Home And The Rest Of The World

| October 24, 2011

It’s been a roller coaster of a month for little old me. My time in Sydney was full of happiness, excitement, rest, anguish, stress, sadness, and joy. Living abroad is such a mad mix of emotions both while you are away from home and when you return. You always feel a little on the outside [...]

Happy Mother’s Day Mum!

| May 6, 2011

Happy Mother’s Day from across the sea to the best mum in the world. I miss you dearly. Love Amanda xxx p.s. Happy Mother’s Day to all the mums out there for Sunday! p.p.s. This beautiful shot of my mumma somewhere out in the Australian bush was taken by my late father when they were [...]

The Hardest Part of Living Abroad

| May 5, 2011

Hello all, I’m currently working away on new things that I hope to tell you about soon. Of course, instead of just working on one new project, I’ve given myself a second to make things even more complicated. As I work away at these two projects, my mind tends to drift off into daydream land [...]

Happy Birthday To My Muse

| July 7, 2010

Happy 19th Birthday to my beautiful sister Kelly Bell. Kel is the sweetest, kind hearted girl I know and my heart aches without her giggles, dimples and smile in my everyday. I would never have imagined that receiving a sister at the age of 15 could have been such a miracle in my life. I [...]

Wandering Neighbourhoods: Beach Suburbs

| June 10, 2010

Sydney beaches are white sand, blue waters, surfing and sun light sparkling like crystals across the ocean. We are extremely blessed to have this as our playground and the more that I am away from home, the more I realise how lucky we really are. The cliché is true. The little sis and I spent [...]

On Being Home

| May 30, 2010

Here’s a Polaroid tip: when shooting a selfie in full sun, look at the location of your arm/camera before shooting. Adjust accordingly. So I am back in Vancouver and despite my big plans for blogging from Sydney, life turned out to be far too hectic and far too emotional. I spent lots of time with [...]

Putting Things Into Perspective

| April 6, 2010

This morning I had the most happy of happy news that made all my concerns instantly disappear. Isn’t it amazing how one little sentence can make everything else fall into a heap of nothingness? All the petty worries of an everyday life can be squashed with one teeny word. Today I found out that there [...]

Why I Love Hawaii

| January 19, 2010

Oahu is always jam packed with tourists, always busy and always ready to put on a show. Lots of people may hate this about Hawaii but for me the islands are about so much more. My family has a long history with Hawaii with my grandparents leading the pack on something like 14 separate occasions [...]