PS ....

I just had to add these two rooms to this post ....

.... pretty great, don't you think?

 found here via here

SNOW IN NEW YORK !!!

My beautiful friend, who is spending two months in New York sent me this photo today ...
I'm so happy she gets to see snow on her first trip to New York !!!

HAPPY WEEKEND

HAPPY WEEKEND

XXX

sorry not sure where I found this pic

NICE SPACE

Loving the sofa !!!
via here

ONE CLEVER TWELVE YEAR OLD

Let me introduce you to the works of my little friend Kenya ....
Kenya has just celebrated her 12th birthday and recently moved back to Australia after living in the USA for the past six years .... (to say she is happy to be back in Australia is probably a bit of an understatement) .... Kenya left Sydney when she was in Kindergarten, so it's lovely for her to be back, starting a new school, making new friends and exploring her home town through her much older (and very wise) eyes !!!

When I first visited Kenya and her lovely mum Georgina in their apartment (Georgina has the always inspiring BRYDIEBROWN blog) I fell in love with the little sculpture in the first pic (before I even knew Kenya had made it) ... isn't he just adorable, I've already put my order in for one !!!

Not to mention this divine paper mache donkey, which Georgina has very cleverly mounted on the wall .....

.... and this girl even makes jewelry,

each bead on this necklace is handmade from clay then baked hard and threaded on leather string ...

Oh, and she even has her own blog .....

The divine Miss Kenya  ...
One clever twelve year old indeed !!! 

CHALKBOARDS

Really, what's not to love about a room with a chalkboard !!!

 

 

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6,7,8 unknown(sorry)

PLANT LOVE

This plant got me all inspired to plant some more succulents on the weekend ....

I like these little ones on the deck the best .....

and they are such low maintenance plants, which I must say I like ....

and kind of teaming with the garden theme .... 

when I was in Sydney on Wednesday I called into the Koskela pop up shop and bought a few goodies .... (thanks for the tip Georgina)

I can't remember the last time I have actually bought anything (art and magazines excluded) I've been making a conscious effort not to spend money .... but I just had to have a splurge on these goodies, I'm always a sucker for beautiful wooden brushes  .... 

and I couldn't resist these secateurs .... plus Koskela put your goodies in the most divine bags made from recycled newspapers,
always a bonus !!!

  But my favorite addition has to be this plant my daughter bought for me, isn't it lovely, and I'm sure it will be much longer lasting than cut flowers in this hot weather .....

I think summer may well and truly be here in our part of the world, not sure how I'm feeling about that !!!

A LITTLE VISIT

You may remember our little foal Edie from this post ....

then a bit more of an update here ...
today we visited her at her "holiday home" ... she has been staying at a friends property for the last couple of months and my is she growing up fast !!!

    I know nothing about horses, but my husband assures me her "holiday" away from her mother is for the best, something to do with weaning and gaining independence ...
and a new hairstyle by the looks of it !!!

She seems content and has made friends with some of the the other horses and even one of the little dogs.
The girls who look after her say she is the smartest horse there ....

  but it was still hard saying goodbye ....

can't wait to have her back at my mum's house (where she lives) ....

which hopefully will happen in a couple of weeks.

       We miss you little Edie !!!

FRIDAY FAVORITES

This very pretty blouse ....

 via here

this sofa and art works ....

via here

.... and the little Parisian dog in this feature,
he reminds me of my Elvis !!!


 This beautiful work ... read more about it here
found via here

these very good looking sandwiches ....

via here


and so loving this little girl ....


 whose mum found her having a great time with the cornstarch .....

.... you couldn't be angry with that face could you !!!

via here

 Looking forward to seeing this play tonight at Belvoir Theatre ... I love Susie Porter !!!

Hope you have a great weekend
... any plans ?
XXX

OH MY !!!

How great is this Bubble Tank by Psalt Design ... 

hope the fish isn't scared of heights !!!

found via here

RACHEL PAPO

  I found these photographs by the very talented Rachel Papo 

 from her "Desperately Perfect" project as beautiful as

they were disturbing  ....

this is an excerpt by Rachel about the project ....

"This project is a look into the lives of a group of adolescents who, in their hope for a better, wider life, spend the majority of their youth in fierce competition. Based on my own memories of being a ballet student for nine years of my childhood, never being the best in class, these images emphasize the emotional side of these children’s uncompromising reality. They stretch their bodies further every day, desperate to stand out, while constantly being encouraged by their instructors to be uniform—identical to one another. Engaged in endless repetition of physical phrases, these students obsessively strive for a level of perfection that is always out of reach". 

Read more here

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LOVE IT !!!

So loving the addition of this beautiful pantry to this already lovely

Tasmanian kitchen ....

via here