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Jan 16, 2025: Long awaited day to myself. Naturally, I spent the day frozen in shock.
Jan 15, 2025: ‘Someone else’s kitchen’
Jul 19, 2024: Actually doing the thing is very helpful. No surprises there. Lots of excuses found though 😅
Jul 16, 2024: Milk eggs sleep alone time 🥛🍳😴🧑🏽🌾
Jul 13, 2024: Collage + gouache combo on the left. Gouache + acrylic on right. I love how the nasturtiums turned out. The poppy only meh. The lily mildy delightful.
Jul 10, 2024: I sometimes wish I could write more about what I draw. But I draw so I don’t have to do words. And so it is 😅
Jul 9, 2024: Alison was so excited to show me a rose bush budding in the middle of winter. I’m pretty sure this is a dream mostly because I can’t find evidence of …
Jul 9, 2024: Collage! Real life one! I enjoyed making this. In the process I even answered questions I didn’t know I had. Also this is not a precious sketchbook …
Jul 8, 2024: No frills, just the disarmingly vigorous beauty of the ordinary. — Christian Ouwens describing Klaas Gubbels’ studio.
Jul 7, 2024: An impasse and I'm okay with it! Re the social media exodus (that I may or may not be imagining!) – I’m curious: what are people doing with their content from their now …
Jul 7, 2024: Dear husband. Please. (A digital collage via Procreate)
Jul 7, 2024: Spontaneous video call with my childhood friends for a baby shower. It was so so so cup-filling. I’ve missed them both so much and I’m so grateful T …
Jun 21, 2024: Clean as you go, please! Digital sketchbook via Procreate.
Jun 12, 2024: Finished study of a bearded iris from this afternoon’s session (’painting’ via Procreate). The ruffles were a fun challenge to nut out - I could have …
Jun 4, 2024: There are moments when raising young children when I really, really want to tell them, “whatever you do, don’t ever have kids." But …
May 31, 2024: I’m going to attempt the Pressed Flowers hat by Amy Christoffers. Fingers crossed youtube can save my ambitious arse 🧶
May 31, 2024: FINALLY Finished reading: Mistborn: The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson 📚 5/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I’ve been on off reading this book and never got past …
May 30, 2024: A spell of sickness that started with me. Kids home for close to a week now. Even M is napping! He never does this. Must be really bad. I’m sort …
May 27, 2024: Doodles via Procreate. Left is an imagined garden pest. Right is kalanchoe and (dead?) portulaca in a terracotta pot.
May 27, 2024: A tangent!
May 27, 2024: Oh no. It’s the dreaded mid-knit regret. This is the second attempt with this yarn combination — a really soft worsted wool and a strand of mohair. …
May 22, 2024: How do psychologists navigate the world? Genuinely curious! Are they constantly seeing attachment types at play? People pleasing? Narcissistic …
May 21, 2024: Not instant noodles 🐸 🧶
May 21, 2024: All these knitting patterns with mohair are making my head hurt and my bank account non-responsive 🧶
May 20, 2024: Now and again there are glimpses of a less fragmented home life. At the moment, still a rarity. A6.4, T3.7.
May 20, 2024: Currently reading: Monk’s Hood by Ellis Peters 📚
May 20, 2024: Finished reading: One Corpse Too Many by Ellis Peters 📚 4/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
May 13, 2024: Long overdue catch up with Bea today. Ours is one of those friendships that doesn’t need too much but keeps on giving 💖
May 11, 2024: Joy-spotting 💖
May 10, 2024: Finished reading: What My Bones Know by Stephanie Foo 📚 4/5 ❤️🩹❤️🩹❤️🩹❤️🩹 Finished book via audio — it’s the better way to appreciate this memoir. …
May 5, 2024: Back in the Ravelry rabbit hole and some of the patterns I would love to knit are so out of reach right now (skill wise)!
May 5, 2024: Finished reading: A Morbid Taste for Bones by Ellis Peters 📚 4.5/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️🦴 Very enjoyable read. The writing style is not the easiest to digest (esp …
May 4, 2024: A meadow underwater. How absolutely stunning. So glad I looked.
