Hanging with our nephew

A few weekends ago on a beautiful sunny Saturday Ad & I took Oscar to Red Coats and Convicts at Hyde Park Barracks. While Osc was a little frightened by the muscats firing (check out his bottom lip in the first pic) we had a fun time patting the animals and making bricks.

Afterwards we popped across the road to admire the Archibald Fountain, it appears to be a favourite of Oscar's. We spent a fair time watching the water spray and chatting about the statues, the turtles are definitely the coolest according to Osc.

Little persons photography

Pics taken by my very cute and cheeky nephew on Mother's Day.

My sisters birthdays

Both of my sisters recently celebrated their birthdays. They are very talented individuals.

Here is Celeste's beautiful photography of her seashell arrangement. She can meticulously arrange objects for hours and photograph the most mundane so it looks interesting.

 

This is Imogen's amazing watercolour that was painted for me. She has an wonderful eye for colour and a lovely free creative line in her works.

They also have enchanting blogs 

Imogen Eve and Tess took it.

Brand new niece

I am exceptionally excited to have a beautiful brand new niece, Nora. She was born five days after my own birthday so we share a birth month and star sign!

Soggy Sydney

I'll be escaping soggy central Sydney for a girls weekend hosted by a wonderful friend in Avalon followed by a week in Kiama with my family. I do like to be beside the seaside...

Chinese New Year

We gathered together with my husband's family to celebrate the Year of the Dragon with a Chinese feast in Eastwood. I ate the yummiest scallop ever and we were very generously given red pockets (even though we are married)!

Gifts

My sister Imogen has been curating some lovely gift ideas on her blog. Here is the selection she put together for me. I love everything on it & can't wait to see what I receive on Christmas day!

Meanwhile my Christmas shopping is slowly trundling along, a few more pieces to go...

Frocktober

My sister, Céleste along with two of her friends is participating in Frocktober to raise money for ovarian cancer research. Have a look at her blog where she is documenting the 31 dresses. I think it is a bit of a worry that she hasn't had to repeat one yet!