kee and fi

new blog!

2010-05-09T08:37:00.001+10:00

it's been so long i'm not sure anyone will even come on over to my new spot!

but here i am.....................this old blog got a bit stuffy!

gold{mari}gold

so come on over!

summer holidays

2009-12-08T13:24:00.004+11:00

our internet has been disconnected and we depart in a week's time! much to do in anticipation of a house sitting friend and also trying to enjoy the last few days of a visit with some dearly loved friends and their baby.....

merry christmas and a happy new year. we'll be back on 12th jan....

you'll find us at north cott beach, under the old 70's beach umbrella with a six pack buried in the sand.

much love, k&f

xxx

(christmas tree dec's via dottie angel)

december upon us!

2009-11-26T09:48:00.002+11:00

no idea where i got this image from sorry! but i remember liking it last year..........this year there is no need for a chrissy tree of any sort at our place as we are headed west! it will be our first visit since moving away two years ago. looking forward to six packs on the beach, old friendly faces and familiy!

internet and computer ver temperamental at the moment and i'm rather enjoying the break.....

i'm still checking in on you all out there though!

pom pom love

2009-11-20T15:43:00.002+11:00

have no idea how i found this......but i love it!

big computer issues so not much from me as of late!

last night

2009-11-13T14:13:00.009+11:00

there once were two girls. one from adelaide. one from perth. a primitive chat program on the internet called mIRC meant a chance meeting of the two girls. in typical tragic teenage style they ditched the internet for long letters and mixed tapes. tori. pj harvey. hole. veruca salt. one girl's parents took a chance and flew her to stay with the other girls family. 10 years on and they had only been in each other's actual company 5 times. but the letters kept on and on and on. 12 years on and they both live in the same city. Last night as they both sat and let the amazing music of tori amos wash over them they realised that she had literally been the soundtrack to their friendship for all these years.....

here's to 12 more years (and more and more!) of friendship Sars. thankyou for a beautiful birthday present. i love you!

tori amos, live, at the regent theatre

fabric pens

2009-11-12T13:32:00.001+11:00

mer mag has been doing some amazing doodling withs ome fabric pens.

i want!

hilarious

2009-11-10T14:47:00.005+11:00

kee and i are fond of leafing through vintage knitting/crochet patterns in op shops and absolutely losing it with laughter over how ridiculous some of them are.....

handmade by mother is a hilarious ode to all things stupid in the world of vintage craft

hot

2009-11-09T19:37:00.001+11:00

it was 34 degrees today and i can't say i'm all that happy about it! the western australian in me is dwindling and i think i've started to enjoy the fresher weather of melbourne....nonetheless i'm sitting here with sticky thighs, flannel on back of neck, cooking a curry from a charmaine solomon's south east asian cook book (published in 1972 and found by me in an op shop somewhere) and waiting for K to get home from rockclimbing.

at swim two bird's beautiful crochet is providing endless inspiration........

weekend

2009-11-09T07:37:00.000+11:00

spent a lovely (albeit tiring!) weekend with the fam down the coast. the weather was perfection. just the right kind of spots for three boys to explore - rockpools, dinosaur caves, endless beaches.

these are our cousin laura's kids, who sadly passed away in may of this year. for having lost their mum so recently, these kids are doing incredibly well. they are so full of love and spending a couple of days with them and receiving all their cuddles and laughing at all their jokes and mishaps was an absolute honour.....cheesy i know!

haha - but boy is my body sore from picking up, cuddling, holding whilst sleeping, stroking, feeding, changing, suncream-ing, keeping still! three energetic boys are a handful!

kiddlywink stuff

2009-11-06T11:58:00.003+11:00

too much gorgeous kiddlywink stuff around!

this bookshelf found here via Lushlee.

first issue of papier mache is verrrry cute too!

have a good weekend - off to the beach with the family

i love a sunburnt country

2009-11-05T17:39:00.003+11:00

i guess everyone thinks the country in which they are born is pretty darned unique and beautiful.

weekends away like these make me feel quietly proud i know exactly how this sun feels, exactly how this bush smells and exactly how beautiful it is to swim in these rivers.