May 2, 2024: Finished reading: A Date with Death by P.F. Ford 📚 2.5/5 ⭐️⭐️🌗 Prequel to the West Wales series that focuses on Southall. Which means no Norm. Which …
May 2, 2024: I really didn’t need another dozen tulips to plant… and yet here I am.
Apr 28, 2024: Currently reading: A Morbid Taste for Bones by Ellis Peters 📚 I must admit I’m only reading this because of my recent rose bush acquisition (a …
Apr 28, 2024: Finished reading: A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin 📚 4/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I’ve heard so much about this book and expected too much. Still a great …
Apr 28, 2024: Finished reading: A BODY ON THE BEACH a Gripping Welsh Crime Mystery Full of Twists by P F Ford 📚 4.5/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️🌗 For the genre (cosy mystery!), it’s …
Apr 26, 2024: Finished reading: The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt 📚 3/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Found the book repetitive and thought the focus on safety-ism valid but also …
Apr 25, 2024: First bunch of chrysanthemums I’ve ever picked. Pictured here are Champagne and Baltica Salmon.
Apr 25, 2024: Approaching mid-century and still feel the sting of messages unacknowledged. Ahh to be human!
Apr 21, 2024: I almost bought a Light Phone / Punkt / some dumb phone today but thought I’d try a minimum spend approach first 🤷🏽♀️ Deleted a bunch of apps …
Apr 16, 2024: A new dinosaur: Philoseraptor – courtesy of A.
Apr 16, 2024: Noticing the tension between wanting something pretty vs just going for it, mess and all.
Apr 11, 2024: Dahlia cv Belle with her two toned petals. I was so happy to come home to her in bloom. Days are getting shorter. The garden looks tired. Still! It’s …
Jan 8, 2024: Recent old work. Drama chair in oils but not really because Procreate.
Jan 7, 2024: Cosmos ‘Double Dutch Rose’
Sep 11, 2023: One more week and Term 3 will be over. Then it will be one more term, and prep will be done and dusted for my eldest. Where did the year go? Sheesh!
Sep 7, 2023: Big day today. Finished with therapy. (for now? forever?) Towards the end she said: You are a remarkable human being. A few tears shed. Hard to …
Sep 3, 2023: It’s been a season of organising my digital library. So far I have liberated 🥳 and organised my ebooks and audiobooks. Massive relief! 🤓 Now to tackle …
Sep 3, 2023: Hope can be sneaky Last time I had a major nervous breakdown, I planted a mass of dahlias in the garden for the first time in my life. All my angst and pent up energy …
Jul 8, 2023: A beautiful day out. Not planned. Proud of my mum and proud of myself.
Jul 4, 2023: Tulips. #tulips #mixedmediaartjournal
Jul 1, 2023: Impatiens aka Touch Me Not aka Poor Man’s Orchid.
Mar 13, 2020: Gorgeous tones, random chairs.
Nov 18, 2019: L-r: Indigo. Red onion skins. Coffee grounds. The last two were gently heated to a boil, then simmered for an hour. Skeins were presoaked thoroughly …
Apr 26, 2017: ‘Cathie’
Feb 23, 2017: 3 parts friends, 7.5 parts plans, and a drop of good intentions make for a busy next couple of weeks. Best served with coffee.
Feb 21, 2017: Not very thrilled with all the cleaning up I have to do, le sigh. At least I finally found those referral forms! ðµð¼ââï¸
Feb 20, 2017: Hockney and Toulouse-Lautrec for company.
Feb 14, 2017: I haven’t been finishing anything lately so I have declared a 2.5 hour working period every Monday morning to complete …
Jan 9, 2017: When you draw your girlfriend @reeaquino beside a thinking old man! ð #graphite #simonepeopleperson
Dec 19, 2016: Sketchbook story: after Matisse’s ‘Nude with a White Scarf’ — recreating artwork I admire helps me understand why certain …
Dec 5, 2015: Like.
Dec 4, 2015: Where’s Jodey.
