tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-317132022024-03-13T13:20:55.698+11:00BongalooLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11123258860168964242noreply@blogger.comBlogger138125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31713202.post-32001201416671580972013-09-15T10:43:00.000+10:002013-09-15T10:43:55.014+10:00Adventures in CrochetI learned to crochet at school in 5th grade.
This little martian sheep/bumble bee was inspired by one of my cousin's designs (not an original, sorry..), I made it for a little 3 year old friend
It's like riding a bike, you never forget...
Dressing up a fake indoor plant from IKEA
I also watched my grandmother make doilies ever since I can remember. She also used to crochet clothes for Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11123258860168964242noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31713202.post-81028885418316244542013-08-27T13:06:00.000+10:002013-08-27T13:15:29.050+10:00On marriage
I have been reflecting a lot lately on my impending nuptials to a certain Mr. M... Mainly because I have started thinking about my vows, about what I want to say and what our relationship means to me. Coincidentally this beautiful blogpost (The True Story of a Seven Year Marriage) landed on my feed and it really resonated with me and what I believe, so I wanted to share it with you in Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11123258860168964242noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31713202.post-45430013145478579462013-08-21T14:07:00.001+10:002013-08-21T14:07:05.720+10:00Getting LuckyIt has been widely agreed that Get Lucky by Daft Punk (ft. Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers) is the song of the summer (winter here), and quite possibly the song of the century.
I don't know about anybody else but for me it is a rare masterpiece of a song, one which begs to be listened to over and over again. I will go into a sort of trance, and have it on repeat for hours Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11123258860168964242noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31713202.post-3543067654949072552013-08-20T14:37:00.000+10:002013-08-20T14:47:19.365+10:00Winter [again]
Palm Beach, NSW
When you think of winter, the words blue sky and beach certainly don't come to mind... We have had the best (read: sunny and warm) winter this year. Thus is life in Australia...
Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11123258860168964242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31713202.post-40705306467614982302013-08-06T20:49:00.000+10:002013-08-06T20:51:18.556+10:00Hilarious
Mumford & Sons Enlist Big-Name Comics For ‘Hopeless Wanderer’ VideoLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11123258860168964242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31713202.post-70914296266603984222013-08-04T21:39:00.000+10:002013-08-04T21:44:37.305+10:00DIY: Neon Plant PotsI am a big fan of the neon-on-neutrals movement:
Images via: The Proper Pin Wheel, Bird and Feather & Dellie
So when I ran into a pile of dismissed terracotta pots on my street, I took the chance to try and re-create some of these beauties above.
If you are re-using some of your own pots, or picking up free ones from the street like I did, make sure you give them a good scrub Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11123258860168964242noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31713202.post-33112278151637775512013-07-12T18:05:00.000+10:002013-07-12T18:05:03.952+10:00Excuses
Here goes my bi-annual blog post, I suppose...
My previous phone, which contained the bulk of my photos from South America, was accidentally misplaced at a cafeteria, and thus... I have very little to share.
Still, I will see what I can dig up from M's files and share it here sooner or later...
The real reason I am writing, is because my crafty spirit has been recently re-kindled and I lookLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11123258860168964242noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31713202.post-6731345041901736662012-12-01T14:22:00.000+11:002014-01-22T08:05:38.686+11:00Canaima, Venezuela
Canaima lagoon
Guacamaya Bandera, Venezuela's national bird
Tucan
Churun River
Behind El Sapo Falls
Carrao River with our guide who goes by Muerte, among many names
Angel Falls
Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11123258860168964242noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31713202.post-30086934705572675312012-11-27T06:28:00.002+11:002014-01-22T08:05:53.161+11:00Los Roques, Venezuela
Our daily routine: swimming, reading, napping, swimming, lunch...repeat...
Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11123258860168964242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31713202.post-40130268727168679352012-11-15T02:06:00.000+11:002014-01-22T08:06:10.391+11:00Boquete, Panama
Visiting the Kotawa Coffee plantation in Rio Cristal
Raw coffee beans taste very sweet!
Coffee tasting
The waterfall in the Rio Cochea canyon
Packing for the next leg of our trip!
Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11123258860168964242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31713202.post-22418584553015679062012-11-15T01:48:00.001+11:002014-01-22T08:07:44.093+11:00Isla Coiba, Panama
View from the ranger's post (lookout)
Yum
Out at sea
What M wore to protect himself from mosquitoes
We went to Island Coiba national park for a scuba diving weekend. The islands were beautiful and the sea life sensational! We saw monkeys, reef sharks and turtles and even one ginourmous WHALE SHARK!
Between 6 and 7 every night the mosquitoes would swarm and I came home with Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11123258860168964242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31713202.post-57134699406582393342012-11-09T01:35:00.000+11:002012-11-09T01:35:01.516+11:00Honey
Honey can't pass up a nice warm engine
Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11123258860168964242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31713202.post-86053842891027052462012-11-08T10:26:00.000+11:002014-01-22T08:07:58.064+11:00Panama City
Las Bóvedas (casco antiguo)
bar kitteh
rum time
Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11123258860168964242noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31713202.post-42668534515527218242012-10-30T11:06:00.000+11:002013-07-12T15:12:31.248+10:00Travels
Tamarama Beach, New South Wales
Dear all,
I am sorry for not doing a better job of blogging. Anybody that has a blog out there knows what a challenge it is to maintain certain frequency and coming up with well presented and original content. Thank you for continuing to read, but overall, lets all take it a bit less seriously OK? <3
What has happened since May:
- M took some Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11123258860168964242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31713202.post-48769252109925167442012-05-13T20:16:00.001+10:002014-01-22T08:08:09.147+11:00Upholstering a chair: part 1This post, and subsequent parts, tells the story of my numerous attempts at upholstering an old chair.
