On The Last Day of 2010...

...we went to Southbank, Melbourne. Don't know why we ventured out of the air conditioning because it was a stinking, hot day! Probably the hottest day of 2010! It got to 41 C. That's just too hot. Way, way too hot! We didn't end up staying at Southbank for too long.

 We ended up playing ten pin bowling in the air con. Bliss!

My Cuz 'n' I. Just hangin' out together.

I don't actually know what these are, but they looked pretty cool hanging from the jetty.

Some chalk street art. I'm guessing this was drawn the day before because there wasn't anyone there to recieve donations at the time I took this photo.

I can't even begin to imagine to know what it is like to be this talented at drawing.

I really wish I could draw, but that gene totally skipped me.

There is all kinds of art throughout Melbourne. I love it! Art always pops up here when you least expect it.

The golden flys. Or are they wasps?

This is the Eureka building. Supposedly the tallest building in Australia.

Did you have a great New Years? I did. It was very quiet as per usual, but we've had a special guest staying for a few days and it was great to have him here with us for the new year. I'm thinking of keeping him permenantly as he is just the best toy my kids could ever have. He just plays and plays and plays with them. He has almost as much energy as they do. I'm going to miss him when he leaves tomorrow.

Love you big time Cuz!

A happy and prosperous 2011 to all my blog friends!

~ Ky x

First Of All, Second Of All

First of all I'd like to thank those of you who put your two cents worth in and helped me with the whole blog title, background dilema. Not that it is a dilema, I just get something into my head and focus on it and it becomes my everything until I work it out and move on.

So, I've decided to keep the blog name and just change my background and header picture. I've gone back to the last background I had cos I really do love it, even though it makes the whole screen look a little busy. I just couldn't find anything out there that I really loved.

Second of all, I started the day out on a bit of a high this morning. Doesn't take much really. Blue sky+ sunshine+breeze+cuppa+michael buble singing 'feeling good' = great start to the day. Hello Spring!

'Feeling Good' always makes me feel good. I've found it can pick me up off the floor and twirl me around anytime! It's one of my favourite housework songs. You know, the kind where you stop what your doing every now and then to have a little dance. I can listen to it over and over and over again. I don't mind doing the cleaning while Michael sings to me. It's just one of those songs that puts me in a good mood.

I do love me a bit of big band!

I'm going to see him in concert in February. The night before my birthday! Thank you darling hubby. It will be a fun girls night out. Will tell ya all about it after the event.

Anyhoo, I'm off to do some tidying and cleaning. Now where's my ipod?

~ Ky x

What I Did On Sunday

We went to Phillip Island to watch the MotoGP. What a fun day! What a muddy day! There was no one going home clean from the race. NO ONE!

We sat up on the hill  near corner one and enjoyed the view until the first race started. On the right top of the photo is open ocean. Over the horizon is the antarctic. Pretty cool, huh?

My boys just hangin' out. The big boy bought himself a Rossi cap. He was in heaven...so to speak.

She was just hangin' out too.

I was doing as I was told and having my photo taken with the track in the background.

125cc bikes.

The water was just gorgeous. Looked good enough to swim in...and then jump straight back out of.

My little dude wanted a photo with his Mum.

A little something to try and keep them amused.

Look at me Mummy!

Looking through the green makes everything more fun.

Casey Stoner...the Aussie champion.

Go!

I'm amazed I even got this photo. They go so unbelievably fast along this straight. Imagine being on one of those bikes doing 330km/h. You can barely see them when they go past.

I love how that guy has planted himself in front of the big screen to watch the race when the track is right behind him.

It was a great day, even with all the mud. I think it will become an annual family tradition.

We will be going back to Phillip Island one day soon just to explore it. It's such a beautiful place. So many photo ops. Stay tuned for those.

