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03/52
Dear Olive,Olive: ever so proud to be painting in the studio. Just like a real artist.Joining in with Jodi and the portrait series.
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Dinner Picnic
Dear Olive,Shane and I are in desperate need of jobs. Financially, and emotionally. It sounds so dreamy to have both parents at home, doesn't it? But in reality it's fraught with a bit of stress about...
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The Wishing Tree
Dear Olive,There's a wishing tree in Centennial Park at the moment. We didn't actually make a wish (no gold coin!), although that fourth one could definitely have been written by six year old me. And...
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04/52
Dear Olive,Olive: It had to be this photo this week. Because for the past seven days, you've been in this outfit more than you've been out of it.
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Slice of Heaven
Dear Olive,I tasted this slice recently at a friends, and it was so delicious I had to try to recreate it at home. This is my second attempt at making it and it's bloody amazing (if I do say so myself)...
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05/52
Dear Olive,Olive: A big frown, contemplating what animals might be lurking below the waves. Only, the frown has more do with being photographed than the contemplation.
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Ten
Dear Olive,It's been ten years now, without my Mum. I can't really put into words exactly what this means, or feels. But in ten years, she's missed out on a lot. (As have we, missed out on her.) I...
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The Man on the Bus
Dear Olive,On the bus today, a man offered you a tim tam, which I politely declined. He insisted, I insisted. Things got a little awkward when he said it's just a little bit of chocolate and tossed it...
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From ...
Dear Olive,Throw from Mexico, on an unmade bed from me.Stains from juicy strawberries on a dress from Mexico.Mangoes from my Dads tree.Icy poles from our freezer, made with mangoes from my...
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Big Wet
Dear Olive,It's the most gale-force-windy, torrential-sideways-rainy kind of Saturday here. The worst sort of day to have no plans. There's really nothing else for it but to build cubbies. And paint....
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08/52
Dear Olive,Little Miss Muffett sat on a tuffetEating her curds and wheyAlong came a spiderWhich she yelled at in wonderGuys! Look!And frightened the poor creature awayLinking up with Jodi.
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1:26
Dear Olive,The clock in the sunroom has stopped. It's stuck on 1:26. Which is really rather symbolic of how I feel about my life at the moment. How did everything get so far along, when I feel like I...
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Don't Go
Dear Olive,Hands down, autumn is my favourite season. The long afternoon shadows, the chilly yet sunny days, all those warming soups and pies and curries, I love it all. But for probably the first...
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This is ...
Dear Olive,This is what it looks like when a three year old applies lipstick to themselves for the first time. Using a highlighter pen.
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Today
Dear Olive,For a lot of your life, I consciously tried to avoid putting you in clothes that were too girly. I quite liked the idea of having a tomboy for a daughter. But more than this, I wanted to...
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10/52
Dear Olive,Waiting for David Attenboroughs Africa to start, after a big Saturday of swimming and markets and parties.Linking up with Jodi.
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Martian & Friends
Dear Olive,I realised I haven't made a proper mention on here of a whole group of people who play a rather significant part in your everyday life. (Once, way back here, I said I'd save it for another...
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