Michelle FleurJun 8The winds of change...It has been cold in the Sunshine State. Chilled winds have persisted and knocked the breath out of us northerners, unused to the...
Michelle FleurMay 17After the deluge...Another week in the oddest of times. The past 7 days have been dominated by unrelenting rain and for the third time this year the south...
Michelle FleurMay 10TransitionsIt's happy days in May for moi! So far this month has been full of celebration which has included a ridiculous amount of gastronomical...
Michelle FleurMay 5Like an Eel on an Oily Slide...It's May, the 5th day of the 5th month, to be precise. Our house went on the market two days ago and we're currently in limbo land,...
Michelle FleurApr 6AprilThey came on one of April’s most brilliant days–a day as sparkling as a newly-washed lemon…a day when even the shadows were a melange of...
Michelle FleurMar 23Packing, Pottering and Pondering 'Place'It's a funny old time of it over here in my studio. I've started the long, arduous process of packing everything up for the big move. It...
Michelle FleurMar 18Keep Peace in Your SoulWhatever your labors and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life, keep peace in your soul. With all its sham, drudgery and broken...
Michelle FleurMar 11Turn, turn, turn...It's official - we're moving to Western Australia later this year ! Yasss! I'm terribly excited to start a new phase of our lives in a...
Michelle FleurMar 3Hymn to HerAll of life ebbs and flows, until it ceases to exist altogether. At least, this is how it seems. I imagine that everything fits into a...
Michelle FleurFeb 3Riding the WaveIt’s February and I find myself slipping back into the rhythm of a creative cycle. The festive season was long in our house, and I feel...
Michelle FleurNov 30, 2021Rainy Days, Rainforests and Reflections It's been a long while since we've seen heavy, settled-in rain around these parts. Only early last year we were experiencing the tail end...
Michelle FleurOct 26, 2021A Slow Emergence - Spring in the StudioThese past couple of months have been languid and long. I mean long in a good way, in a slow, dreamy, delicious kind of way. As the cold...
Michelle FleurOct 5, 2021The Long Weekend...Sometimes the only thing to do is to head in the direction of the mountains, or the sea - whichever tugs harder on your heart at the...
Michelle FleurSep 1, 2021And the seasons, they go round and round...It's officially the first day of Spring here in Australia. It's unfathomable to me how quickly the past months have rolled by. I have...
Michelle FleurSep 25, 2020Spring in the Subtropics...“It is spring again. The earth is like a child that knows poems by heart.” ― Rainer Maria Rilke Ahhh, what a relief it is to be in the...
Michelle FleurSep 16, 2020The Return...I feel as though I've come full circle, back to a place that I was many, many moons ago. Proof that time is cyclical. I suppose that...