Australia Day! - It's fairly special to me!

Today 23 years ago I arrived on Australian soil!

(yep little ole me!)

i was 19

it was a Thursday

i flew united airlines

i sat next to a good looking guitarist

i had no idea what lay ahead of me

but i was eager to find out

i found out much later, my mum cried all the way home from the airport

(a 5 hour drive)

i vividly remember the 80's style frock I wore, i wanted to rip it off the minute I stepped out of the Sydney terminal

it was 39 degrees

i'd never experienced anything like it in my life!

i caught the bus to central station

and waited at the pub for the train north

it was one of those rickety old trains with the seats that flip over

i watched with innocent eyes as we trundled along through graffitied suburbs that would become comfortably familiar

i remember thinking the train was full of weirdo's

only to find the train terminated at my stop and all the weirdo's got off the train with me!

(of course they would! what was I thinking?)

i caught a taxi to my destination

the view made me think I'd died and gone to heaven

i shared a 2 bedroom unit with 4 kiwi lads

i slept on the couch

and got a job in the first week

the rest is history I guess

and I've NEVER looked back

i always reflect on Australia Day

and think of the girl i used to be and what ive become

pre children i celebrated like the rest of them

a few beers, a few prawns on the barbie and a hangover the following morning!

Today though, I finished a cushion I started ages ago

 I also hung out a few vintage sheets

organised some haberdashery

neatly stacked clean vintage sheets

photographed a dress i finished last weekend

picked a bucket of ripe nectarines from our tree

cut out 3 flowing tunic tops from these pretty fabrics

re-arranged my very own shadow board

and generally just fluffed around

i did very little housework

and cooked a simple meal

It was the perfect way to spend Australia Day!

Hope you all celebrated in what ever style suited you!

Dee x