Race you!

Goodness what a lazy weekend. We spent all Saturday in our pjs, the boys played with lego and watched Thomas dvds, Hubby and I took turns sleeping and we ordered pizza for dinner. The flu we had was really starting to get on our nerves. Just when we thought we were at the tail end of it, it knocked us over again. So...bang went Saturday.

 

 

On Sunday morning we took ourselves off to Glebe park in the city to give the kidlets, who were feeling a great deal better than the parents, a chance to burn off some energy. Harry had a hoot on his bike while Jack stuck to the playground.

 

 

 

It was a gorgeous day in a gorgeous space and so good to be out in the fresh air and sunshine. I loved watching Harry have an impromptu race with a little girl on a scooter. She came tearing up behind him and as she overtook he shouted, "Oh no you don't, race you!" and off they went. It was hilarious!

 

 

The afternoon was spent sorting out the study while the Jackman napped. I've temporarily transformed it into a little studio for my etsy shop and now have a little space of my own where I can leave out my sewing machine, fabrics, scissors, ribbon and numerous spools of cotton with no fear of a toddler wreaking havoc. Unfortunately, not working at the dining table means that Hubby and I spend our evenings at opposite ends of the house instead of being in the same room and I know it sounds soppy but we miss eachother's company.

Still, its not forever and I'm getting lots made with more to come...(she says as she impatiently waits for an order of Swarovski beads and jewellery findings to arrive from America. C'mon already, these ideas for earrings, bracelets and pendants are BURSTING out of my head!).

Last night's accomplishments...some sweet burlap ornaments for the tree.

Queen's Guard Burlap Baubles

 

Burlap Christmas Tree Ornaments

 

I think if I have the time, I'll be making a batch for our tree this year.

 

Anyway, we're all very much on the mend now...(don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out festy flu!)...and looking forward to the lead up to Christmas.

We were going to spend Christmas in Queensland but had to cancel our trip and were feeling really blue about it. We've since decided that Christmas at a beach house down on the South Coast is just the ticket. It has been such a stressful, awful year. At the beginning of the year, during the times when I wondered if I would even make it to December, I told myself that I had a fantastic family holiday in a beautiful, peaceful space to look forward to and that thought helped me to keep positive. I need us to have that wonderfully relaxing holiday. I need to be able to enjoy my family, with nothing more strenuous to do than build a sandcastle with my boys, lift a glass of wine to my lips or put my arms around my husband for a lovely long hug.

Bring on December!

xx Em

 

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A hazy lazy Sunday

We went for a leisurely peddle along the foreshore of Lake Burleigh Griffin this morning.

 

 

With a pit stop at The Fort in Commonwealth Park...

 

Then back on the bikes along the bridge, past lily pads and iris.

 

 

And the odd Black Swan...or three.

 

 

Time enough on the way back for a peek at the beautiful Blundells Cottage, tucked away amongst the foliage just a stone's throw from the lake's edge.

 

 

Harry scored a bonus stickybeak at a fire engine, (while Mummy scored a bonus stickybeak at the calendar worthy firefighters) which/who happened to pull up beside us in the car park just as we were loading the bikes.

 

 

Such a lovely end to our outing, but these last few photos are also very timely. It's been an early and ominous start to the bushfire season this year. For the past couple of days Canberra and Queanbeyan have been shrouded in smoke haze that has drifted hundreds of kilometers south from the raging bushfires west of Sydney around the Lower Blue Mountains. My heart goes out to the hundreds who have lost their homes already and my thoughts are with friends still in areas very much under threat. Its been ten years since Canberra was savaged by a massive firestorm.

 

It happened three years before we moved here but I remember how the western slopes looked when we arrived and there are still a few tell tale signs today, though most of the affected areas have well & truly regenerated.

 

Listening to the Firefighters chatting this morning was sobering. I think we're all hoping to be spared the horror of what many others are currently enduring but wary that it may well happen in this area again.

Stay safe this season peeps, have a Bushfire Survival Plan in place and if you can, please give what you can to your local Rural Fire Service.

 

xx Em

 

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