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Jun 28, 2025: I’m so confused. Why would an 8yo ever have to say “We were bullying the Chinese people”? I think I know the answer — it’s just hard to accept that …
Jun 9, 2025: i am full of it Not my first stint either.
Jun 3, 2025: I feel emotionally exhausted from all the AI talk — it’s everywhere. I need it to stop. I don’t mean the actual technology just the noise that comes …
Apr 3, 2025: My parenting pendulum sounds like this: Too much. Not enough. Too much. Not enough. I crave for goldilocks steady state. It feels like such a foolish …
Mar 26, 2025: When our children are not who we expect them to be I learnt the need to be open to his contradictions and complexity, to stop boxing him in with labels that only served my own psyche. — Sarah …
Mar 24, 2025: Resisting the urge to go down the perimenopause research rabbit hole aka trap to some sort of wellness whatever that I need to do to stay young …
Mar 18, 2025: Started this one a long time ago. Wasn’t sure how to proceed. Looked at it today and added very little! Funny how that works.
Mar 17, 2025: Check the footnotes! Catching up with a friend today and all I can think of is what am I going to say to him? To this question, I notice themes of life is boring, nothing …
Mar 15, 2025: Currently reading: The Atomic Bazaar by William Langewiesche 📚 (Three books in two weeks! All from the library! I’m very chuffed!)
Mar 15, 2025: Finished reading: Pilgrim’s Wilderness by Tom Kizzia 📚 So many themes, characters, stories within the story that I can’t quite figure out what …
Mar 11, 2025: Hit that publish key already or maybe not. I have this hang up where I don’t post about my thinking because I’m scared to come across as righteous or that I know things in a definite + certain …
Mar 8, 2025: Finished reading: The Adversary by Emmanuel Carrère 📚 Translated from French but still masterful — obviously well written. I can only imagine how the …
Mar 5, 2025: There are times when life doesn’t hand you a complete PDF. Why is this so funny to me? From here – because I have to frankenstein 30 pdfs …
Mar 3, 2025: The dahlias are still blooming. Maybe a month or so to go before they start to look daggy. It’s started though. Powdery mildew, blown centres, smaller …
Mar 2, 2025: 🍂 Autumn is here 🍂 Picked while listening to a voice note from E. Felt like she came for a cuppa while I pottered around.
Mar 2, 2025: Yarny projects that are not mine 🧶 I’m excited A’s (7yo) finally showing interest.
Mar 1, 2025: Took awhile but I’m really pleased with who I follow on Mb at last. I feel clearer and I am learning and also laughing. There’s nice dialogue but not …
Feb 27, 2025: It’s really freeing not knowing who sees this. With no external metrics (followers, likes) to influence what I publish, vulnerability and personal …
Feb 27, 2025: A bucket of dahlias for a wedding. I’m so grateful I get to share my flowers this way.
Feb 26, 2025: I'm not a bad person! My head really hurts today from some mental exertions and unintentional mobilisation efforts I impulsively started (trying to convince my friends to …
Feb 25, 2025: Positive Freedom Most clearly, a conception of freedom and liberty that is solely negative leaves out the possibilities of positive liberty. Positive liberty is, “the …
Feb 23, 2025: Fungus-eating ladybird Look what I found today!!! I smell autumn 🍂
Feb 23, 2025: I have been searching for a Pinterest alternative. Happy to have discovered Are.na!
Feb 23, 2025: I am very grumpy. Mostly about DRM.
Feb 21, 2025: A pause and a breath. When the three factors-concentration, mindfulness and equanimity are present, the operating mode of the mind shifts significantly. The mind becomes …
Feb 20, 2025: Broken streak It’s really trivial but my exercise streak is no more and I’m sad about it. I had the weirdest day yesterday — head spinning, …
Feb 19, 2025: But when it comes to addressing the problems we face, no amount of posting or passive info consumption is going to substitute the hard, unsexy work of …
Feb 18, 2025: I have to start thinking about autumn jobs, dahlia jobs (it’s its own category), and garden finance jobs. I overspent last spring and I really …
Feb 17, 2025: A skipper feeding on verbena bonariensis nectar. I love this plant – it’s proving popular with the blue banded bees too.
