Snow in Wellington

Snow on Cuba Mall in central Wellington (HD) from Ro Tierney on Vimeo.

Have you all seen this? Apparently it’s gone “viral” all over the internets. And I can see why – it’s a bit magical! I love this extra muchly so because the music, Debussy’s Clare de Lune, was the music I picked to walk down the aisle to.

The filmmaker, Ro Tierney, is a friend of a friend, and it looks like he’s getting lots of love because of this video, which is nice.

Two cute

Quick, quick, hurry! The baby’s asleep. And I have five minutes to write in this here blog.

So here’s a hurried little post about two sweet things that have come into my acquisition lately.

This handmade ceramic gingko leaf pendant was a little birthday gift to myself. I bought it from this Etsy shop. I love it. And it came with a bonus little flower magnet – too sweet!

This brooch was a birthday gift from a dear friend. She knows my style indeed. Thank you Jadey!

i like these things

some generally gorgeous things i’ve spotted around the traps lately:

• these drawers and this set too (wish i lived in Melbs right now, i would totally snap those up!). i love the concept behind this company: restoring old furniture to make it extra hot!

• this umbrella by the seemingly all together lovely Ashley G

• this yellow house

• these Australian travel posters from the 1930s-1950s (i want that one on my wall!)

and now to go eat a delicious veggie/tofu stirfry cooked up by my very sweet husband. goodnight.

street art

some street art spotted in a laneway last night…

Flickr Favourites 22-11-09

i’m sorry, it is too hot today. just too hot. it’s nearly 9pm and it’s still 35c out there. ouch. so, summer, you’re almost here. i can see you! and feel you. and this means tall drinks with lots of ice. noisy birds waking me up in the morning. huge blue skies. colourful nights. embracing the coast. it will be great.

Flickr favourites – Friday 26-06-09

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colour: pink, gold, crimson, aqua, soft red.

excitement, energy, relaxation, discovery, refreshment.

these are the things i’m thinking of and feeling lately.

one of these things is not like the other (photos from the Light Walk)

i went to see the Vivid Sydney Light Walk. it was pretty. here are some of my favourite moments. i do recommend going to see it. but rug up!

Friday Flickr Favourites 24-04-09

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the art of… here

it’s funny how things synchronise and fit together without any intentional effort sometimes. lately i’ve been daydreaming/planning a glorious trip to the USA for the end of next year. i loooove to research travel destinations so i’ve been burying my head in Lonely Planets and Rough Guides and Eyewitness Guides. but then, a reminder.

this window, snapped while taking a walk in my own neighbourhood to the local Italian restaurant (which was, as it happened, completely full already so we tried somewhere else instead and were so pleasantly surprised).
beauty in its quietest form. old, unassuming, often overlooked. there is so much to see in my own street, my suburb, my city. i discussed this with Tim and he reminded me of the fact that i have so many more photos of say, Tokyo than i do of my own city. it’s kind of silly when you think about it. why do we forget to see what is around us in the every day?

the next day we happened to watch the tv documentary version of this book (which i have read before and do recommend). the same message appeared again. a reminder.

so i’m not sure how i’ll go, but i’m going to try and take some more notice, more walks and more photos in my neighbourhood. maybe it will be a theme for February. we’ll see.

visit to the Blue Mountains of Love

1-7. Lawson markets.

8. pies + cupcake in Katoomba

9. fish, chips, prawns and tomato relish in Blackheath