1.Sweet, sweet Kopparberg Pear Cider on a gorgeous afternoon spent on our balcony/2. Celebratory shopping because I got a job! Bardot, Bourke St - here I come!/3. Straight down, taken from the roof of our building/4. Collette Dinnigan shop on Chapel St. (If I had infinite money I would of worn one of her fabulous wedding dresses on my big day)/5. Pretty roses on an afternoon walk/6. Faded almost beyond recognition Coca Cola sign/7 & 8. Sunset, just now. 

So it has been a very interesting 6 weeks since I was here last…. I have been sick, sick sick, sick of being sick & it goes on. But change is on the horizon… So much has happened & so much has been running through my mind. Sunday, we leave the Gold Coast for Melbourne….. I cannot wait to get in that car & just drive !!! But I want to send a great BIG thank you to the universe that this is even possible…. 

Also, starting on Sunday I am going to try to do this… 

A lot of peeps have been doing it & I thought I’d jump on the bandwagon ! I will be carrying it out mostly on Instagram but I will share some of my photos with you here…

e :)

INSTAGRAM’N…

I haven’t done one of these posts for a while…. I haven’t done as many posts on anything for a while (sorry) I have been trying to organise the big move (to Melbourne) in about 6 weeks !!!! Busy/exciting/scary times !!!! here’s whats been going on in Instagram land…

January 22 - My Husband’s band (Redspencer) played Big Day Out ! (free tickets YEAH!) Had a wonderful day - very hot - but fun….(see next photo)

My dear friend (& fellow blogger) Sophie & I braved this extremely fun 55m slip n slide !!! it was ridiculous fun !!

I did some cutting & some pasting with all of the photo booth strips from our wedding & this was the result… (I still have so many more - I could fill 5 more frames!)

Afternoon strolls around home - still surprises me with the beauty of where we live…

My two favourite boy bands ! *cough* One Direction and ! find it in a JB HIFI near you…..

Another tattoo…. It’s true - once you start, you can’t stop… This is my grandmothers hand writing…. a little message from her to my Pa in 1945….forever your’s

oh the agony ! making Waylon skull cheap beer… sorry buddy ! 

The chinese across the road from us… yum

my chest X ray… they thought I had a cracked rib… ( I don’t) turns out just a torn muscle….. OUCH ! ( I am on the mend though..slowly)

Nirrimi…. a mother ! 

This is a beautiful post about the home birth of her daughter - Alba…

http://weliveyoung.blogspot.com.au/2012/02/homebirth-of-alba-joy-firebrace.html 

ADD IMAGE TO TEXT…

I came across this wonderful & easy tutorial on Simple Street (blog) It honestly took me less than 5 minutes & I am slapping myself why I did not know how to do this myself…

check out the tutorial here - http://simplestreetblog.com/ps-101-add-image-to-text/

here is my finished result ! (photograph is my own)

My Pa…

I have been going through old photos at home & scanning them to keep a record…there are so many amazing photos & it scares me that they could be so easily lost (some probably have been lost already) this is my Pa, when he was very young between the years of 1939 - 1946…. He always had a cheeky smile & would walk around whistling & singing to himself…a very happy chap indeed…

from top left : Pa on the right, doing the washing, cigarette hanging out of his mouth: Pa on the right again (obviously): Pa standing on the steps (middle of the group, ciggee hanging out of his mouth again): Pa on the right, looking dashing in his uniform…

a beautiful DIY countryside wedding….found on Once Wed.

See more from the day here - http://www.oncewed.com/53222/wedding-blog/real-weddings/a-diy-countryside-wedding-celebration/

I just love the whole feel of the day, the bride’s dress, her headpiece, the BOOTS!, the grooms style, the beautiful wood decor, mason jars & the love… the.love. 

love.is.all.you.need.

Pa’s War Medals - John (Jack) Locking 

I was talking to a friend about the lost diggers story I saw on channel 7 a few months ago - if you missed it have a read over here  »>

 ( http://au.news.yahoo.com/sunday-night/blogs/article/-/8900933/the-lost-diggers/ )

I couldn’t believe that our own government didn’t show any interest in having a record of these incredibly insightful images, (luckily the channel 7 boss did & you can see the images here - http://www.facebook.com/lostdiggers ) but it got me thinking, I didn’t know much at all about my own family ‘s history….. while the above story is on WW1 my Pa was in WW2… so I’m starting with my Pa (my mothers father) I have scanned & photographed his War medals & I hope to get some images of him from that time as well…. 

this is my salute to you Pa. Thankyou.

love e 

x

some inspiration for your wednesday…. ( accompanied by some pretty images floating around the internet)

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