Feb 14, 2025: A bucket of blooms for friends and teachers 🌸🌱
Feb 12, 2025: Something about raindrops on flowers. Dahlia ‘Christie Leader’ 🌸
Feb 11, 2025: Today, I sold my first ever bucket of homegrown, kind to earth flowers (dahlias and celosias) to a local florist 🥳 I’m feeling giddy and like an …
Feb 10, 2025: I really want to paint again. So many internal dialogue but’s already.
Feb 10, 2025: Finished reading: The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman 📚 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ So very delightful. I laughed out loud many, many times (to the concern of my …
Feb 9, 2025: The local grocery now has some pre-cooked paella I’m very happy* with. Lunch sorted for the rest of my life. *The fried rice is a no. My taste …
Feb 9, 2025: A timely read for me as I contemplate writing something for my kids. Maybe a mental note to burn my diaries at some point. We don’t need to set them …
Feb 8, 2025: 10:15ish pm — My 4yo is still awake 😭 PS — He does not sleep in.
Feb 7, 2025: Another illustration inspired by Jeska’s tableaus. It’s such a lovely way to watch seasons go by.
Feb 7, 2025: News! There are good people out there! I had to stop just before the 🛑 sign near turn off to P Road because T’s seatbelt came undone. I got out of the …
Feb 7, 2025: I want to write something about several friends I made on Instagram of all places. I don’t have time right now but in an effort not to forget here’s a …
Feb 6, 2025: Currently reading: Alive by Piers Paul Read 📚
Feb 6, 2025: Confetti from the after party.
Feb 6, 2025: All the more I respect steadiness and thoughtfulness in actions. Let this be another data point (for my own personal use, but happy to share with …
Feb 6, 2025: Y R PPL 😳
Feb 6, 2025: Finished reading: The Nurse: Inside Denmark’s Most Sensational Criminal Trial by Kristian Corfixen 📚 Really interesting as well as unfortunate …
Feb 5, 2025: Finished reading: In Two Minds by Dr Sohom Das 📚
Feb 5, 2025: Not sure why I volunteer to be parent helper at school. Hmm. I want to. I just don’t know why given that I constantly whinge about needing more …
Feb 2, 2025: Daddy look, I’m holding the sun in my spoon. A, 7yo ☀️
Feb 1, 2025: Omgggggg I’m getting close to the online presence set-up of my dreams. What is this sentence even! 🤣
Jan 31, 2025: I’m about to start a workout so I’m lying in bed to nap in preparation.
Jan 31, 2025: One of the highlights of my everyday routine are the smiley waves I receive and give at drop off — to / from kids and grown ups alike. It fills my cup …
Jan 29, 2025: Mind. I should probably do that myself and 🤫 because I have not walked anyone else’s mile, using anyone else’s shoes — except my own.
Jan 29, 2025: I feel like those who are critical at every turn should build their own thing instead? Walk a mile and all that?
Jan 28, 2025: Based on a still life arrangement by Jeska via Procreate.
Jan 27, 2025: Uncomfortable It’s the second time I’ve watched a schism unfold in real time. It’s very consuming mentally and emotionally. Some have chosen paths opposite to mine …
Jan 27, 2025: Beautiful day to be out at the back lakes. Just heard thunder though and Mr. Weather (my husband) is already thinking of heading back.
Jan 26, 2025: Small dahlia ’Irish D Porter’, big dahlia ’Winkie Cinnamon’.
Jan 25, 2025: Cosmos ‘Rubenza’ starts off cranberry red and softens to a dusty peach. I first heard of this variety from Arthur Parkinson – or …
Jan 25, 2025: I keep having these mild moments of panic that the patch is so patchy… and then I realise it’s still January. Good grief, Brian, settle down mate!
