2011 iphone diaries

the year begins in the heat of north queensland
my cousin and sister in the flooded park
words for our future children
taking pictures on the way from brisbane to toowoomba
sleeping in a pitched tent in my grandparent's garden
sunday morning at my aunt's house (before being jumped on by wide-awake children)
belle riding on m's shoulders
the super 8 that m picked up at a swapmeet
a rainbow on valentine's (m cooked a picnic basket's worth of food and we took the girls to the park)
sleepy sommer in the back of the car
some old photographs from a wooden chest. left, my mother as a child and right, my young grandparents
some angry geese we met on our adventures with the girls
spiderbite sick belle getting cuddles from her mother
dinner with maria- she'd flown me to victoria to shoot for her salon
some art i liked pasted on the wall of an elevator in melbourne
the beginning of our street when it wasn't yet ours
a map of the town & the first inspection
the first few nights spent on the cold floor (but we couldn't have cared less)
making it home
days later when m had finished putting the ikea furniture together
our mountains
our special place at the end of the street
a place found while exploring
on a ferry, taking sommer, belle and freya to luna park
taking the three sisters to see the three sisters
red dirt land
adventure to a graveyard
a late night swingset date with m
painting the girl's bookcase & belle's picture for m
leaving on the greyhound bus
shooting danielle in front of the harbour bridge
danielle asleep on the long train ride back from the city
lighting the fireplace for the first time
our day and night of snow
m editing a short film i shot for a clothing label
winter fog in katoomba
two very magical lines
sweet writing in m's journal
shooting a lookbook for milk & honey
early morning bondi
m asleep beside his sister, ashlin
taking m's sisters to the cinema in perth
flying over sydney
my gatepass
one of the billabong models busking in a french train station
fruit for dinner in paris (thank-you pregnancy cravings)
m and his camera, at a restaurant in provence
travelling across europe by train
seaside cafes
a boutique hotel in florence (and me hiding in my hair)
the view from our balcony in cinque terre, italy
the view from to the right, a garden of umbrellas
m sleeping on the train back from the airport
a train crushed by a falling tree when there were storms in the mountains
a note m left on our blackboard after an argument
the warmth that is us
m's 21st birthday presents, a guitar and a banjo
arriving in auckland, new zealand at night
a monstrous rock at piha beach
m in our hotel room
later on in auckland, the image i'd shot for bic runga pasted on a wall
a naked tree a few stations over
picnic by a waterfall
the only day of sun in many months of cold
the pub down the street, with forever lit fireplaces
me reading in a bookstore in the city
interview in yen magazine
the beginning of a belly at 18 weeks
night trains through vietnam
saigon through the taxi window
our hotel room in nha trang
restaurant by the river
a cat startled by a family of scuttling crabs
lazy beach days in hoi an
summer fruit
pre-meal uno ritual
shopping for things for alba in markets
a drawing and a tiny dress for alba
alba's hammock & stuffed animals from saigon
25 weeks
our new rocking chair, with car lights streaming through foliage onto our door
spring flower picking
wishing goodness for our baby
28 weeks and an iced chocolate from my favourite cafe
making tiramisu to quieten cravings
picking up my little brother from the station in the pouring rain
monopoly with zake and m
my favourite grocer in the world
30 weeks & lunch inbetween hypnobirthing classes with m
late afternoon walks down our street
photographing the lead singer of the preachers
my early christmas present from my love
my brother getting his first tattoo (a few days after a very messy 18th)
zake's flying spaghetti monster tattoo
in my best friend's pool in the townsville heat
my sister and cousin painting me
my rainbow belly
watching the birds in the trees from our bed
35 weeks
one month left
pictures by me and by my love, taken on our iphones throughout the year.