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November

 
   I always think each season is the best season. Mainly because of the flowers. After spring, I get a bit wistful and think *sigh* that's the end of the flowers for another year, but really I couldn't be more wrong. In November whole suburbs are set alight with cascading blooms of bougainvillea. Jacaranda trees rain down purple blossoms and the chinese star jasmine drapes itself over every available surface. So, perhaps early summer is my favourite season I think... 

...and then there's this magnificent tree with its foliage that makes you feel like you're walking around some ultra modern cathedral every time you walk past it. We have whole streets full of these trees and it really is one of the highlights of November to walk down them. However, I have never ever been able to find out the name of them - if anyone knows, please leave a comment!

Happy Friday Links!

New York City Photograph by Irene Suchocki

I absolutely love this photograph by Canadian Etsy shop owner Irene Suchocki! You can click on the image and it will take you through to her print which is available to buy on Etsy.

Meanwhile, it's Friday so I thought I'd show you what interesting, amusing and delightful things I've been looking at on the web this week:

1) Digitalised clothes by University of Berlin graduate Alba Prat.

2) An amazing short film about the power of ten over at one of my favourite blogs: Scathingly Brilliant.

3) Absolutely adorable new born poodle puppies.

4) The ten most exciting new books coming out this fall (or spring depending on your hemisphere!).

5) An incredible stop motion alphabet directed by Alessandro Novelli.

Here's to a lovely weekend!

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Living Feral

Clare Owen Drawing

Libris Lunaria

Happy Saturday! I can't believe how fast we are zipping through the year! It's May already - incredible!

Above you can see three Etsy shops that have caught my eye recently. They are all so different but have a unique style and flavour. I think one of my favourite things at the moment is surfing Etsy!

And! Finally, it's cooling down here in Sydney. Finally! However, it isn't raining and that makes it absolutely the most perfect weather. It is a little known secret that Sydney is at it's best in winter. It has clear cobalt blue skies and there is such a crispy loveliness in the air. It's perfect for walking. Hopefully I'll manage a bit of that this weekend! And you? Any grand plans for the weekend?

Circular Quay to Manly

 

1)&2) Goodbye Circular Quay, Sydney Opera House and city! 3) Hello working Naval Base that Russell Crowe's apartment looks onto (true!) 4) Rushcutter's Bay yachts 5) Small but perfectly formed Clarke Island 6) A Rose Bay Seaplane (home of Sydney's first ever airport!) 7) Shark Island (Clarke's big brother) 8) South Head - goodbye Eastern Suburbs! 9) Goodbye visiting cruise ship 10) Hello Manly!

This glorious trip - these photos don't even come close to doing this lovely journey justice - takes only half an hour. I used to do it twice a day when I was at uni and I never got tired of it. I took these photos on my first Manly trip in ages last week. What a treat it was!

...and happy Thursday - I trust everyone's week is treating them well!

Enchanted woods...

These are fireflies photographed in Nuremburg by physicist Kristian Cvecek. Apparently they come out between 9 and 10 at night. Oh how I would love to see that!

Both images from here.