dust of ages

Earlier I was watching teevs,something I don't really do much just because usually I'd rather be making stuff,but mindlessly sitting in front of the tv is needed sometimes I think.


Anyways,I was flicking from station to station & stopped on a portion of a show where this elderly gent sat on his back verandah & talked about his life,his wife who had passed away & the fact that he was 86 years old.


It wasn't so much his stories,but his general air of sadness that really bothered me. That heavy feeling of melancholy washes over me when I see or meet elderly people who are sad. To be that age,to have lived that long & at the end of it all be sad is...heartbreaking. I sat on the couch crying & wanting to give the old man a hug.


Life is weird like that I guess & old age is something that terrifies me. Not the fact of getting old,but being old,alone & sad. I want to be old & happy. I don't want to be an old woman tinged with sadness & regret. I want to be one of those fierce old crazy women who laughs til the very end,is surrounded by family + friends & looks back on life with a gleam in her eye.

in the jungle

Finally,after being locked indoors for what felt like eternity due to torrential rains,we ventured into the outside world for some much needed fresh air.


B + I ventured up to Tambourine Mountain & wandered into the rainforest.After so much rain the rainforest was dense with mist,humid & there were a gazillion leeches.


Beautiful little mushroom villages had popped up everywhere + the creeks were splattered in bursts of bright pink as Lillypilly berries were washed downstream + pademelons danced along the rotting rainforest floor + waterfalls fell to the earth below + birds had conversations across the trees + I got attacked by 17 billion leeches.


Rain is lovely,but I'm really missing the sunshine.

let's go get lost.

Bren + I have been wandering around the 

countryside for the past 3 weeks.

 Adventures aplenty.new experiences.muchos laughs.

chasing sunsets.relishing sunrises.winter in summer.

sea injuries.ridiculously fresh + delicious food.

buckets of silliness.fresh faces.

overdosing on Tom Waits 

+ 

huge amounts of gigantic love!