Jikana Damaru: 09/23/11

This Saturday, I'm grateful for... "oh look!! Bub's up THERE!"

The joyous simplicity of children.

This Saturday AM, the back doors were open and I was inside getting dressed. My husband and daughter went outside and shared a quiet moment.

They must have been outside for at least a few minutes.

"oh look, bub's up THERE!" my daughter proclaimed suddenly.

"Nicole! Come see!" shouted my husband.

So I came. And I saw.

Elliott was up in the flower pot.

IN. The flower pot.

Quiet. Content. Picking little native daisies one by one. Tasting. Feeling.

He must have been in there a good few minutes before anyone noticed him.

The joyous simplicity of children. This Saturday, I'm grateful for that. x

Baby update

Little Miss Evie will be six months old next week - OMG how its flying!! She has just started solids and eats like she has been doing it forever. She is a big giggler but very impatient and bellows out for me constantly. She has been having major separation anxiety but secretly I'm kind of enjoying it. Second time round, I at least know this time doesn't really last that long.

What I did forget or perhaps block out were these EARLY morning starts ARGH! they are hard... I can't really complain though she will at least give me a good 7 hours - most nights.

I love watching her watch her sister. Those little peepers just follow her around the room and her face lights up when Louise talks to her.... That's by far the best.

Grateful roars with Lioness Lady

Sonia from LionessLady has been a part of Grateful Saturday since almost the beginning and I wanted to honour that today. She is a friendly, genuine, gentle soul with a bit of a roar when she needs it. She calls herself a 'beginner' crafter, but her crochet is amazing and she even ran up a great skirt for herself recently... I think her 'beginner' and my 'beginner' are really rather different!

In any case, I thought she looked particularly lionessque in the above photo I snuck from her blog today. What a great shot!

Pop on over to link up today's grateful posts.

Have a lovely weekend and remember to pat yourself on the back for at least one job well done.

Top Drawer - Winter 2011 trends part 2

Shelter A/W 2011

A wholesome, fun trend inspired by vintage mountain ski lodges set among snow capped mountains and evergreen trees. Winter woodland motifs of trees, stags, deer and bears. Lumberjack checks and fair isles knits in a colour palette of warm, woody browns, rustic reds and icy blues.

I am now officially looking forward to Winter, getting snuggly and preparing for Christmas!

Have a sweet day!

i am

photographing a {very special} family of four this weekend.
looking forward to getting to the bottom of my magazine pile of unread issues.
hoping for a sunny day on sunday.
glad the school holidays are here.
admiring a bunch of tulips my husband gave me as we celebrated 13 years of marriage this week.
still waiting to upgrade to an iphone.
needing to go through my computer photo folders & give them a spring clean.
wishing you a happy weekend. any plans?