My weekend outfit

Well, another weekend rolls around, the last before Christmas. I'm now officially on holidays!!

Yipeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

Methinks that there has never been a holiday more eagerly awaited. 2 glorious weeks of well, just holidaying. To celebrate, I've selected a range of lovely looks that may seem a little vintage to some but capture a mood or a moment for me, inspired by fashion from the past {images from Vintage Vogue} Nice find - thanks Saidos da Concha!

One for today - rainy but happy to be on hols! Lovely photo, don't you think? NYC, 1950's.

Love this - tres chic. 1960. Very lovely setting, adore the room and those sumptuous, soft pink blooms. Great little black dress, ideal for all the upcoming parties of the season (well, imaginary ones!)

Lounging at home, looking cool and relaxed, enjoying the holiday. Don't you think this looks quite modern with those big buttons? From the 30's.

Hanging out with my hound (the one that I wish I had), looking cool in my eyeliner and crazy hat. Notice that cigarettes figure in many of these shots. 1955.

Swimming at the beach come Boxing Day! Love the beach robe and that extreme wide brim hat, de rigeur for our sunshine. 1935.

Me after a day at the sales! Lovely outfit, not so sure about the hat however. 1948.

Doing a spot of redecorating and rearranging. Must look my best! Gorgeous beading on this dress and some interesting furntiture and decorative ornaments. 1920's.

Phew. So many truly gorgeous photos, more than I can show so do go and be prepared to spend quite a bit more than a few lovely moments, over at Vintage Vogue.

Time Travel Tuesday (on Wednesday)

One of the nice things about my little blog is that I can do things however I like. So having forgotten  that yesterday was Tuesday, here goes with TTT - but this week it's TTW :::

Where are we?
With yesterday's movie still on my mind, I'm in Italy.

When are we?
I had a couple of thoughts. 1973, the year I first visited Europe or 1900 (or thereabouts) when another lovely film was set, A Room With A View.

Which year won? See if you can guess (this one is not going to be too tricky I suspect ....)

 
 

 

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VTG Black Leather Lace Up by jamesrowlandshop

::: I wore my Bata Ponytail schoolshoes all over Europe. Being tall and prone to rapid growth spurts, my mother didn't feel it was worthwhile buying shoes that I would grow out of when I had perfectly good school shoes that would be excellent for walking. Smart mum, I think now. I hate my feet, I thought then.

 

 Solid Resin Ring in pink and chocolate brown - Venetian Gelato by BuyMyCrap

::: While in Rome I ate my own body weight (probably more) of a most miraculous discovery, gelato . Strawberry was my favourite. The hotel had a gelato bar underneath and I spent most of my waking and sleeping hours in Rome dreaming about eating their gelato.

 Carnival, Micro Mosaic Bracelet by TimelessTrinkets

Micro Mosaic Flower Bracelet by bakersbest1201 

::: I bought a cute little micro mosaic bracelet and brooch while in Naples - I must dig them out ...

 

 Etna by Tefi :: 

::: The smoking volcano, Etna in Naples made me a bit nervous but it was also quite exciting to think it might erupt any second

 

 Gondole Gondole Gondole by risamay

::: Gondolas seemed impossibly romantic

 Florence 07 by canteyphoto

::: We discovered window shutters in Italy - what a brilliant idea, we thought, particularly the ones on the inside of windows

 

Travel Girl Magnets - Molly and Ginger see the Colosseum by echoart

::: That's me, a little travel girl, all dressed up visiting Rome (OK, wrong era but you get the idea) What fun I had!

Thanks mum & dad for a truly fabulous experience.

Moose memories

So many of the wonderful souls amongst my northern hemisphere blogroll are beginning to celebrate the approach of winter and a very different Christmas to the one we will shortly enjoy. Wintery knits abound along with snowy scenes, crackling fires, fir trees and pine cones and reindeer of all sorts ...

So when a moose suddenly popped out of a blog post, it reminded me of the time I saw one, literally just like that. I was 11, on a train travelling across Scandinavia with my parents. We were trundling through a pine forest, slowing down as we approached a station. Even though the dense, dark green trees rolled endlessly on, I was staring out the window, getting ready to see the town where the train was about to stop. In an instant a clearing appeared and right there, not far from the train, stood a moose. He bellowed, lifting his head and then he was gone and the thick trees were all about us again. This vivid image has stayed with me and I still remember the feeling of awe and excitement at having seen a real live moose (quite exotic for a young aussie gal). Consequently, I do have a bit of a soft spot for these big goofy antlered deer.


Here's rather a gorgeous moose

from here

 

 And a few other nice moosey, reindeery, yes, OK and horsey, christmasy things {both from here}

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Time Travel Tuesday - London 1984

Talking to someone today, this theme came to mind ...

An image that reminds me of a good friend, lots of laughs and a moment in time. Only one person will get this ...

Evening earring
ToujoursTu

Get down ...! (you know who)

Walking

Blogging Blogtober

I signed up to Blogtoberfest! And I decided to used my own, real name, not one of my psueodo-noms-de-jour that I normally coin. Phew! Two big steps for day one of the fest of blogging that is October.

Now, what to write about ... hmmmm .... this could be the moment I've been dreading when I have indeed run out of things to say. No, no, Badskirts ideas are great so here goes with Knocktober:
Maryanne is my name but sometimes I go by Coorabella (over at Flickr and Ravelry) ... that name is based on a place I love, Coorabel, at the back of Byron on the beautiful north coast. Other places I love include my Wamberal home from childhood, the bar at Bar Beach, where I swam every summer morning as a teenager and a little corner of my current garden where the weeping pink puff ball lilli pilli grows high beside the sacred bamboo, curling ferns and monsteria deliciosa - quite special. I must photograph that over the weekend - if it doesn't rain too much.

::: here's my little corner of the garden, I shot it this morning (actually tomorrow morning to be exact as this is really yesterday now ... confused? me too!) :::


Amazing what you write about when you are not really planning it!

Other things about me? I've joined a little weight watching group at work, starting last week, so that's something I'll blog about no doubt.

My main reason for blogging is craft - of course! - I'm a compuslive crocheter, knitter, sometime jewellery maker and fabric hoarder. I'm planning on sewing some of my vast tracts of fabric one day soon(ish). I dream of a craft studio but in reality I only have a spare room. One day when I finish painting and organising, it will be the craft hub of my universe!

How's that for blogfest numero uno! Looking forward to tomorrow.

Here's a photo I added tonight to Autumn Color Week on Flickr ... its brown today. This is a great tile that appeared amongst the rubble when we removed our old kitchen - very 70's! I'd like to use it for something but not sure what yet.

Mosaic moments

1. Splashing is so much fun, 2. Mmmm, Angel ...., 3. Resting meercats at Mogo Zoo, 4. The bathing frenzy, 5. Freshly bathed, 6. Three amigos, 7. Drying off, 8. Beachcombing, 9. And the cat jumped over the moon ..., 10. Fenec foxes at Mogo Zoo, 11. Magpie yoga, 12. Bathing beauty, 13. Early morning at Bermagui, 14. Meercat posing, 15. seagull in driftwood, 16. Last morning

Had fun creating this little mosaic. Holidays are so wonderful- this was (hmm, hmm) March last year, yes 2008. Took me a while!