week 8/52 “textures”

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july 20 – 26

thank goodness for robert. he often reminds me on a friday that i need to publish the following weeks theme for our 52weeks project. fridays seem to come around sooo quickly! so this week, thanks to robert, the theme is “textures” … lucky me! i love photographing textures!

trying hard to unpack and find a place for everything, but with work and it being school holidays, it’s been tough. i’ve been lucky though as the kids have been invited all sorts of lovely places with friends so i find myself having bits of time here & there to attempt some kind of house organisation. i am really really craving some kind of normalcy – how insane – just to be able to find the most basic of things when we NEED them (and not tomorrow when THAT box gets unpacked) would be lovely.

week 7/52 “vintage”

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july 13 – 19

i chose the theme this week – “vintage”… so was it fortuitous then that over this past week, i received phone calls from several long time friends to whom i rarely speak these days? what a lovely surprise it was to hear their familiar voices on the other end of the phone line. and how fabulous is it to be able to talk like you had only seen each other yesterday…

week 6/52 “fruit”

fruit3, originally uploaded by lovethehalls.

july 6 – 12
we moved this week. it was something like my 16th move in 20 years – some interstate, some local. moving never gets any easier. it’s always hectic, messy & invariably dirty – dust seems to accumulate in all kinds of places you don’t regularly clean (or at least not where i clean anyway). the last few moves have opened old wounds for me; forcing me into this huge unwanted internal dialogue – questioning the choices i have made & the path i have chosen. i knew i was getting really emotional when i was watching the live feed from michael jackson’s memorial service, and i cried. in my defence i had been up ALL night trying to finish the last minute packing before the removalists arrived. ultimately everything ends up ok, and we always love where we live. it’s amazing how well you settle into a new house and it quickly becomes home. i guess it helps that we have only moved one suburb away so basically everything else stays the same.

and seriously…if you have to move, then you need a family like mine, and friends just like mine to help you out. mum, gina, louise, teggo, paul, robert & mike all did loads to help – shifting car and trailer loads over all week, re assembling beds, and taking loads to the dump. louise fed us sooo many times & made sure the kids got to where they had to be on time (as well as providing me with quality coffee and great company). mum flew up here 2 weekends in a row and did so much work it was unbelievable. all the kids were great – not just mine, but also catherine, anna, swiz, freya, egg & thea . cath made us a mega curry that fed us all for about 3 days! everyone pitched in and helped out.

and the 52weeks theme this week is “fruit” – suggested by lis. somewhere amidst all the chaos i managed to snap a few pics.

week 5/52 “morning”

morning1, originally uploaded by lovethehalls.

june 29-july 5
what a chaotic week. we are in the middle of packing up our house ready to move. such a revolting job, but always good for a clean out! lyn has set the theme this week – “morning” and while i have been up at 4am many mornings for work, i have NOT felt inclined to pull out my camera.

week 4/52 “cards”

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june 22-28
betty has set the theme “cards” for our challenge this week. i am a sucker for the lovely words written by dear friends and family inside cards. i love when someone really puts thought into what they write and make you laugh or cry through their words. there are times when it’s really nice to hang on to those words …