Melbourne Flinders St Station 830am

Waiting for a platform.
Waiting ... Waiting...
Flinders St station so near... Yet so far

Stephen Wiltshire

I spend some quiet time on my weekday mornings before work at the City Library.

Today 'Yen' Issue 45, 2010 magazine keeps me company.
Just had to share this amazing article on Stephen Wiltshire.
Diagnosed with autism at age 3, Stephen communicated primarily through his art work. Didn't learn to speak till he was 9 - encouraged by teachers who temporarily took away his art supplies so he'll be forced to ask for them. His first words were "paper" and "pencil".





See how he has captured the art world's attention. Returning after a primary school excursion to the centre of London he sat down and sketched the buildings he'd seen in astonishing detail - entirely from memory.

Talk about photographic memory! Now 36, he has his own galleries and travels the world with his sister. In Sydney, he recently recreated the view from the Sydney Tower after observing it for just 30minutes.

Amazing! Kudos to you Stephen!

We are lovin' Matilda's market Hawthorn

Enjoying this amazing day at Matilda's Market. Shopping frenzy:-)

Matilda's Market Sunday 22 August Hawthorn Town Hall

We’re frantically busy and jumping up and down with excitement, as we prepare for our forthcoming appearance at Mathilda’s Market! You’ll find us there onSunday 22nd August, and we’d love you to pop along and say hello. Mathilda’s is the home of unique, stylish and exquisite baby & kids’ products, made by some of Australia’s cleverest crafters, artisans and designers.

Anne Lewis from Mathilda’s meticulously selects the stallholders at each Market to bring shoppers the perfect mix of clothing, accessories, home wares and toys for little people.

Everything at Mathilda’s is either lovingly handmade, or manufactured in small quantities, and just too irresistible to pass up!

Most stallholders at Mathilda’s Market don’t have a shopfront, so prepare to unearth some truly original and utterly delectable finds.


Where: Hawthorn Town Hall, 360 Burwood Rd, Hawthorn. More info at: www.mathildasmarket.com.au

Melbourne City Magazine

Was handed this at the Parliament station this morning.

Lovin' the cover! Right near the arcade where I work close by.

Go sci-fanatics! cityweekly.newspaperdirect.com

Miscellaneous Mum - Fathers' day giveaway

Thank you Karen from Miscellaneous Mum -she writes an awesome blog that I've really enjoyed following lately - www.miscmum.com

I rarely win any competitions and am thrilled to be chosen to receive this Father's day prize - we know who the gift will be going to.

(Sorry geekhusband, iPhone4 has to wait. Lets go easy on the bank for the moment okay.) I'm really excited! Can't wait to get this book in the mail and have a first peek. I love childrens books and illustrations.

Anna Walker's work is awesome!






Thanks again Karen!! You have made my day:-)

Politically correct dolls

Saw these at a French owned hypermarket (that has over 150,000 stores throughout the world) during our holiday travels in Asia last month. They are on special at about AUD$5.

So which doll would you pick? Are there clothes we can buy as well for them?? I kinda like the green one.

Bondville: Stylish Kids: Castlebox

We are so proud to be featured in Bondville this week. It has really made our day! Thank you for the post :)

Bondville: Stylish Kids: Castlebox

Castlebox is here!

Finally Castlebox is on Blogspot! 

wooohooo.... spent an embarassing amount of time 

trying to make this work and also find and buy a suitable app on my iphone. 

Please do not tell my geekhusband how much I spent and (especially how long I took). 

test test....