inspired
I took lots of photos this week and edited even more. These are some of my favourites……
/ we loved sleeping under mosquito nets in Bali and I’ve been thinking about hanging one above Poet’s bed. For a little girl who doesn’t need anything and doesn’t want for much, I think it may be the ideal Christmas present.
/ beads, tassels and bangles in a copper bowl. I’m pretty sure this little collection will be worn all summer long.
/ I’ve flicked through the latest Nature Baby catalogue a few times now and I keep coming back to this page – look at all those mini terracotta pots! Nothing better than a lush, green herb looking happily at home in terracotta. Sometime this weekend I plan to visit my favourite local nurseries and stock up on some garden supplies. Fingers crossed they stock pots this small (doubt it, though).
/ Popa’s garden – lovingly tended to but oh so dry. Upon returning from the tropics it’s the one thing that shocked us; nature at its most dry and brittle. Our state has been experiencing the very worst kind of bushfires and hundreds of homes have been lost. Summer is so early and it makes me feel uneasy.
/ on our last day in Bali and the last time she saw her beloved yellow ball (no room in the suitcase for it).
I hope you have a lovely weekend. If you’re in the mood for blog reading I really enjoyed these posts:
work and play (the sunshine coast)
vegan fried rice with sugar-snap peas and chilli
fresh start
possum magic
I’ll be back on Sunday with 43/52 (the countdown is on!) and next week I’ll be sharing a few posts, including scenes from a birth centre in Bali.
Before you click away….tuck your tailbone under, lift from your tailbone into the crown of your head to lengthen your spine, roll your shoulders back and down and subtly lift your heart space. Exhale.
Carry on.
Lovely Jodi, I particularly like your little exhale excercise, have a great weekend!
There is something magical about sleeping under a mosquito net…why is that? I've always wanted one, but haven't yet bought one.
Thanks so much for the shout out! I adore your blog xx
Such beautiful little trinkets. And nothing is quite so lovely as little terracotta pots. I'm the crazy lady at the nursery who sorts through them all to find the most weathered looking ones 🙂 We've been bringing some green indoors lately and I'm loving it. Wishing you a beautiful weekend 🙂 xx
Weathered and worn and beautiful – we shop for the same aesthetic 😉 x
Lovely, definitely buy Poet a mosquito net – I was given one as a little girl and I adored it. I still think of sleeping under it now xx
Jodi, the nursery I go to (over the bridge) stocks all those lovely little terracotta pots. We bought a couple the other weekend to house some glow-in-the-moon succulents. x
Thank you! Fingers crossed they still have some x
We have mosquito nets. the children in particular love them. They feel magical I think. Even in the heat of summer, when sheets are kicked off, the netting makes you feel cocooned and cosy. xo
Do you mind me asking where you got yours from? I'd love to buy off recommendation, if possible x
Beautiful photos. If Poet is still missing her yellow ball Kmart has similar ones for $3, it's probably my little one's favourite toy.
Our little guy has a mosquito net…we got him a cotton one at the local markets as all I could find in the shops were polyester nets. And even though he is still in his cot we got him a double size to ensure that the net comes down all the way to the ground so mosquitos cannot find their way up and in.
His actually has quite an opulent canopy…a feminine touch in a room otherwise littered with cars and trains.
oh, sounds lovely….and exactly what I'm after! x
Thank you X
beautiful photos, thanks for sharing
the breathing, lengthening reminder couldn't be more perfect. Your posts are lovely – it doesn't fit at all to read them slumpily hunched over the computer!
ooh I do believe some of those bracelets are sitting on my wrist as we speak!
xo em
phew…I needed that reminder at the end there! x
Oh, that photo with the little terracotta pots is gorgeous, I agree!
I'm loving your Bali photos too Jodi – so rich and luscious.
I wonder if the Bali birth centre was the Bumi Sehat Clinic with midwife Robin Lim? I blogged an interview with film maker Johnny Abegg a couple of weeks ago and added a link to his film on Robin. Such an incredibly inspiring woman.
x
Megan
(here's the link http://www.thebyronlife.com/2013/09/north-coast-bloggers-johnny-abegg.html)
Yes, it was Bumi Sehat with the beautiful Robin Lim who hugs you with all her heart x
I thought it must be. Looking forward to reading that post, Jodi x
Beautiful photos! I loved the little exercise at the end! x
Hello lovely, so happy you enjoyed the possum post. Oh my goodness Megan thank you for sharing the link to Johnny's clip on Robin Lim, wow, she is amazing and inspiring. I too am loving the Bali pics, so divinely simple yet rich, seeped in such a pure essence.
your blog is so beautiful. i'm from chicago and lived in australia for 6 months last year. it's fun to read someone from australia, making comparisons to life in bali .. for me, I'd say byron bay is a bit like san francisco, with less hills and more hippie :). i loved it there. thanks for sharing!!
Tegan
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