Flash-back about seven years: we picked this chair up at Melville Markets (a local carboot sale) for $5; it was pretty rickety because it was missing its front foot-strut. My clever husband whipped up a new one the same afternoon…
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Cloudy with a chance of brights
Yes, (air fist punch) we got rain! And lots of it. And my favourite kind, overnight rain. The garden doesn’t smell at all now … well, OK just a tiny bit, but not like yesterday. When the timing of these…
Need a deluge; now
Please take my word for it that my hair looked quite nice before I got to take this photo; an sudden evil wind struck up out of nowhere and I went from looking unusually chic, smooth and polished to my…
Cute kitten photos, with glimpses of lounge suite re-cover, version 2
Not very good photos today, I’m afraid, if you’re looking for high quality pictures of sewing projects. However, if you’re into photos of impossibly cute kittens, then this could be your favourite post of the day! I was hunting for…
Ruthlessly cutting off 4 inches of python…
Something had been bothering me about this python skirt (first posted here) and I finally realised what it was. The length. It just wasn’t me. I think skirts suit me best when they are either quite long, like mid-calf to…
Santorini socks
Socks! When my very talented mother starting knitting socks I must admit to a sneaking moment of thinking “What on Earth…?” but she proved herself to be ahead of the zeitgeist and it was no time at all before I…
Feeding the soul
Stopped in this morning at Samudra, one of my favourite-ist cafes, ever. The ambience in this place is breath-taking. They grow most of their own produce to make up the menu, enabling a guaranteed fresh and seasonal selection to chose…
Cosy brown cardigan
Wintery weather is well and truly upon us today (glum face). We even got a little wet on our beach walk here today. Just a light misty shower thank goodness… eau de “wet dog” is not my favourite fragrance to…
