completely floored

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After living in a house with floorboards in Melbourne during our unforgiving and fickle wintery season, one finds a fond appreciation for a little cushioning underfoot. A plush pile tickle to the morning under-sides of my un-socked feet far outweighs the 'easy-cleaning' benefits any pompous polished floorboard is going to offer me.

That being said, whoever the genius was who thought of rugs (and lets be honest this fine citizen was probably responsible for it's consquent descendent and aforementioned friend, carpet) needs a decent handshake. (It's the going rate for being a excellent human being these days.)

Not only do rugs provide many-a-cosy-foot-moment, they also provide vast improvements in managing a room's thermal issues, dampening the inner vibrations of a stomping elephant housemate issues and they can completely change the look of a room. 


Well done rollable, rugged, floor friends!


Now that I have spent all that time praising my apartment for its carpeted landscape, there is a little bit of me that wishes (for the sake of the amazing pieces above) that it were a more like my polished boardish foes - but only a little bit.


Floors have feelings too - I just prefer mine to feel comfy.


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sew, you're feeling off colour?

artwork by MaricorMaricar

Although they may be lyrics misheard and mixed up, these beautiful and tactile creations with their painstakingly fiddly details can sum up those feelings that we can often find it hard to wrap words around. 
And, hey, if someone (MaricorMaricar of Sydney) has taken the time to embroider it into fabric, with some pretty eye-liking text configuration, then it must mean you're not alone, right?


Keep on keeping on.
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p.s. There are many 'more colourful' sewn delights than my mildly grim selection, so make sure you explore!

when the sun rises

images by me

Sunday morning in the city captures the facade of realities that played out in the shadows of the night before. Be thankful that I'm sharing the nice pictures. There is some stomach-turning stuff that goes on in city nooks. 
And, a tip for these pics, if you can imagine the smell of urine in your nostrils you're there.


Hope you had a perfectly-agreeable weekend.
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