Butterland Take two

It was a perfect weekend for a drive to the country! The sun came out of her winter hibernation just long enough to entice our freckles and lick our shoulders.

6 of us spent a couple of nights at Greg Hatton & Katie Marx' once-was-Butter-Factory ‘Butterland’ 

and thanks to the lovely Lisa who lent me her camera whilst I was up there (I’d forgotten my camera battery at home in the charger), I was able to take a few pictures of what we got up to.

Caitlin and I used the Vegetable garden very wisely before cooking a big roast

Danced around the concrete floors in our bathers

and visited the old abandoned Newstead Railway Station around the corner before watching a beautiful sunset with a few beers.

On Sunday we picked some blossom and happened upon a poultry auction and huge yard sale amongst other things, like this in the morning papers…

Bless.

Wattle you do, when they come for you

A chilling dip into the life and death of the countryside in August. Wattle is in full bloom everywhere you look but sadly foxes are denied their wanderlust.

1st wedding anniversary; 'Paper'

Celebrating our first wedding anniversary; ‘paper’. One year of pinching myself every day, wondering how a girl like me got the most wonderful man on earth. You make me that happiest darling, I love you x

she knits

A collaboration with talented florist and beautiful friend Caitlin Gibson

winter

I usually don’t allow winter to faze me, but this one seems to have seeped into my bones and is playing tug of war with any motivation for leaving the house. Winter is winning.

So whilst I’m giving into what is stark, cold and a little detached, I’m finding my own different ways to warmth. Sorry I’ve been so quiet, but my thoughts have found sun rays in future ideas. And I’m betting spring is just around the corner.

something tangible in the mail

I always feel a bit silly giving interviews. My hands become flighty creatures of their own minds and tongue twisted I sit there wondering if the other person is secretly rolling their eyes at my all- of- a- sudden -mispronunciation of words and questionable grammar. It was therefore so wonderful (and I so relieved) when I received the new issue (08) of Fallen Magazine in my sweaty little hands and read the article that just seemed to ‘get me’ and I didn’t need to feel so silly at all anymore.

Then today I picked up a copy of TAKE magazine and thankfully there were no need for words. I was simply floored finding my images sitting humbly next to photographers I absolutely worship. I recommend you pick yourself up a copy. 'Tis one of the most beautiful collections of photography I've seen together in a long time.

 

Gold in Paris

This weekend I received the most wonderful email from Paris. I won Gold in the portraiture section of the PX3 competition 

with my image ‘the hunt’, which will be exhibited at the

Espace Dupon,

74 rue Joseph de Maistre, Paris

from June 29 - July 13, 2011

If you happen to be loitering around Europe’s romantic city and drop in, please do let me know how it all looked.

xoxox