Day 32: Cazy's wedding earrings

I have such happy memories wearing these earrings today. The are small very dark blue Swarovski crystals which I bought on my honeymoon at Eumundi, in the hinterland of the Sunshine Coast. They were purchased to match the dress I was wearing to Cazy and Ben's wedding, which was held a few weeks after ours. A double wedding in December 2001 was not what either of us planned - and certainly not what the parents of the brides had contemplated! At the time Cazy and Ben were living in London and with limited holidays, we were living in Sydney, but planning to go join them in London for my sabbatical, so that's how the timing worked out: us on 2nd them on the 30th. Everyone went shopping for 2 for 1 dresses!

The gorgeous couple with a happy Annette, Rob and Anne in background

Theirs was such a beautiful wedding. For a start everyone looked so gorgeous - especially the handsome groom with a tie that matched his baby blue eyes, and the bride in her beautiful bias cut silk gown and feather bower! Cazy also wore specially designed Sarina jewellery including clear crystal drop earrings, and some stunning crystal flowers in her hair. As bridesmaid in a fabulous black dress, Lindy also wore Sarina earrings plus some crystal flowers on her straps. Millie and Daisy made the sweetest flower girls in their pink sparkly dresses. Those little guys in their pink ties are all now well over 6ft. Paulie gave the most brilliant wedding speech, complete with video, where he was pretending to be a TV newsreader crossing "live" to a reporter - himself - describing the happy couple's background and the wedding. Hilarious!

With mother of the bride Mark II

With my beautiful big sis, Ree

Both Ree and Mum looked so beautiful that day -  I love these happy shots of us together on the lawns of St Patricks, Manly.
In the end my earrings were probably a bit too subtle given the hair - but they remain special nonetheless.

I wore these earrings today because I knew I was going to see both Cazy and flowergirl Daisy (see Day 11). Daisy has flown to Sydney for the weekend to catch up with the Sydney-based family before returning to her current base in Berlin. It was so wonderful to see her looking so happy and content after time with Ree, Col and the family in Queensland. She gave me two pairs of her recent earring creations, which are quirky and wonderful - to be displayed soon! Never idle, while at home Daisy has kept herself busy with her art, taking a temporary break from tattooing to turn her attention to a more conventional canvas, creating some amazing new works, using colour rather than ink for the first time. Her a colour palette is like Matisse - Fabulous! She has her first gallery showing in Brisbane next weekend for anyone in the area: March 4 Analogue Gallery at Greaser Bar, Fortitude Valley. I so wish I could go.

I've been feeling good on day 32, 10 days in to the second cycle. I've got some aching bones which I think is the bone marrow trying to make some extra white blood cells at the lowest point in the cycle, and which is why I am tired, but the queasiness has passed. Cazy, Daisy and I enjoyed our lunch at Bread and Circus, and an afternoon nap filled the day.

Yesterday Cazy recommended the Netflix doco called Abstract: The Art of Design which is fabulous series on contemporary designers and artists. The first episode on Christoph Niemann - who has done many an iconic New Yorker cover - is wonderful. His ruminations on the challenges of the process of producing his work are so insightful. I love his chart which captures the joy and frustration that I feel during the writing process I know my dear colleagues and PhD students also understand. We don't get the blip with an invoice, but maybe it's the same as a submission!

Niemann's Agony/Fun Chart