marimekko makes my coffee taste better!

there has been an ongoing argument about cups in our house. i've been naughtily using K's moomin cup he bought in tokyo....

so i bought myself this marimekko cup from luft and i have to say - coffee? you taste better flavoured with a bit of marimekko! and of course K has been cheekily threatening to steal it for his hot chocs! NO WAY PAL!

big news

photos from the last time we lived in perth// lunch, my local beach and collected shells

its official! we have decided to move to our hometown of perth. i have handed in my resignation, kee will transfer his apprenticeship and we will depart for the sunny west coast at the end of november/early december.

it came after much deliberation. since having lottie pearl in our lives our priorities have completely changed. whilst we love this big city and everything it has to offer us, we have no family support or any means of enjoying it! of course we have the most amazing inner-city life filled with everything you could ever want, good coffee, gorgeous cafes and lovely parks but there was this swelling inside of us that just seemed to keep rising up..........at the end of the day, we want to share our childhood memories of the beach and bush with our darling girl.

we spent a couple of weeks drawing up pros and cons tables, recruiting fair and unbiased opinions of well respected associates but at the end of the day the decision was up to us. we have had the most incredible time here. we will have been here for nearly 4 years. we moved here as career-less newlyweds and now can depart with a beautiful daughter, incredible work and life experiences and life-long friends who have been made and sorely missed.

it will certainly be an emotional move. how will it feel to be back in our hometown. you grow up having a perpetual feeling of needing to escape. and now we find ourselves returning no longer looking outside to fill some internal space with new sights and delights. instead our focus has shifted to our daughter. whilst of course we will continue to broaden her horizons and give her every bit of the world we can it just seems right to think of having tea at the beach, riding our bikes along the river, driving down to our favourite family camping spots....

there is danger of looking at 'home' through rose coloured glasses and believe you me we are not doing that. it will be HOT beyond belief (goodbye amazing coat collection) and dry too (goodbye easy gardening!) and we will not have cafes within strolling distance nor be able to buy organic meat, cheap f&v, food goods of the world and all within a ten minute walking radius of our house. we will be moving back to a place that relies on cars more, as opposed to feet, bike and public transport here.

every pro has a con and every con has a pro. i find myself thinking things like "oh, i'll miss wearing socks with clogs" followed by "awesome! won't have to wear socks with clogs!"

this new phase in our lives is scary and exciting all at once............and moving interstate with a 1 year old in tow will certainly be interesting!

deserted island decisions

so here are my choices if i were to be stuck on an island......

//food\\
starter: antipasto - cured meats, cheeses and pickled veg are just my go to!
main: fish curry - my first ever curry i tried was a fish curry and i still remember it in fine detail....
dessert: vanilla slice - i love the whole spectrum of 'snot blocks' from the school canteen ones with pink icing to the avante-garde with creamy white italian custard
drink: champagne no question :) dry and as cold as you can serve it!

//music\\
of course this one is a hard one.....even with being allowed one artists entire discography! my two toss-ups couldn't be further from one another. Sade or Bjork?  Its a tough one. Wow. I'm stuck. But I have to choose! Shit! Okay....SADE! There. *phewf* that was hard......

//object\\
this is a weird inclusion on my behalf. of course your immediate family is allowed on this island.....and i'm not even going to think of something smart like 'fridge' - i was thinking along the lines of the thing i find most beauty in and if it has a function or sentimentality then its an added bonus! but maybe i'd just like to say 'pen and paper' because i would be absolutely lost in this life if i could not write something down. but maybe lists would be redundant on this island?

//hobby\\
i'd love to say weaving although i've never done it before! and i'm wondering whether i'd have to choose between knitting or crochet or whether they count as the same thing? i'm rather accomplished at crochet but have a long way to go with knitting so knitting it is. it uses much more brainpower for me and i'd have all the time in the world..........right?

Catherine from Little Glowing Lights has joined in - head on over to check out her island life!

stuck on an island food

brown rice, cucumber, ricotta, chilli tuna, avocado and a sprinkling of tamari....

this would surely be one of my meals should i ever find myself deserted on an island with only a few choices FOREVER

makes me think about other things i'd bring with me if only one choice. music? clothes? object?

so tell me - what would you take if you could only take one of the following........

food: starter, main, dessert and drink
music: one artist's entire discography
object: your favourite belonging i guess
hobby: one kind of activity that could keep you satisfied forever

next post i'll tell you mine - join me, make a post and let me know!

off the needles

two 'man' beanies off the knitting needles...one for matt and one for pop john!

i use the 'purl soho winter beanies for everyone' pattern which is SO simple yet perfect and open to many variations! i highly recommend it. these are fairly plain versions but I've enjoyed making versions with simple stripes and bright block colours. they are great for my tired brain as they are easy yet satisfying!

next up! crochet blanky for baby anderson due in september....i'm looking forward to it!

roadtrippin'

we've been on a fair few trips interstate and also a trip to the grampians since Lottie was born however we've always been with family or friends! K had an rdo so we decided to head away for one night just the three of us. its the first time we've been away and had long car rides since we gave the dummy away and since Lottie has learnt to sleep - so we were a little scared - didn't want to upset the apple cart!

she was so amazing! she slept in the car, was dragged around from country op shop to country op shop, endured sleeping in a strange place/cot and absolutely LOVED the spa bath! it was so lovely to have a bath all the three of us. and it suddenly dawned on me - i love my little family more than anything in the whole entire world and there really are few things better than hanging out together.

i even managed a bit of knitting and now we're home, Lottie has popped her third toof! top left. *sigh* they just grow so quickly don't they?

hope everyones weekend was as equally delightful as ours.....

tucker time

seems like the ability to take a photo of the mini lady in focus is all but impossible as she's always on the go! tucker time is no exception.

thanks to one yellow jumpsuit for inspiring me to share a little gif love! you can too - right here!

i feel like.........

i feel like wearing something like this...........

found here and here!
(i already have the clogs! been thinking of another pair....a blue low pair. which along with my high black patent pair would make it 3 pairs! they are just so versatile and so, so, so strong. i hate shoes these days - you pay $300 for them and they break in a season)

scarf, scoff, sleep, surprise!

the most beautiful hand dyed scarves by UNIFORM NATURAL - which one would you choose? I'm loving the mustard (of course) the fuschia (of course) but long to be as restrained as a one of the muted greys or even that very light pinky one.

another brilliant weekend here. visit from best friend. meeting mums at the bar for wine. eating the best hand made noodles on our side of town.....

lottie pearl has also "slept through" for the last 5 nights........i still give her a dream feed and she's still getting the hang of waking up at a civilised time but we are getting there!

and finally? some big change on our horizons. stay tuned!

love to everyone on this sunday xxx

vitamin c(raft)

some homemade baby toys we've made up to keep us from climbing the walls on those days when the weather doesn't permit any strolling! 

.....happy to drink fresh squeezed orange juice in order to get the orange mesh bag to stuff with cellophane!