Nov 28, 2015: More cuttings + a leaf dish and braided pot I made. I love spring/summer! ð #crazyplantlady
Nov 21, 2015: I shouldn’t have let the paint dry, grrr. #cleanupistheworst
Nov 19, 2015: When overtired, make another terrarium. (I now have three and no clue where to put them, hahaha.) #crazyplantlady #terrarium #ctenanthe #syngonium
Dec 9, 2014: Is it Thursday? No? That’s fine, I’ll reminisce anyway. (Sept 2014 @ Banaue, Philippines.)
Nov 30, 2014: ð
Nov 29, 2014: Dirty finger tips and all!!! ððð
Nov 29, 2014: Watched a family of seals play at the Entrance today ð #thankful
Nov 26, 2014: Our neighbour’s super dreamy house. If only I could convince Mick to go for the Tuscan look! But of course I can’t. And it will also look …
Nov 26, 2014: Camouflage gum tree style.
Nov 24, 2014: An influx of giclee, yipeee!
Jul 25, 2014: Camera shy and grumpy.
Jul 25, 2014: â¬ï¸â¬ï¸â¬ï¸
Jul 25, 2014: Palm trees make things look……. Nicer than usual.
Jul 25, 2014: Tectonic.
Jul 7, 2014: Being cute :)
Mar 8, 2014: Hello! :)
Feb 15, 2014: A photo I found from one of last year’s road trips. I can’t wait for what this year has in store for me (even if it means staying in one …
Feb 15, 2014: I used to dream of becoming a fisherwoman. #vscocam
Feb 15, 2014: Why I love living in Australia. #vscocam #supportlocals
Feb 4, 2014: Probably my new favourite spot. #vscocam
Feb 3, 2014: Remnants and overgrowth. #beachcombing #vscocam
Feb 2, 2014: Mind the gap! #vscocam #amazing_wa
Feb 2, 2014: Weirdo. #vscocam
Feb 2, 2014: Chitchattin' while waiting. #vscocam #strangersinmyfeed
Feb 2, 2014: Locals reeling it in with a basic fishing, err, spool. #vscocam #strangersinmyfeed
Feb 2, 2014: ðð¾ #vscocam #seagrass #beachcombing
Feb 2, 2014: Watering hole. #vscocam #amazing_wa
Feb 1, 2014: Way home. #vscocam #sunset
Feb 1, 2014: Storm tonight. #vscocam #sunset
Jan 26, 2014: In the next three days I’m going to jump in 5 airplanes (no, not all at the same time) to get to this place. Hallelujah for end of shift! …
Jan 19, 2014: Homesick. Again. I know, I know! #vscocam
Jan 18, 2014: #canonet #camera_cameos
Jan 15, 2014: Cappuccino waters of Sarawak. Doesn’t taste like it though. #vscocam #borneo
Jan 5, 2014: Bye for now.
Jan 5, 2014: Probably the most #minimalistic #lighthouse I’ve seen. Also: third landing from the top, there’s a dense corner on the right, right? …
Jan 4, 2014: More of stranger dog. I was actually quite scared he was going to jump off the cliff but Mick said “dogs are smart enough not to do …
Jan 4, 2014: That’s Cable Beach at the other end of the cove (if you can see it). #australiana #vscocam #amazingwa
Jan 4, 2014: Thank you stranger dog for this opportunity!
Jan 4, 2014: I think these ones are pretend dinosaur footprints? Although there are real footprints (1m wide ones) somewhere in the area that can only be seen at …
Jan 4, 2014: Believe me there was a lot of scrambling, hollering and “wait for me please!!!” before this one. #vscocam #australiana #amazingwa
Jan 4, 2014: Mr. Grumps doing his thang. (Exploring rocky outcrops as opposed to modelling for me. He goes quite fast it annoys me sometimes.) #australiana …
Jan 3, 2014: Leave me alone, says Harvey.
Jan 1, 2014: Happy 2014!!!
Dec 30, 2013: Not for the faint of heart, rrrrewr. #bugsofinstagram
Dec 24, 2013: #camera_cameos
Dec 17, 2013: Which soon became this!!!
