Last week

I meant to post about this, but last week was a big week, and therefore I didn't. I started to look properly pregnant, Isobel and I got some funding for our exhibition at Craft Victoria, Adam handed in his exegesis, I passed my driving test, Easy Money Club had a gig at the old bar supporting Magic Hands, I drove.

So apart from the usual, I have been running around, organising meetings, dropping work off to Mr Kitly, making new pottery, sewing up metres and metres of patchwork, having an autumn drive to the country and trying to organise some more space in our house for baby things, which keep appearing.

Everything is needing a huge reshuffle and I can't quite get my head around it. Soon, but in the meantime life is a mess, a good mess, but a mess. Go see Magic Hands during there wednesday residency at the old bar, and see their Golden Boy video too.

Hello my pretties

One for all the Mothers, especially mine. Our roses have had a second bloom, just when I thought it was all over.

Blank Face

I can finally share this amazing video with you. Denim Owl's new single, Blank Face. Some days, when I am lucky, I get to here this being rehearsed while I weed my garden, as we are neighbours. I also helped out painting the set and it's looks very pretty, like the little bird herself.

Garage Sale

I made some caramel popcorn for our garage sale tomorrow. I still have vague plans to make other things, but my priority should be finding things to sell.

If you are after a bargain, or just some caramel popcorn, come along.











There is a combined High St Garage sale happening on saturday, and we will be crashing Don and Julian's sale just behind the church in Eastment St, Northcote. I suspect there will be all kinds of treasures to unearth – furniture, clothes, plants, foods – from 10am.

Space Switch

 
















Is a workshop with Kate Matthews and I - over two weekends - 8th & 9th, 15th & 16th June - 11am to 4pm at SIGNAL. Bookings online.

Ever wanted to transform the world around you? Or transport yourself into an alternate reality? In this series of weekend workshops you will use traditional stop motion animation to do just that. You will create an animated version of yourself and transport into a world of your own creation. Will the world be as you see it or the world as you want it to be? You’ll build your background with collage elements and paper cuts using a multi-layered, traditional animation set up. 

Your old school motion graphics will be exhibited on the Signal Screens after dark.

This workshop will be held at SIGNAL, a creative studio for young people aged 13 to 20 years old. 
SIGNAL is located on Flinders Walk, behind Flinders Street Station towards Sandridge Bridge, Northbank.

In the pines.

From last weekend's trip to the pines. We were hunting Saffron Milkycaps and Slippery Jacks, but got distracted by the millions of other mushrooms to be found on the forest floor. It's a nice time in the pines, cool fragrant and fresh.

Adam's frying up the saffron goodness in the back of Major Laser.
Macedon is in the throws of Autumn prettiness too.

Picnic

Easter. It's all about the sleep-ins and the buns for me. Chocolate is an added bonus. An Autumn feast. We had a pretty relaxing weekend, highlights were Don's party on Sunday and a picnic in the gardens with all the babies on monday which was lovely, if a little post party sleepy.

AyPeeTea

This a belated bunch of photos of some bits from the Asia Pacific Triennial at GOMA. There was a lot that was great to see.

Buns

Right now I am going to bake a 90th birthday cake for Adam's Grandma. Also, it's nearly Easter, and I'm thinking about making some of these guys for the weekend. Hot and cross was pretty much me during the heatwave, I'm only here because it's over. I haven't been around the computer much except for necessary grant applications and trying to vaguely keep up with email. This office/house/city of ours was just too hot, and I had 3 months of nausea to contend with. Yes. It's over now, and I feel better, though none of my clothes fit me, and I am freaking out about how little I am freaking out about all the work I have to do this year. Some mega deadlines coming up, and I seem to mostly be concerned about one. Oh well.

I missed posting about this, "Thank You Very Much" a group show to launch the shiny new Bus Projects, they have an exciting line up for the first few months, and are accepting proposals for the rest of the year. Other upcoming things are animation workshops at Signal in June, a Linden Innovators show in July, and a baby in August. I'm not going to mention anything beyond that...