Jumping in muddy puddles

One of Oscar's favourite cartoon characters is Peppa Pig. She's a cheeky little pig who loves jumping in muddy puddles with her brother George. She has become quite a phenomenon in our household, and Oscar delights in quoting his favourite lines:

"Eeeeeeek too SCAAA-RY!"

"DIIII-NOSAUR, roooooar!"

On a recent sweltering autumn day, we were delighted by an afternoon sun shower. The rain fell in big fat drops and smelt delightful. It was such a welcome relief to the persistent 30 + degree days we've been having for more then five months. 

The first thing Oscar did was pull on his gumboots, and declare "Time to jump in muddy puddles!"

"Oh where's the rain gone?"

Today we enjoyed another day of autumn rain, and this time the cool weather came with it. I have my fingers crossed those 30 degrees are finally behind us.

Wordless Wednesday: sand between the toes

After a big morning shopping for gorgeous fabrics, we decided to take the caged lion down to the beach so he could stretch his claws and get his fur wet. 

Is my foot as big as yours yet mama?

Whoops, should have removed the shorts BEFORE we went in!

I hope you've been having a lovely day too xx

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Worldless Wednesday: autumn nights

These images were taken at sunset on the night of the 'supermoon' using the Hipstamatic John S lens and Pistil film.

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Raindrops are falling on my head

*gasp* my eyes and ears don't deceive me....... we have rain! Big fat delicious drops of autumn rain, smelling so sweetly of dry dirt and a long hot summer.

This afternoon as the rain pelted our tin roof, Mathilda and I watched and listened to the clouds rolling by and the lightning and thunder as the skies opened up above us. We drank in the beautiful sounds of pink & grey galahs squawking in the trees, sheep bleating and scurrying for cover and nature gobbling up every last drop of this long awaited weather.

I'd almost forgotten how delightful an afternoon shower can be.

This week I am grateful for.... a blast from the past

Today I donned my flouro pink leg warmers, sprayed a can of hairspray in my hair and painted my eyelids blue. For I was celebrating the return of a true icon of the 1980's.... the SodaStream! 

My sisters and I were lucky enough to have a SodaStream machine when we were kids. I can fondly recall those warm summer nights spent drinking as much icky sickly lemonade as our stomachs could tolerate. And if we were lucky, we could dunk a great big scoop of ice cream into our glasses and make a spider. 


Since discovering the SodaStream was back, hubby and I couldn't resist getting busy with the fizzy all over again. Our machine finally arrived this week and in giddy excitement we tested out all the fancy new flavours. Not a lot has changed, the machine still makes that unmistakable 'farting' noise as it fizzes your water, the livid green creamy soda is still on the menu, and the recommended syrup to water ratio makes a drink strong enough to curl your hair! 

But with just a bit of tweaking to the recommended carbonation and a more modest dash of syrup, I was happily quaffing on a sparkling peach iced tea while hubby enjoyed an ice cold ginger beer. Today, after a long day in the sun, our little SodaStream machine fizzed out the perfect sundowner drinks. We decided that unlike stone wash jeans, this was a welcome return from the 80's!

I hope that you too had a week to be grateful for. I am playing along with Maxabella Loves, come along and join in the fun!