Im going to pull the blog down for a bit, just as the little dude is starting school, and Im weighing up whether the blog can (or should) continue in this form now that he is going to have a life out...
Bailed up!First Class Marksman - from the first Ned Kelly series by Sidney NolanNed Kelly 1946Your money or your life! Or should that be Happy New Year? Yes, happy new year is a wee bit friendlier, i...
Its an oldie, but a (seasonally appropriate) goodie, from Elf Headquarters to you:Merry Christmas with love from Skye & the little dudePS. And 2011, you can show yourself out.
Vintage handmade smock dress - $6 op-shop Cobalt blue aviators - $1 op-shopJelly sandals - $48 FATThese make me feel like I am in Grade 2. Not a bad feeling for someone turning 40 in a mere(kat) TWO ...
For various reasons (name/personality/cuteness/his tory/in-jokes of various kinds) the little dudes primary nickname around our house is The Ferret. So when I saw the magnificent bejewelled and rainbo...
Navy silk Morrissey shirt - $10 op-shop Mng brocade pencil skirt - $10 op-shopPatent leather mutant platform loafer maryjanes - $50 Wittner saleNavy flower stud earrings - $15 Mimco sale (reduced fro...
The mummys curse is, of course, never having enough time for everything that needs to be done, but I do have a week off work for the grand and exciting purposes of Getting Shit Done Around Here, so a...
Antipodium dress - $10 op-shop Things have been a bit silent around Skylark and Son of late, due to end-of-winter lack of motivation (this seems to strike every year around the same time), and genera...
I think I might give myself a little blog holiday for the next week. Ive still got a cold, and about a million things to do, the weather is grey, and my motivation is lacking - so I think I might hav...
Why so glum, Captain Jack? Are you concerned that your "Skell" birthday cake looks a bit wonky?Come on Captain, its not so bad. Your parents laboured long and hard to decorate that cake for y...
The evidence would suggest that someone not very tall......was trying to copy Captain Jack Sparrows makeup......and it seems the evidence was absolutely right!xxSkye (and the little dude)PS. Last nig...
I was just reading a couple of reviews of Pulps Sydney show from the other night, all of them resoundingly good, and I was stopped in my tracks by this line:"Except Pulps return is no tawdry Take...
I have a cold, and therefore feel (and look) pretty vile today. Not to mention I have worked, parented, traipsed all over Melvin, and done some housework, all while blowing my nose every twenty secon...
Id look nervous too, little dude, if I was in the grip of that shadowy figure!xxSkye
Red silk blouse - $2 op-shopNavy wool nineties knit tee - $4 op-shop (check)Dion Lee for Cue skirt - $74 on sale (check)Navy wool duffle - $50ish asos saleBlack leather Nine West biker boots - $20 (n...
Its been nineties nostalgia week around here, what with all the Pulp talk, and the bad sneakers, and whatnot. Heres another whack of nostalgic nonsense, spotted on the nature strip this morning - a B...
Well, there is a slight contrast with my North Bondi afternoon from a couple of weeks ago (see here), but St Kilda has its own grey, slightly eerie charms. There is one clear line that can be drawn b...
Aztec/Navajo t-shirt - $1 op-shopBlack top - $7.50 Cotton On sale rackVintage leather boots - $50 Surry Hills markets What shall we call this print? Navajo? Aztec? How about Navtec? Grazia, theres a ...
These sneakers have a secret...I gave the Wittner platform loafer/maryjanes from yesterday a bit of a trial run. Preliminary findings indicate that they will indeed be suitable for dancing and hellra...
1995.Today the likkle girl posed a vitally important question of far-reaching global impact - "What are you wearing to see Pulp?" Tragically not only had I already given this question a signi...
Cropped wool blend jumper - $15 Zara sale (LA)Pleather wedge ankle boots - $70 Santini (the rainy day shoes are drafted into action once more)Black suede nineties skirt - $1 op-shopAnother boring and...
Ralph Lauren Polo wheat cotton jumper - $2 op-shopVintage US Army shirt - $2 Camberwell marketsWool/cashmere brown nineties skirt - $8 op-shop Grey marle tights - $10 TemtWheat cashmere socks - $15is...
This is what I found when I went up to bed the other night:A little stripey dude, conked out in the midst of a late night drawing frenzy:I can barely believe the cuteness factor on these, and I was t...
I have been idly looking through piles of old National Geographics for more than twenty years, endlessly seeking the issue from December 1971, the month and year I was born. I found a box of Nat Geos...
People have been raving on at me for ages and ages about Moroccan Oil, Im sure theyve been raving on about it to you too, or maybe youve been the one doing the raving? Anyway, I saw some sitting on t...
Back in October 2008 I posted a list of eleven Bondi things Id miss once we left (which we did about a month later), and I do still miss it all. Its been good to hang out here on this trip, but the y...
The little dude and I had a final visit to our old Bondi oppy this morning. I didnt buy much, still mindful of our limited luggage space, but between us we managed to fossick up a few finds, all of t...
And now for something almost completely random...This is my mothers garden in Scotland, in all its July height-of-summer glory. I actually suspect that she lives in Hobbiton - which would make sense,...
Cobalt silk mini skirt - $1 op-shopEmerald green silk top - $4 op-shopBlack leather crop jacket - $10 garage saleThere really is no point in outfit posts at the moment - Im far from home, with limite...
1. My poncho:2. The little dudes new Captain Jack Sparrow hat (from my sister Chloe, thank you!):3. This guy:xxSkyePS. Yes, still in Sydney for another week...PPS. Ever tried walking around in public...
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