It’s getting warmer, the days are longer and school holidays have just begun.  It’s a potent combination for me.  The weekends seem less hectic and there seems to be more time to just be in the moment.  I bought a watermelon quarter in anticipation of the weekend’s heat and a lime for a salad dressing.…

It’s a gloriously sunny day outside.   I’ve just been for a walk and gotten a starter tan on my legs. I went window shopping in search of a straw hat for summer but was told that stock won’t be in for a few weeks. It was all so invigorating that I didn’t stop to…

For me?  The beach, hands down. That sense of calm that washes over and through you as you gaze out at the water while the sand yields softly yet firmly to your toes.  Because you must always be bare foot on the beach… Beach is a way of life.  It’s colour, it’s pared back chic,…

Recently, one of my favourite bloggers, Domestic Divinity pondered returning to blogging.  She decided that updating her Facebook page more frequently was going to be her way of doing it and it’s been so lovely reading along about what’s been going on in her life.  One of the posts that I’ve enjoyed the most featured…

We’re an airport, airplane, and air travel loving household. One of Preschooler’s first words was ‘plane’ and I remember afternoons spent looking up at the sky above our old house in search of the planes behind the roaring engines and swooshes of air that reverberated around us on that quiet suburban street.  We’ve been on…

It was about time too, Australian Bureau of Statistics. My postal vote form arrived last night and I’ve had my say, ticked yes and popped it back in the post this morning.  I can feel change, acceptance, and equality in the air as our nation comes together to hopefully agree that love is love. The…

Making : fairy wands using a craft set I bought at kmart.  Those sets are godsends for combatting Preschooler cabin fever.  Cooking :  roasted vegetable buddha bowls.  I’ve tweaked a recipe from Goodful by adding a few things to the original dressing (orange juice, fish sauce and sesame oil) and it’s now just right for me. Drinking : T2’s…

There are those days of the week where comfort is key.  You don’t have to go to work, you’re not going anywhere special or you might even have had a swim in the morning and hence aren’t in possession of either good hair or makeup. On days like those, I hitch up the waistband of…

Our council elections were held over the weekend so we joined the rest of the neighbourhood in making the trek to our local primary school to cast our vote. Some of us travelled via scooter, others on foot.  There were dogs in tow, prams in tow and even the odd balloon.  But sadly, no sausage…

I was so excited when I checked the weather forecast for Tuesday last night.  31C as a maximum with a balmy 19C overnight. I fished out one of my pairs of Bettina Liano denim shorts from that Costco haul I made a few weeks back and even managed to find my favourite pair of Birkis…