Wednesday 12 March 2014

A Cup of Tea With Me



















Hello there, welcome to My Yellow Heart. If we haven't met before, and you're joining me through Pip's Blog With Pip linkin, then it's lovely to meet you and thanks for stopping by.

On a whim, I enrolled in the Blog with Pip course to improve my blogging skills. It has been a busy last few weeks. I've met a lovely supportive group of fellow bloggers who have inspired me to continue what I'm doing here, to do it better, and in a more creative and smart way.

Pip has been inundated from endless questions from all of us, and is truly the most patient person you could ask for. Teaching a group of people how to get your own blogging host, domain, change to wordpress is no easy task (one I'm still in the process of changing). Something always goes wrong, codes don't work, or it can simply feel overwhelming. Nothing has been too much to ask of Pip, at any time. She has been a huge support.

If you're considering enrolling in the next intake of the Blog with Pip course, please do. I can't recommend it highly enough. You certainly won't regret it.

My final assignment, to end our blogging course with. A way for you to get to know me a little better, if you don't already. So please feel free, to pour yourself a cup of tea, enjoy a piece of orange syrup cake and sit with me. I even brought out my special tea cosy, a gift from my Nanna especially for the occasion, and I don't do that for just anybody in 40 degree weather.

And for those in my blogging group who are amazingly crafty, know that this knitted, or is it crocheted (I'm not actually sure about that one, I think crochet) tea cosy from my Nanna might be as close as this blog gets to a knitting needle for quite sometime yet.

1 } Name, state and a bit about what you do on a daily basis.
I'm Carla, and I live in the West Australian Pilbara. Think lots of red dirt and dust, hot weather and stunning coastlines. I like to look at it as our red adventure. I am a stay at home Mum to our two spirited daughters Amelie and Jessie. What do I do on a daily basis? Well I pick up endless amounts of toys scattered on the floor, tidy, cook, do craft, play dolls, build up ups and clean (occasionally). And while I might complain about it some days, I really wouldn't want to have it any other way.

2 } Favourite things to do.
I enjoy cooking, pottering around home, reading, music and writing. Living in this part of the world has really inspired us to travel and see new places while we're living here. Getaways to the coast, day trips to all the amazing rock pools and national parks that surround where we live is definitely a favourite thing to do for me at the moment. The landscape is amazing and so different to what I grew up surrounded by (I'm originally from Tasmania).

3 } Favourite place to be.
I miss walks along the beach. I miss a cool sea breeze. The beach is easily my favourite place to be.

4 } Favourite things to eat and drink.
I love seafood. And I also really love it when somebody cooks for me, then I really don't mind what I'm eating! I'm equal parts tea and coffee drinker and I love nothing better than a glass of wine, or a vodka lime and soda (fresh lime only please).

5 } Favourite inspirations.
I'm inspired by people who take risks, and make big changes to achieve their dreams and get to where they want to be. I love listening to peoples hopes and plans for themselves and their families.

6 } Something I want to know more about.
I'd love to know more about my Portuguese family history, but lack of time and language barriers have made things complicated so far. On the to do list.

7 } Some favourite blogs.
I enjoy reading lots of blogs. Some inspire, some give me a taste of that beach lifestyle that I miss, others give me house envy or food envy, or simply just make me laugh. I love some of the more well-known ones such as BabyMac, Maxabella Loves, Tales from A Happy House, and Life, Love and Hiccups. But I also really love some of the smaller blogs such as A Little Bit Country, Teacups Too, Honey and Fizz, House Nerd and Cake Crumbs and Beach Sand.

The blogging world is like a rabbit warren, you can so easily get lost in it and find yourself up at 11pm and still reading!

Find yourself doing the same?
What are your favourite blogs to read?

30 comments:

  1. i love the special tea cosy and feel very honoured your brought it out for us! thank you too for the list of new blogs to check out. i really find i love reading only australian and NZ blogs, and some UK Ones too. i'm very limited - but they have the same outlook as me.
    i wish i had the time and energy to stay up till 11pm!

