play house

today my head hurts.. its been hurting for a day and a night and a day. i think it needs water.. or maybe quiet.. maybe rest..or maybe it needs nothing. no thoughts, no wondering, no planning.

tomorrow jimi moves out of the room that he has claimed as his for a year and a bit.. it will be shaken of all the jimi-ness.
stevo will then bring all his stuff and fill the empty space with him.
he is so excited. it makes me happy.
theres always new in this place. i seem to be the constant.
we will have to change the phone message. i will come home and he will be here with his friends sitting on the porch drinking tea. people will ring up an ask for stevo. i will say sorry hes not here can i take a message? his clothes will be folded up and in a box clean and ready for the next day, instead of just having staying the night clothes. we will go for balmy walks and talk about our separate days. he wants to get a cat. he will add photos to the kitchen wall. he will buy milk. he will water the plants.
come and visit whenever you want

little feet

there is smoke everywhere today. some stupid head is deliberately lighting fires up in the hills and fierce easterlies are blowing the smoke into the city. driving back down the feeway from hillarys the visibility factor was maybe 300 mtrs. i got quite scared. i started imagining that the smoke was so bad that the city had to be closed and they forgot to tell the swimming teachers in hillarys.. there seemed to be lots of people driving the other way on the freeway.. away from the city.

blah blah...

i had forgotten how weird kids can be.. and how mean! they have no fear of their elders. they are quite happy to let you know how crap they think you are and how stupid your ideas are and how boring you are...
protected, rich, nedlands kids... they dont know what crap is!!!
and then theres the boys who dress up in fake fur, high heels and glitter and put on fashion parades... so cool!

oooh so tired...

where did emma go?

the best water ever 

vannie 

tourist 

bogan 

mmm 

holiday snaps... 

just testing how to put a photo on this thing!!! 

stop look and listen

aaaahhh the kids...
today i was in freezing cold stinky hillarys water teaching the kids how to blow bubbles, how to do frog kick, how to swim in deep water, how to float...
there was tears, there was shivering, there was lots of spontaneous sicknesses... but it was kinda good to be back at it :) being in the outdoors, doing something which is challenging and physical. in one stage i got to sit out in the deep on a foamy.. i felt like a cool surfie chick :) i got home and had to have a little sleep though - i was a bit knackered.
i hope theres no wind tomorrow

my life is about to be turned upside down... i can feel it..
stay tuned.

its been a few days of beautiful music...
the chick from the waifs who rocks out on the harmonica made me smile and smile... as did sitting on the hill with my favourite, on a summery night with the freo breeze floating past watching everyone inside dance.
it made me think of all the good things.
then there was these furry headed, scruffy shirted, big bellied, steelcapped blokes who didnt give a shit about the no smoking... they filled my ears and my heart with such faith in the reality of people. their music was brilliant. everyone of them seemed to be a genius. if ever you get a chance, they are called the kill devil hills. go smile at their funny beauty. even if its just to see the smiles on other peoples faces..

soon it will be time to say goodbye again.. its a weird thing. something that i have done a lot of but never does it get easier. ooooohheee the next couple of days are gonna be the strangest ones.

like pi

the life of pi
such a great book...

i was reading it while sitting on the beach today. my hat was so floppy that the words infront of me were all that i could see. occassionally i would look up just in time to catch a little dude in a barrell. then his face as he surfaces from the white wash.

i wish i was like pi.

soon i will work out out how to put photos on this thing and show you the most beautiful place in the world.

hhhmmmmm new blogg...
thanks em for showing me the way

maybe tomorrow will bring more words...