Mountain & Sea

The last 2 weeks I have been on holidays - we climbed Mt Kosciuszko [Australia's highest point at 2,228 metres]

and then went to the beach for a few days!

And in between...lots of driving...

and a visit to the National Art Gallery in Canberra to see the Ballet Russes - The Art of Costume exhibit.



Gratitude

One of my other New Year's resolutions was to photograph something I'm grateful for on a weekly basis [at least].

This is an idea I got from Notebook magazine [which sadly is no longer available].

1-8 January

Grateful for...

1. Newtown bookshops and very cool quotes written on blackboards!

2. Sisters!!

3. A great show called SOAP at the Sydney Opera House!

One Little Word

My year long on-line course is called "One Little Word" through Big Picture Classes [this was one of my New Year's resolutions].

It is pretty "full proof" in that you are guided along - using pages from a Pink Paislee album and templates that we print from the class website.

 

The first class [January] included a tutorial on creating the first page for our word...

the second page - photo of me...

and the third page includes a quote, a definition and synonyms.

Special bottles

Grace bought me some small milk bottles.  I have made "altered bottles" before - but these were especially fun to work with!  I made a couple for Grace and Emma [I'll have to get more bottles]!

My source of inspiration was May/June 2005 Somerset Studio magazine.

Possible

This is my 6th year keeping a diary/journal.  My word for the year is POSSIBLE.  Inspired again by Ali Edwards, I have signed up for her online course which will last the entire year and will have monthly "prompts".  I've had my first "class" - so watch this space...