Posts Tagged ‘@128’
from the garden
Written on March 24, 2011 at 1:07 am
i sit here at 0:40am wondering what i’m doing here. this happens every night and every day i tell myself to go to bed early. i’m clearly not paying attention to myself. it’s genetic i’m sure. my paternal grandmother used to iron or wash clothes by hand at 2:00am [even though they had a washing machine]. my dad [still] works on the computer [or plays solitaire i think] until 1:00am. so here i am. i’m most productive at night, just …
sometimes…
Written on September 25, 2010 at 5:57 pm
… i pick up the camera and spring it on m. ‘right, stop what you’re doing, i’d like to take photos… pleeeeease.’ yesterday she insisted she looked awful, didn’t have any makeup on. i rewind and play back, ‘you’re 14, you don’t need makeup.’
…. and sometimes i call j to join us, pleeeeeeease. j plays up every time there’s a camera around.. my camera around. i have decided i’m going to bribe him next time. they’re looking very serious …
spring time @128
Written on September 23, 2010 at 6:44 pm
on my way to feed our girls [chickens] last weekend, i noticed spring had blessed us with her arrival. our smoke tree is budding with new leaves and the tiniest of smoke tree flowers getting ready to pop. the smoke tree is one of my favourites, it reminds me of when i was in my teens. mum and dad had the same tree in their front garden. it’s so pretty, i had to have one in ours.
another favourite of …
tuesday morning surprise
Written on August 31, 2010 at 2:38 pm
so… whilst i was driving the kids to school this morning, i received a phone call from my mum. “guess what? …. you’re in The Age Epicure dear!” in quite the satisfied tone! i had no idea the t.lighthaus© was going to appear in the Epicure section at all, so you can imagine my surprise and shock! i of course wanted to know where and how? was there an image? what did it look like? where did it come from? …
introducing mmjm..
Written on August 20, 2010 at 12:11 am
i thought it would be a nice idea to formally introduce you to my family and i.
last year my father in-law asked for a framed family photo for christmas. he was given the ‘proper’ portrait. the one where we’re all smiling at the camera. you know the one. this one above is an outtake, which i much prefer.
my boy j [15, nearly 16], me, the husband m and my girl m [13, nearly 14]. that’s us, mmjm family of 4. i’m …