Exploring our new garden

Absolutely loving having the camera out again.

Spring has sprung

I'm back.  It has been a busy 5 months.  We sold.  We bought.  We moved.  Olive is fondly referred to as Lulu now.  Bean is 3.  Beans Mummy is a little frayed around the edges...but the smell of blossoms & freshly cut grass & a desire to pick up the camera and bloggity-blog again are very, very good things.


I hope you're having a happy day! 

Beautiful stuff (well, apart from our sweet Olive)

A gorgeous & thoughtful gift from a blogging friend, one exhausted & happy Bean, green fingernails ("like frogs Mumma") and the fact that we're seriously contemplating a tree change...

What beautiful things are happening for you?

Bringing Joy

Flowers from dear friends, a Crusty Demon Bean, Olive's darling little fingers (we've taken to calling Liv 'Olive'...in a way it goes with 'Bean')...and the special picture Bean drew for Liv and stuck next to her cot.  Things bringing me joy at the moment.

Bean & Mummy time...

The Bean loved her rainy day adventures this week.  Puddles & snails - it was very refreshing after the hot weather I must say.  I need to get myself some gumboots...Bean insisted I wear her Dad's boots instead (see above...I'm not a fan).

Have a great weekend everyone.

xx

Favourite flowers

My favourite flowers...playing along with '52 Lists', with Pip and everyone at meetmeatmikes.

Hmmm, I really don't know the names of many flowers!  I love so many more than this...I just don't know their names.  Inspired to learn some now.   

And I don't think that is how you spell lilies...no way I'm going back & re-writing/re-shooting that list though!  The scary thing is, once upon a time I would have...

Have an ace weekend!

Due tomorrow

Good Morning!

Happy Sunday to you!

Due tomorrow...birth vibes warmly accepted!

xx

Baby Cheeses

As Bean stuck the 'card only' stickers onto our cards today she asked me "wat dat baby's name?", referring to the Christmas stamps. "Baby Jesus" I replied...beginning to wonder what on earth I would tell her if she asked for more information.  What are my beliefs?  What are our beliefs as a family?  We aren't religious.  Even if we were...she's 2...how do you explain religion to a 2 year old?  I'm sure we don't need to have the full conversation for a while anyway, but goodness it got me thinking!  Luckily she just went on to tell me "dat baby loves cheeses" and that she "loves cheeses too".  Big laughs all round.  Phew!  Something to think about though...

The pics show what we've been up to this past week.  I'm so tired, but I'm loving every minute of this.  What have you been up to?

Monkeying around

Hooray for Pic Monkey!  I had been wondering for ages how everyone was coming up with these funky collages....thanks heaps for sharing Kell (visit her gorgeous blog here)!

Here's my first quick go...I'm absolutely addicted!

Skenes Creek Holiday February 2012

More sweet holiday

Delicious time away

Wandering in the garden

Gorillas at the beach

Walking in our neighbourhood today was lovely...

Bean asked "What type of birdy dat is?" every single time we saw one, which was fantastic because we saw rainbow lorikeets, magpies, seagulls and pelicans today.  She thought a cat was a gorilla...hmmm...bizarre.  It was so hard not to laugh at her once I saw her eyes and how she truly believed it WAS a gorilla!  Happy Sunday to you!

Fresh new look for Spring

I've wanted crisp and white for a while now - here we go.  I'm looking forward to warmer Spring days and a renewed enthusiasm for capturing pretties with my dusty, neglected camera. Bean's Daddy thinks the fungus isn't pretty at all.  Does it remind you of a cracked nipple too?  Haha!  I find it a bit creepy but I still love the detail in it.  Hope your week has been a good one.

Mother's Day craft and treats

Cards for Bean's Nana (my Mummy)

From Me...the flower was given to me when Bean was born...and then I pressed it.

From Bean...her artwork...my double-sided taping.

Mother's Day treat for me while Bean napped...is anyone else prepared to admit they can eat a whole wedge of blue cheese in one sitting? ...mmmmmm...

Some holiday sky shapes

Down the road

Little pretties

Little bits of a great holiday