(p.s. what these photos don't show is exactly how uncomfortable it is when someone forgets the pillows.....as a result kee popped a rib and had to go straight to the osteo when we got home!!!)

goin' to the river

2009-10-30T09:10:00.000+11:00

well festival is over.....and spring is on it's way. this is an old photo from my old blog and this is when i used to live 5 minutes away from the beach in perth. life is definitely different in melbourne when it gets hot - you have to jump in the car/tram/train to get to a beach!

we are lucky enough to have 4 days off in a row (i have 5) and we've decided to pack up the car and head north to Big River.

so today i'm attempting to do a few things around the house (nothing better than coming home to a relatively clean house) and starting a mouse pile of a few things we'll take with us. hoping to spot some wildflowers. again - different to western australian country, victorian country does not have anywhere near as many wildflowers.

so to all melbournites - enjoy your tuesday public holiday!

xxx

first day

2009-10-20T07:07:00.002+11:00

celebrated kee's first day of his apprenticeship with homemade dahl, garden salad, nan's chutney and some of our wedding champagne 'grandin'

and this arrived in the mail! kee's nan has cross stitched us a memoir of our wedding day. so, so, so, so, lovely and sweet

hooray!

2009-10-19T16:11:00.003+11:00

keegan is officially an electrician's apprentice!

off he strutted this morning with lunch in cooler bag..........

found these beautiful pieces by Laura Manoogian via Bird and Banner - so inspirational!

sunday

2009-10-18T11:28:00.004+11:00

a day off at last!

enjoying spring and fresh salad greens every day from the garden.

went with birthday money from mum to buy a lovely galvanised steel watering can, white oil for the kaffir lime tree, radish and dill seeds, teeny tiny creeping seaside daisies, potting mix, a new pot for my jellybean succulent and some more cos seedlings!

thanks mum!

(and kee is off to an interview for a potential apprenticeship.....fingers crossed!!!!)

cutie patootie

2009-10-17T13:24:00.002+11:00

couldn't help but post about GERA

(found via superbuzzy)

makes me wanna get my cross stitch on!!!

(also, found some great cross stitch books in op shops lately - as well as nan giving me some)

last night

2009-10-17T11:28:00.003+11:00

saw fischerspooner last night as part of the festival....

the jury is out......couldn't decide if i liked it but then i like the fact that i'm unsure - makes me like it all the more!

gosh - tired and at work for the 14th day in a row (thats why the previous sentence probably makes no sense at all!)

all i know is that i'm so happy to work with all the people that i do. i love them dearly

xxx

michael o'connell

2009-10-15T15:27:00.003+11:00

michael o'connell is an amazing australian textile designer and apparently a comprehensive retrospective of his work will occur in 2011 at the Bendigo Art Gallery

arielle de pinto

2009-10-15T10:48:00.001+11:00

crochet metal jewellery by arielle de pinto

so incredible it makes my heart burst......

frankie magazine photo album

2009-10-14T10:22:00.001+11:00

this book of gorgeousness arrived in the mail today! a birthday present from my lil sis....

thankyou pip! it's soooooooooo beautiful!

blocks

2009-10-12T17:19:00.002+11:00

love these blocks from the small object

opening night

2009-10-10T13:43:00.002+11:00

opening night was BIG!

this looks like my image of heaven! found at bird and banner

festival

2009-10-08T17:54:00.000+11:00

the festival i work on is about to begin........

won't end until 24 oct!

here i go!

(look at my chryssie nina!)

birthdays

2009-10-07T20:18:00.003+11:00

three birthdays of late.

kee //\\ ninny //\\ me

some of my spoils!

grampians

2009-10-07T19:57:00.002+11:00

kee spent the week bouldering in the grampians. how sweet - he took photos of all the wildflowers he saw - just for me.....

terrariums

2009-10-01T11:55:00.001+10:00

how are these for terrariums, nina?

found here via a lovely blog by jeana sohn

spring

2009-09-28T18:59:00.005+10:00

spring was here.............(in my garden, at least!)

but now it's like winter is back again!

busy at work and planning on a quiet week...kee is rockclimbing in the grampians this week so lots of knitting, dvd's and some fringe festival shows are keeping me occupied in a very agreeable way!

hope your monday wasn't so bad....

