March 2008

Favourite rain 20

Favourite rain

I can hear rain on the leaves outside. A friend of mine was telling me recently that her psychologist had told her that the “psychology of rain” has changed for us Australians in recent...

Etsy angst 23

Etsy angst

Last night I had a crazy dream where I discovered Matt Damon was a loobylu reader (and why shouldn’t he be?) and he had a daddy-blog at gracious.blogspot.com. I went and had a look...

On my desk… mess. 19

On my desk… mess.

We’re in the middle of school holidays so blogging time is pretty limited… sleep ins, Horton hears a Who, fairy crafts and mad playdough sessions are in abundance. I have also completely lost track...

Birthday / Easter happy happy 18

Birthday / Easter happy happy

Croup-curing medication + chocolate + rose macarons + new ukulele + thai food + small children + good friends + book vouchers + 2 full nights of sleep = best birthday / easter weekend...

Autumn chilly 42

Autumn chilly

* I have croup! Who’d have thunk it!? Well, it’s called Laryngotracheobronchitis which is a lot harder to say than croup. And also much less of a crowd pleaser. “CROUP? What are you? Three...

Meow! 13

Meow!

Happy mail day! My woodcut print by Maho Satoh-Britt arrived. I have been a fan of Maho’s husband Stephan Britt’s work for a long time and it was with great pleasure when I discovered...

Pillow talk 30

Pillow talk

Lily’s asleep, Amelia’s at school… I am keeping cool behind drawn curtains. It’s going to be 38°c today, can that be fair? It’s Autumn! The hot weather is going on and on and on....

BOOM! 30

BOOM!

Here’s a little break away from my usual “On my desk… on a Wednesday” post. It’s dire. I need to do something about my studio. PRONTO. Yesterday I wrote an email to Pip telling...