cherry blossom - olivier rasir, oli

colour lifts our spirits

our home has been a very neutral space - muted tones, lots of white, for some years now.

three weeks ago mum and dad lent me a coloured kiln rug - quite large, all vivid pink, purple, orange and green. it sparked something in me, a thirst for colour and almost overnight our living space began to change.

a hot pink coffee table in an op shop wouldn't let me leave without it, oli proud and businesslike bustled in with a fab and sexy fluro green and pink painting he'd just whipped up in his studio and promptly hung it on our living room wall. i fell in love with a purple dot painting by Roslyn Napaljarri that we added to our entryway. the white bookcase was replaced with orange cubes one-on-top-of-the-other. plants on our balcony are starting to flower...

Spring is here!!

once a model, always a model

it's not just that i'm still modelling, 25 years and counting, that i'm into the third day of a grapefruit fast.

it's because i have a sore and swollen knee that's been x-rayed proving there is nothing broken - it's just inflamed and fat in modelling parlance.

the local GP pronounced "arthritis" promptly eliciting anti-inflammatory drugs.

research on the net tells me that arthritis is an umbrella term for more than 100 different conditions effecting our musculoskeletal system and caused from a build up of oxidised rubbish in our bodies, and over-use.

i'd never change things to not win gold, silver and bronze medals at state athletics that i did as a kid, and i loved playing saturday morning netball throughout my teens, plus i make living teaching yoga, so what's a girl to do...but suck it up.

and i have been...grapefruit juice for two-and-a-half days now.

grapefruit contains the anti-inflammatory and skin-cleansing enzyme bromelian. they are the mildest citrus fruit in acid content and have strong antiseptic and mucus-dissolving properties, they are also mild in sugar content.

raw foods guru David Wolfe says

"How To cut Cellulite Fast - Drink only fresh grapefruit juice or simply eat only grapefruits for three days."

yeah well, summers coming up and did i mention that i'm still a model.