last night

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

weekend

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!

away

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!

sweet

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

solomn arrival

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.

love

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

small treats

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.

lovely

slept in. breakfast in bed. read heaps. slept again. crocheted. arvo nap. house to ourselves. kee made vietnamese cari chay from scratch.

still in our pyjamas whilst drinking g&t's and watching iron chef.

bliss
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festivities

well - merry christmas and a happy new year! it came and went spectacularly fast with all expected amounts of merriment, drama and way too much food.

the best part about the ass end of december and the fresh fronds of january 2009? my sister. and spending as much time as i can with her...

as for 2009? i'm 1 part scared, 2 part excited. we shall see!

much love

x o x

gettin' back to what makes us happy

perfecto!

had the best weekend with lici - it had everything! art gallerying, pj time, yum cha, drinks, cooking, relaxo, crafting, talking shit, laughing, reading children's books in bookshops.

convinced her to make preserved lemons and harissa for her family for christmas presents so we made cute little tags for the jars. we thought we were pretty crafty anyway! now get preserving lici!

weekend

we went to rum town.

had a few 'dark and stormies' - thanks lici!