tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44277382641730689552024-02-07T11:22:32.463+08:00not far from the River HouseNaomihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17571478253607723896noreply@blogger.comBlogger105125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4427738264173068955.post-77935408853218742462016-07-08T15:21:00.001+08:002016-07-08T15:22:12.181+08:00Juniper cafe, 6 July 2016<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hayden and I celebrated the end of our six-month 'sabbatical' at a lovely little cafe near our home. Beautiful books, warmth, coffee and great food. That's our speed of celebration.</div>
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Sometimes I can get a little bit critical when I suspect someone is window-dressing or putting forward an overly perfected image of themselves. There are so many opportunities to do this on social media. It can happen <i>every</i> <i>day</i>. And really, it can be a little bit tiresome to witness over and over again.<br />
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I would never do that.<br />
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<i>Although</i>…. as part of our latest drive to pare down, pack up and move house yet again, I've been going through old photographs. Saving, backing up, printing and preserving.<br />
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Yesterday, I found these two from 2011, taken just days apart. I hadn't set eyes on these images since, probably, the time they were taken.<br />
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The one above I looked at sort of oddly. I actually couldn't remember setting up the photo - and yet it clearly had been set up. I sort of liked the arrangement of baby and blanket and teething ring, I liked the colours (blue and brown together are some of my favourites). But I didn't feel any love or memories shining up through the camera lens.<br />
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Then.<br />
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I mean, I'm not going to vow to start taking more pictures of peoples' dirty nappy buckets. But somewhere in the middle, there's the beauty and the reality, the messiness and the love. That's what I'm always trying to capture.<br />
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The perfected picture just left me cold.Naomihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17571478253607723896noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4427738264173068955.post-67454743004902083282016-03-20T18:03:00.000+08:002016-04-12T19:34:11.154+08:00Flashback: Timmy's Little Kitchen (Sept 2012)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This was the day that Timmy received his little kitchen. It was instant love - well, instant engagement anyway.<br />
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I remember that he played with it so long and so intently that Hayden and I were able to sit down and have a cup of coffee together - and our first conversation in months. That year, 2012, between Timmy's first and second birthdays, was tough. Maybe even our toughest. The fun, and lets be honest the success of this gift to Timmy was like a little burst of sunshine between dark clouds.Naomihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17571478253607723896noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4427738264173068955.post-86992345921605272012016-03-18T08:44:00.000+08:002016-03-18T10:06:12.064+08:00Flashback: The Loveliest Easter Egg Hunt Ever (2014)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The weather in Townsville in July is reliably charming. This was the day (back in 2014 - I'm trying to catch up here a bit) that we had a new double bed mattress delivered for Timmy. Our neighbour Natalie had the idea of turning the big delivery box into a cubby house. It lasted nearly a week before it was rained on.</div>
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Recently, Tim and I spent a glorious winter's day with friends. This particular spot is one that - no matter what the day has brought so far - always makes me feel better. And for once I took my camera with me.Naomihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17571478253607723896noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4427738264173068955.post-19711280083805477972014-05-30T12:50:00.003+08:002014-05-30T17:32:54.433+08:00winter sunshine<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Our place is gloomy to say the least, and in summer almost no direct light makes its way in at all. But just now, on the verge of wintertime, we get some afternoon rays into the kitchen. I like how they make the colours glow - albeit faintly.Naomihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17571478253607723896noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4427738264173068955.post-28401960982356226632014-05-05T18:30:00.000+08:002014-05-05T18:34:30.979+08:00tree climbing<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Here's Tim in the throes of his first ever tree climb. He'd never before come across one with branches so low to the ground, and I'm honestly not sure if he'd ever seen another kid climbing a tree (maybe on TV..?) so as far as he's concerned, he invented the sport. I think he delighted himself with his own audacity!Naomihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17571478253607723896noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4427738264173068955.post-24814442684583093332014-04-19T11:22:00.002+08:002014-04-19T11:22:42.475+08:00easter egg hunt<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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beautiful flowers for our sixth wedding anniversary.<br />
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From these photos, it might not be clear that Tim actually took quite an active part in decorating these eggs. But the parts where he was involved were NOT the parts when I took out my camera - my hands were already full! Tim was actually pretty good at handling the boiled eggs and dropping them carefully into the dye. He was also in charge of deciding how much dye went in for each colour. I think he did well!Naomihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17571478253607723896noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4427738264173068955.post-66770665861584219702014-04-08T12:26:00.002+08:002014-04-08T12:32:26.090+08:00a hobby<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Nowadays, Tim has a hobby. He really enjoys putting together these balsa wood models that come in kits (so far he has a pirate shipwreck and a jungle treehouse). His favourite part by far is holding the instructions and telling Hayden and me what part to put on next. We're pretty happy to take his direction.<br />
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For his third birthday, Tim requested the same cake as he had for his first. And because Tim always gets what he wants ... <br />
