current observations

Author: Libby

  • Resignation

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    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!

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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…

  • All Things Scandinavian

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    I’m not sure why it is that so much great design comes out of Scandinavia. I really love these wooden birds, available from Great Dane Furniture. They really have so many beautiful things that I will just have to add to my wish list. My husband and I joke that we keep Scandinavia is business,…

  • Flowers in the Garden

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    I really don’t like summer. I love the summer fruit that is now appearing in the markets – I bought my first mango of the season this week! I also put up with summer because it’s preceded by spring… ahhh beautiful spring. In Sydney the seasons just merge into a blur, but in Canberra they…

  • Old Friends

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    I get so sad when I think of the people I was close to and I no longer keep in touch or even know where they are. I’m very sentimental like that. Today I had a little experience in synchronicity. Lying in bed thinking of the person I miss most in Atlanta and then sitting…

  • Birds in the Garden

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    One of the things I love about having a native garden is the birds it attracts. This photo was taken this afternoon as we were getting ready for dinner on the balcony. The seed bell was a present from our little friend Evie. It’s taken the parrots a little while to discover it but it’s…