2009-09-21T19:32:00.008+10:00

weekend was great. kee was definitely surprised!

venus bay is truly beautiful. ate loads of food. home brew was just right and the woodfire was the perfect thing for stormy skies.

we'll be back there soon - for sure!

away

2009-09-17T07:46:00.003+10:00

heading to the beach this weekend.....to surprise kee for his birthday!

the forecast is for low to mid 20's and this will be the last chance before the festival to have, albeit teensy, a little break

have a good one!

image found via it followed me home

p.s. you know that beautiful doily i posted about some weeks back? my older sister who lives up north in w.a. saw it and remembered it from her childhood. i knew it was from her nan but she told me that it was actually her mum's mum (her other nan!) who made it. my sister's mum died when she was young. so this is actually somewhat of a family heirloom. so i'm so, so, so, happy to be sending it back to her. this is why i love craft. seeing this doily bought a flood of emotions back for my sister. craft can be so important to family history!

weekend

2009-09-13T21:05:00.005+10:00

moroccan feast and gardening were highlights of this weekend!

(weekends are so much more productive when you don't have a hangover)

poppy & will

2009-09-12T07:20:00.003+10:00

how exciting! my lil sis and her boyf are building a house from the ground up!

i convinced her to start a blog - haha!

she is scouring design blogs left right and centre...all suggestions welcome...

poppy & will

laura

2009-09-10T18:08:00.001+10:00

planted these bulbs the day of laura's funeral (may 13, 2009)
and here they are after a spring shower..........

weather forecast to be mid 20's this weekend - first time in a long time! looking forward to it.

opshopping / dinner party / gardening / pootling around..........

this week has been hard

work work work......and fun too!

2009-09-07T19:40:00.002+10:00

okay so my work is seasonal. october is the pinnacle of a year's worth of work so as you can imagine things have been hectic.

postings will be few and far between for anyone who cares!

this weekend was relaxing to compensate for work chaos. pootling around in our new car, perusing nurseries, watching footy, baking and finishing off a shawl out of beautiful alpaca yarn for my omama's birthday coming up this weekend

big weekend

2009-08-30T20:27:00.004+10:00

surprise visit from lici who has been living in alice springs for the last 2 months...

epic op shop adventures :: trash talking :: way too much food (and champagne)

and realising that each time we share another hangover, it gets nastier and lasts even longer than the last time

p.s. nina i hope our toothache has eased up!

when i was little

2009-08-23T15:20:00.001+10:00

when i was little i used to go around the garden and collect leaves and flowers and make little floral displays in shallow dishes or little cups and then leave them with on the front doorstep for my mum to find as a surprise. i even entered some into the country agricultural show and won!

i still do the same even though i'm grown up!

pretty

2009-08-23T12:39:00.002+10:00

found these whilst cleaning today

dolls are made from pre-hiroshima japanese textiles (all hand sewn)

saturday

2009-08-22T15:10:00.002+10:00

::photos came too easily today with so much sunshine around::

snow peas, jasmine and rocket going crazy in the garden

time to wash the sheets!

new music (to me)

2009-08-22T09:07:00.001+10:00

jenny wilson and amos lee........on high rotation in this here house

that went fast!

2009-08-22T07:42:00.001+10:00

my work is just around the corner from little cupcakes and my colleague surprised us on friday arvo with a bunch of these! yummo!

can't believe it's the weekend again.....work crazy but great and happy that i'm currently watching rage and drinking tea in my pj's.

(p.s. we have bought a second hand car! oh op shops in far and wide places......you better watch out!!!)

newspaper

2009-08-21T09:31:00.001+10:00

love this recycled newspaper/wrapping paper.......by dentsu

found via all the mountains

yum!

