Tuesday, December 22, 2015
Faux Fur
Ella was keen to have her desk chair recovered to better suit her room. It's an old IKEA chair that used to be red and black. Some time ago, I spray painted it white,and was quite happy with how it turned out..... but we couldn't reconcile the red upholstery in a mint, watermelon and blue decor!
End of the school year mini break
We checked into a hotel in the city on the afternoon of Friday, December 11.... exactly 2 hours after finishing up at school for the year! OUr mini break began with cocktails at Misty, a bar on Hosier Lane..... one of Melbourne's top graffitti laneways.
You can't see it that well in this picture, but the bars have been crochet-bombed.
Getting ready for Chrissy
It feels odd to go and collect a Christmas tree from a Tree farm when it's 28 degrees outside..... but that's what you do here.
Tuesday, November 24, 2015
The War Against Misson Brown Trim Continues
On the Melbourne Cup Long weekend earlier this month, we hired some scaffolding to reach one of the upstairs windows still sporting the 1980's mission brown paint trim we are battling against in an effort to cosmetically update the house.
Wednesday, November 4, 2015
Bali best bits
WATERBOM PARK! So much fun! Everyone had a blast, and we went from lazy river floats in inner tubes to some straight drops on some pretty extreme slides. I screamed .... a lot.
Meet Frank, our grumpy Villa cat. He begged for food when we were home, and slept on our sofas when we were out.
Bali dog on the beach.
More beach highlights
The view from our Beach Club.... the view was great, but the furniture was not particularly upscale. (You may note the missing slat in the lounge chair.) Minor detail. The scenery was awesome, and the drinks service was attentive. We watched kite flyers, glass bottomed boats arrive and depart, and standup paddle board yoga sessions.
Our favourite local dinner/lunch/beer on the way back to the villa cafe.
The crew at the Beach Club
Our Villa
We stayed at Dampati Villas and it was our home away from home! The pool got a lot of use, and it was our refresher after a morning of touring around in high humidity and hot sun.
We had elephant towels on our arrival the first night only, but the room service was pretty awesome, clean towels, sheets and breakfast served in the villa each morning.
On the beach in Sanur
We arrived in Sanur after a sweaty drive down from the mountains and rice fields. Our first walk along the beach impressed us as we saw so many brightly coloured outrigger canoes and Ella received heaps of calls from the massage ladies on teh beach to "braid your hair, girl!?"
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Beach blessings
Wednesday, October 7, 2015
Rice fields
Pictures don't really do it justice, but the Tegalalang Rice Fields are pretty impressive. Terraces as far as you can see. So green and lush.
At lunch....
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