At this stage I’m calling a temporary break. We’ll see just how temporary.I’ll still blog over here, but on a knitting related only basis. If knitting doesn’t float your boat, then for now, au revoir. I’ll leave you with some images from a recent break at one of my favourite places in the world, Wattle Point. Take care, bloggy friends. Read More…
If you’ve ever been to Foster, you probably visited Pearl Park. Pretty, isn’t it?A few kilometres out of town and upstream of Stockyard Creek is one of the area’s largest dams. Ever wonder what happens when a large dam overflows? Read More…
My brother and I, sometimes with only thongs on our feet would clamber over the piles of rubbish, in and out of abandoned cars, looking for “treasure”. Old fridges would be opened, boxes opened and inspected, sheets of iron lifted.We never did find treasure, and much more surprisingly, we never came home minus a digit or with a nasty infection. Read More…
I found Nilly Designs via Little Shop Of and before you could say “considered purchase” I had snapped up one of their linen and Liberty print scarves. This is mine below:I did take a minute or two to select which colour I wanted and went with one of my favourite colour combinations grey and aqua. Read More…
Perfect in every way, they are waxed and polished to a satin finish.The best bit about Charlie’s buttons is the handwritten note that accompanies each delivery, explaining a bit about the wood he’s used, in this case, maple and walnut, and where those trees grew.Now it could all be a load of crap, he might be buying the wood at his local big box hardware store, but I don’t think so. Read More…
Luckily the menfolk of the house love their soups so I get plenty of opportunity for whipping up a batch.One of my favourite retail day dreams is opening a soup cafe. I’d have about five different varieties to choose from along with a few different types of homemade bread. Yum.This fantasy ranks second only to my knitting shop idea. I’d stock a variety of hard to find yarns, beautiful needles (no nasty cheap ones) and some interesting knitting related books. Read More…
I spent yesterday digging in lots of chook poo and have covered up it ready for the spring season.Also on the Closed for Winter theme, I see Georgia Blain has released a new book. I loved Closed for Winter and very much look forward to reading her new one, Too Close To Home. Has anyone read it as yet? Read More…
that’s come off my very own needles in the pages of a magazine. Especially when it part of an ensemble as cute as the one above which is from the latest edition of Little One Baby.The red beanie (with different detail) has also popped up in Shop 4 Kids alongside one of the brand new styles, the classic cable beanie shown here in beautiful hand dyed yarn.
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In fact they are cropping up all around our suburb with alarming frequency and I fear it won’t be long before we have the only original house in the street.The proteas have done really well and have at least doubled in size in about 10 months. The pink ice proteas have even flowered, which is all well and good, but I’d rather hold the flower show in favour of more vertical growth. Read More…
whereby one has lots of ideas but is too time poor to put them into action? For feeling like I’ll lose the creative impulse if I don’t act on them now? But feeling like I’ll drown in the day to day crap if I stop everything to act on the ideas?I Googled “time poor frustration” and these images came up. Make of it what you will. Read More…