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Banana yellow catamaran in the flowers

09/12/200921/12/2016 CarolynUncategorizedLeave a Comment on Banana yellow catamaran in the flowers

If you take the time to look up close the coastline is home to a diverse and fertile ecology.  We’re accustomed to thinking of the bush as colourless and drab when actually the colours can be quite vibrant.  Most of…

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Sandy salty toes

08/12/200921/12/2016 CarolynUncategorized1 Comment on Sandy salty toes

So, here we are at the beach house, and blissfully happy.  The sun is broadcasting diamonds upon the water and the sand is scrunching white and squeaky clean under our bare feet.  This morning the tide was so far out…

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Sky blue and coffee; off to the beach

07/12/200915/12/2015 CarolynUncategorizedLeave a Comment on Sky blue and coffee; off to the beach

Feeling a kind of warm pastel-ly comfortable vibe happening today.  The sky is a soft, not-too-harsh blue today with a few puffy clouds scudding across, golden sunlight warming the limestone walls of our house…  I love how the glossy blue…

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Tea Cosy, specimen 4

06/12/200915/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized1 Comment on Tea Cosy, specimen 4

This is the tea cosy I made for my sister-in-law S; another version of the Roly Poly from “Wild Tea Cosies” by Loani Prior.  I love the colours of this tea cosy; before giving it to S for her birthday…

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Cherry velvet cocktail dress

05/12/200915/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized3 Comments on Cherry velvet cocktail dress

Went out to my bookclub Christmas dinner last night and ta-dah, this is what I wore.  My hair only looks this nice because it was styled by my hairdresser, I am sadly incapable of achieving this look on my own.…

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Classic and cool

04/12/200915/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized2 Comments on Classic and cool

I think of this dress as my “indestructible” dress, as no matter how roughly it gets treated it washes up as fresh looking as the day it was made, about three or four years ago.  It must be the polyester…

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Another walk on the foreshore

03/12/200915/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized1 Comment on Another walk on the foreshore

After dropping my youngest son off at work experience I swung by my old childhood neighbourhood to take my photos this morning.  This is a stretch of beach I’ve always loved walking along; it soothes my soul and recharges my…

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A Walk on the Foreshore…

02/12/200921/12/2016 CarolynUncategorized1 Comment on A Walk on the Foreshore…

For something a bit different today I’m taking you on a walk with Sienna and me.  We usually head out for an hour each morning and briskly zoom along to get our heart rate up high.  This is Sienna’s favourite…

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