~ some school holiday stills ~

Following our grand adventure in Europe earlier in the year we thought some quiet time at home these holidays was in order.  We didn't make many plans and the days unfolded slowly - some playground time, crafting, gardening, time with friends, cooking, playing, wandering, Harry watching.  


1.  Cecile Brunner roses are my faves - I found these today - the first of the season

2.  We made Gourmet Girlfriend's sausage rolls (and the spinach and feta ones) - they were both fantastic

3.  Poppy undressed

4.  A wander through the Japanese Gardens at the Botanical Gardens

5.  While the girls and I embarked on a Harry fest,  Jack was allowed some unfettered screen time.
(he's not allowed to watch Harry yet - house rules state you have to read the books first)

6.  Holiday traditions - we always paint our toenails.  Jack is in charge of colour arranging

7.  I worked my last clinic shift for one of my (very) part-time jobs.  They gave me flowers.  I love that.  This is the most amazing dahlia.

8. It was world post day on October 9th  - I sent some post cards and made a little vignette.

9.  Faffing with flowers for instagram - I waste many hours doing this - so much fun.


Have you just had holidays?  What were your highlights?

~ our week in stills ~

 

 

 

 

1.  I fell in love with this print several months ago and it just got delivered this week (the artist spent a long time hand colouring it!) - I love how its making the tv corner less techo oriented!

2.  It came with a lot of bubble-wrap.  Kept them amused for quite a while.

3.  Cooking at the park with our discarded coffee cups

4.  School holiday crafting with friends

5.  Boy + girl as we headed out for Friday night pizza

6.  Little athletics - our first time - lots of fun

7.  The little pink bedside locker was my present for our 7th wedding anniversary - I adore it.  And the poppies.  I'm reading "flight behaviour" by Barbara Kingsolver - such an interesting read - highly recommended so far.

8 and 9.  The anniversary poppies - with irresitable gelati colours, hairy legs and awesome light.



Back to school tomorrow for 4th term - everyone's looking forward to it which is great.  The doc heads to Darwin for his annual conference and I'll be doing the gym, swimming, ballet run - and writing some more letters.

How's your week looking?
Linking with Em to share moments from our week.

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~ stills from the school holidays ~

  

1/2.   Everyone who has walked into our kitchen this week has remarked at how amazing the clematis is looking.  2 months ago I was convinced it had died!  It's really hard to get a shot of it all as its creeping along the conifers and fence that line our driveway.

3.  School holiday lounging in hammocks - Lil is happiest with a book in her hand

4/5.   He didn't do a lot of painting at school this term as he's become nervous about getting it "wrong" .... we did lots last week and he finished the crazy cat he didn't try in class.  So proud of his determination.

6.  We've been playing lots of games as the weather's been foul - lots of old maid, mouse trap, hungry hippos and chinese checkers

7.  Blushing ranunculi that I don't remember planting.

8.  I made these cupcake sized sticky date puddings with caramel sauce (recipe here) - they were SO good.

9.  Because flowers make everyone (at least me) happier.

Its our first year of a four term school year and being on holiday in October feels slightly weird
We're not used to it - we're not used to the girls being away either - they left for a few nights to the cousins up north and the house felt very empty.

So we've been crafting and cooking, skipping and gardening, watching DVDs and reading and letting ourselves find a slower rhythm. 
We're looking forward to longer days with daylight savings (and hopefully some warmer weather). 

We've got another week of holidays to go - the wish-list (compiled by each child) still has beach walks, sleep overs, picnics, swims and MONA on it... I wonder how much we'll get done.

How's your week looking?
I'm linking up with Em.


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~ school holiday snippets ~

 

 

 

 

Another week of phone snippets - even though I took my big camera to Melbourne for 3 days I hardly took it out - and most of the shots are overexposed and/or blurry - really need to make some time to get to know that f1.4 lens.

Its school holidays week one.  My resolutions to be calmer and not so "yelly" are not fully realised but I'm trying. 

We've been to the park, for coffee, we've crafted and cooked and had 3 wonderful days in Melbourne visiting friends, ice skating and getting lost in the wonder that is Monet.

1.  Hellebores from the bottom of the garden sitting in a make-shift vase making me happy.

2.  Happy arty-crafty walls.

3.  Afternoon tea at Daci & Daci (a must do if you're visiting Hobart)

4.  Sweet Alice defrosting after one of our chillier mornings.

5.  Black Puffer tribe - the Tasmanian winter uniform loose on the streets of Melbourne.

6.  Great coffee spot in Caulfield.

7.  Matching legs and the brightest sneakers she could find anywhere!

8.  That gorgeous ceiling at the NGV.  The Monet exhibition was superb.

9.  Those curls and the water window at the NGV.



I'm linking up with Em's lovely stills collection

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