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picturing a weekend

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

~ The geese (who live here but belong to the neighbours) are noisy and messy and they occasionally chase small children. I'll miss them terribly when we move.

~ We've had an unbelievable amount of rain in the last week. It's doing my tomatoes in, they're splitting and falling. They are still undeniably delicious and I am one of those cliché gardeners running around telling everyone they must plant tomatos because nothing you buy tastes as good. 

~ In a break in the rain, we had a beautiful afternoon picking blackberries with friends. There were varying degrees of commitment to picking among the smallies, but most picked enthusiastically then ate them with the same dedication. 

~ I picked while wearing a baby in a backpack, a feat I am very proud of as she would occasionally lunge for a berry nearly toppling me into the brambles. She eventually fell asleep.

~ We lay about on the lawn at Mum and Dad's in the early evening, drinking tea and watching kids on bikes then reconvened at our place for pizza, kid's movie and Irish beer. A perfect Saturday?

~ I have a new obsession (other than finding the right jersey cow); crocheting flowers. My craftiest pal dropped in this afternoon for a tutorial (this is the third time she's tried to teach me, I am a bit hopeless at crochet, she is a very good friend and incredibly patient.) It seems I've finally figured it out this time. I'm up to four. And on a roll. LOVE crocheted flowers! Absolutely no idea what I'm goigng to do with them, but I have a deep need to made hundreds.

Loved this weekend.

Did you? Hope you have something that gets you as hyped as crocheted flowers does for me?!

xxx

walking

(It's so quiet! Hope things are peaceful over your way, this weekend.) 

xxx

weekendiness

 

Why did I not think of making biscuits as a career, like, ages ago?

SO. MUCH. FUN. I love love love market day.

And we sold out, which is the coolest thing ever. Very grateful.

Hope your weekend is wonderful!    

 

xxx

weekendiness

A much looked forward to weekend away. Kids with Mum and Dad. A fabulous birthday party for a favourite friend, Arabian-themed, amazing and completely full of people we love. 

Staying here. Although Adam and I would have had fun staying in a cardboard box, perhaps. 

Wonderful, hilarious, restorative. The joy of just holding that man's hand walking down an interesting street. 

 

 

Plus, a cool Dr Seuss exhibition. Tried hard to convince Adam we needed this cast resin on our wall (Goo Goo Eyed Tasmanian Wolghast). As if money were no object. 

 

He preferred this original:

 

But decided we'd prefer to buy a commercial laying flock of Leghorns for the farm.

Hope you had a lovely weekend, lovely folk. (And that if you're East Coast U.S. that you're staying out of that wind. )

xxx

gone to the dogs

 

I should just say first, the kids have never been big fans of dogs. Not sure why, their parents are lifelong card-carrying supporters. There has been a bit of trepidation this weekend with leaping and barreling puppies, but on the leads, that's another thing. Everyone is happy. 

(Holly.)

Off leads, the puppies have been awesome. 

Getting to know their new home, the neighbouring cat, you know. The chooks (through the fence). We think that getting two at once, while it might seem insane, is actually easier. They play all day then conk out and sleep in their dog house, on the big shared dog bed we prepared for them.

 

(Max).

We didn't name them, the names were given to them by the handlers at the RSPCA, and they seem to respond well, so we kept the names.

They're really quite calm pups, and I think we're lucky and they've been beautifully handled and trained in the last couple of months they've been at the shelter. 

 

We are LOVING having them here with us. We're getting used to gates that were never previously shut and we're reading up, as we do with these things, about feeding, and pack, and training. 

We adore our dogs. And gosh they're cute. 

xxx

weekendiness

Hope you've had a wonderful weekend, you lovely folk. 

xxx

the office

I've always loved my Dad's office. 

So much so that it's weird I meandered into a corporate job for quite so long. 

I love his water cooler...

and his co-workers...

and his team building events.

 

Er, for the record, Tilly dressed herself in that stackhat, perhaps in light of her Grandfather's car racing history and her optimism towards speed.

 Love hanging out with my Dad.

 

All photos today by Ad.

xxx

 

a park with a beach

There's an Inner Pickle reader who I've never met who keeps sending me to THE BEST parks. Hi Renee. We visited another of your suggestions on the weekend. Thank you so much!

Parsley Bay Reserve, which even in slightly inclement conditions looks like this:

With views like this:

 

 

Perhaps she's about to get teeth. There's a LOT of gnawing going on. 

And yes, am aware there is a hole in my favourite cardi. 

I walked past a mailbox with a sharp edge. Lucky I didn't lose an eye, frankly.

Am THAT spatially coordinated. 

Hope you had a good one. 

xxx

weekendiness

Sydney in October is a little bit gorgeous. 

We explored a new park today - Ballast Point Park at Birchgrove. It has wind turbines!

And lots of excellent rocks. 

And apart from a massive number of sheer walls leading directly into the harbour, the views (above) were spectacular (photographed while hanging onto the back of Tilly's t-shirt as she dangled fearlessly over the edge. Gah. I blame her father.)

 

There was some rule that if you walked past  a wall you had to pretend to stick to it. 

 

Or do some yoga.

 

Tilly did her own hair today. Can you tell?

 

(I love clips too.)

 

It was nice to play in a park that wasn't all swings and roundabouts. So to speak. 

 

Hope you had a gorgeous weekend too. 

Last chance to enter the Beauty and the Beast giveaway! Gotta be in it to win it!

xxx

happiness is...

~ the entomologist

~ great trees (photo by Adam)

 

~ books that after just the preface you suspect might change your life

 

~ rolling over!

 

~ a haircut

 

~ MORE honey jumbles, (iced by little hands with sticky fingers)

 

~ homemade chips and mayonnaise (YUM)

 

Hope you had a lovely weekend. What's happy 'round your place?

xxx