Jan 25, 2025: There is a biggish poop pile near row 4 of the back dahlia patch. I don’t know if (don’t think) it’s possum poo because it’s just not that vibe. I …
Jan 24, 2025: There was a bunch of kids who thundered past where we were sitting for breakfast. It was a tight arrangement and the floorboards were rickety, our …
Jan 24, 2025: Want to read: Monsters by Claire Dederer 📚 I’m feeling motivated to read this soon. But I’m avoiding because I’ll be frustrated if I don’t get a clear …
Jan 23, 2025: Becoming a Bridge Person in Precarious Times - Seventh Wave Feeling joy in times of distress and heightened precarity does not mean we do not …
Jan 23, 2025: Taking time, being intentional is not the same as ignoring, avoiding, making excuses. Please world, can we slow down and stay curious. Can we model to …
Jan 23, 2025: The Promise of Building Bridges Likewise, dialogue is not a crisis-response tool – in the heat of a traumatic moment, such as the protests and …
Jan 20, 2025: Dahlia ‘Winkie Cinnamon’ — such a great plant, very prolific considering its bloom size. One of my top five.
Jan 19, 2025: My third attempt growing this particular dahlia and while I agree it’s stunning — the hype isn’t really necessary? Especially if it’s hard to grow or …
Jan 16, 2025: Long awaited day to myself. Naturally, I spent the day frozen in shock.
Jan 15, 2025: ‘Someone else’s kitchen’
Jan 1, 2025: Dahlia ‘Christie Promise’ – an anemone dahlia.
Dec 24, 2024: Dahlia ‘Vera’s Elma’ – a medium decorative.
Dec 18, 2024: A Floretling I’m hoping I can grow again and again.
Dec 11, 2024: Another Petite Floret seedling. To be honest, I’ve lost track where this one’s located.
Nov 27, 2024: A special seedling I grew from seed myself, forever lost because of pest pressure. I’m pretty sad about it.
Nov 25, 2024: Hydrangea ’Annabelle’ coming soon.
Oct 28, 2024: So excited to see these beauties again!
Oct 20, 2024: Dahlia ‘Carlos Watermelon’
Oct 16, 2024: Merton’s Peach is going to be first this year I think! Can’t wait!
Oct 1, 2024: Beautiful ‘Breannon’ — romantic, elegant, subtle. An Aussie classic.
Sep 20, 2024: Growing things. Pottering. Sneezing 🤧
Sep 1, 2024: A very imperfect ’Formby Perfection’ because grasshoppers.
Aug 21, 2024: Dahlia ‘Devon Calypso’
Aug 15, 2024: Dahlia ‘Florelie Guava’
Aug 14, 2024: The most beautiful miniature dahlia in the whole damn world — ’Hillier Tanunda’.
Aug 13, 2024: Dahlia ‘Mienna Grace’ — not very popular but one of my favourites.
Aug 8, 2024: I’m not growing CAL this coming summer. I wonder if I’ll regret it?
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: Dahlia tuber sales are starting. May the gods help me resist.
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: Peonies Yesterday was the day. The day two peonies were invited to join the garden. Sarah Bernhardt and Madame Jos Odier to be exact. I’m not sure how …
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 13, 2024: Reliable, day-brightening babies.
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 9, 2024: A fragile point of interest in the winter garden. Imagining this with snow ala Piet Oudolf’s work.
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 29, 2024: All corms, rhizomes and bulbs are in at last. The ranunculus (Marshmallow) I planted early autumn are already poking out of the earth!
May 28, 2024: Purple anemone chrysanthemums 🌸
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: Missing my dahlias. My “not buying anymore for next season” vow has been cancelled. Not sure why I even considered it 🤭
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 7, 2024: Just dug out a young crepe myrtle (two seasons old) to plant somewhere else — the vast somewhere else of garden mythology.
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 4, 2024: How many more days until picking?
May 3, 2024: Pretty sure this is not Seaton’s J’adore.
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 …
Mar 18, 2024: Dahlia ‘Florelie Balaton’ – a surprise favourite.
Feb 2, 2024: Florelie Jeanette goes with everything. Not an exaggeration â everything. #FlorelieJeanette
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.
Jun 19, 2023: Ten things I Drew. #procreate
Jun 13, 2023: When I imagine banter between the flowers in my doodles â itâs always in English with an Italian accent. And one of the flowers is always Frank …
Jun 12, 2023: âNo cake todayâ - another chair + procreate illustration.
