We’re all busy focusing on non-OWL stuff right now so, as you can see, things are slowing down around here for the moment.
Now quick, look at these pictures before I make a terrible slowing down/speed bump segue:
It’s either a hat or a very full snake, depending on your sensibilities. This one’s definitely a hat:
Both were [...]
Am listening” to RRR and contrarily typing… according to the music, I should be walking. This directive comes from Spod, a maker of music and the guy behind a simple but curious idea… a fitness program of sorts, composed of nine twenty-minute original ‘fantasy/exercise podcast/mixes’, to be released weekly. This premiere mix is by Spod [...]
The fine art of gift-giving: to find something that the giftee will love, but would never have bought for themselves. The delightful and talented Manabu (an aforementioned friend of O.W.L.) is an incredibly generous and considerate gift-giver. Last weekend he arrived from Japan with a bagful of gifts, including one for yours truly – the [...]
I often see hot air balloons in the morning, but these were particularly lovely, spaced as they were. Photo taken at about 6.45am, looking south-east from Fitzroy.
And then when I walked to the tram stop, I spotted another. Taken looking west on Nicholson Street, towards Brunswick, at about 8am.
:: Arwen ::
Does anyone else look at The Sartorialist? I wonder if it is something that you get hooked on periodically but only periodically. I am currently hooked, anyway.
Before I looked it up (recently), I really thought the Sartorialist was an old-time print publication and, curious though I was, I imagined that it would only be accessible [...]
More finds from various op shops in Rosebud over the weekend – above, sparrow salt and pepper shakers; below, melamine cups and an original Decor water jug. Hot damn, Rosebud is a treasure trove of great op shops. And the op shops are treasure troves of great stuff. In truth, there is much treasure to [...]
There has been a trend for a while now in cafes, restaurants, apartments around Melbourne (and I imagine, many other cities in the world) towards a certain kind vintage-sign nostalgia. Old Coca-Cola advertisements, hand-painted signs advertising long-forgotten cleaning products, metallic menu boards. Hand painted is the key factor here. I must admit that I am a [...]
Big ups, hip-hop-stylee, to Lillipilli at Frocks and Frou Frou for tagging us at OWL for a Blog Spot last week. We were chuffed. A Blog Spot requires us to post a pic of the spot where we blog, and since there is more than one of us blogging here (although sometimes you’d be forgiven [...]
{ photo by Julep67 }
While the first preference is most definitely to give your cold hard to the Victorian Bushfire Appeal, if you need some eye candy to enhance your sense of charity then check out the Art Fights Fire fundraising raffle.
I’m pretty sure you won’t end up with a meat tray. Some great [...]
Like many others, here at OWL we’ve been hushed by what’s happened (and is continuing to happen) across Victoria this week.
General consensus is that the best way to help is to donate money. (Save your blood – at least for now – as the donation centres have been overwhelmed. They’ll need more soon.)
Back to regular [...]
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