Us

Today Adam cut his hair. It was the longest it had ever been. So we all went downstairs, cut and shaved and documented the whole process. Today the computer froze and lost all the great pictures I had taken.

So instead here are some photos of us just being us. Enjoy.

To our dearest and most favourite people

Happy Mother's Day!

A bouquet of flowers for you:


and a portrait of some of your best creations to date ;)

Wishing you a relaxing day.

Since moving out of home we realise just how much effort it takes to run a home. Thank you both for all the love, the work and the support you gave while we were growing up, and that you continue to give.

Wish we were there to celebrate with you,
All our love, Denise and Adam

Oh procrastination...

How I missed you. I have had nothing to procrastinate about for so long, now I am remembering all too well how good I am at it!


This is what my morning looked like today. Sitting outside, trying to enjoy the sun and any warmth left, and trying to get my head around my new subjects. If I can just get my first lesson plan for each class worked out I should be right...fingers crossed. Of course I had just set up and started reading through the information when it started to rain, rain on an angle, right onto all my notes. I know I shouldn't complain as we need all the rain we can get in this drought. But as you can see moving everything back inside allowed me more time to procrastinate.


Anyhow amongst my piles of print outs and papers from the school, I have been enjoying reading The Complete Idiot's Guide to Drawing. Feeling a bit worried about a new subject, which focuses on technically accurate drawing, I bought this book. It is such a practical book and has so many great activities and great tips which can easily be turned into lesson plans. I love the Complete Idiot's Guides. So helpful.

I particularly love Frederick Frank's 10 Commandments for Drawing.
1. You shall draw everything and everyday
2. You shall not wait for inspiration, for it comes not while you work but while you wait
3. You shall forget all you think you know and, even more, all you have been taught
4. You shall not adore your good drawings and promptly forget your bad ones.
5. You shall not draw with exhibitions in mind, or any critique but yourself
6. You shall trust non but your own eye, and make your hand follow it
7. You shall consider consider the mouse you draw as more important than the contents of all the museums in the world, for...
8. You shall love ten thousand things with all your heart and a blade of grass as yourself
9. Let each drawing be your first
10. You shall not worry about "being your time" for you are your time and it is brief.
So inspiring. I think I will use this as my classroom commandments.



There was another reason for some good procrastination. Yet again the postie delivered a lovely parcel with lovely birthday pressies form an equally lovely Aunt, Thank you so much, it was just what I needed when faced with a day of planning and study!



Tomorrow I will be posting a special post, my first Blog Request! and then I will be off to Queensland so will be taking a good week long blog break.
( Phew...I told you I was procrastinating...this is one heck of a long post! I am going to go work now, really I am)

how lucky I am

I am so grateful for all the wonderful family and friends I have in my life. Thank you all for the lovely birthday wishes and presents. I am so lucky to have so many special people to remember me on my birthday.


It started with the many parcels I found in various places. Like an Easter egg hunt, I kept stumbling across a parcel left in a new place. I am not sure if the postman was throwing them in my yard, or neighbours had received them by accident and then placed them over the fence...but for whatever reason, I found a parcel on the bins, a parcel on the porch and a couple of parcels on the front steps. So much love and thought in the mail and how exciting to get a parcel from England as well as a few from Queensland.


Yes, I know I am impatient. I can't wait too long to wear new presents. I am ready for my birthday dinner wearing a newly received top and necklace. I also got some excellent magazine subscriptions from my mum and sister.








And then of course there was the fancy dinner I was talking about with a handsome date. Thank you all so much I appreciate your thoughts and birthday wishes more than I can ever say.