these days

last week (yes i am a bit behind)...

returning from our tropical holiday we spent a few days in adelaide... visiting family and friends... exploring other peoples gardens... admiring rusty hued autumn streetscapes... collecting fallen leaves and crunching them underfoot... enjoying a bit of late autumn before returning home...

1&2. visiting an amazing overgrown apple orchard to pick our own fruit.

3. the "clubhouse" that sits beside the private bowling green at nanna and pop's place has seen better days but i thought it looked gorgeous clothed in autumn leaves.

4. the earthy hues of well weathered wood.

5. sisters, off exploring together.

6. rusty iron, just as lovely as weathered wood.

7. nearly bare branches set against a beautiful bright blue sky with fluffy white clouds floating gracefully by...

8. jessica in the wisteria tunnel at the botanical gardens... always wanting to explore but making sure mum isn't far behind.

9. i probably couldn't tell you enough how much i love autumn and autumn leaves.

10. babycino contentment!

11. yes i really do love autumn and autumn leaves.

12. "i want to go to the rose garden mum". this girl doesn't forget much. it has been months since we have been here yet this is what she said when i mentioned we were going to the botanical gardens. we wandered dreamily for ages... smelling the roses... before having to rush off to save the car from a parking ticket!

13. the yellow roses are always my favourites.

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"A portrait of my littlest, once a week, every week in 2013" 

joining in with jodi and all the others at che and fidel

jessica: its been a big few weeks... in need of a rare afternoon nap... you asked for a story cd and settled yourself down on the couch... a little while later you were fast asleep... oh how i love that smattering of freckles across your nose and those long long eyelashes...

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"A portrait of my littlest, once a week, every week in 2013" 

joining in with jodi and all the others at che and fidel

jessica: from the tropics one day back to winter essentials the next... umbrella, beanie, scarf, tights, gum boots and many layers of clothing... i am not so sure she is ready to leave the swimming behind...

these days

this week... scenes from our tropical holiday...

i have just spent the laziest twelve days of my life lying by the pool with my head in two very trashy books while my love and my littlest played nearby in the water... very relaxing...

1. corn cart on the beach

2. jimbaran bay sunset

3. the beautiful gardens of our resort were full of tropical flowers

4 & 5. the amazing facade of the potato head beach club.

6. jessica taking a break from the pool and kicking back at the potato head.

7, 8 & 9. path along the cliff top, the temple and the steps leading up to the temple at uluwatu

10 & 11. i was ever so grateful for a rainy morning when we went to visit uluwatu temple... it keep the monkeys (mostly) in the trees. 

12. cliff top scenery at uluwatu

13 & 14. splash after splash... jessica shows no fear in the water and would jump in again and again until her little body was exhausted.

15. palm trees silhouetted against the afternoon sky.

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"A portrait of my littlest, once a week, every week in 2013" 

joining in with jodi and all the others at che and fidel

jessica: a tear followed by a smile... thats the way it is with this girl.

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"A portrait of my littlest, once a week, every week in 2013" 

joining in with jodi and all the others at che and fidel

jessica:the place where she has spent the most time this week. hours and hours every day. she is so at home here, making friends, jumping in off the side, ducking under the water and that smile, it never leaves her face.