inspire // stickwork

we took the kids into the city to have a look at the ngv kids corner at fed square and to check out stickwork by patrick dougherty.

the placement of the sitcks creates a swirling sense of movement which reminded me a lot of the way water can flaten long grass as it moves downhill towards a water course. i was also surprised by the variation in the colours of the willow bark.

it's an amazing piece of construction and in my expereince, artworks you can touch, feel and walk around in are few and far between. stickwork will be in place utill early 2013, so there is plenty of time to check it out ... definitely worth a visit if you're nearby.

fifty-two

nine hundred and twenty-eight // coming out the other side ...
we started well, had an extremely rough patch on day three and four and now
(after about two and a half weeks)
i feel like i'm not intensely focused on every little hop, jiggle and twitch that she makes.
(this ebook was extremely helpful, the free forum however, was not).

one hundred and forty-six // in the interest of accurate reporting ...
i feel it's only fair to say that he does this a fairly large proportion of the time that he is awake ...
lucky he's such a good sleeper or he'd have been given away free to a good home by now.

colour // toddler photography 2

inky // powder // dusky // bone // cocoa

mispronounciations

some current favourites

cholokit (chocolate)

her-ie a cowlie (hairy maclary)

lello (yellow)

geego (there you go)

polie wolie (roly poly ... a somersault)

efelat (elephant)

ones she's grown out of

m-lanlan (her name)

colour // blossoms

petal // stem // bud // twig