Jun 6, 2023: reason being â it already takes time to post. add a whole bunch of minutes for chitchat and before i know it, itâs bedtime. so itâs nothing …
Jun 5, 2023: ð¤
Dec 12, 2020: The best bouquet from the best baby girl ð¸
Jul 4, 2020: Oregano grown indoors. Pretty! Also pretty dead ð¤·ð½ââï¸
May 27, 2020: Makes me happy and excited to think my future wardrobe will consist of these colours ð§¡ðð¤
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 …
Aug 11, 2019: Aâs first painting ð
Aug 31, 2018: Still life ð
Dec 30, 2017: Janet. #portraits
Sep 15, 2017: A little still life for our group show opening in 2 weeks time! All works are 15x15cm and in Blue - can’t wait to see how amazing they will look …
Apr 26, 2017: ‘Cathie’
Apr 21, 2017: ã°â°â¿â°ã°
Apr 5, 2017: Of all the photos I’ve ever taken, this is my favouritest ever. I don’t know why! #istillshootfilm #filmphotography #35mm
Mar 30, 2017: Beauty!
Mar 26, 2017: Making an Aussie-textures-type idea board. Nothing like printed piccies except printed film piccies. #filmphotography #analogisnotdead
Mar 17, 2017: Procrastination bonanza. Pretty sure I’m going to regret doing this to my drawing boards ð¤¦ð¾ââï¸
Mar 15, 2017: Monty-paws and a mini painting I made this afternoon ð #acryliconcanvas
Mar 14, 2017: ð¤
Mar 2, 2017: ð¾
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 4, 2016: Possibly Quinacridone Magenta + Naples Yellow + Ultramarine Blue ð¤
Nov 30, 2016: A mini painting inspired by the colours of Western Australia ð #acryliconcanvas #simonepaintslandscapes #aussielandscapes
Nov 29, 2016: ð
Nov 28, 2016: Coloured pencil on paper and a sore right arm ðªð»
Nov 26, 2016: Mango Ube ðð¦ð
Nov 25, 2016: ððð¼ðð
Nov 23, 2016: Robbie ð Oil on canvas. #oiloncanvas #portraits
Nov 17, 2016: ð´ ð ð âð» ð´ #dianamini
Nov 16, 2016: 41 aprons.
Nov 15, 2016: Pink fix.
Nov 14, 2016: Fitzroy fave ð
Nov 13, 2016: ð¥â¾ï¸ð¥
Nov 10, 2016: Pipe ð´ð
Oct 25, 2016: Creative exercise today ðªð»
Sep 1, 2016: On left: Model 42, Walnut & Leather Upholstery, Kai Kristiansen. #kaikristiansen
Aug 29, 2016: I’ve decided I’m going to draw chairs! #lomo
Aug 28, 2016: ð¬
Aug 12, 2016: I do have a table, but the floor hollered.
Aug 8, 2016: Mein gott. My head hurts. That was huge! #degasanewvision #degas
Aug 7, 2016: Mariposa. (No butterfly emoji, wth. #emojiinjustice #emojirequest)
Aug 6, 2016: ð¦ðº
Aug 5, 2016: ð¶ Hello. It’s me…I was wondering if after all these years you’d like to meet? ð¶
Aug 1, 2016: Caution: Unbearably lovely pastel colours â ï¸
Jul 19, 2016: Self portrait, charcoal. Hard to find a more patient model. #simonepeopleperson
Jul 18, 2016: Detail of my other piece for the exhibit - blind contouring with a nib was challenging! Mixed media of graphite, ink, coloured pencil and GOLD …
Jul 15, 2016: Colour coordinating socks with my painting for our show “Rose Coloured Glasses” opening 28th July at @eastgippslandartgallery // The …
May 9, 2016: Two #toulouselautrec studies. #simonepeopleperson
May 5, 2016: With a little sartorial help from the interwebs. #studiolife
Apr 16, 2016: LG x TDF ð
Mar 5, 2016: Eucalyptus Macrocarpa meets Dr. Seuss ð #gumnuts #macrocarpa #mixedmedia
Feb 23, 2016: So so so happy to receive #artswap goodies from talented Binibining Yasmin Doctor! @heypatatas - Salamat!!! I used to dive in Batangas and really …
Jan 10, 2016: Indigo colour study (#watercolour), a Cézanne colour study (#oilpainting), and tiptoe skillz (#becauseican).
