Today's colour

Blue is typically my colour of choice, quickly followed by green, but today, with all that rain, I feel I need a little injection of energy.

Red is the colour of the beautiful king parrots that now sit on our deck with their gentle personalities and tiny cry - although none are in existence today! Red is also the colour of the triangle on the giant slug I've just found on our mail box. Red is the colour of the little meditating statue that I've unpacked from the endless boxes, more of which I'll do today, and there is even a tiny bit of red on one of M's paintings I hung up last night.

All things bright and beautiful

This is a totally biased blog but I'm so in love with this shop that I had to brag about it! My new but already very dear friend, Nic has opened a fabulous new shop on Bronte Road, called 'Better World Arts'. She asked me to help her last week with setting up the shop, and I had a wonderful few days wallowing in all kinds of gorgeous things and being allowed to play.

The name suggests perfectly what she stocks, which is everything fair trade, thereby allowing you to shop with a continence. She could very well have called it The Happiness Store - with all that eye-popping candy on the walls in pinks and oranges, blues and greens. There are original paintings by well known, and not-so, aboriginal artists. There are also rugs and textiles produced in collaboration with artists and weavers. Also baskets and bright hand painted jewels, along with hanging space for perfectly formed Christmas decorations. Prices are more Waverley than Woollahara. In fact, all my christmas shopping done in one hit. Can't say fairer than that!

Better World Arts

254 Bronte Road (next to the Post Office)

Waverley 2024

Sculpture by the Sea

Already rather stunning, my morning run has been elevated somewhat this week, firstly by the sighting of wales and also by the installation of Sculpture by the Sea which opens on Thursday. Each day, I've watched the artists and dig little coffin squares of turf, and lovingly begin to place their pieces, either by hand, or by crane as I saw this morning.

There are still many half installed, which I didn't photograph, but it was lovely to meet some of the artists, watching their works come to fruition.

I think the concept is such a good one which could be adapted for many locations, including the not so glamorous.

Graffiti

There's lots of graffiti close to where we live. I love it. I think its great that people are so bursting with colour and ideas that they want to put it about. I particularly like it when its just a little bit different. Or clever. This one could just as easily be a sign for a business which would make it a cool business. You certainly wouldn't miss it

Grafitti(2)

Here's another local one which made me smile.