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Monday
18May2009

Another Favourite Cottesloe Moment

Does this sum up why I love Cottesloe?

Every evening is a visual show. I never tire of the swiftly shifting colours of sunset. I never know which way to look - at the melting gold dissolving into endless ocean or at the reflections in windows or the pink haze of the opposite sky...

This evening I was in my sunset buzz and adoring the view of bronzed windows with pink walls yet managed to run home in my uggs to snatch the camera and run back to this building standing against the purple sky, full moon and sweeping flocks. I got it, before it all went into black.

I wish photos could capture the energy of moments, but they really can't. Even as a photographer, I know their lack.

Nothing beats being there.

x

[current mood] decaf detox hell & South Rakkas Crew

Monday
20Apr2009

My Interiors 

Little rectangles of my home that I love.

Shrines of Love

A card from a gift, a vase from an op shop and some willows from a trip to the beach.

Collections

Teacups and Pot from Guildford Antiques and tall Vietnamese teacups from Anita.

Reminders

A special card from a friend with the kindest of words.

Wearables

On display to remind me of all my colourful options (before I choose jeans and black singlet).

The World

Asia, Latvia and South Africa. My travels interact.

Play

'Monkey and baby' finger puppet peek out of antique cuff bracelet.

Creativity

Giant Latvian pegs hold curtains apart, Turkish hanging plays with light.

Art

Batik Zulu art hung against window with clothes pegs.

Inspiration

The undeniable gorgeous Amethyst. Right where I meditate and do yoga.

 

[current mood] Victor Valdes (I LOVE YOU!) & Raw Foods

Monday
13Apr2009

Archiving Junk

I've been doing the slow 'junk shuffle' for years now. Every time I move I place all my things in boxes and shift them to a new space "to be sorted out later". Sometimes when the mood takes me, I go to the piles of boxes and think I can manage a little throwing out and sorting.

I tend to find myself cowering in a corner crying over dusty photographs, reading old diaries, dreaming of past adventures and admiring my more creative moments...
rarely do the things make their way to the bin. They just switch to different piles, different boxes.

I tried really hard this recent time to place stuff into the actual rubbish bin, and realised one of the issues I have is to never lay eyes upon the object again, once gone, forever forgotten.

So I solved this by photographing it before its disposal.

Here are three items from this recent (microscopic) clean out.

A drawing I did in first year uni, a Latvian bus ticket and a headless Guatamalan dancing couple brooch.

A weight has really lifted....

[current mood] Fish of The Day with new friends & Latino Rhythms

Friday
13Mar2009

The beginnings and the ends

Collecting Lemons

Making Lemonade for the lawnmower man and me

Isa Browns, my friendly new pets

Poached eggs for breakfast

And sometimes pancakes

[current mood] Sunrise Birds tweeting & Coffee, gimme more Coffee

Monday
09Mar2009

A New Home

It seemed only fitting with my new move to Cottesloe beach that I should move into natalija.com.au

My long winded URL never did me any favours at parties, but then again, the level of complexity seemed to reflect my own.

I'm not really a dot com kind of girl, but I need this little home to take with me into the future.

I also got a new phone with a crappy camera in it, so I tested it out on some photos of the wander home from the pub (when normal privacy laws go out the window and I have no trouble encroaching on to peoples front lawns to catch reflections of the sunset.)

Right now, Cottesloe is the best it has ever been.

[current mood] Rhubarb Compote & Love Songs