Dec 31, 2015: ðºð¸ðð· for the year 2015! #watercolor #aquarelle
Dec 27, 2015: #argh
Dec 24, 2015: If feelings were palettes. Mainly because I have to go to the gym today else I lose my mojo (again, you know, like yesterday and the last 6 …
Dec 20, 2015: #nowreading because pink scarf previous post. #hipstercaptionsbelike
Dec 16, 2015: That pink scarf’s playing hard to get! #wip #oiloncanvas #stilllifepainting
Dec 15, 2015: Kinda cute when “blue tack” matches the colour chart.
Dec 10, 2015: Graffitigarden.
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
Nov 18, 2015: Some light reading. ð #crazyplantlady
Nov 16, 2015: Plants for breakfast. Thinking of faith and what it means — specially in times like these.
Nov 14, 2015: Top view! #crazyplantlady #syngonium #maranta #clubmoss Get well soon Michael! That was heaps of fun and super addicting. Yours in plants, Simone ð¿
Nov 12, 2015: Finished painting + my feet, for scale. ð (Still Life with Blue Vase & Mandarins // Oil on canvas)
Sep 9, 2015: ð¸ð¸âð¼ð¸ð¸
Sep 8, 2015: Magnolias ð¸
Jun 20, 2015: JungleBeach feels.
Jun 6, 2015: Some art inspired by Alexander Archipenko’s “Dancers” sculpture while I practice restraint. // Some words from Guy Warren, artist …
May 16, 2015: ‘Petra’, after Pablo P’s “Woman by a Window”, Charcoal on Paper || Seems to help with grief. Maybe.
May 13, 2015: Happy birthday AP, miss you every day.
Apr 7, 2015: This social butterfly is going on a social media sabbatical ð¤ #seeya
Mar 27, 2015: Surely my photos can be as cozily gloomy as the weather?! Also, I wanted to show you all how awesome the printer I work with is: they stay true to …
Mar 24, 2015: Adventuring in the country. #countrylife #vscocam #seeaustralia
Mar 7, 2015: Beautiful moss on tree bark. Nature is a treasure chest of inspiration ð #moss #DStexture #vscocam
Mar 7, 2015: Found these Polaroids of Anilao in one of my books. They are pretty smelly! #polaroid #Anilao #instantfilm
Mar 4, 2015: It’s been forever since I last took photos with film / developed my own rolls. I feel anxious I’ll forget how to do it. Here’s to …
Mar 2, 2015: One giclee (aka “Sonja’s Roses - I”) will be travelling today to its new home ð¸
Feb 26, 2015: Ruffle me gently. #vscocam #blackswan
Feb 21, 2015: This. I need this in my life.
Feb 21, 2015: Josephine Jakobi’s studio details. So many little treasures of all sorts!
Feb 10, 2015: Kebab shop finds (1 of 2) by the talented Ingetje Tadros.
Feb 9, 2015: #grayscale
Feb 8, 2015: Summer gradients.
Feb 5, 2015: Mono magic.
Jan 13, 2015: Aloe Vera Very Much. #aloevera
Dec 25, 2014: Miss these little dinghies. I miss everything #orpheusisland it’s making me ð
Dec 24, 2014: ð Not even two hours since we left and I’m already suffering from withdrawals. #orpheusisland
Dec 24, 2014: For every high there’s a low. At least I’m leaving Orpheus for home. #orpheusisland
Dec 23, 2014: Just gorgeous. #orpheusisland
Dec 23, 2014: That infinity pool is ð. Also, ð´ð´ð´. #orpheusisland
Dec 23, 2014: Tropicality. #minimalmx
Dec 23, 2014: Mick and me.
Dec 22, 2014: Dining with the tides tonight… Then going to ð´ sooo well!!! #orpheusisland
Dec 22, 2014: Happy ð
Dec 22, 2014: Perfect day today, thank you for the beautiful weather ð
Dec 20, 2014: Made it!!! ð
Dec 20, 2014: Trying to be zen, trying to ignore flight delay ð
Dec 17, 2014: That crazy light from a glass of water.
