current observations

Year: 2007

  • The Cookie Incident of Christmas 2007

    —

    by

    Libby
    in

    The title is thanks to my darling husband. The picture is a scanned box that contained a single cookie. The cookie was a ‘Christmas gift’ from the partners (about 11 of them) of the law firm from which I have just resigned. So here’s what I have deduced… my entire year’s efforts and dedication to…

  • I Love Bison

    —

    by

    Libby
    in

    In this case I don’t mean the North American beast, although I really do love them as well. This is about Bison Australia – makers of beautiful stoneware and based right here in the ACT region. My dear friend (whom I met in a parents room) gave me a tea bowl for my birthday (centre…

  • Birthday Tent

    —

    by

    Libby
    in

    Well this is a first, I’ve never had a birthday tent built for me before. Last night my family and I had a belated birthday dinner for me with my oldest friend (we met when we were both 5) and her family. Her very creative husband put together this tent so all of us could…

  • I Love Your Spoons

    —

    by

    Libby
    in

    Look what arrived in the mail today! A birthday present from my dear friend Lane in Atlanta. A gorgeous print from one of my absolute favourite Esty sellers – Studio M. I think this one belongs in the kitchen – what do you think? Now I’ll just have to increase my collection with the ‘I…

  • Resignation

    —

    by

    Libby
    in

    I resigned from my job on November 23rd – I don’t hate the place or the people I just didn’t love the work so it was a tough decision to make. Here’s a little tribute to all the Australian Government agencies I have lodged job applications to over the last year. I have applied for…

  • It's My Birthday!

    —

    by

    Libby
    in

    Here is my birthday present from my family – a (product) red iPod nano, so I can catch up on my TV shows on the way to work on the bus. Well that’s important!Thank you to my beautiful husband, my little boys, all my friends and work colleagues for making me feel so special.

  • Love Libby

    —

    by

    Libby
    in

    I stumbled upon these cute little bags this year at Floriade (our annual tulip festival). I think the name is brilliant – but that’s too obvious. You can check out Love Libby at her website. Choose your bag, then, if you can, choose your fabric the choice is so great that you will probably find…

  • Meet Team Resolution

    —

    by

    Libby
    in

    This is Team Resolution of which my darling husband is a member. As I write they are making their way home from Jindabyne on Day 3 of the Hartley Cycle Challenge 2007. It’s an amazing feat to ride over 400km in 3 days and I’m so proud of him and his team. His training started…

  • Clever Friend #1

    —

    by

    Libby
    in

    It occurred to me that I have many talented friends. This lariat is the work of my dear friend Belinda (but we have another name for her), Godmother to my eldest and very clever businesswoman and jewellery designer and the brains behind Creatively Belle . When I first met her 13 years ago she was…

  • Passionfruit

    —

    by

    Libby
    in

    It’s quite easy to overlook the humble passion fruit or at least take it for granted. A few years ago we made a trip to Canada to visit some friends and do some skiing. The only request from our friends in Newfoundland was tins of passion fruit pulp! So I carted many tins across the…