September snapshots

Wide open

We got these proteas on the weekend. They are in the kitchen, and while we drink our morning tea we watch as the sun bursts in the window and splashes them with light.
They love the sunshine - look how they have stretched themselves to gather the warmth.

Field and study, without the studying

To tell you the truth I had nothing in the house for breakfast and didn’t want to sit indoors at a restaurant so we took ourselves off to the Field and Study market. What a great surprise. It was casual and comfortable, nice vibe. Unhurried and engaging. A great family market.

I meet the two ladies at the Umba stand. They make crocheted soft toys, really beautiful and with lots of personality. We swopped stories on toy making and I would like to get together with them again. Their group meets every Friday in Parkhurst and I might take a day off work to join them.

I bought proteas, a goose, a gift for a friend and ordered some Christmas decorations. A man on the guitar provided background music. A sweet young woman tried to persuade me to have a draught of beer for breakfast. No thanks. Loved her display, though. We settled for an almond croissant, eventually.

We will most certainly be back here. You should go, take the kids, there are activities for them and some horses to ride.

White proteas

We sprayed some proteas white for a friend's birthday. It was her wish. To go with the minimalistic look of her home. Hmm. We were going to do this for our Christmas table but we are now using the natural look. Dried proteas are all over our home waiting for Christmas ;-)

Happy birthday, Trish

Cynthia at the flower shop wrapped up the proteas for me. Wishing you a wonderful day, Trish.

King protea

I bought two King proteas.
I have seen some beautiful painting of proteas lately. Unfortunately I don't have the patience (okay, or the talent) to do a painting. So it's photography and photoshop for me.

When I was in my 20s I thought the protea was the ugliest cut flower on earth – look at me now!