I’ve always loved the idea of travelling far and wide, leaving home with a backpack and only a whisper of a plan. But the reality? It’s just not me. There’s so many wonderfully [...]
I don’t think it’s a coincidence that around the same time that your baby starts to walk around furniture and stand on his own, you find your feet again. Regardless of how many [...]
“A portrait of my youngest children, once a week, every week, in 2016.” Poet: loves a good chat, this one (ISO100, f1.8, 1/2000) Percy: I can see the little boy he’s fast [...]
A lovely reader emailed me recently and asked me about how I encourage Percy to go to sleep. The answer is simple: breastmilk – for as long as he wants it. I know, it doesn’t make [...]
In an attempt to embrace an enthusiastic approach to the whole house hunting saga, Daniel and I looked at a few rentals earlier this week. We’ve got a good 10 weeks left in this little [...]
“A portrait of my youngest children, once a week, every week, in 2016.” Poet: ice-cream on the steps of the little shop that I used to walk to as a kid…to buy milk and bread and [...]
On Tuesday morning Poet woke up with mosquito bites on her feet. This isn’t particularly unusual during an Australian summer but considering I’d seen a red back spider the day before, [...]
“A portrait of my youngest children, once a week, every week, in 2016.” Poet: about to attend an 80s party? Nope, she’s just expressing herself (ISO125, f2.0, 1/800) Percy: he [...]
My social media feeds have been flooded with “first day of school” photos this week; sweet, momentous captures of smiling kids and their proud parents. On Monday I witnessed all the [...]
The school term creates a strict 5-day-a-week routine on the household and it’s one I’ve learned to embrace as a work-from-home mum. The pace of my early motherhood years was [...]
