home

A few rare moments captured without some of the clutter of daily life. xx

   

a reflection

I have written this post quite a few times both here and in my head. Such a time between posts needs a lot of explaining but quite frankly I can't explain my absence other than being totally consumed with life and other things;including a new part-time job here, (which is lots of fun), loads of photography work (wonderful), as well as time spent with children, friends, family, hibernating and enjoying the simplicity of not renovating a house on top of it all (yes we finished, we survived and life is great). 

So, I will say not much more (for now) and let the photos sum up moments from the last six months or so, yes I have even delved into the Christmas holidays as there were photos I just couldn't resist including. 

Our home got well and truly warmed for Scott's 44th, unfortunately this also included one broken ankle, a sprained knee, a computer that got a fair dose of a cocktail, sticky floors and cleaning up around people at 3.30am, needless to say plenty of fun was had.

A much needed weekend away at South West Rocks, thanks so much to the generosity of our dear friends Koo and Roo. What a special place to stay, delightful.

A birthday celebration and a most magnificent housewarming of our dear loved ones; Amy, Steve, Peppa and their beautiful new bub Lily (who is my favourite baby at the moment, we have a romance going on and it is gorgeous).

Keeping our amazing forests and local environment spray-free, we have had some small successes but it is an ongoing battle...grrrrr.

Another great shoot with these lovelies for the beautiful online mag Planthunter, exciting.

I had the great honour of shooting one of my favourite bands; Honey & Knives, great music and absolutely beautiful people, check them out, especially if you are going through a break-up, such empowering and inspiring get over it tunes.

If you ever hear a whisper about these guys being anywhere near you, check them out, a beautifully hysterical family circus; The Pitt Family Circus.

Beautifulness and the aforementioned baby Lily.

Photo shoot for a new side project of Scott's Jealous Wolfe.

Check out the film clip we made.

The most magnificent Jenn Grant (one listen and you will be hooked, absolutely magical). 

Spending beautiful moments with our dear, dear Lily, Saul and Jen. Scott, Jen and I were treated to children cooked meals four nights in a row, in the summer holidays at my Aunt's house in Mullumbimby, such a delight. 

Another very fun photoshoot, but more about this one later.

My favourite festival; The Winter Festival, made me all gushy and full of love for our amazing school and the fact that we are lucky enough to give this gift to our children.

I am quite a bit proud of The Mid North's new album, not that I am biased, but it is absolutely wonderful (I am even backed up by this great review in the Sydney Morning Herald! no less). Check out the new album here.

a delight

Over the last few months I have had the utter pleasure of hanging out with this beautiful family and photographing all the stunningly exquisite ventures of Mama Raquel. Raquel has been growing the most magnificent flowers in order to dye fabric to make the most precious of clothing and not just any old clothing she sources local alpaca wool and the finest of linen and then gets every piece handmade by people with love and passion, she also hand sews and hand crotchets a lot of the pieces herself. Raquel and her partner Andrew run a mini farm and home school their children in the style of Waldorf, about 1/2 hour from Bellingen in a beautiful little place called Scotts Head. They are both passionate, inspired and understanding that the path they have chosen is not the easiest but one that is full of learning, patience, sweat and tears and they do it with so much beauty, grace and wonder. I feel so blessed every time I am asked to pop down the highway to their little piece of absolute delight to capture their lives in all of its simple beauty. 

It is so much fun photographing Raquel dyeing her fabrics, watching and yes photographing Rosa and Margarite as they show me around the garden, occasionally posing in pretty hilarious poses and other times just running here and there. I love just letting everything go and just immersing myself in all these beautiful images that present themselves to me. 

Raquel even has dreams of making clothing using everything within 100 miles (like the eat local food movement) of her home, truly local ware.

I have to admit that the prices do seem quite expensive in this world of quick fixes, poor wages and consumerism but this is clothing that has truly been created from the seed, the time that has been put into growing the flowers, diligently experimenting with each colour, the heartbreaking moments as temperamental batches are lost, the time spent in sourcing the finest fabric and then holey moley looking at each piece that is more clothing, it is art and are items that will most probably last forever (my heart skips a beat for adult sized linen overalls, sigh) you can see why they are priced so.  

Raquel sells very limited pieces through Margarite and Rosa on etsy or you can just daydream and marvel at their lives on instagram. Enjoy.