lazy sunday

hello..

well i finished the painting. how it happened was a friend of mine had a canvas and his old housemate painted this hideous flower on it. i used to always bag it our when ever i went round.. so he told me to take it home and repaint it..

thus my painting was born.. im not usually a painter, and if i do i use water colours.. so this was kinda out of my comfort zone.. and it was fun.

anyway i just wanted to share some links to things i like this lovely windy sunday afternoon..

i am loving this print on etsy by one red robin. i really like the woodland creatures, she is so talented.

also if you could please vote for my friend holly here.
she is an awesome gal and this is an amazing opportunity for her, she has made it into the top 10.. now she need public votes to bring her across the link to win.


enjoy your weekend

coffee time

my favourite thing about coffee breaks at work is the selection of coffee mugs on offer..
here is just a few of my favourites..

each day i choose which one suits how im feeling.. or want to feel. its so great..

My other favourite thing is when i make a coffee or tea for someone else and i get to choose which mug i think represents them..

I love mug art..

on my desk time

well well well..

im back.. and today (or yesterday to be exact..) on my desk is books on Afghanistan ..

Once again here studying at uni.. working on my Taliban paper.

yay for learning about the Taliban..

on my desk players

sorry..

so my house mate borrowed my camera and i havnt got the cord back to connect it to the computor.. so no blogging till i get that back..

hope your smiling..

i am busy.. and working on a fun painting. no quite finished yet

so many friends.

so i found this little guy the other night as i walked back to my car from the libary at uni. I really love how beautiful this moth is. everyone always loves the butterflies but i think im sold on the moth..

I had a revelation today. I realised im not going to be living on the sunshine coast forever. It is so tempting to get caught up in making a lovely home, buying cute vintage things and collecting crap, but i know i am not called to live a life settled in the one area. I am called to be a nomad, a traveller, not settled.

This is hard, as i sometimes think of how lovely it would be to have a cute little house, with a handsome husband, where i read books, and explore thoughts and do all the creative things i want to do forever. But i know this is not what is planned for my life.

I know i have to live a hard sometimes uncomfortable life, to see change in this world, and hope restored.. and maybe one day i can settle down..

but for now i must focus and learn, enjoy where i at.. but not be settled.. not be content.. never give in to what the world tells me i need.

for now i have my moth..

on my desk..

i should just aim to do this thurs as its the day i have internet access..

anyway.. today. on my desk.. i my flights to melbourne.. i snabbed these a few weeks ago.. but getting excited this week. uni semester is nearly over which means i can do more fun things like craft.. and dinner parties instead of late nights at the uni.

4 weeks and i will fly fly away..

also.. my textbook for pacific security.. great book for anyone interested to learn the history of terror, and that its not just an islamic fundamentalist idea.

on my desk players

hoot hoot..

1. Mr. Owl's Haunted Castle, 2. owl wip..., 3. Vacation Owl - nice texture, 4. three wise owls, 5. Hedwig, 6. papercraft owls

i am loving owls