Well it's been a long time between posts.  Spring is finally here and I am always motivated to 

spruce things up a bit after winter.

I love Hydrangeas but living in Qld is not the best place to grow them and I have failed every attempt.

Any fellow Queenlanders with handy hints please send them my way.

Images via Pintrest

I have a few projects under way.  New cushions for the pool chairs, a lounge

in my bedroom that is a recover in progress and a studio make over.

Happy Tuesday

Mekaela

Pottery Barn - Lucky Sydney

Finally Pottery Barn has arrived in Australia.

Just when I was getting used to living in Brisbane they

go and open a store in Sydney!!!!!!

I love Brisbane but we are in great need of 

some great retail outlets. 

There is a store in Melbourne planned.

I wonder if we will get one here.

In the mean time I am trying to come up

with a good excuse to go to Sydney for a weekend.

Images via Facebook

For now I will drool over the website and Facebook pics and 

maybe a lotto ticket or two so I can shop :-)

Hope you are enjoying your Thursday

Mekaela xx

Charli at the Beach

It has been a while since my last post.

I had planned to be more consistent with my

posts this year so not a very good start.

We spent a few days down at coff's harbour 

at my Mum and Dads during the school 

holidays and we took along our little Charli.

She had such a great time at the beach.

Not so brave, hiding behind the rock from the waves!

chewing sticks and drift wood

searching through the rock pools

Doing her best not to take off in the wind.

Back home for a big nap. 

She is such a sweet little dog and has brought such

joy back to our lives since loosing our beautiful Bronte

last year.

I love her little eyebrows, they give her a worried look on 

her face all of the time.  

Will be back soon

Mekaela & Charli xx

Wardrobe Dreaming

When we moved into the house we hadn't finished our

wardrobe fit out.  Now the novelty has well and truly 

worn off and it is my first must do this year.

The temporary hanging rack has buckled under the pressure 

and the lack of drawer space is just annoying.

I am dreaming of beautiful organisation 

It may not look quite as impressive as these 

but will be a major improvement.

Have a great Friday

Mekaela x

Butterfly Artwork

I am so lucky to have such a talented Mum who 

painted this lovely butterfly for our vacant wall in the 

stair well of our living room.

We have been doing a lot of work outside but I am now getting 

ready to start finishing off some of the inside things that were put on hold.

Hope you are having a great Friday

Mekaela x

Fresh Produce

One of the things I was hoping for when we 

moved on to our little piece of land was to be able to 

grow fruit trees, have vege's and herbs with fresh eggs.

We planted out first lot of fruit trees while the house

was being built and although they are still very young

we are already seeing some results

  

Our first season of limes

and strawberries from the herb  patch.

They are so worth home growing and so easy to grow.

The only problem with a small patch is we only get a couple  every 

day or two, so may need to make a bigger patch 

Fresh basil for my hubby's home made pesto, Yum!

We made home made pizza last night.

Fresh basil and tomato puree for the base, its the best.

The herb / strawberry  patch.

And our one and only olive from our two little trees.

We are going to marinate it just for fun, practice run

for the big crop, hopefully.

We have also been working on some landscaping.

Still work in progress but getting there.

Hope you are having a great Thursday.

Mekaela 

Charli

Just a few weeks to go till we pick up our

 little girl, Charli.

Isn't she just adorable

Hope you are keeping dry on this wet Qld day

Mekaela x