{ bloom }

{ spring glow }

{ first blush }

recently...

...we've had a bit of a taste of summer recently, with some 30C+ days - hopefully there is a bit more mild weather to come before summer actually arrives...

...enjoyed the abundance of blossoms while they lasted - they are all gone now, but I have a folder full of photos on my hard-drive... 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 ...

...there has also been plenty of other prettiness blooming in the garden recently, especially all the ranunculus...

...working on a batch of copper & bronze - rolling, shaping, sanding & polishing - mostly new earrings, for my stockist & also for all the markets we have coming up in November & December...

...been doing some plotting & planning in preparation for said markets...

...had a stall at Flinders Street Market last month & helped the Wirrabara Producers Market celebrate their 10th birthday on a sunny Sunday last weekend...

...done a little bit of baking over the last few weeks - lemon poppyseed pound cake, rhubarb & cinnamon cake & most recently butter cake, with the addition of stewed apricots & cinnamon strusel...

...we've been enjoying the huge bunch of different coloured irises that Mum got given the other day...

...& another snippet from my trip.

a few good things...

1. spring, blossoms & pretty morning light.

2. cheeky garden visitors.

3. delicious cake for my birthday celebrations (chocolate with kahlua butterceram).

4. our bulbs are bursting into bloom.

5. lovely birthday gifts from my lovely family.

6. family outings (to Beetaloo Reservoir on a gorgeous spring day).

7. sending packages of pretty things all over the place.

first blush...

august break | week 4 (ish)

day 24 { in the distance } // day 26 { door* } + day 27 { favourite recipe* } //

 day 25 { green } // day 28 { in my bag* }

As you may have noticed, August had 31 days & my photos only go up to day 28. I did post on day 29 - a little video (which I'm not really sure how to post here) - but I was then knocked over by a nasty little stomach bug & didn't have the energy or anything else for posting. 

So, the end of another August Break - which means that spring is here (yay!) & that it is September (?!) - & I enjoyed myself very much (even when I wasn't following the prompts). Next up is december reflections (not too soon though!) & plenty to do in the meantime...

*not following the prompts yet again

bloom & grow...

a few good things...

1. morning sunlight (& blossoms).

2. working on some new fine silver jewellery.

3. new books from the library.

4. jewellery & fairy lights on our stall at the Flinders Street Market last month.

5. blossoms blossoming (& afternoon light) - very happy it's spring.

6. a big batch of chocolate biscuits.

7. new things from a fun shopping trip - soft shirts & a stripy top.

recently...

...we had a warm, spring-like end to winter (right up to the last day) & a cold, rainy start to spring - heading into some warmer weather at the moment, but I'm sure it will go up & down a few more times...

...very much enjoying all the blossom that's starting to appear...

...busily helping to plan the road-trip my sisters & I are going on in mid-October...

...had lots of fun with August Break again this year & really enjoyed posting daily on instagram...

...we went to the Flinders Street Market again, and along with having a stall, I got to spend time getting my hands dirty, making a dinosaur out of terracotta clay...

...speaking of making - a batch of silver precious metal clay in progress...

...plenty of baking in the last while - several versions of these biscuits (recipes soon), rustic rye muffins to go with minestrone, birthday cake for my youngest brother, banana cake (because we had some frozen bananas), lemon blondies & anzac biscuits...

...started posting some photos from my travels (+ quite a few here), many, many more to come - I'll even work out some words to go with some of them eventually...

...& lots of market/product/business plotting & planning.