Behida Dolić millinery

Here are some pics from Behida Dolić, a milliner in New York who sells hand-made 20s & 30s-inspired hats in her Etsy shop, 'Yellowfield7'.

I wish cloche hats suited my face shape - these are rather sweet, don't you think?

Julie Blyfield - creative inspiration

I like the way artist Julie Blyfield interprets the objects she finds on the Australian coast:

Crapestry!

It's crappy...
It's tapestry...
It's fun!

Subversive adaptations of commercial tapestry patterns, by Theo Humphries:

(you can find more via the links on the Crapestry site)

More woolly goodness

I love this crazy knitted skeleton by Los Angeles-based artist Ben Cuevas:

 (via Regretsy)

Feeling the local love

I've mentioned before how much I love the community spirit in my neighbourhood. This week we were reminded how lucky we are to live in this area ....

We often walk our dogs in the local park, where they can run off-leash and mix with others. There are lots of dog-walkers there and we've gradually gotten to know many of them quite well - as our dogs play together we like to just chat about this and that. Throughout my pregnancy the 'doggy crowd' have been really concerned for and supportive of me, and on Monday we came home to find a big card in our mailbox filled with messages of congratulations from over 20 people from the park. We've been really touched by all the kind wishes expressed by our friends and family, near and far, and this was the icing on the cake ... that someone in the park went to the trouble of buying a card, and that all those people wrote in it for us. What a lovely sense of community, built simply through the sharing of time with our dogs!

 

Last night when we went to walk Gus and Bracken with our new bub in the pram many of the park-goers came rushing over to meet him and they told us that word was going around: "The baby's here! The baby's here!" (as though he's the only baby to ever visit the park!) .... 

... it was a little odd but also rather sweet.

Hooray for the little things that brighten our days!

A sad goodbye ...

This evening we had to say goodbye to our beautiful feline friend, Emerson. She suddenly succumbed to the ravages of an advanced tumor and we made the decision to let her go peacefully.

Sleep now, lovely girl.

There's a new face around here ...

Someone decided he couldn't wait for his appointed delivery time. He made a surprise appearance on Wednesday, March 28th, and we couldn't be more delighted.

Welcome, little one!