time to slow down

earlier this week i went to sydney for 23 hours with a friend. it was a working holiday. the weather was beautiful, and we did a lot of walking and eating of good food. a quick holiday, but we packed a lot in.



we went to see the lace now exhibition on at powerhouse, catch and artist talk and then see this artwork that has been temporarily installed.



this work is by janet echelman. i was not as impressed by it as i was by her work in her TED talk, but it was still good to see, and i think would be even better to see at night all lit up. (we had to leave before the official opening of the artwork and the lighting)

this was the view from our room, it was really lovely. i had a great time, but it was busy.
in fact all of september has just been so busy. i feel like i have not had a moment to just get caught up in an idea or go off and do whatever i want. instead it has been following lists of things to do and trying to get things done by deadlines, and all at a pace i really don't like to work at.

today was another busy kind of day, as i try and get a bunch of things crossed off my list - being the last day of the weekend. i went to a farmers market and got these lovely flowers. i have decided that tomorrow marks the first day of a new slower paced rest of the year. with my list now down to a few things, and the deadlines for these much further away, i am hoping life can slow down to a more enjoyable pace.