I will start by stating that a much better and more detailed step-by-step was hosted by Little Green Notebook in NYC. So read that too!
I found this chair dumped on the curb in our street:
As you may or may not know, I am a big of old things and old furniture. And an even bigger fan of Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11123258860168964242noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31713202.post-79493547850307256522012-04-01T19:19:00.000+10:002014-01-22T08:08:42.739+11:00The last warm rays of summerCamping trip to Mt. Kosciuzko National Park.
We drove from Sydney to Thredbo after work on a Friday night a couple of weeks ago with some new friends... 6 hours later (around midnight) arrived at our first campsite on Thredbo Diggings.
It was so late and we were so tired that we quickly setup camp and simply went to bed.
The next morning everything was covered in dew (I LOVE dew Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11123258860168964242noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31713202.post-8328447098076887022012-03-04T19:47:00.000+11:002012-03-04T19:47:20.552+11:00Olive and Rosemary BiscuitsI have a new-found obsession with the Gilt Taste website. Have you been there? It is an online retailer of all things delicious, nutritious and luscious. I am religious about checking their recipe section several times a week, which explains techniques for many classic and simple yet comforting, tasty dishes.
My latest adventure involved buttery biscuits with olives and rosemary:
Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11123258860168964242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31713202.post-36795046114136446972012-02-26T09:12:00.001+11:002014-01-22T08:09:20.729+11:00ReminiscingIn May 2010, M and I went on a road trip and covered the entire north coast of Spain. Here's a map with the route, camp sites and attractions we visited. Though note we did not always follow it exactly.
I am home alone this weekend and was feeling a bit nostalgic about spending relaxing time together with M. We're both quite busy Monday to Friday, and often the weekends fill up as well. Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11123258860168964242noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31713202.post-60377964921649406342012-02-19T20:56:00.000+11:002014-01-22T08:12:53.996+11:00Hello... again...Hi! Looks like I'm back from my mandatory annual leave of absence from this blog, it has been so flattering and sweet to have some of you ask me about the status of my life (aka. the blog), some people I didn't even know they knew about this space!
Holler Dawid, Melisa, Parisa, Dan and Joan for always bringing it up :)
I need to redesign the layout again, there's a lot of hating Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11123258860168964242noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31713202.post-42836496571822558012011-11-17T20:16:00.001+11:002011-11-17T21:50:17.971+11:00Son Kol
This will be the last post on our trip to Kyrgyzstan (for a little while anyway...)
M was interested in getting in touch with his nomad roots and asked his father to takes us on a trip to the heart of rural Kyrgyzstan. Son Kol is an alpine lake located over three thousand meters above sea level.
We got on the road straight after Issyk Kul, when M's dad and his wife picked us up. On our way we Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11123258860168964242noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31713202.post-72304800130050012662011-09-30T23:50:00.001+10:002011-10-04T11:56:55.971+11:00A weekend in Issyk Kul
So next Monday is a public holiday and M and I had been planning a camping trip for months, quite literally months, only to arrive at this:
Which only means that it is probably a good time to blog and add a few more pictures from our trip to Kyrgyzstan. M and friends decided we should all go for the weekend to Issyk Kul, which is a beautiful (and huge) mountain lake in the East, and Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11123258860168964242noreply@blogger.com3Issyk - Kulskaya, Kyrgyzstan42.1859428 77.561941940.6800203 75.0350864 43.691865299999996 80.08879739999999tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31713202.post-64132781825440330412011-09-11T19:39:00.000+10:002014-01-22T07:54:48.423+11:00How to choose a sheep (and a dinner party)"Goats and sheep for sale"
On my second day in Bishkek we were given the mission to go and choose a sheep to kill, chop and eat at a party the next day.
As surprising as it may seem, I knew nothing about how to choose a sheep for food (or for anything, for that matter) and neither did M, M's mom, or M's friend. So in the end we just chose (mainly, I think) based on price.
Everyone raved Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11123258860168964242noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31713202.post-68184797275444767512011-09-01T18:25:00.001+10:002011-09-13T14:45:35.818+10:00I'm still alive!We are still in Kyrgyzstan but internet speed is a bit slow here so I've decided to wait until next week when we're back in Sydney to post more about the trip.
In the mean time, enjoy a photo of a cute kitten.
M's mum picked it up from the street, gave him a bath and food, and a warm slipper to sleep in. It was teeny tiny!!! It could easily fit in a shoe. It made the cutest noises and I Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11123258860168964242noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31713202.post-77360980485981372982011-08-23T14:50:00.000+10:002014-01-22T08:11:33.163+11:00SYD -> KUL -> ALA -> FRU
Accounts of a journey.
Sub par meals on the Sydney - Kuala Lumpur leg.
KL airport.
A well deserved Malay breakfast. For the outrageous price of $21.
Funny signs in airport toilets.
Kuala Lumpur -> Almaty. Snacks in the Kazakh airline.
M in Almaty's departure hall. He likes duty free stores.
The menu on Alamty's airport's cafeteria. Food groups are Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11123258860168964242noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31713202.post-27412584996682584352011-07-30T20:56:00.003+10:002011-07-30T21:12:31.759+10:00On living without boys...M has been away in the last couple of weeks -he's coming back tomorrow!- and I had some time to reflect on the current state of things...
Pros of living without boys
1. It can be incredibly productive
2. EVERYTHING around the house stays cleaner longer
3. Having to do only about a third of the usual amount of laundry
4. Getting the cat's undivided attention
5. Being able to get deep, sound, Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11123258860168964242noreply@blogger.com2