2009-08-19T20:16:00.001+10:00

dreaming of a brand new sofa........filled with giant, squooshy, colourful cushions/afghans/shapes like these from sarah london

(catherine is having a similar, but white and colourful, dream at little glowing lights)

unexpected break

2009-08-19T07:22:00.002+10:00

wow - 10 day break in transmission.....

enjoying what seems to be an early peek of spring!

today / tonight

2009-08-08T19:56:00.000+10:00

great day today. lunch/coffee/theatre with the ladies...

now snuggled up with some new books:
:: the royal horticultural society - fruit & veg gardening in australia
:: organic gardening in australia
:: 200 crochet blocks by jan eaton

and listening to cd's that remind me of uni days....

hello friend

2009-08-08T19:54:00.000+10:00

this little bear was found in the 50c box at my fave opshop when i was in highschool.

nina - i implore you - please go back and buy him for me!!!!

simultaneous craftin'

2009-08-08T10:30:00.005+10:00

okay so my personal limit of projects on the go is 3....
but truth be known i've got four!
two of them are these: baby afghan & manscarf for lovelli
gettin' great pleasure out of knitting/crochet as of late....not as many frustrations

today: lunch in chinatown with girls then off to some theatre then home to hangout for the night

poncho love

2009-08-05T20:50:00.001+10:00

lovin' these vintage poncho's from etsy have a look for yourself...

i'm leaning towards top left or bottom right. suggestions?

tonight i came home to a clean house, washing done, burmese curry from scratch and stewed quince, quince syrup and pot set yoghurt. bloody hell - where did i find this husband of mine?

phoenix live

2009-08-04T09:06:00.003+10:00

saw phoenix last night @ the palace.......they exceeded my expectations by about a GAZILLION!

$15

2009-08-01T11:32:00.002+10:00

do you ever feel like you are getting ripped off at an op shop? then you get home and you realise that you have a bounty of treasures worth WAY more than you paid and you feel all uncharitable and mean......

today i baulked at the prices in my local opshop and just look at these gems!

brown sandles / gold japanese writing on soles
wire basket / mustard enamel container
knitting needles case (not pictured)
two little doilies for a craft project
and the most amazing home handicraft book

*contented sigh*

saturday morning

2009-08-01T09:07:00.004+10:00

too tired for words...

lucky for me saturday morning is mine all mine (poor kee had to trundle off to work)

4 movies down, 3 more this weekend and then festival continues next week!

//some photos from last weekend & in and around my town

(picnik is fun....do you know anywhere better to make collages, i'd love to know!)

exhausted but happy

2009-07-30T07:29:00.002+10:00

flaming lips live @ festival hall

(those who have seen them before will know this needs no explanation!)

more!

2009-07-28T16:24:00.003+10:00

more things to distract you from my blogging hiatus!

how amazing are these? hurry up and become a qualified electrician, K, so you can make me these!

found at my black book

busy me!

2009-07-28T15:11:00.002+10:00

now we're hunkering down into the melbourne international film festival.....13 films in 2 weeks!

in the meantime.....look here! photos from hana konola found via little glowing lights

{beautiful}

another unexpected break

2009-07-24T09:09:00.003+10:00

some beautiful artwork to make up for my lack of blogging diligence!

richard colman

mum flies away today

2009-07-19T13:23:00.002+10:00

mum goes home after a great visit. loads of op-shopping, gardening, walking, eating, football watching and gallery visiting (craft vic & dali)

we return home to perth for first time in 2 years over christmas so till then mama!

