I'm without a car for a couple of weeks.
I've noticed just how much I rely on the car. Today I walked and caught the tram into the city with the girls for a doctor's appointment and then rode my bike to visit my sister...I'm shattered.
Much as I love living in the leafy green suburbs (where not even a coffee is walking distance) today would have been much easier if I lived in Fitzroy.
This map is from an old street directory picked up at the Camberwell market yesterday - so good!
I can barely contain my excitement.
I opened a box that had simply been relocated from house to house. I'm embarrassed to admit we moved over a year ago.
I had thought the view master slides had been lost along the way so imagine the thrill when I uncovered these yesterday!
The view master has been in constant use since ... viewing the 7 wonders of the world in marvellous 3D & delicious desaturated, scratched 70s style.
Happy weekend lovely folk.
& thinking it might be time to dust the old girl off & give her a run.
Thanks Kate for making me appreciate them all over again & get over my pony = headache phase.
Yesterday we watched The Man From Snowy River (1 &2). We're all completely in love again.
Thank YOU all for appreciating the noticing. You are completely ace!
& how a bit of warmth changes everything.
After days & days of grey it was such a welcome sight.
Hoping you're feeling the kiss of the sun at your place.
They stink!
I actually did a U turn on the highway to take this pic. The alpacas were yarded & I guess ready to load onto a truck. It was very considerate of the alpaca farmer really as having them in a confined space made it easy to photograph them.
I haven't really taken much notice of alpaca before except for the fact of how divinely soft alpaca yarn is. I had no idea they smelt so rank nor did I know about the possum like hiss they make.
I went in search of ponies.
I packed the kids in the car & headed up to Mansfield. I managed to drag the rain with me & it teamed all day yesterday. The ponies weren't very co-operative!
BUT...
I stopped at Pemberton's on the way up just to scope things out. You see this is where we used to keep our own ponies when we were kids.
My heart was in my throat as I snapped this pic.
Happy weekend all.
I missed a day.
I had uploaded a couple of pics and then my internet dropped out...I was in Queensland. Then I dunno it just seemed wrong to be blathering on about my stuff when there was so much going on.
Safely back in Melbourne I'm thinking a LOT about the floods and those who have lost (& are yet to lose) homes & family.
She's a force.
Magical & powerful.
This is a moonah. They are everywhere down the coast & they are my mother-in-law's absolute favourite tree.
The moonah doesn't really float my boat but the silhouette is quite special.
I think I'd like to have a crack.
It seems like polo without the ponies. I've got a very clear picture of myself in bare feet with a mallet in one hand & a capiroska in the other. I hope they're licensed.
The "ghost town" feel of Melbourne in January makes me brave(r).
I'm more inclined to scale a fence or wriggle through a hole in the cyclone wire. The fear of winding up in jail seems more remote...surely the police are down the coast too?
Just super loving the club rooms.
January is the very best time to be in Melbourne.
It seems that everybody leaves town on Christmas Day & things don't really fire up again until school goes back. It's bliss.
If I close my eyes I can hear the tumbleweeds rolling down the street. I love that normally manicured lawns are ignored. Littered with weeds they look just right to me. Any green space should be left to ramble in my opinion.
Anything texty is going to get me everytime & what's not to love about black & white with hint of brick?
I took a little detour with the girls the other day & found myself at the Abbotsford Convent.
I really love that place...it's like stepping into another world.
I'm not quite ready to step back into the creative space thingy but if you're keen say "i" & I'll fire it up for next week OR happy to cruise a couple more weeks. Up to you.
What a lovely "welcome back" I received. Thank you all for your keen support.
The big girl has some vile gastric thing. She's small & thin & really can't afford a couple of days off the tooth. I'm crossing everything that the rest of us don't fall like flies.
The mattress has been dragged downstairs, off the carpet & in front of the Teev. It's just the way things roll in our house. You get sick & you move to the family room...a hangover from when I was a kid. I think a mattress on the floor is much more comfy than the sweaty brown vinyl couch I enjoyed as a kid.
Buddy sleeps on his own dog bed...always. BUT a comfy bed on the floor was simply too much for him to resist & I thought he looked so gorgeous so I left him.
Hoping she's back to her normal self quick sticks as she has quite a lovely crafty plan.
Dear FriendO,
Today I ran a long way.
I haven't been on the long run for a couple of weeks. Before the break I was afraid of stopping & last night as I drifted off to sleep I was afraid of starting again.
I certainly needed a little break from this space & I'm glad I had it but as I ran up the hill this morning (& thought I was actually going to die), I realised that if I didn't start again today I really never would.
I'm going to have to make the habit all over again...for me that's 21 days.
I'll probably bore you witless with drivel because to be honest I haven't made anything for ages...the machine's lying dormant...the hooks have cobwebs on them...and I frankly can't think of anything less appealing than a skein of floss...but I'm always planning & thinking & reworking.
Perhaps just think of the next 21 days as kootokoo rather than kootoyoo & I'll understand completely if you don't stop in.
Looking forward to another year with perhaps a bit less of the fear.
Thanks for being ace!
Love
Kirst
x
just saying.
I do not fold my tea towels vertically, I fold horizontally.
I've got a crick in my neck from admiring my growing collection of bloggy tea towel souvenirs ... so I've fashioned my own.
for my very-special-passed-down-from-my-grandma jewellery led to this panicky mountain of pillowcases in the craft room.
I did find the rings but I obviously need to rethink my hiding spots.
I'll be folding & sorting & repacking the shelves over the weekend if you need me.
Hoping your weekend is a goodie.
OK so this is really more about my homework than the making of bunting. The chips just needed to be glued to a piece of paper but there's no fun in that is there? So I made two...one for the homework & one for the smallest.
I think the bunting's super cute & will be making more. The robot is of course by Jodie.
Happy weekend folks.
The pencil scribble turned into a lino cutting adventure.
I had a lovely busy weekend...on the hook, on the lino, on the click, in the kitchen & with my family.
There was also a minor (but controlled) adventure with fire.
Not really sure if these guys are happy or running for their lives...
I'm a glass half full kind of girl so I'm ... choosing to see them as happy ... choosing happy for me & for my lovely family too ... & choosing a happy weekend for you all.