the water

this is such a lovely, beautiful song.
brooke fraser is an amazing singer who has such a wonderful voice

Absolutely breathtaking.

A beautiful, magical animation by Ryan Woodward.
I can't stop watching it.


found via lunch bag art

my wish is to be this cool when i grow up

tea party

there was an assortment of teapots
as well as paper flowers and glass bowls full of 'deco balls'


there were more teapots, including my personal favourite 'tea time'
one of my friends said that this was her favourite, only one problem, it's always tea time!
you can also see our stand packed full of sandwiches and quiches and scrolls and scrumptiousness!


there was a hammock
behind the tomato truss


and who could forget the scones?
the lovely sarah, along with alex, made a beautiful streamer out of doilies - such a great idea! - that you can see in the background here.


thank you to the lovely ladies who came,
and may we have many more lovely afternoons like this
♥

desserts

my tea party was an absolute success!
the weather, which has been miserable recently, decided to be very sunny and wonderful and warm and happy!

there was lots of food, as you can see.
in this photo you can see the friands and scones and chocolate crackles.
and just on the edge on the left you can see fairy bread (♥) and berry/white choc scrolls.
there were also various personifications of chocolate, in brownies, cookies and also some beautiful kourabiethes.

the best thing is?
everything was handmade!
by myself and my lovely friends, so thank you guys!


more photos to come

and i just want to add that this photo was not posed,
but my friends were eager to eat after i made them wait whilst i took photos

a rainbow for a monday morning

jelly!
from my tea party!
thank you to sarah for making these!

i hurt my neck muscles

how?

by grinning too much

why?

to show everyone my beautiful new smile,
after finally getting my braces off!!



the internet cannot convey my excitment enough

if we were to translate happiness into cuteness
this would embody my feelings

lines

are just so mesmerising


vertical lines

escada, munich



horizontal lines

macquarie investment bank, sydney


lines that challenge your perspective

upperkut, montreal

or define it

dtac, bangkok


and they don't have to be straight

vodafone, portugal


all offices
all via the ever-cool coolhunter

christian d. larson

the optimist creed


promise yourself...

to be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind.

to talk health, happiness and prosperity to every person you meet.

to make all your friends feel that there is something in them.

to look at the sunny side of everything and make your optimism come true.

to think only of the best, to work only for the best and to expect only the best.

to be just as enthusiastic about the success of others as you are about your own.

to forget the mistakes of the past and press on to the greater achievements of the future.

to wear a cheerful countenance at all times and give every living creature you meet a smile.

to give so much time to the improvement of yourself that you have no time to criticise others.

to be too large for worry, too noble for anger, too strong for fear and too happy to permit the presence of trouble.

a post of eva...dancing?

and, because i'm eva..

photos by the ever-wonderful sarah

have a lovely week
love love

avenue q

and thanks to the last post, i was reminded of this truly wonderful song




because of the line

"don'cha feel all warm and cosy watching people out in the rain?

you BET!

that's schadenfreude*, people talking pleasure in your pain."



i was absolutely thrilled to go and see this wonderful musical, avenue q, when it was here in sydney last year. i've known the songs for about, i don't know, 6 years and was looking forward to the chance to see it in america sometime, so when it came here i jumped for joy!

it was absolutely hilarious and i'm sure the people i went with thought the same, especially as i was able to sing along to every single song and truly improve their experience of the whole thing *cough*

i'm an avenue q nerd!

*wikipedia it


stay tuned for more songs

rain

happy and unhappy are on two opposite sides of the spectrum.
but the rain can make one feel both feelings.

when you're in the rain, it sucks. especially if you have to walk somewhere and your feet get extremely wet and then you arrive and the bottom half of your leg is soaked and there's nothing you can do about it except wallow in soggy socks until you return home.

but when you're inside, it's a calming to hear the rain just outside your window. being tucked up in bed with a hot chocolate and wonderful book, (even if it's the bfg by roald dahl, don't mock my literary choices) is a welcoming time for the gentle monotony of water on the roof.


am i right?

amazing week

and im back from my week of wonderful



so when i first heard about the aforementioned volunteer trip, i thought it would be an awesome way to do something great and useful during my holidays

what i didn't realise was what an impact 36 young adults can make on a community, whether it be planting 400 tree saplings or beautifying a health centre or moving TEN TONNES of mulch in such a small amount of time.
i didn't realise how much fun the bus trips would be, where we danced (and sang) to justin bieber in the aisles, as well as participated in bus idol AND bonded with the best bus driver ever!
i didn't realise how much we would bond as a team and friends and i know i've made lifelong friendships
i didn't realise the withdrawal symptoms i would have, particularly not being surrounded by 35 others when trying to sleep
i didn't realise just how much i would love it.


i hope each and every one of you gets a chance to participate in something this amazing.


love love

pause

i'm going to brisbane tomorrow!
but stopping in dubbo and various other places on the way.

the clinch is, travelling on a bus for the whole way.
doing volunteer work and staying in school halls.

should be exciting and memorable :)

wish me lots of fun

people-watching

so i work at markets.
which means i get the lovely task of watching people for hours as they browse.

and i've learnt a couple of things..

like couples who dress the same. should not. it just shouldn't be legal.

and mums who wear the same hats as their kids look cute. really.

and men's skirts exist! like cargo pant material in skirt form!


and everyone believes you'll love their pooch as much as they do.

which makes me sound like a hypocrite cough cough cough but i promise i don't believe you'll love them like i do, i just like taking photos!


love love

doug larson

the surprising thing about young fools is how many survive to become old fools.

and this is filou

and this is my silly little labrador.

filou-li

when she sits at my feet facing away from me, she always bends her head up backwards to check i'm still there :)
she also reminds me of a seal.
she's my little puppy, she's still quite young and very very silly.



in the photo above, the top left one is the end of her melting period, after standing normally about 3 seconds prior, she just collapsed and gave me her best puppy eyes

we also got her from a pound, so she's really scared of strangers, which makes her an awesome guard dog.
even to this day, if i'm wearing a hoodie, have a sore throat, or am adorned in an afro wig (yes it has happened) she will bark and run away in fear until i coax her back in my best pigeon cooing voice.

but she's gotten better and as long as i'm there, will let someone pat her :)



all images property of eva @ lekorkboard.blogspot.com 2010

robby

this is räuber

or robby

and that's the first picture i ever took of him. he looks pretty happy and he's smiling!

we got him from an animal shelter, which means he was very very skinny when we got him and even to this day, is scared of anything above his height level.
like, don't-move-a-chair-near-him-or-he'll-lose-control-of-his-bladder scared.
he's even scared of cats. which is pretty pathetic, so i shower him with love to let him know it's okay.

and this.

well this is pretty much my favourite photo in the world that i've even taken.
although the last one in this post comes very very close.

taken on a real vintage minolta xd 7, then scanned off the negatives.
i just love the crisp focus (this was before i got an SLR) and how he's just looking at me. and how calm he is.
one in a million shot, considering how hyper he is usually.


love love


all images property of eva @ lekorkboard.blogspot.com 2010

räuber and filou

i think it's time i introduced you to my babies




all images property of eva @ lekorkboard.blogspot.com 2010

hello holidays!

well i happen to be a very lucky duck and
I JUST HANDED IN MY LAST ASSESSMENT!

watch this space