Where are the years going? :: New York Times post and Beyond Snapshots blog revival

January 8, 2012

Exactly two years ago, Peta and I had a book deal and also absolutely no idea what we were in for. We announced our big idea and got to work. It was a case of me actually getting a contract before I had time to think better of it. Had I taken a moment to [...]

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Learning at the Melbourne Museum

January 4, 2012

Just a few days before Christmas, the kids and I took in a preview performance of a Victorian Aboriginal creation story at the Melbourne Museum. The tale, Tiddalik the Thirsty Frog, is something that Gemma has learned in school and was eager to see brought to life on stage by the Bunjilaka Aboriginal Cultural Centre [...]

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Back and showered and all ready for 2012

January 2, 2012

more camping photos to come. here is just one of the natural born camper. it isn’t fair, she just became more beautiful the dirtier she got. many more, pinky swear, but tomorrow I need to get back to work and finish up some client things.

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Yee-haw y’all. See you in 2012!

December 29, 2011

A’camping we will go.

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Just hanging around until the end of the year.

December 28, 2011

Australia seems to sort of shut down from mid-December through mid-to-end of January, so we are taking some family time too. We are having  jammie days where we stay in bed or at least our pjs for a lot longer than socially acceptable. and then we get up and do more not-much-of-anything and I am [...]

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Waiting for Santa on a warm summer’s evening

December 24, 2011

One already asleep, one trying very hard to stay up and listen for the sleigh and one tracking santa online. There is a plate of treats out and my children are filled up with magic. Tonight they believe that anything is possible. This is the best night of the year for me as a mother. [...]

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Merry Christmas from Down Under :: sesame ellis 2011 family holiday card

December 22, 2011

This has been a whirlwind of a year both personally and professionally. Thank you for coming back time and again. I never actually got around to printing cards this year (and there are even three client galleries left to edit and post, sorry!) but the design and picture were so awesome that I had to [...]

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Hula-hoops, Shadows and Bears…Oh My! :: Adventure Thursday In Two Photos

December 22, 2011

We spent Adventure Thursday at the Melbourne Museum (which I will be dedicating a full blog post to soon…with a chance to win free Melbourne Museum passes!) but I had to share these two seemingly random images from our day. I think they sum up pretty well the wide range of experiences on offer at [...]

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Two and half days in Kuala Lumpur where I did not win a Nuffnang blog award, but I did get so much more…

December 19, 2011

and that more was a chance to really get to know some amazing people, come away with a whole new group of fascinating and brilliant friends plus experience a fantastic city that I had only ever seen pictures of in travel magazines. Air Asia X was our official travel sponsor for this trip and flew [...]

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You know what they say about people starting to resemble their pets after a while…

December 18, 2011

well it appears the same goes for kids and stuffed animals. I am back from KL where I did not win the award I was a finalist for, but I had a great time and returned with more than a handful of new friends. That is a true prize. I am working on the blog [...]

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