countdown

we're off to melbourne soon to meet our newest family member. my youngest sister is bringing another being into the world sometime next week (or so we are hoping cause that's when we've booked flights!). we're counting down the days here, one autumn leaf at a time. a little bit inspired by little eco. one leaf a day comes off and the smalls get a little more excited each day.

 

early morning antidote

a girl i know has taken to the woods as an antidote. it's her quiet protest against a disconnected society. this red-haired beauty takes me wandering through her weeping gum forest. she shows me her rock stash and her collection of flower wands she uses to keep the skywalkers away as the sun rises.

billy and bear

i met a shaggy flopsy blonde headed kid called billy the other day. you know the one? we all know one, don't we? he asked me if i knew bear grylls. yeah, i know the guy, says i. he's awesome, says billy, who then continues on in conversation with me for a spell about how much he loves the man, bear.

me thinks billy would like one of these made for him:

from here

and he will be needing one of these

from here

and his mama might want to make him one of these

from here

i daresay billy will accumulate a few of these in his time

from here

and just cause it's so damn beautiful (and sort of on topic) a set of these for inside bear-time

from here

 but when it's all said and done, billy, can bear do this?


 

gifting, by request

i received and delivered on a custom order recently. 

a hat and bag in red for a 4 year old and in blue for his 2 year old brother.

i made a little felt mouse finger puppet as well to thank them (and their mama) for their custom.

i hope they like their wares. 

on becoming a milliner

among other things, i make hats. they are concentric and a little buckety and embellished with loveliness. they are for small people. but i am no milliner (although, give me time)
seems other people make hats too. real life milliners. strikingly similar to the ones i make. concentric and a little buckety, although with much more striking fabric than i (in this instance, anyway).

maybe, by default, i have fulfilled that life long dream of becoming a milliner?

later that day.....
seems the direct to the anthropologie site links to their home page rather than the specific hat i was referring to. if you search 'jewelry and accessories' then 'shop hats' you'll find the Mail Kaleidoscope Hat by 'acclaimed milliner Albertus Swanepoel' on the first page. 

dear universe

thankyou.
for listening.
and for delivering.
may i be so bold as to ask if you could, alongside delivering on all the requests of late, also provide me with a detailed plan of how to balance all that i have with all that i need and all the new that you offer me, that would be equally appreciated.

if you could also send me an address for correspondence, i will be sure to fashion you the appropriate thankyou card, from all-natural materials of course, for your efforts of late.

image from here

grey skies are gonna clear up

or are they?

 we can only watch and wait.

but mostly we accept it and play.

my heart is with those who are suffering through this force of mama nature. cause while it may be soggy around here, we still have a home, a livelihood and our lives. feeling very blessed.