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    1. It's the only time I get unfortunately. I feel the same as yourself, I can relate mostly to UK, Australian and NZ blogs x

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  2. Yes, it is 11.40 pm and I am up - reading blogs!! Glad that your blogging course is going well, if you address changes can you please be sure to let us know beforehand what it will be so that we can keep reading along with you! Thanks xx

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  3. That tea cosy is to die for. And that cake is (clearly) delicious - can I ask for the recipe? :)

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    1. Happy to share recipe with you. Will do a post just for you x

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  4. Such a good post Carla! I too loved the tea cosy! I think you and I sound quite similar! I found a few new blogs to read which I am enjoying (Life, Love and Hiccups and Maxabella Loves) through your blog so thank you! I'm an occasional cleaner too and absolutely agree with you on your favourite inspirations. I will follow your adventures in the Pilbara vicariously and with jealousy as we never made it that far on our trip.

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    1. What a shame. Hopefully you get the chance to visit up this way at some stage. The scenery is beautiful xx

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  5. Carla - I wrote a big long comment but it seems to have disappeared! Anyway - I enjoy your blog - I think you and I are quite similar in some aspects! I'll follow your life in the Pilbara jealously as we never made it that far on our trip!

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  6. Pleased to meet you Carla! I've been reading your blog for only a short time and can't even remember how I came across it. Definitely during one of those late night blog reading sessions.

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  7. Nice to have tea with you! Orange Syrup cake and vintage tea cosy - perfect accompaniment. Great to have a fellow WA blogger in the course too although we are almost at opposite ends of this great state ;-)

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  8. Love these "cup of tea" posts. Nice to learn more about you Carla :-) And yes, I'm into my 3rd year of blogging and still quite obsessed with reading blogs late into the evening - it actually started off fairly contained (I only read a few blogs and those that visited me) but I would say it gets worse and worse the longer you are involved with blogging, in the best possible way of course :-) Now I hope, skip and jump all over the place. Some blogs fall off the radar but there is still a core group of blogs I enjoy that I have done so from the very beginning..Mel x

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    1. I can see how that would happen Mel. Even my blogs I follow lost is getting a lite long. It's a job trying to keep up and read all the ones I'm interested in. What a shame we need to sleep to function the next day x

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  9. Great to meet you! You live in the most amazing area, although I would be a bit like you and miss being by the sea! And I totally agree about the blogging world to be like a rabbits warren...I can easily lose a few hours in a blink of an eye! :)

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  10. I adore that tea cosy Carla. I love that you've made a life for yourself that's so different from the one you left behind and are taking the opportunity to explore your surroundings.

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  11. Thanks for sharing a little bit about you!

    I agree about reading blogs being a rabbit warren. I'm hearing my bed calling but I just want to stay up reading blog after blog!

    I also want to stay up and have a vodka lime and soda now!

    I'm looking forward to seeing more of your blog. :)

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  12. Hi Carla, that tea cosy is gorgeous and the cake looks relish.
    I think my biggest take away is a renewed love of taking that trip down the rabbit hole and discovering all those fabulous blogs. Nice getting to know you :)

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  13. Hi. Yes it's very late and I'm still working my way through the cups of tea!! I really enjoy reading about your adventures. We are in Tassie and I enjoy the contrast that you provide me. Please - keep it up! Cheers, Cat.

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    1. Where are you from in Tasmania? I was born there and my family all still live there x

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  14. Hi Carla, I love your tea cosy. I imagine I would really miss the beach too if I didn't live near it. Have you shared the recipe for the cake on your blog, it looks great. I love your description of the blogging world as a rabbit warren, it certainly feels that way to me as a new blogger.

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    1. Thanks Carolyn, I have since shared the recipe on my blog x

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  15. Hi Carla, what gorgeous tea cups. Your syrup cake looks delicious! I really enjoyed your post! :)

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  16. Yes reading blogs is a little addictive, isn't it? But so enjoyable, as was your post. It's so lovely to read about other people's lives. Love your pic too, did you share the recipe for the cake? I will check but if not, please do.

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  17. I love your tea cosy, it is very special and your orange syrup cake looks delightful too. Fascinating you have undertaken a 'how to improve blogging' course. I love reading blogs and often get side tracked when I really should be working. We can all learn from each other. It was great reading your post :)

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    1. Thanks Merryn, it was worthwhile doing. Particularly from a learning how to use HTML and all that other stuff (!!) point of view x

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