(beautiful r.m.williams boots which i bought at camberwell market this morning)

domestic craft

2009-07-19T13:19:00.002+10:00

bags, bags, bags!

what to do? crochet a bag holder thingameejig for the laundry

(using ropey wool stuff found at a trash'n'treasure)

yellow

2009-07-19T13:15:00.002+10:00

helping those winter blues....

a few days off

2009-07-16T14:54:00.001+10:00

::tulips are so cheap and beautiful at the moment::

::my first ever attempt at knitting a beret::

::spent the morning with mum in the front garden (can't wait for spring now!)::

catch up

2009-07-16T14:50:00.001+10:00

been too busy with ma in town to post anything\\

//here are a few catch up photos in the meantime

mama in town

2009-07-11T08:02:00.004+10:00

my mum is visiting all the way from perth! and for the first time in my life EVER i am having some 'just mum' time. that means - heaps of long walks, chattering about babies, garden talk, op-shopping AND scavenging.

yes scavenging! i'm proud to say that i'm a country girl and our family could never resist a good road-side pick-up or a trip to the tip. you just wait till you see the lamp my mum and i scavenged from the side of the railway yesterday! k just laughed and wandered off to save himself the embarassment......

(oh and happy birthday to my big brother - 29! he's currently living in madrid, spain and is off to the coast of africa for his birthday. i love you and miss you!)

pretty bloody lovely!

2009-07-09T14:21:00.003+10:00

found at ungtblod via mieke willems

oh to have patience to make this!

sweet

2009-07-06T20:38:00.001+10:00

sweet things greeted me in my letterbox this evening! i'll await natural light on the weekend to take some photos - thankyou catherine!

heirloom

2009-07-05T11:04:00.003+10:00

kee's grandparents gave us their beautiful miniature deco piano

lots of lovely scratches, wear and tear which shows how much the piano has been used and moved around with the family

some of nanny's embroidery on the piano seat

our first family heirloom - how lucky we feel!

kitchen bench

2009-07-04T15:01:00.002+10:00

been meaning to photograph the kitchen bench we bought to increase the amount of workable surface (our kitchen is small and we make lots of mess when cooking!)

here tis! big drawers. room for scales and heavy kitchen stuff as well as all our baking ingredients and equipment.

saturday morning

2009-07-04T14:47:00.004+10:00

haircut & opshopping

//plates and tablecloth for a picnic set i'm trying to put together

\\frames which will hopefully be placed all together above the piano

tonight: drinks at the union and a house party

do you have?

2009-07-04T14:38:00.003+10:00

do you have a plate or something to hold your jewellery in the bathroom?

i have masses of jewellery and always have something beside my bed and/or bathroom sink to put the jewellery d'jour and then have boxes and containers elsewhere that contain the bulk of it all!

these are my most worn pieces as of late.

what are yours?

beautiful

2009-07-02T09:48:00.004+10:00

alphabet drawers

by kent and london

via

lost at e minor

i like having dirty hands

2009-06-27T17:16:00.005+10:00

nan & harry gave us HEAPS of plant cuttings so today garden beds were cleared and in they went. also planted my chrystanthemum's in the ground (which i've never done before!)

found rocket in there amongst the weeds!

lets hope all the cuttings take...
(and thanks to the gardening fairy who helped me!)

garden love

2009-06-27T17:07:00.003+10:00

my work have a big warehouse space out in kensington and there are heaps of other people who also use the warehouse space - some people even live there. a furniture company are at the entrance and they have created this gorgeous little garden......bordering on my dream garden!

really lovely

2009-06-24T16:05:00.002+10:00

new blog found.........at swim-two-birds

crochet /\ textiles /\ flowers

very inspiring!

lino print love

2009-06-24T15:43:00.003+10:00

hey nina!

some lino print inspiration from ah-yi

i know we could never be so capable of something so delicate!

simple shapes here we come!

(don't the wooden letter press letters come out well?)

weekend

2009-06-21T13:29:00.004+10:00

knitting class and my first beret progressing well
/
dinner at the commoner with aunty sian
\
wintry stroll
/
some relaxo, simple crocheting
\
watching gardening australia with a bacon, tomato and parmesan sandwich and a coffee

days like these

2009-06-19T18:42:00.004+10:00

like this in the morning //

like this by noon //

so happy it's the weekend. jumping on six-black-dots' bandwagon of 4 things:

4 things i'm looking forward to:
:: knitting class tomorrow
:: playing piano on our newly aquired miniature (for the first time in 10 years!)
:: mum visiting
:: saturday morning coffee and neighbourhood stroll

