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On mittens, and making time for sewing

13/07/201215/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized14 Comments on On mittens, and making time for sewing

Rootling around in my winter woollies; I realised that I had never devoted a post before now to these mittens. I knitted them yonks ago: probably when the children were really tiny, and probably using leftovers from one or another…

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Paris in the spring; such a marvellous thing

16/06/201215/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized30 Comments on Paris in the spring; such a marvellous thing

9 June Self drafted dress, Metalicus petticoat, Vogue jacket in red silk hessian, also a self drafted Tshirt underneath (not seen) for some extra warmth.  This photo above was taken by Craig on the Pont Neuf in the setting sun.…

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Gadding about

08/06/201215/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized26 Comments on Gadding about

4 June Here I am about to pay a visit to my pal George Clooney in Lake Como… just kidding, hehe. I don’t know who lives in this beautiful villa in Varenna, Lake Como; but the white iron lacework gate…

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Tripping

03/06/201215/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized38 Comments on Tripping

Me made May has been successfully completed, and the majorest challenge for me this time round was putting pictures in the Flickr group… A monumental difficulty when one does not have a reliable computer! Thank goodness for Craig whose expertise…

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The Dingo Flour Mill

17/05/201215/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized24 Comments on The Dingo Flour Mill

Thank you so much for the positive comments, and I’m so glad my featured Perth landmarks are giving some extra interest and enjoyment to the usual rather repetitive “outfit shots” that I admit I am getting just a tad tired…

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The DNA Tower

16/05/201215/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized24 Comments on The DNA Tower

Please allow me to introduce to you, the DNA Tower.   Hehe, I am being sorta touristy on the blog lately! but not completely since obviously Perth has always been the backdrop to my life…  The DNA Tower was built in…

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The Boatshed

15/05/201215/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized26 Comments on The Boatshed

Isn’t it nice when you open a winter woollies drawer and discover a little something that you had finished off a few months ago, in the height of summer when you could not wear it, and suddenly you can wear it??…

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Cactus…

14/05/201215/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized24 Comments on Cactus…

… Cassie took this photo when we went into town together today.  I am standing beside a statue, a new piece of street art that at first bemused most Western Australians but is now known as the Cactus This is a…

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