A smocked dress for a coat-hanger…? A friend was telling me recently about a local woman whose business is to come out and assesses one’s wardrobe. Yes, apparently there are some women out there who do not do this simple…
Year: 2010
Bored…
Yah, so I must be bored with the same old same old blogger poses… though I’m probably not going to be attempting this one too frequently… could be the collective subconscious of all those teenage souls inhabiting the general environs…
A difficult dress
Oh, so much for horrific leavers rowdy stories… so far I’ve only come across small bunches of delightfully friendly, polite and sweet teenagers who immediately want to pat Sienna and make friends with her. Having a dog takes down a lot of…
The lull before the storm
My title is not referring to the weather, but the fact that I am down here in Dunsborough again, “minding” the beach-house during leavers week. Yah, the town is expecting thousands of teenagers to rock up any minute now and…
Eating humble pie…
Yah, OK, so I went to the vintage fair. And it was pretty cool. What can I say, the last post I wrote I was still feeling grumpy and unsociable, heat waves have that effect on me. Sunday brought a…
Thoughts on the “vintage” trend
A friend passed on to me tickets to a Vintage Market on this weekend, promising “Vintage and Retro Men’s and Women’s Clothing and Accessories”, and sorry, but I can’t help but feel a bit yawn-y about the whole thing. And…
Russet socks
So, new sockies. How warm and cosy they look here in this photo. This wool colour is called Russet, an evocative name, prompting an immediate image association thing in my head involving apples and open fires and toast and autumn leaves and blankets and…
In which Sienna has a bad hair day…
We are having a mini heat-wave. 35C yesterday, 36C today and forecast 37C tomorrow… (roughly 95F, 97F and 99F respectively) I’m nervous about summer. Yup, not even summer yet, and already we’re cookin’. Not to mention the dog… all that…
