Tuesday in navy and red

Back to work and summer has definitely arrived - 29 degrees in Brisbane today, bright and sunny!

I know I've made this point before but it's worth reminding myself how important it is to dress and shop according to your climate. Paris/London/NY are all undeniably chic fashion capitals...but they're also northern hemisphere and quite temperate/cool (if not sometimes freezing) climates with distinct seasons.  Queensland isn't like that - there are about 3 weeks in June/July when you can get away with a knee-length trench coat (just). The rest of the time, it's warm and sunny and don't you forget it!

Now I'm not complaining - I sincerely enjoy our beautiful climate. It's just occasionally, glancing through international September issues of Vogue or London-based blogs, I don't know, I get wistful for defined seasons and gloves and scarves and things...

Anyway, back to reality where it's hot and the skies are a brilliant blue more often than not! I put this outfit together this morning, admittedly not feeling v inspired after a luxurious long weekend:

Top: Country Road
Pants: Chloe
Shoes: Valentino
Bag: Chanel 

Accessories up close...

These navy trousers are in a lovely light cotton and I felt quite nautical-inspired - the outfit is simple, deconstructed but office-professional and best of all, suits the blazing sunshine and the warm temperatures. 

Wildlife warrior!

I love living in Brisbane and in particular, living in Kangaroo Point. It's so beautiful, you'd hardly know we're within walking distance of the CBD.

M and I both love wildlife and there's plenty of it around. There is a pair of nesting plovers that raise their young periodically throughout the year on an old dock out in the water, then bring the babies across to the park mainland to grow.

It's always a bit of a fraught activity and on Sunday, M and I were out walking the fat dog and we saw an adult plover on  the rocks below the walkway and just tucked underneath it was a plover chick. Clearly, they'd been trying to make their way across and the chick had failed to get all the way and had fallen (there's nothing connecting the dock to the mainland, so I think they must fly with the chicks on their backs??)

As nesting sites go, at least it's safe from cats?

All we could think was the tide was going to come up and the chick would drown. Not acceptable, says M, my wildlife warrior!

So he jumped over the walkway railing, walked down an almost vertical slope to the rocks and grabbed the chick (mum and dad plover were seriously annoyed by this and started swooping and clucking) Then he walked back up, climbed back over the railing and then walked with the chick (and mum and dad flying beside) up to the park and released it next to a bush, where mum and dad swiftly landed and conducted a preliminary check to make sure the nasty tall man hadn't done anything untoward to their baby :)

Wildlife superhero and plover chick now safe!
And our dog in the background not really sure what's happening.
And a plover parent way up the path ready to kill us if we hurt their baby.

And as we were watching, wouldn't you know it? A second little plover chick came toddling out of the bush where it had been safely tucked away by mum and dad before they went back to the dock for its sibling. So it's a big happy plover family now and we couldn't be more thrilled. xo

Evening city skyline

I love where we live. We're very fortunate being so close to the city and it's only possible in a place like Brisbane. Anywhere else in the world, we wouldn't be able to even come close to affording it.

So pretty!

 

 

We were out walking fat dog last night and this chopper was doing manoeuvers for Riverfire which is on this Saturday night as part of the Brisbane Festival - we can see some of the fireworks off the Story Bridge from our balcony so we're having some friends over for a BBQ :) xo