Dec 17, 2013: Not to mention, this…
Dec 17, 2013: Meanwhile, back in Melbourne… #streetart #graffiti
Dec 16, 2013: Two of the people I love the most.
Dec 8, 2013: Golden.
Dec 8, 2013: Tropical delight ð´
Dec 8, 2013: ðµðµðµ
Dec 7, 2013: 11 days to go!!! #WHPliquidlandscape
Dec 6, 2013: Happy camera. #lomography
Dec 6, 2013: Happy place. #weanogorge
Dec 5, 2013: Australia is usually known for the beaches and the surfing lifestyle even though there is so much more to the country. Take for example the red gorges …
Dec 5, 2013: I wonder what was over there. Might’ve been a rock wallaby.
Dec 4, 2013: And you Australia, I even miss your gloomy days. #homesick
Dec 4, 2013: I’m beginning to miss a lot of things… My camera most of all. #homesick
Dec 2, 2013: Good food found here! Unfortunately working tomorrow so I couldn’t have as much wine as I needed, buggerooni.
Dec 2, 2013: ð¯ #façadefiesta
Dec 2, 2013: #façadefiesta never ends!!!
Nov 30, 2013: My version of #thingsorganizedneatly ð
Oct 31, 2013: We’re almost there!!!
Oct 29, 2013: Superpit.
Oct 29, 2013: Happy to be home.
Oct 28, 2013: Leftover.
Oct 28, 2013: Home.
Oct 24, 2013: Last of this landscape.
Oct 24, 2013: And then all the goodies inside ð±
Oct 20, 2013: Sucker for silhouettes.
Oct 6, 2013: Market goodies.
Oct 4, 2013: Going to miss this landscape when I return to Oz. Currently missing the ocean though!
Oct 4, 2013: Selfridges.
Oct 2, 2013: Shhh.
Oct 1, 2013: Oh yeah, they come in blue as well!
Sep 30, 2013: OBVIOUSLY, my castle must have a fountain or two. Or three. Or four!
Sep 30, 2013: I really, really, really want one. Maybe if I say it over and over I’ll get one?
Sep 30, 2013: On our way to York we stopped at a castle. Now I want one.
Sep 30, 2013: Picturesque country.
Sep 30, 2013: Donations. #vscocam
Sep 30, 2013: Could be anywhere, really. But this is still at Robin Hood’s Bay.
Sep 30, 2013: I’m running out of words.
Sep 30, 2013: Smuggle Town.
Sep 30, 2013: The Doors of England… They are doing my head in.
Sep 30, 2013: Light + shadow + doors.
Sep 29, 2013: Tall. #vscocam #countryside #tallpoppy
Sep 29, 2013: I’m still hunting for that perfect ivy-covered-cottage.
Sep 29, 2013: Don’t be deceived - it was bloody cold! #vscocam
Sep 29, 2013: Robin Hood’s Bay. #vscocam
Sep 28, 2013: Details.
Sep 28, 2013: Everything is just so interesting.
Sep 26, 2013: Hard not to find inspiration…
Sep 26, 2013: ð³ <– Me in London.
Sep 26, 2013: New Bond.
Sep 26, 2013: Inspired by Kat P! xx @katpertierra
Sep 25, 2013: Wassup Jessie?
Sep 25, 2013: See what I mean?
Sep 25, 2013: London I like your lines.
Sep 25, 2013: Surface.
Sep 25, 2013: Tracey Emin, not blunt at all.
Sep 25, 2013: Typical Tate scene.
Sep 25, 2013: Possibly my favourite gallery. #hrairsarkissian
Sep 24, 2013: It’s my first day out today so I’m extremely thankful for the blue sky and the sprinkle of clouds. #vscocam
Sep 23, 2013: Morris.
Sep 23, 2013: Bath.
Sep 23, 2013: Slow.
Sep 23, 2013: Went to Bath today.
Sep 23, 2013: The Mill - that doesn’t do walk ins. No lunch for me!!!
Sep 20, 2013: Readysteady.
Sep 19, 2013: Stampede!
