♥ Hot Air Ballooning, above the Gold Coast ♥

As we rose in our basket at 530am, a group of 19 people held their breath and floated up, up and away.

The highest speed reached was 12 knots, which the priver (pilot/driver) explained was about a speed of 20 km p/h.

We floated all the way up into the clouds where at one stage we had one side of our view completely obstructed by white cloud.

The cars on their roads looking like toys and houses lined up in rows reminded me of the opening song to Weeds - Little Boxes by Malvina Reynolds. What can be deduced from it I don't know, but it has been stuck in my head for hours now.. haha 

Little Boxes on the hillside,

little boxes made of ticky tacky,

Little boxes on the hillside,

Little boxes all the same.

There's a green one and a pink one

And a blue one and a yellow one,

And they're all made out of ticky tacky

And they all look just the same.

As we passed over houses, making poor doggies alarmed, people came out and waved at us. 

And the people in the houses

All went to the university,

Where they were put in boxes

And they came out all the same,

And there's doctors and lawyers,

And business executives,

And they're all made out of ticky tacky

And they all look just the same. 

It was one the best experiences of my life. I thought it was going to be really windy, but your moving at the same speed as the wind so it was relatively calm, quiet and peaceful.

We saw the beautiful mountains in the Gold Coast Hinterland nestled together dark green and bushy. 

After this adventure dear readers, I believe I will, finally after years of procrastinating/clothes sales, invest in something I love to do... I will buy a DSLR... 

11 stories of fire resistant cotton/propane and Chris kept us from the ground.

The Gold Coast is one of those places where you see high rises, beaches, islands and development; then further inland there are mountains and forests. An incredibly diverse, visually place.

I hope I captured our hot air balloon ride from balloons aloft, with the sense of adventure and floating bliss that we experienced.

It cost us dear readers about $300 p/p which included a lovely buffet breakfast.

Liam and I were treated by his lovely mother Pauline. I can now cross off my list, this thrilling bucket list adventure.

http://www.balloonaloft.net/ 

Kisses for now, dear readers ♥♥♥ Until our next great adventure ♥♥♥

You are under construction.. advice for you twenties ♥

 Self reflection and self direction are loaded and difficult. This is an open discussion in pictures and words about being in your twenties. From someone in her twenties. 

   

I'm in my twenties! Now what?! A starting point to figure out if your happy! Choose your weapon (textas, pen, pencils) and just write everything you believe! Stuff you would tell another 'twentian'. Then ask yourself, do you practise what you preach? why not?

What I came up with: 

♥ It's ok to not know what you want to do. You are under construction, stop panicking. 

♥ Fear is only useful, when there is (imminent death or near death injury causing) danger. 

♥ You can say no, without making excuses. Saying "no" or "I don't feel like it" is enough. 

♥ Trust the universe - if you focus and state what you want, you will sub-consciously work towards that and the universe will provide. 

♥ L.O.V.E is not settling, it is not compromising. It is a cure for commitment phobia, it is where you can be the best person, you can be. It is what makes you lovely. 

♥ Having kids and marriage after your 20's is an amazing option. Make your own timeline, stop trying to be your mother, your friends, your enemies. 

♥ Candles, flowers, disney, journals, freedom of expression and animals are important and prized possessions, which need to be in your life EVERYDAY.

♥ Family like good health is precious and rare and go hand in hand. 

♥ You can be NEVER be over-educated. NEVER.

♥ Only be around people that get you. If your only friend is your dachshund because that's who lets you stay true to yourself, you will be happy! You won't be alone for long, like attracts like, look forward to ppl you will attract by being the best you can be. 

♥ Other people are going through their own crises, usually YOU are not the reason they are mad/annoyed. Choose compassion over defensiveness. 

♥ BE YOU. feed your mind and body with what you want. 

♥ Kisses for now, dear readers. If you have any advice to add, comment below ♥

There's just something about sunrises.

I am in love with sunrises. The sun paints our sky with pink, yellow and purple fingers. Birds go nuts, temperatures rise and it makes one feel as though, whatever you are holding on to, JUST DOESN'T MATTER ANYMORE.. The world has moved on, nobody and nothing cares. Get on with your day and your life! 

For those of you who missed the sunrise this morning.. Main Beach on the Gold Coast at 6am. 

 

My favourite quote about sunrises:

"That morning I was not yet a vampire, and I saw my last sunrise. I remember it completely, and yet I can't recall any sunrise before it. I watched the whole magnificence of the dawn for the last time as it were the first. And then I said farewell to sunlight, and set out to become what I became." - (Louis) Interview with the Vampire [1994].

A happy sunrise to you, dear readers.. 

"you don't have to heat it, to eat it" Perfect student snack... St Dalfour French Bistro Gourmet to Go...

Ok. A food post was well, WELL overdue... This is what I live off. These gorgeous French Bistro Gourmet to Go meals and stationary supplies to make my (never ending and usually never fulfilled) to do lists... I literally sing out loud in different tones and melodies "YOU-DON'T-HAVE-TO-HEAT-IT, TO EAT IT"

For those of you, trying to remember where you have seen the blue label St. Dalfour before, they are also the makers of delicious jams and spreads that inhabit breakfast buffets at hotels and restaurants. http://www.stdalfour.com.au/

Ok, the run-down on this delicious treat is the food is packed under a very strong vacuum, making artificial preservatives/colours, msg, nitrates unnecessary. It is gluten-free and contains 175 grams of delicious ingredients that don't need any other thing but a hungry tummy... 

Kisses for now, dear readers... xxxx