another wonderful day in pt wakefield!

last week aj and dad came over for the day. we went adventuring by rock pools and mangroves, played with little crabbies and had a pub lunch (mmm, chicken snitzel with mushroom gravy, my mouth is still watering)


ahh, i LOVE visitors, what a great week it was!!

oh, and the 6th photo in my 6th album, pretty yellow happiness in a flower

i was tagged by levin and i tag everyone that wants to have a go.

whats your 6th of 6th photo?

i havent been at the computer much, heres what ive been doing instead


my lovely lil turned 21 on valentines day. i made her this cussion and she loved it! it was lots of fun to make (oh and it was the cause of my table mishap). i chose all my favourite photos of us so far

and also printed a hand written letter on the back.we got together and went out for tea, and had a family tea the next night at oma and opas place but i forgot to take photo

except this one of madi when we first got to the pub for tea friday and were having a drink while we waited for everyone to arrive. oh madi how i love your eyes:)


yesterday i had a car load of visitors

my oma


mum

my aunty jo

and my aunty helena.

we had such a nice day, i loved showing them my house, got pies at my favourite bakery and spent the day chatting. so so nice to have family in my home

thankful for cool

this morning i packed up my bag full of goodies and went to my newly discovered favourite place

i walked down this path

and followed this arow and there i was, a quiet place, a thinking place just for me

sitting atop a huge slab of concrete (in which i have to jump and climb onto, what could be more fun?) i had water flowing around me, making its way back out to the sea

i ate breakfast cake and wrote some wishes in my journal

and then released them into the world. it was a perfectly breezy day so that they ebbed and danced down to the stream, and floated out of my sight. the tide carried them to the big wide ocean that links to the whole wide world. so that the big wide world would know just what i wish for and be able to send my dreams back to me

a lesson in what not to do!

so...
apparently its not a good idea to use a varnished table to do iron on photo transfers. who knew (if you knew why didnt you tell me? ha ha:) i managed to soak some of the newspaper off the table but the rest will be reading material for now until forever.
at times like these i feel thankful for my love of second hand stuff. its not so hard to laugh at your mistakes when they happen to a $50 table. it just adds character, yes?

if you want to see some non bunged up craftiness, check out my mums new blog. she came over today and made a realy cool bag from my ''levin bag pattern", it turned out great!

oh and just after i moved from kadina i mentioned that my favourite twins in the world would possibly be starting care here in the future. id pretty much figured that it wasnt going to happen when i got a msg the other day. their mum had a job interview today and apparently it went well. i am over the moon excited, fingers crossed!!!

20

sometimes i get so caught up in how great the future is going to be, planning , dreaming, longing for it to come NOW (did i mention im a little impatient?) i get so focused on what is to be that i forget to just be.
and then all of a sudden i realise that in being so focused on tomorrow i am wishing away today, my mind is so buisy that i havent noticed new flowers blooming in my garden, the beautiful sunset. some days i forget to take the time to truly feel (love, appreciation for all the things that sing to my heart, joy, happiness)

so a few days ago i made a decission. to live in the now and celebrate being 20.

to notice and smile at all the little moments of my days, my routines, my happy places.
i decided to wake up each day, eat a healthy breakfast because it makes me feel good and i deffinately deserve to feel fantastic every day. i think about how i feel and what i realy want to get out of that day

here are some photos i took to forever remind me who i am now. i am carefree ,bohemian, 20. i am exploration, a teacher, a learner. i am freedom, i am art. i am growth, i am ocean.
most importantly, i am ME

last night me and benny danced and giggled in our kitchen while making tea and then went walking in search of a good fishing spot for another night. we walked over flowing water on rickety rocks that threatend to shift in the mud and send us falling into the murky water. we talked and held hands and i felt like the luckiest girl alive. to be on this adventure (life) with benny. to be living somewhere brand new that is an experience of my choosing. to know that wherever i go, whatever i do, its my choice and i can make what i want of it. i choose to appreciate it all, to feel, to love. i choose to live spontaniously and take each day as it comes. as a gift.

i love life