october 2008

I am planning on putting together a few interesting outfits for the Beltane Festival at Mt Franklin this year. Here is a montage of my ideas :)



tell me what you think:)

With a little bit of monkey magic.....

phew, phew, phew!
It has been a busy couple of weeks here in University land- some interesting things have "gone down" lately- i have essays coming out of my ears and time is slipping away from me quicker than ever!

i have done so many crafty things- like some quilt piecing, ( i need 75 squares and i have 15-maybe 20) i made an embroidered art work of a squid with jewels for eyes, i have been searching high and low for these beautiful artworks/engravings/lithographs that i finally found on the internet (i would love to print them off on aged paper with brown ink and have them in the baby's room,) here is a sample of two of them:



OH! and tegan and i are starting up this new project together (and it will also be part of her masters) of putting together a glory box! We are going to have monthly meetings where we create some lovely pIEces together! I have already decided what the theme of my baby room is going to be, i have chosen the woodland/ forest theme, so, lots of "Animals of Farthing Wood"-esque things (doe, stags, rabbits, badgers, weasels, owls, etc. So these prints will be absolutly perfect! sigh! its a vision!
here is a montage of some of the stuff we(i) will be trying to make for 'the hope chest project':)



I think that Tegan will be focusing on doing her hope chest with practical, house-y things, where as i will be focusing on more...babyish stuff...
On another note, i am also writing a story- (and have an idea for another one)- The big one though is going to be a huge epic fantasy novel- all in one volume! (New writers aren't usually signed up to do many series' of books unless they have proven themselves)but still, it is going to be epic!!
On a lighter note, Dave and I had our 11 month Anniversary yesterday! Woah! Thats nearly a year! and i am not sick of him one bit! He is gorgeous and i love him :)

Well that concludes catch up number 1! I hope every one is well! I promise to upload pictures of my quilt and embroidery project art once it is done! <3 you!

Jet Li AND Jackie Chan!!!

OK,This is going to be a short one, but OMG



The best movie ever...seriously guys...i cried.

Ok i cried because the visuals are superbly stunning and reminded me of my stay in China, as well, i could understand what they were saying in some instances when they were talking chinese and my god!... the ending was awesome! and oh so fitting- harking back to the good old Karate kid type endings...sigh... This was the best movie i have seen this year for sure! ( In my opinion better than Batman...but that could be because i love, love LOVE! martial arts films and Jet Li in particular. XD

ok... thats all for now. next blog will be crafty, promise!

Hiking in the sheep pastures of Mt. Alexander

Yesterday.

I awoke at 8am. i went on a massive hike to the mount Alexander region to look at the granite intrusions and metamorphic aureole.(phew- new words are fun!) i wrote a little diary entry that will appear in my nature diary... it goes a little something like this:

the fog hung over the landscape like a shroud, bringing to mind the bloody history of colonization that shaped our country. we walked as a group, most of us silent, some of us not. Gerry Gill ( our lecturer) firstly took us to a granite oven, used many centuries ago by the local aboriginal people. the dark rich soil surrounding it testament to the fires that once burned here.basalt chips littered the ground around the granite boulders, a testament to the generations of heating rocks that were dragged down from the plateaus of volcanic rock that surrounded us.

Gerry took us to a beautiful spot deep in the heart of this private property-a large granite basin had been formed below us and we were given free range to explore our surroundings, as long as we were careful.i took a few pictures of the natural waterfalls and the surrounding beautiful scenery of the gorge.

after a few of us had eaten our lunch we moved on up the hill to see a stone circle on the earth that had been formed by ancient hands within another granite valley. this structure may have been accredited to Mundi, the dream time serpent of destruction ( who coincidentally associated with the plague of small pox that struck the virgin aboriginal population) near to this stone circle was a more recently man made western style dry rock wall. Gerry told us that this had been built by a Chinese market Gardener in the time of the gold rushes who had supplied the local settlers with fresh vegetables.

at this time it was almost two o'clock so we began the arduous and most direct trek back to the bus ( as the crow flies) and i struggled to climb the hill that was on this path ( at that moment it felt like Gerry gill was my own personal trainer- pushing me one more step at a time!)

on the way back we stopped at an abandoned water course which now borders on a walking track. Gerry told the group of the vision that was instrumental in the planning of this water course that weaves its way in through and around the granite country of the area.

after this arduous trek we got back to the uni at about 4.30 hen went home and slept until 10am the next day! man my feet and calves are so sore!





P.S 'Springs' Asian grocer has opened up! They dont have very much variety at the moment but you can see that they have a lot of shelf space for more items!i asked about the eggs and we will see how they go! yayayay!