When not at the farmlet .. we popped down the beach.
I even read a magazine ( Marie Claire ) and felt like I was 15 again .. ( with a copy of Dolly )
I don't get to read magazines much.
It was delightful.
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Showing posts with label beach. Show all posts
Monday, January 20, 2014
Holidays: At the Beach
Not all taken on the same day .. but a little walk through the hours..
When not at the farmlet .. we popped down the beach.
I even read a magazine ( Marie Claire ) and felt like I was 15 again .. ( with a copy of Dolly )
I don't get to read magazines much.
It was delightful.
When not at the farmlet .. we popped down the beach.
I even read a magazine ( Marie Claire ) and felt like I was 15 again .. ( with a copy of Dolly )
I don't get to read magazines much.
It was delightful.
Wednesday, January 01, 2014
Happy 2014!
We did our usual and headed down the beach with a picnic to watch the sunset,
play with glo-stix and catch a glimpse of the fireworks from over yon city-side.
It was low-tide when we arrived, so we threw our stuff down and went exploring.
Until it got dark enough to break out the glow-stix..
No, that's not our party. Nice to see people actually using their beachboxes though.
If I owned one, i'd be down there all the time, decorating it like a fantasy cubbyhouse
and inventing little stories in my head and playing Swiss Family Robinson.
Finally the sun did set.
You can't see properly at this size, but one of those silhouettes is taking an iphone picture.
It looks quite cool, but i'm not sure how her photo would have turned out?
Finally, when it was dark enough, Melbourne city let off the 'early fireworks', except this
year, all we heard was the pops and bangs. The venue change meant nothing was visible,
which was a bit disappointing, but ah well. The kids made me light sparklers against my
better judgement and one of them sustained finger burns, so that was a bit of fun later on
( O_o ), but he eventually fell asleep clutching his ziplock bag of crushed ice
( man we love that fridge ).
2013 was a messy brainblur for me so i'm hoping 2014 might take a slower,
more balanced pace.
Hope you had a good one!
xx
play with glo-stix and catch a glimpse of the fireworks from over yon city-side.
It was low-tide when we arrived, so we threw our stuff down and went exploring.
Until it got dark enough to break out the glow-stix..
No, that's not our party. Nice to see people actually using their beachboxes though.
If I owned one, i'd be down there all the time, decorating it like a fantasy cubbyhouse
and inventing little stories in my head and playing Swiss Family Robinson.
Finally the sun did set.
You can't see properly at this size, but one of those silhouettes is taking an iphone picture.
It looks quite cool, but i'm not sure how her photo would have turned out?
Finally, when it was dark enough, Melbourne city let off the 'early fireworks', except this
year, all we heard was the pops and bangs. The venue change meant nothing was visible,
which was a bit disappointing, but ah well. The kids made me light sparklers against my
better judgement and one of them sustained finger burns, so that was a bit of fun later on
( O_o ), but he eventually fell asleep clutching his ziplock bag of crushed ice
( man we love that fridge ).
2013 was a messy brainblur for me so i'm hoping 2014 might take a slower,
more balanced pace.
Hope you had a good one!
xx
Saturday, August 31, 2013
Spring 2013Style!
Yes, it's been a while, bad blogger, no updates.
The house is now finished,
furnished and wonderful.
Sure there's some thought that needs to go into wall decoration and finishing touches,
and yes, I need to photograph it.
What happened?
Life, life happened.
I went back to work and also started a new job-aside with a friend.
In fact, I can't tell you how nice it is to *collaborate* again.
Running your own ( solo ) business, even in this online age where I have a 100 colleagues
online to lean on, doesn't match the fun and energy I used to get from working alongside others,
bouncing wit, combining ideas and brainstorming. Much fun.
But i've popped in tonight as it's been Wonderful in old MelbsTown recently.
It wasn't a bad winter at all, but there's something about the blossoms and scent in the air ..
the late afternoons sports where the kids protest in confusion "but why isn't it dark yet?
It's supposed to be dark.."
We've got a sleepover tonight, and it's been a glorious day - 3 loads of washing dried
in the sun, started on weeds, did some pruning, marveled at new growth, then we headed
on down the beach for some sandcastle action and watched 9 ( NINE! ) brides battle for
the best position on the beach with their hired photographers and the hordes of many
taking pics with their i-pads.
Ugh.
No envy.
So anyway, a great day.
We came home & ordered fish & chips and walked up to collect them.
The kids watched a movie, and then had icecream.
And I loaded the dishwasher with a contented happy sigh.
"Did you have a hard day mum?" said my smallest? ( reacting to the sigh )
"What?" I asked, bemused ( because I didn't have a crankyface on )
"Did you have a hard day, having to look after 3 kids?" ( with HIS concerned tv-dad face )
So cute, his empathy only topped off a great day.
House pics soon - I promise! x
The house is now finished,
furnished and wonderful.
Sure there's some thought that needs to go into wall decoration and finishing touches,
and yes, I need to photograph it.
What happened?
Life, life happened.
I went back to work and also started a new job-aside with a friend.
In fact, I can't tell you how nice it is to *collaborate* again.
Running your own ( solo ) business, even in this online age where I have a 100 colleagues
online to lean on, doesn't match the fun and energy I used to get from working alongside others,
bouncing wit, combining ideas and brainstorming. Much fun.
But i've popped in tonight as it's been Wonderful in old MelbsTown recently.
It wasn't a bad winter at all, but there's something about the blossoms and scent in the air ..
the late afternoons sports where the kids protest in confusion "but why isn't it dark yet?
It's supposed to be dark.."
We've got a sleepover tonight, and it's been a glorious day - 3 loads of washing dried
in the sun, started on weeds, did some pruning, marveled at new growth, then we headed
on down the beach for some sandcastle action and watched 9 ( NINE! ) brides battle for
the best position on the beach with their hired photographers and the hordes of many
taking pics with their i-pads.
Ugh.
No envy.
So anyway, a great day.
We came home & ordered fish & chips and walked up to collect them.
The kids watched a movie, and then had icecream.
And I loaded the dishwasher with a contented happy sigh.
"Did you have a hard day mum?" said my smallest? ( reacting to the sigh )
"What?" I asked, bemused ( because I didn't have a crankyface on )
"Did you have a hard day, having to look after 3 kids?" ( with HIS concerned tv-dad face )
So cute, his empathy only topped off a great day.
House pics soon - I promise! x
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