4 things i did yesterday:
:: peruse vintage knit/crochet patterns mum sent me
:: have a catch up over some vino with the girls after work
:: daydream about living in the same state/country as all my mates
:: enjoyed the fog AND the sunshine

4 things i wish i could do:
:: knit better!
:: travel more, more, more
:: garden, cook and craft all day EVERY day!
:: dive into water quickly without agonising over how cold it is

4 tv shows i watch:
:: around the world in 80 gardens
:: grand designs
:: the wire
:: gardening australia

4 places i'd like to travel:
:: tokyo
:: turkey
:: belgium
:: croatia

4 places i've lived:
:: perth, australia
:: sydney, australia
:: vancouver, canada
:: melbourne, australia

take it away.........hello? anyone out there?

beautiful

2009-06-18T11:02:00.004+10:00

amazing crocheted rugs by Kiteweather

amazing because:

a) people just don't use colour like this ENOUGH!

b) she is wearing a crafting moo moo

c) this craft involves recycling

d) she appears to be in the middle of the bush

oh my - what loveliness...

first thing saturday morning

2009-06-13T09:01:00.002+10:00

because of the really late and incredibly hot summer, gardeners in victoria have been reporting all sorts of strange thing happening!

this is mine! our emperor's hat chili tree is simply bursting with fruit! they were harvested and will shortly be thread onto string (some for us, some for next door neighbours and some for the boys)

my fave thing to do early on saturday morning when kee is still in bed is slip on the gumboots and go outside into the positively crisp winter air and poke around in my pots and garden beds! something about the quiet and the fresh air, the stillness and discovering anything new (bulbs planted on the day of laura's funeral are shooting through!!!)

now for a cup of tea, rage and some knitting of sorts.

i do love a saturday morning!

friday night

2009-06-13T08:53:00.003+10:00

bloody freezing as of late so willow joined us for homemade pasties (caramelised onion, potato and fennel) and footy! typical melbourne winter evening.

recipe courtesy of this month's gourmet traveller (online and for free)

(GT also saw kee making this last weekend......oh yeah)

blue

2009-06-10T14:34:00.002+10:00

the tiny peek of blue sky between hail and black skies

some of many blue ceramics (3 new additions as of the weekend)

enjoying ruby grapefruit and sugar to try and keep these winter blues (and germs!) away

sweet 'n' scary

2009-06-10T09:20:00.001+10:00

i wasn't allowed to buy him......

long weekend

2009-06-10T08:51:00.004+10:00

last long weekend till november *eeeep*

lici down from canberra / heaps of eating / saw steve spacek at the croft institute / food galore and trash talking / winter walks /

why can't all weekends be like this?

(winter is definitely here)

late autumn

2009-05-31T10:19:00.001+10:00

love these late autumn days. crisp, wet air and sunshine. oh, and the best kind of green ever.

op shop gold!

2009-05-31T10:02:00.002+10:00

discovered a new warehouse op-shop over the tram bridge, down the road from our house

most success i've had in the clothing department for a while - take that! expensive country road knits that i can't afford......

(i'm also regretting not buying this oatmeal pure wool, button up vest.....)

gotta get into this........

2009-05-30T10:06:00.002+10:00

beautiful crochet jewellery from (sc)

this & this

knitsperation

2009-05-28T18:18:00.004+10:00

some beautiful knitting out there.....

springerin on ravelry

if only i could knit like this!

