australian design

Trees, men, architecture.

Sometimes we get it so right.

a midsummer night's dream

"What angel wakes me from my flowery bed?" - Titania - Queen of the Fairies

An oil monoprint.

And are we really halfway through Summer?

recycling

                            

                            
This is Al again, my guerilla knitting friend from a couple of posts ago.
And this is an old tapestry found in an op shop finding new life in the bush.
(visit Elisabeth for more recycling stories....)

summer holiday 4

Eleven people in one house. Always a lot going on.

summer holiday 3

This is the gorgeous Al, who I was on holidays with.

She is becoming somewhat of a guerilla knitter.

On our last night away she left her mark. 

On a bridge pole going into a place called Tea Gardens.

It filled me with joy to see it as we drove home. I hope that it stays up.

And that it makes a lot of people smile.

(I pondered leaving a post today - in light of the flood tragedy hitting Queenslanders - but decided that smiling could come in handy)

summer holiday 2

A long walk. And at the end of it this pretty place.

                             

And look at the front of this house with all the fishing things hanging in the gum trees.

summer holiday 1

We have been away. 

Up the coast on a quintessential Australian beach holiday.

Swimming with dolphins and bike riding with koalas. 

A goanna on the sand and a shark fin in the water.

The loud ring of cicadas.

Barbeques, old book stores and op shop treasures.

(I'm back online and keen to take a trip around the cyberglobe and visit you all!)

I can't get onto the Internet properly. Very frustrating ... I have some lovely photos to share ... Hopefully see you soon xxxxxxxx

a new year

and a very happy one to you all.
may our horizons be wide and our skies illuminated this year. x.

breakfast with my next door neighbor

She is french. And has some nice french magazines.

images from the weekend

I think that I much prefer the week between xmas and new year.