
Refrigerator Gallery
Throughout the year the kids have brought home a bundle of paintings, drawings and pastings. The sheer volume would rival the basement collection of any commercial gallery. I love the ritual of rotating each one with whatever else is on the fridge, however there’s always that feeling of guilt about putting even one A5-size artwork out with the recycling.
So we try to reuse it as wrapping paper for birthday presents, which people seem to love. Still, the fridge and walls are covered top-to-bottom with paper of all sizes and colours. So I’ve decided to make a decent effort to declutter – if only to find the overdue bills on the fridge – before the onslaught of new artwork in February. There’s usually a favourite painting from the year, and by putting this in a frame (hello Ikea!) we’re able to hang it on the wall as if it was from a commercial gallery.

SHOP TALK



SHOP TALK
AN OPEN LETTER TO CAMPING
Sorry it’s been so long. When was the last time? By the river at Easter many moons ago – a chestnut festival in a nearby country town. I even won the hay-bail stacking competition! You were good for me, and so were the summers building board-walks in the National Forests, getting to know the local Trackies and Rangers and their families. I moved cities, and there were so many other things to do. Then I craved a more stable environment for a while – the kids you see. They’re older now, not much, but enough that got me thinking about you again. I’ve been looking at tent catalogues, eyeing-off inflatible mattresses, even slipping into my sleeping bag on the odd occassion. I’m coming back, and this time I won’t leave it so long.
XX Nanny Goat
