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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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May Day

01/05/201215/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized24 Comments on May Day

… and the first day of Me-Made May ’12. And thank you all so much for that lovely feedback yesterday! I’m actually excited today and feeling motivated about taking the photographs again.  This is good, hopefully that tide of enthusiasm…

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