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Gently warmed by the afternoon sun, these New Zealand strawberries were perfectly ripe and delicious, straight from the field.Naomihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17571478253607723896noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4427738264173068955.post-39861549362822423862014-01-10T16:39:00.004+08:002014-01-10T18:53:13.934+08:00naked time<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I've included this (naked) photo just as a bit of a marker of a big milestone of Tim's: toilet training. It was Tim's sudden penchant for being naked whenever possible that lead him naturally and easily into using the potty. I was (of course) very glad that we got through this process relatively painlessly. But there it is - the real and final <i>final</i> end of his babyhood. He's definitely a big little boy now.Naomihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17571478253607723896noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4427738264173068955.post-19297271392221586752013-11-03T14:08:00.000+08:002016-03-18T14:10:13.154+08:00New Red Bike<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I know it's bad form for a parent to boast. But he really got the gist of his bike straight off, and needed very little encouragement. Not everything has come this easily and naturally to him, but the instant success of the balance bike was a pleasure to see.</div>
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I'm also trying to get myself (and my camera) used to the low light situation in our new home. I tell myself it's not gloomy, it's shady, cool and dim. And calm.Naomihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17571478253607723896noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4427738264173068955.post-12213404321721182412013-09-24T09:28:00.001+08:002013-10-08T18:39:53.665+08:00down at the pool<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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nb it might be a while before I post anything new on this site. I just really like seeing that photo up the top.Naomihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17571478253607723896noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4427738264173068955.post-71573720556131379882013-09-19T09:07:00.002+08:002013-09-19T09:17:08.178+08:00we're back!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Although the mornings are still cold, Tim and I have been tracking some new growth and new colours in the garden. There's not much winter left for us. Indeed, it's just a couple of weeks before we leave winter behind nearly forever and resume our life in the tropics.Naomihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17571478253607723896noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4427738264173068955.post-28860112275837833442013-07-04T13:34:00.000+08:002013-07-04T13:49:53.981+08:00last lunch<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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For our last lunch in Italy, we did it right. Hayden spotted this beautiful cafe on a vine-covered terrace - and it had a view right out over the canal.<br />
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Plenty of boats for Tim to watch from the safe spot behind the wall. Perfect!<br />
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While Tim was occupied, Hayden enjoyed his deliciously light and creamy seafood lasagna, and I tucked into something I'd always wanted to try in Italy - polenta with squid served in its own ink. We were both extremely satisfied.<br />
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One of the excellent things about when a New Zealander falls for an Italian is that really, bureaucratically speaking, they must get married and they must do it in Venice. After the beautiful wedding of Matt and Valentina in the Chiesa del Santissimo Redentore, we stayed on for a couple of days' sightseeing at the end of our trip.<br />
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Traipsing around Venice with a curious, willful toddler who can't swim is, of course, terrifying. But Tim's a great sport when it comes to hanging out with Mummy and Daddy, and - for our part - it didn't take long to start appreciating the place through his eyes. He loved going on the ferries and vaporettos. He loved spotting boats - particularly the really idiomatic ones like boats with excavators on board, or boats with cranes for unloading stock for the supermarket. One day Tim and I both stood, fascinated, watching as someone moved into a new apartment: all of the furniture and belongings were piled up on a boat which waited in the canal, while a system of ropes and pulleys was installed to carry everything up the <i>outside</i> of the building (it's a pity my gawking stopped short of photographing, or even videoing it). It did give me a whole new appreciation for the crazy logistics of the place. Crazy. But so, so charming and beautiful.<br />
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The two snaps above were taken from the front porch of our holiday house. The mountains and snow were amazing to our Western Australian-ised eyes. Not really what first comes to mind when you think of Italy, is it?<br />
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The holiday house interior: not flash, but very comfortable and cosy. And effortlessly functional. How do the Italians do it?<br />
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We shopped well, ate well, rested and played at the "beach" at the edge of the lake.<br />
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Back in my younger travelling days, "pleasant" was not a state one aimed for (more "mind-blown!" "amazed!" or "drunk!"). But we're solid mid-thirties with a toddler. It's different these days.<br />
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From our hotel room in Zurich he could see trams, colourful tourist buses, a canal with occasional boats, and ongoing road works. Then the next day we got to go on the <i>big</i> <i>train</i>.<br />
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Hayden and I didn't mind looking out the window either. It was pretty exciting to be back in Europe again, and to be in the land of snow-topped mountains, beautiful green grassy hillsides, and the creamiest milk I've ever tasted.<br />
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But I still don't know if the Starbucks staff were having a little joke with Hayden's order. Naomihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17571478253607723896noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4427738264173068955.post-7331586125064272762013-05-16T07:54:00.000+08:002013-05-16T07:56:53.169+08:00speechSo our little chap Timmy has been a bit slow to start talking. It's something which is actually pretty common with boys, and nothing at all to worry about - except if you're a champion worrier like me. Which is just preamble to explain the complete and utter flooding of joy and relief I feel when, barrelling down a country highway at 110km/hr, I hear the following <i>whole sentence</i> uttered from the back seat: "Timmy sneeze! Nose...booger...fall down." Yep. He sneezed, and a booger flew out his nose. And now I know.Naomihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17571478253607723896noreply@blogger.com0