Two Feet Forward is now live!

Hi folks, it's been a while since I've blogged, but this is due to some very exciting news. For the past year, my husband David and I have been writing and designing Two Feet Forward - a beautiful, full colour gift book that will be in all good book stores by Christmas.

Two Feet Forward is filled with vibrant photography and adventures from our time abroad, travel and budgeting tips, recipes from around the globe, and lots more!

Check it out, go to:

www.twofeetforward.com.au

Two Feet Forward is available now for pre-order

Orb Spider - Mixed Media Artworks

I was cleaning up some old folders today (electronic folders that is) and found some artworks I completed a while ago. These works illustrate 'Orb Spider' - a beautiful poem by Judith Beverage. Thought I'd share them with you.

I saw her pegging out her web

thin as a pressed flower in the bleaching light.

From the bushes a few small insects

clicked like opening seed pods.

I knew some would be trussed up by her

and gone the next morning.

She was so beautiful spinning her web

above the marigolds the sun had made
more apricot, more amber; any bee

lost from its solar flight could be gathered

back to the anther, and threaded onto the flower

like a jewel.

She hung in the shadows

as the sun burnt low on the horizon
mirrored by the round garden bed. Small petals
moved as one flame, as one perfectly-lit hoop.

I watched her work, produce her known world,

a pattern, her way to traverse

a little portion of the sky;

a simple cosmography, a web drawn

by the smallest nib. And out of my own world
mapped from smallness, the source

of sorrow pricked, I could see

immovable stars.

Each night

I saw the same dance in the sky,

the pattern like a match-box puzzle,

tiny balls stuck in a grid until shaken

so much, all the orbits were in place.

Above the bright marigolds

of that quick year, the hour-long day,

she taught me to love the smallest transit,

that the coldest star has a planetesimal beauty.

I watched her above the low flowers

tracing her known world, making it
one perfect drawing.

Global Graffiti

In my travels last year, I discovered the work of some very talented graffiti artists. I made it a personal project to photograph the graffiti I found. Here are samples from Spain & Portugal.

Beautiful artworks by Sinéad Kelly

I visited Gaffa Gallery in Clarence Street on Friday. Most of the artworks were good, however I was drawn to one particularly beautiful series of artworks. I stood there admiring these works for about 5 minutes before I realised they were the work of my lovely friend Sinéad Kelly. Sadly, the exhibition was only open for a short period of time, so I took a few photos of Sinéad's work to display here for all to see.

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Autumn

Welcome Autumn. It feels, over the course of the week, that the seasons have finally changed. It's just a little cooler in the mornings, and leaves are beginning to adopt hints of orange and red. I've always preferred summer personally, though I can't help but be inspired by the richness of colour that Autumn brings.

Happy Easter

Weekend Indulgences

It's rare that David and I have a free time on a weekend. So when we do, we like to spoil ourselves. Mum gave me two huge Grammas from her garden a week ago and I've been waiting to make Gramma Pie. For those of you who haven't tried it, you need to! While it's a mission to peel and cut the jolly thing, the end result is well worth the time and effort. We were really naughty and filled the middle with ice cream. (Calories don't count on weekends)

David set himself the goal of learning how to bake this year.

He did a fine job of his first batch of muffins.

I'm looking forward to next weekend!

I love thick, creamy froth on cappuccinos. It's well known amongst my friends that I'd order a baby cino if I had no shame. I still cop slack from breaking the milk frother my friend Sam gave me years ago. Over use. Craving a coffee to accompany our freshly baked muffins David and I sat contemplating our options.

A thought occurred..."how about the smoothie blender?" It worked a treat. We've been enjoying our home made cappuccinos ever since.