Damn Fine Day / 14×11 screenprint | theSIBLINGshop

I need this on my wall, just as a reminder.

I had a shock the afternoon before yesterday when I was made redundant from my job. The shock really was the timing, which happens to be most unfortunate for me – I can share more details later – and the fact that this has been in the works for a few months and I’ve only been told now. Extra notice and transparency in these situations can always help people.

This year was already going to be one of huge changes, exciting, but I wouldn’t have added this into the mix if given a choice. I have three weeks notice, helpful, but that also means that uncomfortable of feeling where you go in to work every day to people who feel bad for you but are so happy it’s not them.

Today will be a damn fine day!

As you can see it’s not very heavy at the moment, but it is a huge rain system and it’s been hanging around for days. There has been flash flooding already in places and people are becoming very concerned about a repeat of our huge floods last year. This is not possible as far as I know due to measures in place since then, but as I finish this post from my phone and look out of the train window I can see creeks that have broken their banks already and low lying areas just full of water.

We’re living north of the city and are quite safe from any flooding but the areas I travel through to get home are not, so I’ll be keeping a sharp eye on the progression of things today just in case.

Wherever you are I hope you’re safe and well.

I’m so conflicted today! On one hand it feels like a perfect market and beach day, but on the other, knitting with a Northern Exposure marathon would be the perfect antidote to a tiring week. I think staying home is winning, the next two months we have so many weekend plans that I know we’ll both miss having a quiet day here and there.

Did you watch Northern Exposure when it was first released in the early 1990′s? Or have you since become a fan?

I don’t think the show has lost any of it’s charm over the years, I’m looking forward to getting to know the characters again :)

This lovely lovely Christmas video I discovered when my friend twoguineapigs shared it over on facebook.

This is very sweet, it made my morning :)

As corny as it might sound, my Photojojo timecapsule brings me a lot of happiness every time it hits my inbox. I love to look at the selected photos from a year ago and think back to what else I was up to at the time, some times I remember clearly what I was thinking as I was taking a particular photo, and other times I can’t remember the photograph at all!

This latest capsule makes me homesick for that time in a nostalgic sort of way, we were both living in my just-about inner city apartment – cramped but cozy, and my biggest concern at the time was finishing these two crochet projects before Christmas. There were lots of weekends sitting in front of my laptop or the tv, and when finished them they became two of my favourite crochet fo’s.

This was also a time of playing scrabble, going often to the market, our first Christmas officially living together, the seemingly neverending rain, and then of course Qld floods (flood photos from my area only, we didn’t go travelling around sticky beaking).

More stripes! Bikinis for a BBQ pool party baby shower for our good friends.

I made some delicious gluten & processed sugar free strawberry cupcakes! I hope they’re enjoyed by everyone :)

I would wear stripes every day if I could! I’ve decided to do a mobile post every day the coming week that I am wearing something striped, starting today – navy blue & mustard stripes for Friday at work.

Absolutely stunning.

Time lapse sequences of photographs by the crew of expedition 28 & 29 onboard the International Space Station – August to October, 2011.

Shooting locations in order of appearance:

1. Aurora Borealis Pass over the United States at Night
2. Aurora Borealis and eastern United States at Night
3. Aurora Australis from Madagascar to southwest of Australia
4. Aurora Australis south of Australia
5. Northwest coast of United States to Central South America at Night
6. Aurora Australis from the Southern to the Northern Pacific Ocean
7. Halfway around the World
8. Night Pass over Central Africa and the Middle East
9. Evening Pass over the Sahara Desert and the Middle East
10. Pass over Canada and Central United States at Night
11. Pass over Southern California to Hudson Bay
12. Islands in the Philippine Sea at Night
13. Pass over Eastern Asia to Philippine Sea and Guam
14. Views of the Mideast at Night
15. Night Pass over Mediterranean Sea
16. Aurora Borealis and the United States at Night
17. Aurora Australis over Indian Ocean
18. Eastern Europe to Southeastern Asia at Night

The music by Jan Jelinek is perfect for this video.

Just a good song to start your day.