The Show Came to Town

 

This weekend, the A&P show was in town.

A ferris wheel, bright tents, candy floss, blue skies.

What more can a girl ask for?

Spring!

It's here!

Spring!

We made it through another winter, 

And now, 6 months of Spring and Summer will follow.

My favourite time of the year.

Clouds

{sweet dreams, little one, available here}

{An Autumn Sky, available here}

{Perfect Skies, available here}

I have been so obsessed with photographing the clouds lately.

I have always been fascinated with the sky,

especially in summer,

when you can lie in the grass and watch them 

drift lazily across the blue sky.

But these autumn clouds have been amazing.

The sunsets watched from our backyard have been dreamy.

And the big white fluffy clouds in the bright autumn sky,

well, they have been my favourite this past week.

what spring looks like

It looks like pale lemon drops.

she heard it calling and felt her heart soar

a little more summer daydreaming...

A change

After a year with this laptop skin, 

I decided I was over the green,

it was starting my make me feel dreary, 

and I wanted something fresh to suit my 'it's soon to be spring and summer' mood,

and inspire me to work.

And so I ordered a new cover from Society6, and within a week it was here.

I love it.

Now I feel like working, and even when the sky is grey outside my window, 

I can see blue sky and pink blossoms.

So much to love

There is so much in this world to love...

and the first Spring blossoms are high on that list.

I love that for a few weeks mid Winter I get to watch out for them...

the anticipation of knowing that soon...

soon we will see the pink against the blue sky.

And then my heart skips a beat when one morning, magically they have appeared.

Bringing with them is the gorgeousness of the blossom,

and the anticipation that soon, oh so soon,

Spring will be here, and Winter will, once again, be gone.

It seems I have passed on this love to my little loves,

who now excitedly tell me when they have spotted new blossoming trees.

Last week, Annabel suggested we stop to take photos of them.

And that, makes me so very happy.

Signs of Spring

We are beginning to see signs that Spring is not far away....

and I am loving it.

Blue Sky Boots

How was I ever supposed to resist these?

The perfect winter accessory, especially great on grey dreary days....

blus sky boots.

Everytime I look at these I smile.

And a girl has to have something to smile about in winter, doesn't she?

lose yourself in a daydream

At my last market, a customer asked why I didn't have the photo available from my business card, 

which features my 'together we will touch the sky' photo and reads 'lose yourself in a daydream'.  

I don't know, why don't I?  

I have been using that phrase since the very early days of Etsy, way back in 2008, 

when I knew my work was based on the whimsical notion of daydreams.  

Because I am a daydreamer at heart.

I have used it on business cards, and other promotional web and print material, but never on a photo available to purchase as a print or photo block.  

As soon as my lovely customer asked me, it seemed the most obvious thing I could have done.  

So here you have it, a re-worked hot air balloon photo, one of my favourite and yours, 

with my most favourite and hopeful of thoughts.....

that my work might just inspire you to ~

'lose yourself in a daydream'...

California Sun

 

So we pretty much missed out on summer during the summer months, 

but April, 

you have been amazing with the blue sky and sunshine you have sent our way.   

I am so grateful for that. 

Wishing you all a wonderful weekend.

Oh how I do love you Spring....

I love wandering the streets in the spring, with the warmth of the sun slowly erasing the cold of winter, 

with every sense tuned into spring....the blossoms, the birds, the blue sky.   

It really does feel like an awakening, doesn't it?

The favourites of today

Still scanning....still eating chocolate and trying to catch up....

as I scan my favourites change...

this series of 4 taken in the afternoon shadows of my parents country garden are the favourites of today.....

They speak for themselves

I am so drawn to the simplicity of un-cluttered scenes - can you tell? 

Where has the blue sky gone?

It has been so grey here recently, and I am in desperate need of some blue sky.

Luckily I have been surrounding myself with blue in preparation for the Sisters' Market this weekend - making up new mini print sets, a stack of new note cards, and new photo block sizes. I am in looooooooooooove with the new medium and large photo block size, and am envisaging a feature wall with nothing but photo blocks in our house.

If you are in the Brunswick area on Saturday pop into the Town Hall, the market is fantastic!