if i could talk i'd tell you

time for some lovely people to know i miss them.

happy long-weekend

five everyday loves

1. eb (sappy)
2. space and fresh air
3. washing-up music ( really music to do anything by)

4. doing something creative, whether it be with my hands or my head

5. tea. nothing like that first sip of tea

Ashley from strawberry kisses tagged me to show five of my everyday loves. I tag ritva, gretchenmist, scout, krissy and lili scratchy to show five of theirs if they would like to.

bag o tapestry yarn

I am not a needlepoint girl myself, but have bought a couple of tapestry canvases as a christmas present for someone who is. I did like coming home from the craft store with a paper bag full of colourful tapestry yarn. (No, I didn't wear my pyjamas shopping).

Apologies for being a bad blogger of late, but time has been disappearing. Hope to be back in the swing of posting and blog-hopping soon. How is everyone coping with the silly season?

the toys i didn't get to play with whilst babysitting

Lately I have seen a lot of white Ibis-looking birds hanging out with cows.

learnt at the beach

seagulls are surprisingly clean

i found it on the ground

I have been finding these broken seed chambers/pods on the road out front of our house. They almost freak me out in the same way wasp nests do, but I really find their fragility quite beautiful.

around

Lumetta - a blog always full of stunning images.

loitering

Just some things hanging about.

Finally put one of my pay it forward gifts together. 4 to go. Hope my lovely recipients aren't impatient.

Some links:
Louise Goldin Autumn/Winter 08 collection. Found via Loveology.
astulabee softies.
Bought this as a gift on the weekend.

Hope everyone has a nice week.

this is what i sometimes forget

To appreciate that there is open space and air outside of my own head.

A choose your own 'this is', thanks three buttons.

evening walk

Why don't I go for a walk by myself in the late afternoon/early evening more often?

Want to hear something I find comical about those traffic lights? They are on the main thoroughfare in and out of our town. They serve only one purpose, which is to stop traffic so pedestrians can cross the street. They only turn red if a pedestrian presses the button and I think I am the only person in town who ever presses the button to cross. I can feel the glares I get when I stop the traffic, and I think it is amusing.I always cross there.

Found two new spiffy blogs. Dank En and Living on the Move.