Sep 17, 2013: Interlude.
Sep 17, 2013: â«â«â«â«â«
Sep 17, 2013: Two of us going nowhere, spending someone’s hard earned pay.
Sep 17, 2013: Gather.
Sep 16, 2013: Reelin'. Feelin'. Fishin'. Nipnipnippin'.
Sep 16, 2013: Splasharama!
Sep 16, 2013: Postcard perfect coastline.
Sep 16, 2013: I believe in the sand beneath my toes ð¶
Sep 14, 2013: Come together.
Sep 13, 2013: Typical.
Sep 13, 2013: Leaving Shark Bay tomorrow ð¿
Sep 13, 2013: Full frontal.
Sep 13, 2013: ð ðð³
Sep 12, 2013: Bath.
Sep 12, 2013: Before and after.
Sep 12, 2013: Bougainvillea photo op.
Sep 12, 2013: ââ â
Sep 12, 2013: Walking along the windswept harbour.
Sep 12, 2013: It’s so rustic and charming here. So sleepy.
Sep 11, 2013: Flight.
Sep 11, 2013: The way light touches you.
Sep 11, 2013: Also, define rustic beach shack.
Sep 11, 2013: Welcome to Denham - where hotels and pizzas are most westerly.
Sep 11, 2013: Something about this space, something about this light.
Sep 9, 2013: Some sharks are apparently attracted to yellow.
Sep 9, 2013: Yellow and blue and so are you.
Sep 9, 2013: Minus the wind always blowing a gale and the lack of a permanent address (and closet and bathroom and pantry) - I could live like this forever.
Sep 9, 2013: Row, row, row your boat ð£
Sep 8, 2013: My constant companions.
Sep 8, 2013: Check them duckies out!
Sep 8, 2013: Some people take their camping seriously!
Sep 7, 2013: All sorts of camper vans ð
Sep 6, 2013: Also….. Some interesting typography. Very vintage!
Sep 6, 2013: There was nothing for miles on end… And then this lone, abandoned camper with the door fluttering with the wind. Quite magical.
Sep 6, 2013: ð
Sep 5, 2013: Naaawwww.
Sep 5, 2013: Mornin' y’all… ð
Sep 4, 2013: Uni! I wanted to eat it but wasn’t too sure if it was okay?
Sep 4, 2013: Sea bits.
Sep 4, 2013: Today was a beach combing type of day ð´ð ð
Sep 4, 2013: Ningaloo Coastline, Exmouth WA.
Sep 4, 2013: You can never go wrong when there’s a lighthouse involved.
Sep 4, 2013: How’s that for inspiration from nature? #print #pattern
Sep 4, 2013: There’s something about bougainvilleas.
Sep 3, 2013: Thank you for saying hello!
Sep 3, 2013: Sometimes a non-awesome photo means you were present during the actual moment. I think that’s more important.
Sep 3, 2013: And then this!
Sep 1, 2013: Selfie Sundays ð±
Sep 1, 2013: North west regions of Australia can be very, very red. (I actually did not edit this photo.) #westernaustralia
Aug 31, 2013: Yeehaw! Here’s more type inspiration folks! #typography #afterlight
Aug 30, 2013: Almost ran out of fuel today for fox sake. But all’s well that ends well!
Aug 28, 2013: We always have a choice.
Jul 30, 2013: Baby feet :)
Jul 26, 2013: OMG real flamingos!
Jul 17, 2013: Going to miss you Perth. See ya later xxxxx
Jul 4, 2013: My type of escapism.
Jun 8, 2013: ðµ
Mar 21, 2013: Kodakan.
Mar 14, 2013: â¤
Mar 12, 2013: This rock is the last point where Antarctica and Australia were last connected… 45mln years ago. Totally dorky moment but can I just emphasise …
Feb 9, 2013: I love you Of Monsters & Men!
Feb 9, 2013: Mermaids! OMG!!!
Jan 28, 2013: Fly will get a caffeine kick shortly.
Jan 17, 2013: Yayoi Kusama and her minion.
Jan 12, 2013: Paradise