Write 31 Days

Write 31 Days: Instagram Series

October 1, 2017

I still remember the click of the metal tin. The smooth forms in perfect order, resting silently in hollow beds. Pencils. Waiting to be swept up in passionate fingers, begging to sing onto the page. My eyes scanned hungrily over the names- Vermillion, Emerald Green, Burnt Umber. Somehow they seemed enchanted, a word giving untold magic to the living colour.

I’ve never been able to artistically capture that hovering swirl and pour it onto a page, except in the form of words. Words are my magic, my portal to other realms. Photos are the closest medium I have for expressing the physical form of that creativity – harnessing the vibrancy of the moment and capturing it for pondering over later.

This month I’m linking these loves – photographs, colours, words through the Write 31 Days Instagram Series challenge.

If you want to challenge yourself, join me! Or just follow along here or over on Instagram.

1. Sky Blue

2. Rose pink

3. Chocolate

4. Mineral green

5. Violet

6. Amethyst

7. Ruby

8. Ash gray

9. Apricot

10. Beige

11. Raven

12. Sapphire

13. Burnt Umber

14. Terracotta

15. Deep Vermillion

16. Cobalt Blue

17. Gunmetal Grey

18. Juniper Green

19. Straw Yellow

20. Aquamarine

21. Indigo

22. Cedar Green

23. Crimson Lake

24. Ultramarine

25. Mustard

26. Prussian Blue

27. Cadmium Yellow

28. French Grey

29. Champagne

30. Midnight Blue

31. Geranium Lake

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A Delightful Muddle

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October 8, 2016

I hold a shameless devotion towards cocktail parties. It would have to be my favourite form of entertaining because it just…works. Limited set up – designing one cocktail, providing basic ingredients and finger food and creating some atmosphere; a gradual build up of anticipation before the event – as guests mull […]

The Three Stages

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October 7, 2016

If ever I am mother I’ll be patient fun and full of life. I’ll cherish every moment and kiss away the strife. We’ll stay awake for hours and laugh at all the rain make forts in our pajamas and get down and play with trains. … When the little dears […]

Living In-between

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By way of background to this post, in late 2013 I experienced a short and complicated pregnancy that was not to be. You can read about that experience here. That sweet naivete that I carried with me in my first two pregnancies disappeared then and I find it difficult not […]

Uncovering Stillness

mindfulness Write 31 Days

October 4, 2016

It used to scare me a little. The complete peace – disturbed only by the subtle hum of appliances – was too exposing, too raw. Even now, I move quickly to flick on a podcast, to browse through Spotify playlists to set a mood. A mood other than the utter […]

The Secret Brew

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October 3, 2016

Something is unfurling. Like the brittle tea leaves yielding to the wrap of the steaming flow, it uncurls and stretches in secret. To brew. The word is so evocative, enchanting. It speaks of magic – of inexplicable moments happening almost unseen before our very eyes. I’m not known for my […]

The Little Room of Magic

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October 2, 2016

Like a certain enchanted entrance into the world of Narnia, it does transform me – from bleary-eyed, ‘Hello Kitty’ onesie-wearing slob, into the semblance of a dignified woman. I have always found a mischievous sense of delight in my wardrobe. Having been introduced to op shopping at an early age, I […]

Paint it Black

parenting Write 31 Days

October 2, 2016

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October 1, 2016

I’m so excited to be trying something new this year – the challenge of writing every day in October alongside so many other bloggers and writers. More specifically, I’m doing the five minute free writes (#5MFW) version which is hosted by the talented Christina Hubbard. It is simple really, write […]

Walking Into the Past

memories Write 31 Days

October 1, 2016

When I was a little girl, my parents dragged us on many ‘bushwalks’. We would pile into the car, drive far into the rolling hills and tumble out somewhere in the middle of nowhere. Step. Step. Step. Tumble. Rocks were slick, ferns laced over winding and twisting paths. Trees towered […]

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