7 things I cant do without - Narelle

 my old cat, Luke Skywalker

 a big sky - sunrise, sunset or storms

 coffee...somewhere cool like this cafe that had green bar stools, funky flowers, AND birds all over the walls!

 the promise of a dip in the ocean

 la familia (Pappa and Rhys at the beach)

 magazines

my junk...I know I hoard...the first step is admitting it and asking for help

Abstract shots by Narelle

 Abstract shapes and shadows of champagne wire

 

 blurry sunset colours

 Abstract art by Rhys aged 2.

 Bryn thinking laterally/abstractly

 an abstract concept...talking same time with your brother over the ocean

 patterns and abstracted shapes in nature

more of the same!

Architecture...everywhere, by Narelle

I apologise - I had to do a "Jase" and dip into the archives this week. 

A few of my favourite things - 

Walter Burley Griffin designed buildings (Willoughby Incerator Arts Centre)

Art in architecture...Sydney Biennale 2010

early Canberra Architecture, especially industrial...

Skeletal view, from the inside. China Town, Sydney.

the GOOD...Enrico Taglietti, Dickson Library

the BAD...local shopping centres

the UGLY...someones idea of expanding our minds through innovative civic buildings...no thanks...

Vertical Lines - Narelle

 Snails having a vertical race up the shed walls

 Verticals, Capital Hill

 new shoots heading straight for the sky

 late spring prunings in a vertical bunch

 tall branches of pussy willow

 verticals and horizontals in old window frames

vertical statement on the clothesline...love this background - it has that hyper-kodachrome colour of old summer polaroid prints

 

faces from Narelle

This was not as hard as I thought it would be...

Fuzzy Bryn

Owl face

face of concentration

  face of concentration 2

clock face at Phillip pool, the pool that time forgot

faces in the artwork on my office wall

stoney faced...collected years ago from a beach somewhere

Green - Narelle

 ruffled tuscan cabbage

 green in the kitchen

 details from my favourite bits of furniture

 new green shoots of herbs outside

 underused green bikes

 weird green snakey plants

sun through the greenery

the small things - Narelle

 Yarn bombing at the local shops - a small thing to brighten my day!

 small gallery for small art in our doorway

 small houses...probably for small dust bunnies

 small quails' eggs

 small glass ornaments at the kitchen window

 small markings inside a Rhododendron, which a friend reminded me look like Cheetah spots

small annoyance when the beans escape the bean bag...

FOOD DIARY - Narelle

The ultimate breakky...called a Pappa Special in our house! Named after my grandfather, it was one of his favourites for breakfast - orange marmalade with tasy cheese on top. Strange maybe, but an awful lot better than the traditional Welsh lava bread he used to make after having us scour rockpools for fresh, fine, green seaweed which was it's main ingredient!

 Frosty oregano in the veggie patch...love it chucked in anything savoury

 a platter of yummy stuff for two, while the boys are away at their grandparents'

 

 the best portugese tart I've ever tasted

the best coffee I've had this week.