a climbing tree in the backyard would be much appreciated and I stumbled upon this illustration today and couldn’t help but think it look just like ours… As you probably know, [...]
Please excuse the cliche title – it’s worth it, I promise. Yesterday we celebrated Percy’s 1st birthday with family and friends; a small gathering at my parent’s house [...]
Percy, One year around the sun and here we are. You arrived at 8:43am after a long few days of waiting and swaying and squatting and crying. This morning as I sung you happy birthday I remembered [...]
It was around this time last year that I started to feel the familiar twinge of early labour. I spent a good five days deep in the in-between – that heavy, emotional place between pregnancy [...]
In an attempt to embrace an enthusiastic approach to the whole house hunting saga, Daniel and I looked at a few rentals earlier this week. We’ve got a good 10 weeks left in this little [...]
My social media feeds have been flooded with “first day of school” photos this week; sweet, momentous captures of smiling kids and their proud parents. On Monday I witnessed all the [...]
The school term creates a strict 5-day-a-week routine on the household and it’s one I’ve learned to embrace as a work-from-home mum. The pace of my early motherhood years was [...]
/ fresh flowers and a cleared table – a rare sight during the holidays. / Australian summer in the backyard (sweet linen shorts from Paul & Paula and eco sand toys from Quut). / a [...]
I’ve procrastinated about washing the windows for about six months. In that time flying ants and summer bugs have been caught in window webs and the salt air, while good for the lungs, has [...]
In my quest to have a good purge before we move, I took to the toys on the weekend and didn’t stop till the clutter was cleared. As I went I discovered little odds and ends at the bottom of [...]
/ this girl, always picking flowers. / spotted on my morning walk. Does anyone know the name? / beach ready with new toys. / from below the frangipani tree, a stormy summer sky. / wabi sabi in [...]
My heart is concerned with here right now; the beach, our home, the daily comings and goings of children on holidays. But within a few months we’ll be packing up and moving on and I [...]
