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oh I do love a meme … and my growing up girl

Sunday, November 9th, 2008

(photos taken last week at Abigail’s First Reconciliation ceremony, celebratory supper and moonlight stroll around some VERY expensive shops!)
Jenny over at Allsorts posted a fun meme today - do you want to play? Makes me feel like a teenager again, lazing on the grass at school with a Dolly magazine quiz! :-)

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yoo-hoo! I’m back!

Tuesday, November 4th, 2008

My goodness - that was an extended - and completely unplanned - break!  I feel like the weary traveller who’s arrived home to find the potted plants dead, the furniture covered in dust, and the mail all over the front lawn!
I haven’t been anywhere - well, apart from Sydney for the weekend - just caught [...]

sewing in the dark

Wednesday, October 8th, 2008

There were grand plans for today but they disappeared into … aimless pottering.  Don’t get me wrong, lovely moments were had - chitter-chat on the back porch with Carolann (whilst she pinned her four-patch blocks - SHE wasn’t suffering from inertia!), and a trip to the markets after school with Abigail that included a cherry-coconut [...]

jam jam jam jam jam

Saturday, September 13th, 2008

Have you read “Jam!” by the fabulous Margaret Mahy? No, no, it’s not a cookbook but a funny-as children’s picture book about a family who have a plum tree in the back garden, a nuclear physicist mother, a dilligent stay-at-home father keen to “waste not want not”, and three children who all become heartily [...]

lunchbox treats and some lovely bits of fabric

Thursday, August 28th, 2008

Today was Thursday, visiting grandparents day, so no time for sewing but a little window for fabric shopping and tonight we needed some emergency lunchbox treat making.
Whilst on my walk this morning, I came up with a good possibility for the sashing of the little houses - a pale grey/blue polka dot - and I [...]

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