moody

i woke up this morning to the sounds of thunder. i lay in bed all warm and comfortable and tried to hear the sounds of steve getting ready for work. but my ears were full of thunder. so i got up to watch the storm and drink tea. and eat crumpets. yep one of those days.

yesterday we took vannie for a drive down the coast. we took the gas cooker and a billy. we took a blanket and some olives. we went to woodmans point where the seaweed is white. so we took a basket and slowly, calmly, quietly collected all the most beautiful bits of seaweed. the water was silver and see through. and there were fish. i felt very content.
now i have a studio full of amazingly coloured seaweed drying out ready to be made into some sort of creation. i think the whole process is the art work.

so now i am at home on this rainy day with all these ideas and all this time.
i love it.

milano pics

hee hee rock star poses and a cool chair.

more pictures

tuk tuk

bangkok craziness




white sands beach on koh chang and one of our huts (the one on the left.. if you look closely you can see me)

fashion central

milano...
it seems ages ago now.
now that i am at home with a suitcase full of washing to do and a belly full of thailand sickness.
but being home also means looking back and reliving.
so here are some things that i thought about/saw/felt while in milan..
everyone is dolce and gabanna OBSESSED.
or prada obsessed.
or/and denim obsessed.
suprisingly the most strikingly dressed were not the women but the men. they had style.
'prego' can mean whatever you want it to mean.
'grazie' is actually quite hard to say.
the best hot chocolate is the kind that doesnt come out when you turn your cup upside down.
the best train station in the world is Centrale Stazione.
it really sucks dragging suitcases through the subway.
the extremes between rich and poor are in your face everyday.
it was hard to eat healthy food.
it is actually possible to get sick of coffee and chocolate croissants for breakfast.
dogs have the same rights as humans. (they go everywhere with their owner)
it was really cool having a conversation in italian.
pizza is best served cut up with scissors in little squares.
pizza is the best in italy.
they have the best vegie pizza options too.
italian is a very beautiful language.

my prediction for the next really fashionable thing to do is to match the colour of every possible accessory. but to be really cool make sure the colour is a rare or strange one... like a very particular purple. sunnies, hat, shoes, bag, belt, scarf, gloves, jewelry. but it has to be an exact match. then the rest of your clothes, simple. maybe denim.
yep. thats my prediction.
or if you cant be bothered doing that just wear denim on denim on denim.

the best thing about the fashion in milan was that there wasnt just one trend that everyone follows (apart from being label obsessed). everyone seemed to have their own different style. i liked it. it made everyone seem confident. and no one really seemed to judge each other. they looked at each other but not in a judgemental way. (except if you didnt have a D&G belt of course).

as for the furniture fair (fiera).. it was massive. probably the most massive thing in the world i think. just walking from one end to the other (without stopping to look at anything) took about 45 mins. there were 8 warehouse type buildings. each one the size of the royal show. each one had 3 floors full of furniture exhibits. over the 6 days we onlyexplored 3 of the buildings. and then, throughout the city there are exhibitions everywhere. there is a whole book just to list the parties for each day. just like exhibition openings there were free drinks and craziness. at one we went to they were giving out martinis. and hot almost naked guys in white fluffy hats were handing out champagne. all class.
so much cool amazing stuff to see.
so much more to say about it.

but mashed potato awaits.