we take a photograph. There is a nicely written obituary in the UK Guardian here.

"I have been poor and I wanted to document poverty; I had lost a child and I was obsessed with birth; I was interested in politics and I wanted to know how it affected our lives; I am a woman and I wanted to know about women..." Quote from here.
So thank you Eve, rest in peace.

wide open roads

It was cool and the skies were dramatic at times along the way but summer was waiting for us when we arrived in the South East. And so there was swimming for hours, staying up late and sleeping in, drinking good wine in the Coonawarra, looking out over the light green glass ocean at Robe, pink noses and sandal lines and then home again. Happy New Year for tonight! x

away

We are almost on the road - heading to the beautiful south east for the week. Have a great week! x

rain lover

It rained yesterday and today. Last night, dinner with friends while thunder struck and rain drops hit the tin roof. Today, a day at home, watching the rain and spotting a perfect rainbow.

good morning

A small sleep in for us on the last day of the school year. Time to tickle unwashed toes in bed. Not watching the clock too closely, knowing that the school bell will be ringing on the way there anyway. I didn't add a photo for Thursday so I have doubled up here and from now on I think I may need to be a little more flexible with my I photo a day till boxing day pledge. Have a lovely day x

peace

...and quiet around the house today. Just two days left of school before the big summer break begins.

one moment

taken on another day. Nice to look at again today.

Soon

1. paper star, 2. pippi, knitting, waiting, 3. dottie angel and a 'small being'..., 4. <3, 5. Christmas Bokeh, 6. Polymer Clay Birds wip, 7. в лето, 8. crochet boots, 9. a very Australian tree, 10. twirly transformations ~ after, 11. christmas cake, 12. IMG_5311

Wow wee, change IS as good as a holiday! - I am also on holiday (at home) so the goodness is double ;-) I chucked in my day job a few weeks ago and have had some time to do some of those everyday simple things that were once just part of my day or week, like posting here more often. I have another few weeks off before starting an new job which is less hours and will be a really nice change, and the new year, looks like it will bring with it the gift of some more space -to think, plan, create and to give a little more. I am just now setting myself the task of adding a photo here a day until boxing day. I have noticed that others in this space often post a photo on Friday that describes one small quiet moment in an otherwise busy week. I will just be finding one of those moments to post here everyday.

play time

A giant canvas and a bright sunny day. We all joined in the fun, one by one  x

a collection of starlings

Murmuration from Sophie Windsor Clive on Vimeo.

I came across this video posted on cloth.paper.string this morning. It is beautiful and dramatic. I watched it twice with my daughters and then again by myself. I think I will watch it again tomorrow and wanted to share it here too. Enjoy!