Stark.

This week I made my first trip up to Kinglake since the February bushfires. My mother's sister and her family live up there - my cousins' homes were destroyed, as well as a couple of properties owned by my aunt and uncle.



It's been ten months since the bushfires, and the barren landscape has been softened by regrowth and rebuilding. It's simultaneously heartbreaking, encouraging and uplifting.

Liz xo

Dereliction.

On the way back into Melbourne from Kinglake, we spotted a derelict old house with an overgrown garden, abandoned stoves and dead cars in the yard.