Eye Spy... something begining with 'J'

"Something beginning with 'J'", I have been thinking since first I read Lauren's Eye Spy theme... but what?

"Something beginning with 'J'", I have been thinking and thinking...

and now, five days late it has just dawned on me... I have just finished reading a book whose title starts with....

David Malouf's 'Johnno'.

Oh yes, I have 'baby brain', I admit it.

I had 'pregnancy brain', or 'placenta head' if you will, but none of the mothers I know mentioned until after the birth that I would never regain my mental capacity.

Cheeky these mothers, aren't they?

Also, while pregnant I thought every one was telling me their horror birth stories, yes well, now I know they were giving me the watered down version... the rest has since come to light. Perhaps mother nature programs us this way, so that mothers don't divulge all of pregnancy and childbirths secrets to non-mothers, or else there may be less children in the world! Do you know what I mean?

But back to the book - if you live in Brisbane and haven't read this book I highly recommend that you do. It is a beautiful and strange reminiscence about a childhood lived in the Brisbane of the 1940's and 50's with landmarks any Brisbanite can relate to. Even if you don't live in Brisbane and have never been there, it is still a beautiful and strange portrait of a time, a place and a friendship.

Thanks Cindy for the meme, without you there would not be much of a blog lately, as I have been side tracked by the most beautiful smiles...

Eye spy... A taste of summer...

This week I am cheating a bit...

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Passionfruit!

Thanks Anastasia for the theme and Cindy for the meme!

Eye spy... something I want to try in 2009

This weeks Eye spy is a little hard for me (and late, my apologies)...

Something I want to try in 2009...

There are of course all the usual suspects that I would like to try this year (being more creative, spending more time with family and friends etc.), but there's something hubby and I have been talking about trying to do...

We want to try to travel to England with the baby to meet his great nana.

Doesn't look like much when you type it like that does it? It looks simple. People do it all the time right?

We want to try to travel to England with the baby to meet his great nana.

It seemed so big in my head. In my head there are all these other thoughts that go with it though, like trying to save, and trying to fly all that way with a baby... and then there are the emotions, like the excitement about travelling again and the daunting, nervous feeling of being a new mum and travelling...

Well, we can try can't we?

And if we make it to England we may as well try to have a holiday in Germany too, right?

Image by outallnight

Thanks to Cindy who is hosting I spy and Bek who chose this weeks theme!

How cute are these...

A gift for Cohen from some lovely friends...

I wonder who the talented, yet anonymous, crafter was?

Eye Spy... My best memory of 2008

My excuse for lack of posts and my best memory of 2008 are one in the same - the birth of our son Cohen...

The painful moments are not the ones that I will be reminiscing about, though who can forget them... But holding my son for the first time and falling in love, what can compete with that?

Thanks Kat for the theme and thanks to Cindy for the meme!