lazy

I was lazy this week with taking pictures. I realised that I just took three images the whole week!

#1 One of a nice fresh juice Will made me before I left for work.

#2 Another one of summer fruits. I enjoy them a lot and oh the mangos are in season now too.

#3 I passed this house today when I visited a friend in Bondi. I liked the symmetric, the green the stripes with the bricks - everything

I am very flattered that Mandy wrote a post about me on her beautiful and inspiring blog. Have a look here.

Have a wonderful week

Maria

A summer weekend

Hi everyone, how is your weekend going.

It is Sunday evening here in Sydney and I just look at the pictures I took the last couple of days. It was a warm and sunny weekend and ...

#1 we went to the farmers market to get the first fresh basil of the season to make fresh pesto this summer.

#2 I see those beautiful purple trees everywhere. They smell so good too.

#3-5 We grabbed our towels and magazines and enjoyed the Saturday afternoon sitting in the shade, reading close to the water

#6-8 We went on the rooftop of a friends house and were surprised by the amazing view and the many bats we saw

I am about to get christmas presents ready to send them over to Germany. I think I have never written christmas cards and wrapped gifts earlier.

I would love to send you all some sun....

Maria

P.S. I can't believe the tickets for Sufjan Stevens in January are already sold out. If anyone has an idea (apart from ebay) how I can get my hands on tickets, please let me know..

Summer

Summer was here this weekend. It was really warm (32°C) and I took the camera with me on Saturday while being out.

Here are a few shots...

#1 I love bread with cucumber, it is something I somehow connect to Summer.

#2 Summer light

#3 I like this shape

#4 It is the second strawberry season for me this year

#5 black and white

#6 It is so nice to wear sandals again

#7 :)

#8 A coffee on a Saturday afternoon.

Maria

Patterns

It was the first Saturday in the month and I tried my luck (again) and went to the Surry Hills flea market. Well, I guess the rain in the morning was the reason why not so many people/stalls showed up and there was not so much to browse around or look at, which was a shame.

#1 mirror window

#2 a pretty scarf at the flea market

#3 patterns on the wall

#4 heart

#5 'why do birds suddenly appear?'

#6 A really nice store on Liverpool street, unfortunately not so cheap to make a bargain, but

#7 there opened a store right next to it (forgot the name) and I got this really nice plum jar there.

Maria

Sometimes

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in the city

#1 The other day I got myself a sun hat and today was the first day I was wearing it outside

#2 I walked through the Botanic Gardens, It is still crazy for me to imagine that this is just 10 minutes away from where I live - so extoic

#3 On a boat again, I love the sound of the waves

#4 and also this mustard colour

#5 rusty

#6 A beautiful flower in the Botanic Gardens again, on my way back

What are your plans for today?

Maria

Random

Yesterday on my walk into the city I saw this cat sitting on the street, getting her back warmed by the sun. Later when I was waiting for the train, I realized this stripe of brightness across of me and thought that somehow those two images fit together...

Anyways, I wanted to show you a few of the things I made the last couple of weeks. Most of them are gifts for friends.

#1 a passport bag for a friend who is going to travel soon

#2 a really small clutch bag :)

#3 a bag for friend with a huge cd collection, you put the cd case in the bag while you are playing the cd

#4 because I like triangles ;)

Well and I also wanted to share the small pile of books and magazines I collected recently. The Brooklyn diary came yesterday, and it is such a beautiful book, full of amazing pictures and inspirations. It made me wish to go to Brooklyn right away. I am sure I will go through it many, many times.

Hope you are all well,

Maria