I don’t usually post on a Saturday, but I found this photo from my 2005 ski trip to British Columbia in Canada and couldn’t resist. This was taken at Red Mountain Resort – one of my favourite interior ski resorts.
As John Muir has so beautifully stated in this quote, I feel like doing just that today. My spirit needs washing clean. It’s a dowdy day in Hobart, we have both of the peeps on antibiotics for colds and ear infections, the house is starting to get cold and winter is barking at my heels. Oh how I would love to ski down this slope right now!
James has taken quite the fancy to my VOGUE magazine. The young man is learning about style already plus the inner workings of a bike wheel. That’s my boy!
I have been loving the fabulous Coco Flip Pendant for quite some time. I just love the shape – oh so beautiful.
Coco Pendant is handcrafted in Melbourne from turned Victorian ash timber and powdercoated spun aluminium. The smooth timber surface gives way to the aluminium shade, creating a delicate contrast between these two very different materials.
Coco Pendant won three awards at Fringe Furniture in 2010 and the lighting category of the Home Beautiful Product of the Year Awards 2010.
James is now on the MOVE with his first coordinated crawl taking place last Friday.
Time to drag out those stair gates again, batten down the hatches and remove all the temptations at floor level (ie: Portuguese millipedes; cords and choking hazards).
… ‘I’m going to sit down and write a long letter to all the good friends I’ve known’.
A good friend of mine passed away late last year and I miss her dearly. I still find it difficult to comprehend that I will NEVER see her again and only wish I had told her how much she meant to me.
So, this post is dedicated to all my special friends, near and far. I value the times we have shared together and I love you all so dearly. Xx
Neil says it well with this classic song:
One of these days,
I’m gonna sit down
and write a long letter
To all the good friends I’ve known
And I’m gonna try
And thank them all
for the good times together.
Though so apart we’ve grown.
One of these days,
I’m gonna sit down
and write a long letter
To all the good friends I’ve known
One of these days,
one of these days,
one of these days,
And it won’t be long, it won’t be long.
And I’m gonna thank,
That old country fiddler
And all those rough boys
Who play that rock ‘n’ roll
I never tried to burn any bridges
Though I know I let some good things go.
One of these days,
I’m gonna sit down
and write a long letter
To all the good friends I’ve known
One of these days,
one of these days,
one of these days,
And it won’t be long, it won’t be long.
From down in L.A.
All the way to Nashville,
From New York City
To my Canadian prairie home
My friends are scattered
Like leaves from an old maple.
Some are weak, some are strong.
One of these days,
I’m gonna sit down
and write a long letter
To all the good friends I’ve known
One of these days,
one of these days,
one of these days,
And it won’t be long, it won’t be long.
One of these days,
one of these days,
one of these days,
And it won’t be long, it won’t be long.
We had another visit to the family farm late last week where Poppy and her cousin Nina, helped their Nanna harvest carrots, corn and tomatoes from her veggie garden.
Such a simple task but one that reconnected Poppy with her food and her Grandmother.
After all the vegetables had been picked there was time for running races, climbing trees and the simple game of hide-and-seek. Such a joy to see Poppy play in the very backyard I did when I was her age. Xx
…and then James was ready to take off with his Grandfather’s walking frame:
Today I am loving this poem that I recently saw on Facebook. It is good to be reminded of the simple things in life and to enjoy the ordinary. x
Make the Ordinary Come Alive
Do not ask your children
to strive for extraordinary lives.
Such striving may seem admirable,
but it is the way of foolishness.
Help them instead to find the wonder
and the marvel of an ordinary life.
Show them the joy of tasting
tomatoes, apples and pears.
Show them how to cry
when pets and people die.
Show them the infinite pleasure
in the touch of a hand.
And make the ordinary come alive for them.
The extraordinary will take care of itself.
William Martin – The Parent’s Tao Te Ching : Ancient Advice for Modern Parents
Nick has been looking on Gumtree for a rowing skiff for over a year now and his patience has paid off, as he finally found this little gem that he picked up yesterday.
Poppy ran inside, grabbed all of her toys and took them for a ‘row’. Mmmm … never too soon to learn I guess.
James and I were ‘Artful Fools’ this morning and fled the house on this fine autumn day to visit the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery.
What is it about art galleries that make you feel so good? I have very positive feelings when I am in the midst of amazing art – maybe it is being surrounded by work that has been lovingly created by talented artisans, expressing their every thought through the stroke of a brush. I also have the same feelings in bookshops – all those loving words printed on paper.
We were lucky to experience the most valuable painting the museum has ever exhibited, non other than the Angelica and the wounded Medoro c. 1860 by Eugène Delacroix. This painting is only in Tasmania for a week as part of the Hobart Baroque Festival.
… ‘I’m going to sit down and write a long letter to all the good friends I’ve known’.
The Poppy Files 