Dec 15, 2014: Sit.
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!
Nov 23, 2014: Market stuff. ðµ ð ð¸
Nov 23, 2014: Beautiful day for Sunday market!
Nov 7, 2014: ðµðµðµ
Oct 4, 2014: Mick Jagged rocks. Ahahaha. So witty.
Oct 4, 2014: A tangle of sea detritus.
Oct 4, 2014: I look away for two seconds and next thing I know he’s there.
Sep 20, 2014: When you live somewhere forever and don’t notice, then you move away for awhile and come back - suddenly everything is different and new. It …
Sep 6, 2014: Ben Cabrera, Death & Resurrection, Acrylic on Canvas, 2004.
Sep 6, 2014: Leonard Aguinaldo, Faking Me, Rubber Cut, 2003.
Sep 6, 2014: Museum interiors are always a calming influence.
Sep 5, 2014: Mick and I then made our way to the topmost rice paddy to take in the view. Then continued walking the rice paddies - balancing on the paddy ledges, …
Sep 5, 2014: 45mins on a jeepney and an hour of mountain trail later and this is your reward.
Sep 4, 2014: Good morning from Banaue! ð»
Sep 3, 2014: Those mountain-y looking things? Well they’re actually mountains of volcanic ash from the 1991 eruption of Mt. Pinatubo. They say she displaced …
Sep 3, 2014: Telling me to keep up. I think he overestimates my short-person stride.
Sep 3, 2014: My own pack mule. Hahaha.
Sep 3, 2014: Local transport.
Sep 3, 2014: Fully loaded.
Aug 17, 2014: “Untitled” - by Nature.
Aug 1, 2014: Thinking of me. (Chos)
Jul 29, 2014: Pretty fly for a…!
Jul 26, 2014: Looks like an oasis.
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 :)
Jun 27, 2014: Still waters… Not so sure how deep.
Jun 4, 2014: Blue sky!
May 18, 2014: ð¢ð¡ð
May 18, 2014: Lucky weather so far!
May 15, 2014: ð£
Apr 16, 2014: Writings in the sky.
Mar 10, 2014: Little people. #tinypeopleinbigplaces
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 17, 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 11, 2013: Six sleeps to go! Can’t wait! #vermillion
Dec 10, 2013: For someone who grew up in the tropics I find myself overly charmed by the palm trees. Probably because I don’t see them enough in Australia?
Dec 10, 2013: ð
Dec 9, 2013: ð
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
Nov 30, 2013: Guess who’s working on a Saturday?
Nov 28, 2013: Façade Fiesta finale! (For today…) #façadefiesta
Nov 28, 2013: Chinatown Façade Fiesta V4.0 #façadefiesta
Nov 28, 2013: Chinatown Façade Fiesta V3.0 #façadefiesta
Nov 28, 2013: Chinatown Façade Fiesta V2.0 #façadefiesta
Nov 28, 2013: Façade Fiesta! #façadefiesta
Nov 28, 2013: See? I found Mick!
Nov 28, 2013: â¤ï¸
Nov 28, 2013: Standard goodies.
Nov 28, 2013: This way.
Nov 28, 2013: Temple Run.
Nov 24, 2013: Unfortunately, they were about SGD100 per lamp. So I did not end up getting any. (And of course I wanted the 7 piece pendant arrangement.)
Nov 24, 2013: !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nov 24, 2013: And then the lamps!
Nov 24, 2013: A few feet later: shishas playing hide and seek!
Nov 24, 2013: Finally the sun came out!
Nov 24, 2013: Façade craze continues here.
Nov 24, 2013: On our way to my other favourite part of Singapore.
Nov 24, 2013: Wish it was sunnier today.
Nov 24, 2013: Such an interesting part of town.
Nov 24, 2013: Façade heaven.
Nov 24, 2013: Love the colours! And the smell of spices in the air. Making me hungry!
Oct 31, 2013: We’re almost there!!!
Oct 29, 2013: Superpit.
