textures

old banksia men 

random yellow nice

buttery poppies

soft daffodil yarn

little mush

a minature umbrella for a rainy day.

shine

Winter sun in the garden. Little one carefully selecting weeds; mallow, sour sob, dandelion, clover, and delicately arranging them as if they were sweet cottage flowers. Handsome cat looking on, nice and plump in his winter coat.

a story with sun and moon

The beach in winter is in my favourite 5. We arrived with the last of the late afternoon and just in time to see the sun slowly sinking into the ocean. It was both loud and quiet and peaceful and restless. Our eyes took a little while to adjust to the colour and light and the limitlessness. The girls ran up and down with another small friend until their feet were red like BBQ ready chops. That night there was a partially eclipsed full moon. We drank and ate with friends and felt merry like it was christmas. We must get back again soon:-)

pretty flickr

warm as sunshine x 1. Untitled, 2. may, 3. yellowblouse&seahorse, 4. Untitled, 5. Untitled, 6. here comes the sun

winter time

It really is very cold. happy winter solstice :-)

when we rise, that's the time...

In the morning, when we rise, that's the time I love the best - to paraphrase Donovan x - we had a lovely slow Sunday morning after a crazy go fast Saturday. Today is the Queens birthday holiday, so one more day off work and school for us. These photos were all snapped within minutes of each other. It all started when a bird flew into our window and alerted scout's feline attention, then came my young ones breakfast requests, toast and butter, a baby chai and my old school favourite, apples with brown sugar and cinnamon. Happy birthday I x who turned 6 on Thursday - some pics of that soon xxxx.

fresh today

Winter is with us. Warming toes by the fire. A little red wine goes a long way. Spotting the prettiest drops of dew.

in hand

1. saturday fika, 2. Untitled, 3. Abbie Cornish, 4. Birds 2, 5. peachy..., 6. Rupert, 7. Spring in hand., 8. ., 9. Untitled

I have felt and found myself too busy to take photos in the last couple of weeks. Flickr once again provides a much needed photographic fix.

green and gold

Our old neighbourhood is an old neighbourhood and there are many well established frangipani trees in pink and yellow and a couple that are sunset orange. My girls came to know which ones flower early and late and which ones hold the most potent scent. Lemon trees are also plentiful and often growing near footpath fences, making it nice and easy to pick a few on your way home. A sweet little tin house has a row of them behind it's neat white picket fence. These lemons are nice and large and we all agreed were the smelliest and juiciest of them all. The new neighbourhood is a little thin on the frangipani (happily we have planted two of the best from the old neighbourhood here). Thankfully Lemons are in good supply. Over the summer I came across a little lot of land that was gifted to residents by the local council. It's a funny little lot that is neither playground or park. It doesn't even have a bench to rest on. What makes the lot a real find is the established lemon tree growing there with it's abundant ripening fruit. I have promised my little one lemon curd and lemon meringue. If anyone has any other ideas for lemons I would love to hear them.

good morning

I am slowly getting used to the light here in the new house. My little one with serious bed hair was entertained by her dancing shadow cast by the early autumn sun.

soft bright

My planned week of flowers on four leaves passed with only one post. I will store my floral shots away and wait a little while for the winter flowers to bloom and then start a week afresh. Happily we played and made this morning. Teddy bears on parade. The warm autumn sun shining through the windows, lighting up colours within the house. Little red beanie brighter than bright as if it had been hand coloured.

pretty pink, pretty blue

small flowers, so pretty close up. These are the first in a series of shots taken of various flowers and leaves today. This week will see a flourish of floral on four leaves:)

more making

making is a natural part of the girls day * more eggs are added to our growing fragile collection handy felt mobile phone cases by S hand inspiration here and there :)

sailor boy

folk valentines :)