staying brave.

january 28, 2016 my dearest Pixie, when was the last time I wrote you a letter? God knows when. i'm so sorry. months have rolled by easil ...
February 2, 2016

Thank you, Thank you, 2015!

I intended to post that obligatory '2015 Year in Review' before it struck 2016 but then again, I got swallowed up by the current of errands and priori ...
January 3, 2016

our first christmas in australia

Because we got lucky to have rented a small house but with a really humongous backyard here in Sydney, it became the perfect place to do just about an ...
December 27, 2015

weekends and year end travel plans.

About 3 weekends ago, we had some very good friends visiting us  in Sydney - Loibert and Stella, who both have just moved to Auckland, NZ just a littl ...
December 7, 2015

queen of clumsy.

If there was any Queen of Clumsy competition, today I consider myself crowned with all its glory. Seriously epic of me. Last night, from visiting a fr ...
November 24, 2015

bees and homeschooling Pixie.

so it seemed that these wild yellow flowers just all popped out in the backyard suddenly...i planned to mow today but they all seem pretty and besides ...
November 11, 2015

arthur & sheilan travels to sydney

A very long post ahead. :) Last week, my college friend Sheilan (whose maternity portraits I took in 2014) with her husband Arthur, who lives in Ma ...
November 10, 2015

beach life lately…

my dear Pixie, though how crazier your out of the blue meltdowns have become these past few days, that one time (my first time) i sank on the couch ...
October 19, 2015