a refreshing sea palette; just what I need right now I’ve been talking about working from home a lot lately. People seem interested to know what it’s like and I admit, most presume [...]
Living a less-distracted life : observe your children at this busy time and respect that Christmas is both magical and overwhelming for them. My children are usually quite difficult on Christmas [...]
“A portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2013.” Che: a very quiet moment (ISO 100, f1.8, 1/640) Poet: she’s got fire in her belly and determination in her eyes [...]
For the past few months Poet has asked me, almost every day, if there’s a baby in my belly*. I always reply: “Not just yet…” You see, I have a lot of fear surrounding the [...]
Christmas stars found just outside the school art room At drop-off and pick-up time, school playgrounds are full of younger siblings getting to know the swing of things. When your first-born [...]
I’ll give Halloween a miss but I wholeheartedly believe that Thanksgiving should have a place on the Australian calendar. A national day to pause and give thanks for our blessings? What an [...]
“A portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2013.” Che: the biggest daydreamer I know. Here he is on the way to the school’s Christmas concert (ISO 800, f1.6, [...]
She’s a walk three steps, take five back, kind of girl. A mountain of work is waiting at home and I have to constantly remind myself not to utter the words: “hurry up”. [...]
family photos by alexandrena parker, tim coulson and tamara erbacher / the frames I had been searching for / hydrangeas from the neighbours’ gardens Earlier this year I had the priviledge [...]
a sweet little tag that came with a recent scarf purchase When teaching pregnant women it’s expected that the topic of baby names will arise. Lucky for me it’s one of my favourite [...]
hydrangeas in abundance in my neighbours’ gardens Living a less-distracted life : admit that you’re tired and reclaim rest. I know, I know; motherhood and rest rarely go together. We [...]
