All you who sleep tonight.

All you who sleep tonight

Far from the ones you love, 

No hand to left or right

And emptiness above - 

Know that you aren't alone

The whole world shares your tears,

Some for two nights or one, 

And some for all their years.

- Vikram Seth

Winter wonder.

It's hard to believe that almost six months has passed since I last did a post like this. I always mean to do them more often because I love a list and it seems like a good way to document what is going on in my life which is the main reason I keep this blog, whether that's the same reason you read it or not, I don't know!

Making: homemade icecream, banana bread, chocolate brownies and soup are on high rotation.
Loving: Hobart. This is my favourite time of year in our beautiful town. A snow capped Mt Wellington and a dark Derwent River, what a landscape to live in!
Drinking: a pot of chai with honey and milk.

Reading: nothing yet but am going to spend a significant portion of the next 5 weeks of holidays reading! On the list is the Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan, Dirty Pretty Things by Michael Faudet and I'm going to try and finish Wild by Cheryl Strayed despite having tried twice now without success. 

Wanting: to know where working next year. 

Looking: out my window at a cold, pale sky. 
Playing: the new Of Monsters and Men album. Still flogging the #1 Dads album too. 
Waiting: for the solstice to come and go.  

Considering: how I got to be this lucky?
Watching: the new season of Masterchef (always an addict) and the ABC breakfast show which is incredibly daggy but I think that's why I like it? 


Hoping: for beautiful blue skies at the Bay of Fires this weekend. 
Needing: to get outside more after too many long days trapped at my desk. 
Wearing: a lot of wool and my white leather converse. 

Noticing: my tan fading away. 
Thinking: about the amazing people in my future and how grateful I am to know and love them! 
Buying: beeswax candles. 

Getting: organised for 6 days of winter walking on the Overland Track. 
Bookmarking: things to do and places to stay in Thailand. Hot tips appreciated. 
Feeling: loved up. 

Dee x. 

Lately.

Lately I've been on placement. It's stressful, exciting, emotional and tiring. It's simultaneously rewarding and demoralising, exhilarating and terrifying. At times it makes me doubt whether I should or even can be a nurse but mostly I finish every shift feeling a bit little more confident in my skills and my knowledge. Two weeks down, two weeks to go.

Lately I've been bushwalking. Rich and I spent the weekend at Cape Pillar. We walked across open plains, through wind stunted gums and across cliff lines over two wonderful autumn days. It's a beautiful place and the new track work is pretty incredible, if at times, excessive. I wasn't a believer before but now I can see the Three Capes Walk (or should I say Two Capes?) being an iconic Tasmanian bushwalk akin to the Overland Track.

Dee x.

Wanting.

The age old dilemma of having no money but being surrounded by beautiful things you can't have. Sigh. 

1. Natalija The Label Lace Trim Nightie 2. Stormy afternoon at Cod Bay 3. Country Road Knit 4. 

A new home.

My new home is in a quiet, L shaped street in Sandy Bay. The rivulet flows quietly behind the back fence and the Mountain looms outside my bedroom window. At night, I lie and look upon it's silhouette, illuminated by the moon against a clear and cold night sky.

This house already feels like home to me. High ceilings, large rooms and wooden window frames. A rambling garden. A gorgeous neighbour and the perfect housemate complete the picture. For now, through my honeymoon new house glow, I can look past the horrible carpet, the incredibly low water pressure in the kitchen and the apricot hued interior walls.

Dee x.

Listen up!

You are the current that I can't escape. Draw me down, down, down to your depths.

Dee x.

Bliss is...

early morning swimming in the sea.

dancing to dreamy music in a forest.

lying on a cricket pitch under a moonlit sky.

Skyscape at A Festival Called Panama, March 2015.

Dee x.