current observations

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  • It’s July :: Vive le Tour

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    Yes it’s that time of year again! The Tour de France is now a week in, which loosely translates to I haven’t had a single conversation with the cyclist that hasn’t involved the dissection of each stage, points, jerseys, teams, accidents and GC standings. It sounds like the month of dread but to be honest…

  • In through the out door

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    I love doors and not just because they are functional. I’m very drawn to imagery of doors and like to contemplate what is behind then – maybe that’s the charm they hold for me. When I was at art school we had to do a collaborative stage design project that started with a door and…

  • High tea anyone?

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    It’s school holidays and I’m hoping to take the boys to visit my parents next week. What does this have to do with high tea I hear you ask? Well, in my recent visits my mother has progressively been handing back all my treasures that have been stored in her house for way too long.…

  • Made in Denmark

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    There is a joke in our house that we keep Scandinavia in business – betweeen my penchant for Georg Jensen jewellery, Stokke chairs and our many trips to Ikea we seem to represent almost all of it. Our heads are full on Denmark at the moment (Legoland for the boys) as we are planning a…

  • Taking a look at stones

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    At the end of our kitchen counter are a dozen or so beach pebbles – smooth and weathered. Every year we bring home a few more and to the collection we add seed pods and any other unusual organic objects we find. I confess I’m quite attached to this little pile and amongst it sits…

  • flags :: bunting :: garlands

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    It’s been blowing a gale outside for the last two days which has made me think it’s perfect flag (or kite) weather. I love flags – love them – and I can’t account for it at all. If I had my way I’m sure our house would look like a mardi gras float but I…

  • It’s beginning to feel like autumn

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    This chill is already in the air and the leaves are just starting to turn heralding my favourite time of the year. It’s no secret that I’m not a fan of summer and I get quietly excited when nature reminds me that winter is approaching. The mornings are dark, the fog appears on sunrise, the…

  • Reclaimed timber delights

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    I love wood and was reminded of this while trying to move our very own coffee table made from a nature-got-the-better-of-me slab – it’s very heavy. Practically every door in our house is wood and I love wood bowls, chopping boards and floors. I have a very heavy Oregon wood chair that I made at…

  • Flickr three :: stars

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    My starry finds are all from flickr – from top Stars by Ohad Ben-Yoseph, How Many Stars? by cobalt123 and Shooting Stars by Stefan Van der Straeten

  • It’s in the stars

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    I love stars! I really do, especially when they’re red. What’s at the top of a Christmas tree – a star of course. I grew up in the country in a town devoid of city lights and one of our favourite pastimes was to lie in the garden on a moonless night and look and…