New friends, old friends

We spent a lovely weekend visiting my Dad in Hervey Bay. Our days were spent with family and  friends, new and old. The weather was magic, our time unhurried. Lazy breakfasts and dinner and lunch out. Ice-creams and sunshine, sand between our toes. Long walks and antique shops.

Celebrating and reflecting and reacquainting.

11/52

(a portrait of my children, once a week, every week in 2014 inspired by Jodi's 52 Project) 

 

A rainy Sunday, a cancelled boat trip on the river, the perfect afternoon for baking cookies.

10/52

(a portrait of my children, once a week, every week in 2014 inspired by Jodi's 52 Project)

Watercolours, acrylics, playdough, clay, cardboard crafts, paper crafts, cardboard box crafts, sticky tape, staples, glue, string, rubber bands, textas, highlighters, ribbons and fabric scraps. This week has been all about making. One of the best ways I know to while away the hours.

A walk through the forest

A cool day, a damp day.  

Spunky Monkey's school excursion to the rainforest.

A relaxing day, an informative day, a tiring day.

A leech, a snake, a slug and a brief sighting of a pademelon.

Bird song.

9/52 - belated

 

This really was our week, last week, every day, just like this.

Miss Moo Moo in the kitchen with me most nights, helping to prepare dinner.

Spunky Monkey building, building, building.

Oh, blissful, perfect days.

(a portrait of my children, once a week, every week in 2014 inspired by Jodi's 52 Project)

Classic finds

My style is, without a doubt, electric. My home is filled with treasures from different era's and different countries. But at the heart of it all, is a great love of the classics. I believe you must start with the classics and build from there. So, I was thrilled to bits yesterday, when I found 6 metres of vintage ticking and some small squares of Belgian linen in my favourite oppy. I have been searching for ticking for over 9 months; on-line, at flea markets and at far away op shops. I even considered Spotlight at one point. But the Spotlight fabric was not what I wanted, a cheap imitation of what I had in mind.

I am so glad I waited... because this, was, exactly, what I was looking for.

I know that there will be cushions for the lounge room and maybe the underside of a quilt for my bedroom, perhaps some draw string bags, maybe some napkins or place mats? I'm not sure what to do with the linen yet. It is in pieces. I really love with the print on the linen, I might try and work it into a pillow of some sort...

Now, if I could just find the time!

 

8/52

(a portrait of my children, once a week, every week in 2014 inspired by Jodi's 52 Project)

Oh... blissful weekend. Finally, finally... cooler!

My favourite kind of days: soft grey skies and muted greens in the garden, as gentle rain fell. Cool enough for bacon and eggs and sauteed potatoes for breakfast, cool enough for the girls to wear cardigans, cool enough for casserole. Indoor days, pajama days, with dinner ready early. On Saturday afternoon, I stopped and let myself drink in the perfectness of it all. With one hour until dinner, the room was already dark, the lamps on, soft rain on the roof, Spunky Monkey with his Daddy at the kitchen table, Lego in the making, Miss Moo Moo in a bubble bath with candles. Quiet and still and peaceful. One of those rare moments when you notice, and say to yourself with a smile, "Yes, this is exactly how life is suppose to be." On Sunday, at the same time, the sun peaked out of the clouds for just an hour. The weekend ended with a relaxing bike right around the lake. The cooling and blustery breeze, at times, adjusting our course, as the little ones struggled to keep upright as they peddled.

Still raining now, the leaves outside are dancing in the wind. Happy days.