~ Ky x

Sunny Days, Monkey and Eat, Pray, Love

I've been feeling a bit all over the place of late. Happy, content, tired, very ordinary, melancholy, joyful, cheeky, snoozie, indifferent...and the list of ups and downs goes on. Mostly though, I've been feeling good. I would have to say that it has a lot to do with the unbelievably gorgeous weather we've been having. Clear skies, sun, soft breezes, warmth without humidity. It's just divine really. I find it hard not to feel content in some way on such a gorgeous day.

As usual too, I think often about things that I would like to blog about. I write paragraphs in my head of different topics that I feel the need to share with the world and now that I am in front of the computer, typing, I can't think of one of the very important topics to share. That's so typical of me. So scatterbrained sometimes.

And now I'm being interrupted by the 3 year old Monkey asking me a barrage of questions. So many questions...all the time. Does he think I'm an encyclopedia or something? I can assure you that I'm not. Far from it in fact. Unfortunately, when his questioning goes just that little bit too far I end up saying either, "I don't know." or "Just because...". Hardly satisfying answers for an inquisitive mind, but that's all I've got.

He just saw this photo being uploaded to this post and put his hand on his chest and exclaimed, "I'm loading!". Kids these days!

I don't even have any cool photos to share cos I haven't been anywhere to take any. Sorry, so boring of me. Actually I do have one photo I think is pretty cool. This is at a cottage, which name eludes me right now, at Mitchum. Notice anything different about this door?

That's right! No door handle! I was going to save this photo for a post where I could use it to illustrate a point about not being able to 'open the door' or 'can't get in' or 'being unable to reach out', but I'm just not feeling that clever at the moment.

 I went on a girls night out on Saturday night for dinner and a movie and totally forgot to break out the camera to take some photos. Oh well. We only talked and ate and then watched a movie. Nothing too exciting to show. It was fun though. We saw Eat, Pray, Love. I haven't read the book, but after watching the movie I can say without a doubt that the book is better. The movie really lacked something. It didn't speak to me. It didn't touch me. I was a little disappointed to say the least. To me, it felt like the movie was made in a hurry or not enough thought had gone into adapting it from the book. Not enough depth to the main characters, or maybe it was bad acting. Don't know. Can't quite put my finger on it. I'm hoping Lilian of Mothering Misadventures will critique it when she has seen it. She's great at that sort of thing.

Anyhoo, I need to go and cuddle the Monkey. He is requiring his mother's attention.
Hope you all have a lovely day!

~ Ky x






 

Wrought Iron and Stone

Burwood Cemetary. Row after row after row after row of grey.

I like this kind of grey. Have always liked cemetaries. They are peaceful, historic, artistic.

A quiet place to go and think.

A place to appreciate beautiful craftsmanship.

A place where the artists are weather and time.

There is no more pain, only peace.

Husbands and wives sleep peacefully, side by side.

Statues of angels guard their tomb.

Some headstones have been here so long that they can no longer stand up straight.

Wrought iron fences keep them away.

A warrior is long remembered.

His wife lies with him.

Nothing in this world lasts forever.

We are ALL mortal, regardless of whether we think we are or not.

There is a hope that someday soon those who gave their heart to Him will rise from these graves.

They will be given a new body that is perfect and free from sin...forever!

~ Ky x

Let It Snow!

It snowed!!! I was so excited to have snow falling on me! Fresh, powdery snow. Bliss! Pure, freezing cold bliss!

I bought a peaked cap to wear under my hood so the snow didn't build up on my glasses.

*Note to self...wear contacts next time!

We tobogganed.

  Just so you know, I don't actually have a hump back. I was wearing a hoodie underneath my snow jacket. Just wanted to point that out.

We had snowball fights.

We sat.

He threw snow at Mummy.

I sat and enjoyed the powder.

Some tourists asked to have photos with the kids.They were so excited when we said yes.

I was in awe of gumnuts covered in snow and ice. Something I had never seen before.

Then we warmed ourselves by the fire when we got back to the house.

A most fabulous weekend indeed!!!

~ Ky x