Jul 23, 2014 | beautiful to me
As Daughter gets closer to her HSC major work for Visual Arts, I’m becoming more and more aware of the art I see online. She and I tend to bounce off one another artistically – I value her opinion and she looks to me for ideas. And whenever I see anything...
Jul 21, 2014 | inspiration and motivation
In our family the Husband and Daughter don’t cope well with change… Me? i’m more a ‘go with the flow’ sort of gal Change happens. We can stress about it and bemoan the fact that it’s happened – or we can dust ourselves off...
Jul 18, 2014 | The Weekend Photo Project
Most of the artwork that graces our walls was created by either myself or the kids. which can make it tough to pick a favourite artwork in my house They’re all special for different reasons. …the very first Valentine’s heart where all Daughter could...
Jul 16, 2014 | family, photography
Daughter has just spent the week at the National Art School in Sydney, studying Contemporary Fine Art Photography (yes, I was and still am jealous!). Husband and I decided to spend the week taking the Little Man around and showing him the big city. It’s been...
Jul 14, 2014 | inspiration and motivation
we’ve just spent the week in Sydney I wasn’t looking forward to going – too many cars, too many people, too much noise. But it was chin up and step it out, because I want my kids to experience different places. i want my kids to see the world To know...
Jul 11, 2014 | The Weekend Photo Project
perspective pəˈspɛktɪv noun 1. the art of representing three-dimensional objects on a two-dimensional surface so as to give the right impression of their height, width, depth, and position in relation to each other. Depending on which author you read, perspective can...
Jul 9, 2014 | Random-ness
I happily describe myself as being a little left of centre. And while others may look on in disapproval, I’m a lot like Tom. I really don’t give a shit. because when I hear someone say “You’re weird”, what I’m really hearing is...
Jul 7, 2014 | inspiration and motivation
“A smile costs nothing, but creates much. It enriches those who receive, without impoverishing those who give. It happens in a flash and the memory of it sometimes lasts forever.” ~ Dale Carnegie, How to Win Friends and Influence People. still not convinced? Here are...
Jul 4, 2014 | The Weekend Photo Project
i’m always thrilled to get snail mail Except for bills of course. But when something special arrives in the post, it’s always such a treat to open the parcel and see what has arrived. Again, possibly not the best prompt for a weekend – our postie...
Jul 2, 2014 | inspiration and motivation
I’ve mentioned before how the kids and I love to colour in, especially on wet Winter afternoons. As they’ve gotten older, their taste in colour ins has changed though – they’re no longer happy with superheros and fairies… instead a...
