School kids need lunch money

Schoolhouse Studios have just launched their Pozible project to fund the development of a new site. Please have a look and if you can, make a contribution to this valuable project. It has taken many hours and a lot of energy and dedication for them to get this off the ground, and it would be absolutely amazing to see it come to fruition. 

Goodbye Schoolhouse

For the past year I have been lucky enough to have a small space at the wonderful Schoolhouse Studios in Abbotsford. This place has become so much more than just a studio, for so many people. 

Two very talented ladies, Elizabeth Barnett and Alice Glenn, launched Schoolhouse in 2011, with the knowledge that the site would eventually be demolished to make way for a new townhouse development.  Since then, many more people have come on board and contributed to the running of Schoolhouse, and it really has developed into a tight-knit community of creative folk. About two weeks ago, we got notice to vacate. It's a bittersweet ending, because although we all knew it was coming, I think in the back of our minds we had hoped that it wouldn't. 

There will be a new premises for the community from Schoolhouse, but the site and the spaces that have become so much a part of our lives will soon disappear completely. 

Easter weekending

We were able to get a couple of nights away over Easter, which was lovely, although short-lived. Still, it was great to get out of the city and just spend time wandering, eating and catching up with friends and family. On the Sunday we took a short drive over to Bells Beach to try and watch some of the surfing, but we were too late so just went for a walk instead, and took some snaps.