Oct 29, 2013: Happy to be home.
Oct 28, 2013: Leftover.
Oct 27, 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 20, 2013: Antlers.
Oct 19, 2013: Red.
Oct 19, 2013: Although taken at a staircase along Southbank.
Oct 18, 2013: One of the most beautiful buildings in London.
Oct 18, 2013: Pretty all round. I cannot believe the price of Liberty print shirts though - £150 a piece. Almost had a hissy fit!
Oct 18, 2013: I agonised the whole of last night what to do on this rare sunny day. Not sure why I ended up here!
Oct 16, 2013: Waves.
Oct 16, 2013: âªï¸
Oct 13, 2013: Often mistaken as London Bridge.
Oct 11, 2013: Confused? Don’t be! Still in London. Getting homesick for Oz though!
Oct 11, 2013: White. Blue and white. And wood. And marble.
Oct 11, 2013: Spent the arvo in Courtauld Gallery because it was too cold outside!!!
Oct 11, 2013: Step back.
Oct 10, 2013: 4th Plinth.
Oct 10, 2013: Stealth. (I’m sorry I’m sorry! I didn’t use flash and it was taken from a distance, I promise!)
Oct 8, 2013: How can such pretty things be weeds?
Oct 6, 2013: Selfie Sundays ð
Oct 6, 2013: It was such a treat today! Thanks Jennybee! @jenk3ndc xx
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!
Oct 1, 2013: Mornin'!!!!!
Oct 1, 2013: Peaceful.
Oct 1, 2013: Come on in!
Oct 1, 2013: Ancient and modern.
Oct 1, 2013: V&A today with Jennybee! x
Sep 30, 2013: York.
Sep 30, 2013: I used to do this.
Sep 30, 2013: So in summary, I’ll have the lot please, thanks!
Sep 30, 2013: It’s necessary, trust me.
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 29, 2013: I’m running out of words.
Sep 29, 2013: Smuggle Town.
Sep 29, 2013: The Doors of England… They are doing my head in.
Sep 29, 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 27, 2013: I’m spending 2014 with her. I hope I don’t regret it! ð³
Sep 26, 2013: It’s been one helluva surreal year for me. It’s not even over yet.
Sep 26, 2013: Specially if you’re surrounded by it.
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 24, 2013: It’s the small (tall) things. #vscocam
Sep 24, 2013: I’m kind of lost but it’s more than okay! #vscocam
Sep 23, 2013: Then we had coffee and headed back. Still haven’t been swept away.
Sep 23, 2013: Distressed.
Sep 23, 2013: Tiffany blue. Well a bit duller than that.
Sep 23, 2013: Morris.
Sep 23, 2013: Bath.
Sep 23, 2013: Slow.
Sep 23, 2013: Went to Bath today.
Sep 22, 2013: The Mill - that doesn’t do walk ins. No lunch for me!!!
Sep 22, 2013: Underwhelmed.
Sep 22, 2013: Dearest.
Sep 21, 2013: Happy feet.
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 16, 2013: It’s magic hour folks!
Sep 16, 2013: Starting a new hashtag: #bougainvilleaporn.
Sep 15, 2013: It’s been a colourful day.
Sep 15, 2013: Undeniable even in black and white.
Sep 15, 2013: El Capitan.
Sep 15, 2013: Deymm Australia, you be btchn' !!!
Sep 15, 2013: Live long and prosper.
Sep 15, 2013: Yellow fights doom.
Sep 15, 2013: Tangles.
Sep 14, 2013: Standard.
Sep 14, 2013: And just when I thought the clouds were owning it, these beauties steal the show. Talk about bougainZILLAS!
Sep 14, 2013: On a high ð
Sep 14, 2013: Explore.
Sep 14, 2013: Shell Beach.
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 13, 2013: This house!!!
Sep 13, 2013: And now back to regular, non-dolphin programming. Little Lagoon, Denham WA: Flat as!
Sep 13, 2013: Grateful.
Sep 13, 2013: ð¬ð¬ð¬
Sep 12, 2013: Finally - don’t y’all think the ocean reveals stunning arrangements every time it retreats?
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