Sunday, April 20, 2014

christmas 2013


i figured i should have christmas pics up before may at least... last year we spent christmas on the beach, and this year we decided to spend it in the bush, in other words, at home in canberra. we were all three pretty worn out from moving, finishing up projects, traveling to europe and the u.s., running away for 24 hours (bob), and all we wanted from santa was REST!

rest and food. and when we weren't napping or catching up on 'game of thrones', we were cooking and eating and taking bad photos of our culinary delights.

first up... raspberries from our own backyard!


whenever the house has gone quiet, it usually means two of the three of us have snuck off for a nap.

at the farmer's market

 our christmas bush!

 christmas, à la provençale. why the aussies cook a ham in this heat is beyond me.

homemade christmas morning sausage swirls, a family tradition.

 our minimalist christmas

 my favorite gift, every year!


 preparing roast figs, also from our backyard!

 nye, 2013

 new year's day, 2014. kp tries his hand at black eyed peas.

 on our way to the pub for our first pint of 2014.

we call this bob's 'beat the heat' pose. kp has a whole series of them on his phone.

Tuesday, January 21, 2014

thanksgiving in america


kp was in europe while i moved and dealt with car accidents and lost our cat for 24 hours... and we thought that after 7 weeks apart, we would rendezvous in big d. it wasn't because we thought the added dose of family drama would make it more poignant - it's just the way things work out sometimes. but rather than head straight into it, we spent a night at a dfw hotel. room service and a king size bed! i think we've stumbled onto something here...

sydney

south pacific

dfw rdv - room with a view

we also decided to take a quick trip up to pittsburgh for a wedding. after a year and a half in canberra, pittsburgh was a bit of a shock for old lb - it's so busy! (that's what canberra does to a person)

pittsburgh approach


downtown pittsburgh

then back to big d...

 chuys, visit #1

 collaborative art with some good friends

 pre-turkey trot fuel

 turkey trot


 dad

 moon over pacifica



home again home again

Wednesday, January 1, 2014

scenes, spring 2013


scenes from our last days on hawdon st...






scenes from around town...




scenes from the ainslie reserve...
 

 (homage to our brief time as ainslie weeders... kp thought we were signing up for something entirely different...)




scenes from a car accident...


scenes from a move...







(bob, the day after he disappeared for 20 hours, not at all sorry for scaring me to death)