Currently reading

I'm trying to catch up on some reading, this is what is on my virtual shelf.

Weekend Wanderings

The magnificent view from Coldstream Hills, our last stop on a tour with friends in the Yarra yesterday.

Oh, and Willys vintage emporium in Williamstown which is a lovely place for a fossick around when were down that way :)

Lonny: What I loved in the May/June issue

From the Summer Nights feature with Lulu Powers on page 51.

This gorgeous dining room from 'A playful twist' on page 140.

To die for vinatage laundry cart as a portable bar and colourful plate wall feature, page 157.

Divine backdrop for the equally beautiful vintage chair, page 169.

[Images via Lonny]

Words to live by

Via Rue, issue 5

Weekend Wanderings

Saturday morning saw coffee in the Village at Wee Jeanie - I adore the lighting system they have installed, its very simple, but full of character.

The collection of vintage flour vessels was taken at the Brunswick Mill on Sydney Rd after lunch at Lux Foundry.

Montalto Art @ Red Hill

A couple of weekends ago we took a journey down to the Mornington Peninsular to check out the last of the Red Hill markets before the annual winter hiatus. After we'd explored [and eaten!] our way through the markets we stopped through a couple of the local Red Hill wineries. The first was Montalto, where we wandered through the sculpture park after a lovely tasting.

[All image by Tea with Mary]

Eclectic - Schoolhouse Electric

Earlier this week I discovered the very cool Schoolhouse Electric, who specialise in period light fittings and shades, via Door Sixteen.

Source: doorsixteen.com via Cath on Pinterest

They have a great inspriation page on the site too, and you might just recognise a certain breakfast nook below, from noneother than sfgirlbybay.

[Images via Schoolhouse Electric, hat tip Door Sixteen]

Weekend Wanderings

Style Inspiration - Camilla Freeman

I must admit, I've had a bit of a girl crush on Camilla Freeman for some time now. See more of this 'behind closed doors' feature over at Style Me Romy.

[Images via Style Me Romy]

I found this very grounding

Universal Freedom is .... [by George Krokos]

Freedom from hunger and freedom from pain
freedom from loss and so freedom from gain.
Freedom to give and freedom to share
freedom from want and that of despair.

Freedom to think and freedom to know
freedom to achieve and freedom to grow.
Freedom from bondage and freedom of liberation
freedom from ignorance and any unknown situation.

Freedom to come and freedom to leave
freedom to stay and freedom to conceive.
Freedom from struggle and freedom of ease
freedom to enjoy and the capacity to please.

Freedom from failure and freedom of success
freedom from denial and freedom of access.
Freedom from illusion and freedom of reality
freedom to become what we are in actuality.

Freedom to live and freedom to die
freedom to laugh and freedom to cry.
Freedom to speak and freedom to listen
freedom to act based on a wise decision.

Freedom from hate and freedom of love
freedom of below and freedom of above.
Freedom of the past and freedom of the present
freedom of the future and what it can represent.

Freedom from war and freedom of peace
freedom to begin and freedom to cease.
Freedom from sickness and freedom of health
freedom from poverty and mishandled wealth.

Freedom from wrong and freedom being right
freedom of the day and freedom of the night.
Freedom to choose and freedom to reject
freedom to imagine what there is to expect.

Freedom from lust and freedom from greed
freedom from anger and freedom from breed.
Freedom from jealousy and freedom from pride
freedom from within and freedom from outside.
Freedom of always not having anything to hide.

Freedom from space and also freedom from time
freedom from attachment and freedom from crime
Freedom to work and freedom to play
freedom to believe and freedom to pray.
Freedom to experience a rebirth someday.

Freedom from the body and freedom from the mind
freedom from the ego and freedom from being blind.
Freedom of transcendance being of the spiritual kind.

Universal freedom is eternal and infinite bliss
we should all therefore be able to realise this.

Discovered via the always inspirational Design Files tour of Jane Petterson.  This is the poem on the dressing room wall!