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27 Oct 2011

Australian Blues


My Italian hubby photographed every corrugated iron shed he saw on our trip to Australia this year. The guy that grew up learning of Leonardo and Michelangelo couldn't hop out of the car quick enough to circle another aussie corrugated pub, shed, house or holding pen as excited as I was the first time I discovered Mozzarella di bufala! He was in love with the worlds most durable material as though he had just discovered the lost island of Delos. God love his soul! And he is an architect.

It's always intimidating showing Europeans Australia, you never know which way they are going to go.. It can be 'all out love' for the blond brick and beers or the 'sniff in the air' at the project homes and tracky daks in the supermarket. My darling embraced it all, loved wearing a singlet everywhere, walking into an outback pub and bracing the bar (I did instruct him to leave the white linen at home) and sleeping in crazy structures like the Comfort Inn in Broken Hill..

Whilst he was snapping the corrugated iron I was snapping everything else. See above..

So many wonderful memories..


Australia I miss you!! 

 Carla xx

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ps shot on my iphone using hipstamatic!!
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13 comments:

  1. Lauren27 October 2011 at 20:10

    Carla, this was such a sweet post. Full of love for your hubs and your home. We have some dear, dear friends here in Virginia who are Aussies, and everything you write about feels familiar to me from what they've told us. Great phone shots too! xo

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  2. this is Belgium27 October 2011 at 20:32

    Hey, I can understand him well and sympathize.. I imagine how you must miss it.
    Hopefully my son who will be heading out there next spring will also get a tremendous kick out of your Australia !

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  3. peggy braswell27 October 2011 at 21:45

    Loved seeing your pic.+ your handsome husband. xxpeggybraswelldesign.com

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  4. ceecee27 October 2011 at 21:58

    These make me want to hit the road. Have to admit though, I don't speak Australian and didn't know half of what you were talking about. Ha!
    Catherine

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  5. theodora27 October 2011 at 22:18

    Carla, I loved the story of your husband bounding out to take photographs of the Australian structures ..it is still giving me a chuckle as I write this.
    Barb

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  6. joanna27 October 2011 at 22:21

    There is beauty in every where you look in this world, and Australia is filled with pictures worth a thousand words. Love the vibe of the colors.

    joanny

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  7. joanna27 October 2011 at 22:26

    Carla

    I just have to mention another blog I think you will adore Love accent couture by Kirsten.
    http://loveaccentscouture.blogspot.com/

    The work she is doing in the fashion industry over in Italy and the teaching she is doing is worth reading about on her gorgeous blog.

    joanny

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  8. Marrianna28 October 2011 at 00:29

    I would love to know about the font used in your blog post. I get the email everytime you post and am enjoying your photos. And "his gorgeousness" ain't bad, either. I'm in your BYW course.

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  9. lisa | renovating italy28 October 2011 at 02:54

    How funny, I can just picture him stalking the corrugated iron. Did you get him into a pair of tracky daks?? All those things we Aussie's just take for granted, I'm so glad he loved it all! Perhaps we will see a new use for corrugated iron in Italia? Is he a good photographer?

    still chuckling, and don't we all need that!
    ciao lisa

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  10. leah of sang the bird28 October 2011 at 03:20

    Carla, this is such a great post! as a fellow Aussie, i, too sometimes cringe at how others will respond to the australian way of life. So glad your man embraced it so whole heartedly... x

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  11. James Nel28 October 2011 at 05:11

    A wonderful collection of the 'Australian Blues' Carla.... A new book on Australia in the pipeline??
    Keep up the good work!

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  12. Soulful Mama28 October 2011 at 06:38

    So glad he embraced it all haha!
    It's certainly very different to the beauty & history of Europe but I think we have our charm.

    ~ Clare x

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  13. Sally May Mills15 November 2011 at 05:47

    I just read this post to my architect husband who is currently holding a sheet of his favourite building material - corrugated iron - and he is cheering your hubby on.

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