The crispness that is in the air these last few mornings has been a very welcome respite, my senses seem fresher and sharper and I feel more awake and ready to face the expectations of the new day. The light…
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Sunday picnic in the shade of the gum trees
Yesterday was such a nice cool change from this awful heat wave, we packed up a light picnic lunch and headed out to Kings Park. In the shade of the gum trees, we munched on smoked salmon and salad on…
Tea Cosy, specimen 10
Here is the tea cosy I made for my sister-in-law A for her birthday last year, photographed in her kitchen amongst some of her adorable knick-knacks. She has their house full of beautiful things, so wherever you look is yet…
Inspired by nature; gold and aqua
At this time of year the sky is this intense ultramarine blue and the grasses are dryly yellowing until they are crackling underfoot, as always the landscape is everlastingly fascinating. Nature has a perfection in her colour palette that is daily an…
Wardrobe Refashion, project 4
When I saw this skirt in an op shop I think I just saw “white” and “kind of lacy” and grabbed it thinking yeah! But on getting it home I had second thoughts about the applique-y pattern on the net…
To dryclean or not to dryclean, that is the question
On the weekend I wore this to a wedding reception… (sorry, didn’t get a picture with my hair up and my make-up all done, this is the old photo from when I blogged about it previously and I did look…
Glossy wooden beads
Got heaps of office work to do today, so may not enter the laundry (where my sewing machine is situated, taunting me) until it’s all done… I also had a few errands to run, so took time out to sneak…
Australia Day
Today is Australia Day, and everyone here has their own personal ideal way to spend this day, depending on their age and general level of wildness. How am I celebrating Australia Day? Well, first thing this morning my husband…
