Thursday Tunes (on a Monday)

'We Don't Eat' by James Vincent McMorrow.  

'Walk Away' by Tom Waits 

(a constant favorite in my home, especially at bath time with a glass of wine)

'I'm into You' by Chet Faker 

'Rocket Ship' by San Sisco 

(Fun Fact: These guys are from Perth, and the super cute lady drummer is a mate from university.)  

Goin' Up Country

My parents are visiting from the east coast at the moment. 

I am on my last few weeks of university holidays so we took the opportunity to travel down south for a few days and spend some rare quality time as a little family. 

Being rural was a large part of my childhood. I was raised in a town wedged between ocean and scrub. 

  My weekends were divided between catching waves with my dad at the local beach (something I quickly grew out of as I got older and realized I wasn't cut from the 'surfie' cloth),  and tagging along to stables with mum. Our family holidays have always revolved around the ocean or the bush.    

The Happenings

 I'm thinking of giving my hair a big chop soon. 

Long red hair takes too much work & too many appointments. 

Shorter darker hair might be where it is at with less time (and desire) in the mornings to primp and prime.  

Lunch at Genesis in the hills. 

A beautiful vegetarian cafe, 30 minutes drive from the city.

 Cake at genesis in the hills. 

Working for a company with a great sense of humor.

This is the cleaning alcohol at my counter.  

Branded with a label that warns employees against drinking it, not matter how desperate the day, in order to preserve ones dignity.  

I've been taking on extra hours at the counter because university is over for the semester. 

I job share with one other lady who has been with the company for 10 years and is the most dignified, respectful and outrightly loving person I've ever met.

 It is a joy to work with her, and it is doing wonders for my attitude and outlook.  I love my job. 

I've also been doing some admin and management work with a small independent theatre group.

The office is run out of an old maternity ward that has been converted into a number of studio spaces that individuals can lease out in order to create, or run their small creative businesses from. 

Found spaces. Its very cool. Check it out.  

Thursday Tunes

'A Hopeless Feminist' by Steve Smyth (Australia)

'Sylvie' by Steve Smyth 

'Alabama Woman' by Adolphus Bell

'Fuji-San' by Patti Smith 

'Freedom at 21' by Jack White 

Retrospective Travels

A few months after we first got together, Tim and I took a trip down South together. 

We travelled through Denmark and finished up Margaret River. We slept in train carriages in the middle of paddocks, exploring caves deep underground, and feeding a million baby goats/horses/lambs.