Cyber-rabbit

Chatting online. The rabbit also helped with homework tonight, and completed a comprehension sheet of her own (thankfully, with inferior results).

Kind

So many paths that wind and wind
When just the art of being kind
Is all this sad world needs.

- Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Glad

Bickie cutters on the drying rack.

I went into the kitchen to make a late-night cuppa, and found these waiting for me.

Laugh

"A day without laughter is a day wasted."

- Charlie Chaplin

Head on

The littlest one (well, a portrait of him by Billy Law) is a finalist in the prestigious Head On portrait prize, currently showing in the ACP gallery, Paddington.

Details here.

The Sum of Our Days

"It isn't personal,
everyone is responsible for his or her own feelings,
and life isn't fair."

- Isabel Allende

Happy Mothers' Day

Each year on Mothers' Day, I take a photo of my three lovelies to give to my Mum. This is today's effort. It's funny to look at the changes over the last five years - click here.

Earth Hour

The one-in-the-middle reads aloud to us from The Princess Bride.

"Everything is after stew."

Royal Easter Show

How I love the Royal Easter Show!

We have a routine that we follow each year... Hall Of Industries for the food samples and the produce displays, cakes (both decorated and nude), woodchopping, dogs, cats, horses, cows, chickens, pigs, goats, packed lunch, showbags, and then home. But still each year we discover something new.

Autumn

It's settling in slowly.

NAtional Folk Festival

We spent Easter at the National Folk Festival in Canberra. Wonderful, as always. It was strange without the kids there though... they're keeping their fingers crossed that they'll be allowed to come next year.

Paragon

A drive to Canberra is not complete without a stop at Goulburn's Paragon cafe. An institution.

Culcha

A dear friend had a spare ticket to see Sylvie Guillem and Akram Khan at the Opera House tonight - lucky me!

The sad game

Blame
Keeps the sad game going.
It keeps stealing all your wealth -
Giving it to an imbecile with
No financial skills.
Dear one,
Wise
Up.

- Hafiz

Happy St Patrick's day!

We got caught up in the parade in the city totally by accident!

Art

We went into the city on the train today to see the Archibald, Wynne & Sulman prizes at the Art Gallery of NSW. As great as it was, I ended up being more inspired by the ArtExpress exhibition of HSC works - the level of expertise and creativity from those students is mind-blowing.

No shots from the exhibitions - snapped this one on the way back to the train.

Donut boy

The little one went to a donut-themed birthday party today. What to do but make him a donut shirt?!

Bunny

We have a new rabbit in the house.

Hearts

For years, I've wanted to have some long-narrow fabric pennants in my garden. I tried to find a pattern to sew them and make the curved poles online. I tried to find places that sold them. Nothing.

Then the other day, driving along the Northern beaches, I passed a shop that had dozens of them out the front - more than could possibly be needed just for decoration. Turns out they had them for sale in three sizes, and a rainbow of colours.

We now have three colourful pennants in the front garden - one for each child. Each of them has one of these hearts dangling from the top.