(one day)

thursday night

2009-05-28T18:06:00.003+10:00

came home (kee at work) and found this record on the table....rushed to take a picture of it cause it's so great, turned the camera on, and what a surprise! he's already taken the photo.

now munching on banana bread made last night in a flurry of domestic fervour that hit us both ....been seing so many lovely things on blogs lately - so much inspiration out there!

looking forward to the weekend.....

weekend

2009-05-24T13:00:00.004+10:00

trip to ikea (hooray for $29 quilt cover)
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plenty of organising and tidying
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garage sale perusing
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market shopping
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cooking: whole baked snapper with stephanie alexander's north african ginger marinade recipe and a lemon tart
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camberwell markets: 2 x chrysanthemums and a yellow plaid capelet all for $12!

knitting

2009-05-17T09:29:00.002+10:00

(deliciously warm slipper socks and my italian merino wool kerchief)

getting a few projects in for myself before whapping out requests for others (if only knitting went as speedily as the word 'whapping' implies......alas......)

inverloch and bass coast

2009-05-16T22:04:00.005+10:00

felt the need to feel the sand between our toes.....winter skies didn't deter us!

darwin escape

2009-05-16T19:52:00.003+10:00

escaped the onset of melbourne's weather with a quick 4 day trip to darwin. first time visit for me. amazed at how fierce and beautiful the environment is and how, with a 15 minute ride in a tinny you can feel a million miles away amongst the mangroves.

have to say though - we both welcomed the crisp late night air of melbourne when we returned....

(it's always good to get home no matter how great being away is).

on the subject of flowers.....

2009-05-16T18:37:00.007+10:00

darwin -botanical gardens, wogait beach

couldn't help myself - my deda (grandfather) would be proud of me taking photos of all these flowers.....

and my nan, nonna and omama would have goo'd and gaa'd at these beauties!

(having had most of my gardening experience in grey-sky-ed melbourne i can only imagine having that much sunshine to play with).

solomn arrival

2009-05-16T13:12:00.004+10:00

a blossom from a cannon ball tree, darwin botanical gardens

i had intended on making a grand re-entrance into blogland (for the keenly awaiting mum and nina)....

can't add anything of what i've been doing before saying goodbye to our cousin Laura who passed away on Wednesday 13th May 2009.

Rest In Peace.

very busy!

2009-03-03T17:17:00.003+11:00

busy looking for a new place to live. oh the horrors. i hate moving. but i guess i'm looking forward to a change!

amused ourselves last friday night with a rum(becue). very hot night so the gang met in the park behind our place for sausages, dark'n'stormies and moustached fun!

inspiration

2009-02-22T09:38:00.007+11:00

cannot do links at the moment.

find at water and wool, knitty coutoure and yokoo's etsy store.

will remedy later...

bread ties

2009-02-18T10:24:00.000+11:00

i've said it before and i'll say it again.

i love bread ties.

garden / home made food = happiness

2009-02-18T10:18:00.003+11:00

a few things

2009-02-18T10:02:00.004+11:00

love

2009-02-17T20:10:00.002+11:00

love to 189 people lost in the bushfires.
love to everyone who is yet to be found.
love to my close friend who has miscarried for the fourth time.
love to uncle mark who died today from cancer.

xxx

sombre sunday

2009-02-08T13:43:00.000+11:00

35 people perished in bushfires.

taking time to enjoy the small things...

went to market and bought beautifully fresh fruit and veg.

rang an old friend.

doing crazy, fucked up small crochet with 1mm hook and thread (which i told myself i'd never do cause i couldn't!) (and i also broke my other rule - crafting useless things....OOPS!)

organising, archiving and backing up photos.

fires always make me think of photos. and saving them.

wishlist

2009-02-03T21:06:00.002+11:00

hopefully this is still for sale by next pay day!

afghan (decisions, decisions)

2009-02-02T22:25:00.001+11:00

okay, so it was 2007/08 new years that had me so set upon crocheting an afghan that it was my new year's resolution to learn how!

so what if it's 2009?

it's coming together....slowly.

(amidst many bouts of 'colour panic' which pains kee to no end)

small treats

2009-02-02T22:17:00.001+11:00

finally! our mattress is no longer on the floor. we now have a futon base!

small things collected from week away camping.

special parcel in the mail from my sister! (she has great music taste to boot!)

cherry tomatoes from our balcony garden.

hot in the city....

2009-02-02T22:09:00.002+11:00

melbourne town reach maximums of 45 this past week....

only thing to do was to get silly!

(late night bbq's, a too-short visit from deb and a wierdly themed party)