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A hasty pruning before an imminent downpour

16/05/201415/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized22 Comments on A hasty pruning before an imminent downpour

It’s too early for pruning, technically speaking.  Purists would tut. But I figured the rain was just about to decimate them anyway.  It was a rescue mission. So; y’know that moment when you’re poised in the act of clicking the shutter…

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an Easter Egg tree

26/03/201315/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized29 Comments on an Easter Egg tree

So, my offspring might be past the age where seasonal kindergarten crafts hold much allure anymore.  Nonetheless I occasionally indulge in silly decorative flights of fancy.   Upon first sight Sam straight away asked if he could have one now.  …

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I’ve been pruning…

21/01/201315/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized24 Comments on I’ve been pruning…

… and a day of tidying up the garden leads to one very happy outcome.  No, wait, make that two very happy outcomes… the first being of course a nice, newly neat and tidy garden.  The other is lovely big new FREE floral…

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Thank you

10/11/201215/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized22 Comments on Thank you

I just wanted to say a very big thank you for all those kind comments … I read them all with so much pleasure and felt very much supported and loved by everyone.  You are all so lovely! It is…

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Blooming lovely

26/09/201215/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized14 Comments on Blooming lovely

Thank you so much for all the gorgeous birthday wishes! I was very spoilt, and I would love to share the beauty of my birthday bouquet with you.  Please enjoy! I wish I could share my birthday cake too, made…

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Lemons, lemons, lemons…

08/08/201215/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized62 Comments on Lemons, lemons, lemons…

Like many households in Perth at the mo’ we have lemons.  Lots of lemons.  We are overloaded with lemons.  We have lemons coming out of our ears.  To say I have lemons on the brain is no exaggeration!! Last week…

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Delightfully tacky

30/04/201215/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized36 Comments on Delightfully tacky

I like the clashiness here.  A reminder that nature can beautify anything…  The rose is a late autumnal bloomer from my garden; some litterbug chucked the Coke can onto our verge and in the act of picking it up to toss into…

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Pruning and baking…

07/03/201215/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized46 Comments on Pruning and baking…

… I’ve been getting out in the garden.  And engaged in some brutal hacking garden maintenance.  But I felt sad about those fallen sprays of soft and velvet-y grey-green, and gathered them up, and made an arrangement.  Quite nice, don’t you think?…

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