Tangalooma, Moreton Island

It's been a while...but my little blog still feels like home.

I recently visited Tangalooma - for the first time in probably close to 30 years. And I was lucky enough to go there with two little families, with children young enough to find everything exciting.

Here is one of the happy little tackers (I'm like the Colgate ads - I can't show you his face, or mine, really):

Tangalooma

I swear this shot isn't staged - he was just happy to have a bucket and spade. Which, if I'm honest, is probably about all it should take to make a person happy - am I right, or am I right?

If I was to get given a ring...

I swear, I'm not the sort of girl that moons around at jewellery stores or anything, and it's not likely I'm lgoing to be given a ring, but if I was to be given one, this should be it. Just saying.




Image from Bell and Bird

It's probably not such a bad thing that it's sold out at Bell and Bird, otherwise I'd be tempted to purchase it myself.



The girl in the bubble...

So I'm sick. Again. And it sucks big hairy balls (no offence to the fellas).

But this time, along with the non-descript viral symptoms I've developed a blood spot rash. This caused my ordinarly laid-back-to-the-point-of-horizontal doctor to make "hhhmmm" noises, and mention that I ought to perhaps head to the hospital without haste if my neck gets any stiffer, and not to come into contact with the public lest they catch my disease and die... Good times.

This being the millionth time that I've been sick in the past 18 months, it's fair to say it's starting to get me down. More than a little. I'm sure my boss thinks I'm a complete hypocondriac and wonders why he's hired me for the second time.

And what does an otherwise mentally stable girl do when she's a bit down? She trolls the internet for things that make her laugh. See below for a small example of such things:




It's a SHAVED LLAMA!! Glorious. Thanks Pinterest.


 



Listening to...

Wasted Hours by Arcade Fire...I first heard this while strolling through the Harvest Deli in Newrybar this last long weekend. I immediately purchased the album and have been listening to it non-stop in my office (there are worse ways to while away the hours at work).

As a small aside, a massive thanks to Her Majesty for having her diamond jubilee and giving we Aussies a long weekend. Here's a little tribute to our Queen - long knit the Queen!!

Image by Wool and the Gang

I spent the long weekend hanging out with lovely friends, accidentally outing a friend's pregnancy on facebook via a knitting post, and playing in Banglow which included heavy consumption of home-made rocky-road, red wine and great food xx

You will love again...

Image via Pinterest

Le Vent

I'm speechless. Which is pretty rare.



Video via YouTube
Marina Kanno and Giacomo Bevilaqua from Staatsballett Berlin perform several jumps captured in slow motion at 1000 frames per second.

Directed by Simon Iannelli & Johannes Berger
Camera by Dr. Frank Gabler & Hendrik Nix, slomotec
Coordination Staatsballett Berlin Doreen Windolf & Alexandra van Veldhoven
Music Radiohead - Everything In Its Right Place (Gigamesh DiscoTech Remix)

The Rules of a Gentleman

I just stumbled across The Rules of a Gentleman. What can I say?? They're all true....check it out kids. And for the chaps out there; take note.