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Tiny thoughts…

09/05/201215/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized11 Comments on Tiny thoughts…

Me-made May, Day 9: Isn’t it dreadful when someone with nothing worthwhile to say insists on saying something?  So I will refrain from sharing the tedium of my mundane little non-thoughts today. You’re welcome.  ðŸ™‚ Except to say: my best wishes to…

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Ombre dyed velveteen skirt

08/05/201215/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized39 Comments on Ombre dyed velveteen skirt

So, this is the little dyeing experiment I was referring to; I finished it last night and just couldn’t wait to wear it today! My new skirt! I made the skirt using Vogue 1247, of bright lipstick-red cotton velveteen from Spotlight.  I…

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Banksia…

07/05/201215/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized16 Comments on Banksia…

… is the name of the plant beside me.  Actually the name given to huge range of plants, this one is a bush, although banksias also come in the form of trees and groundcovers.  Did you know that Western Australia…

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Looking deceptively dressy…

06/05/201215/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized17 Comments on Looking deceptively dressy…

… for chucking a ball for the dog in the park, no? But actually, nothing I am wearing is dressy in my book, so I’m good.  This is another example of comfort dressing, like yesterday.   This dress is stretchy-knit…

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Comfort…

05/05/201215/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized18 Comments on Comfort…

On a sartorial note; today was one of those disastrously uninspired days when I contemplated and rejected just about everything in my wardrobe.  Everything felt hideous to me!  Finally just settled on this blah blah ensemble… not very put together…

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The Daughter of Woman

04/05/201215/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized13 Comments on The Daughter of Woman

I am paying homage to “The Son of Man” the 1964 painting by Rene Magritte. Today’s mini-challenge within the me-made May group is to be pictured with food, or to be eating or drinking something.  So I took inspiration from…

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Day Tre…

03/05/201215/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized23 Comments on Day Tre…

… one has to say it the Italian way to get the poetry in my title there… Another gal over on the me-made May challenge posted the weather stats on her photo, which I thought was a terrific idea.  It…

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Tree, with sunrays

02/05/201215/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized11 Comments on Tree, with sunrays

Heya! Hmmm, what to say; well maybe something about the photograph… I was glad my list of daily activities took me past this spot today.  It is usually deserted and to my mind utterly, ethereally, beautiful.  And I managed to…

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