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Tuesday, August 24th, 2010

Oh my goodness - it’s the end of August and I’ve been away so long.  Completely unintentional and compared to the despair of 6 million Pakistani folk left homeless by dreadful flooding, no good reason why.

Well … it’s still no good reason but one irritating contributing factor has been a lack of laptop.  The battery [...]

’twas a dark and blustery afternoon …

Sunday, July 18th, 2010

… markets have been plundered, rodents fed and played with, and the new school week looms large.  What next?  Hmmm … accept that it’s that time of a wintery weekend and settle into an afternoon at the kitchen table.

We baked hammy cupcakes for lunch (recipe below) …

Concluded that two heads were better than one when [...]

a beeswax candle … or, because I emptied the kitchen compost

Friday, July 16th, 2010

There was going to be lots of quilting today.  Pinning out an old quilt top onto a newly thrifted woollen blanket.  Machine quilting it at the kitchen table - whilst the cats are away, this mouse will play! Using the left over blanket to quilt a pretty linen tea towel into a pretty table runner.  [...]

come in! it’s cold outside

Sunday, July 11th, 2010

This winter Sunday put on quite a show this morning … blue sky, no wind, a touch of warmth to the winter sun.  My goodness!  What a lovely day to be outside.  We visited the Camberwell Trash and Treasure Market - I haven’t been for 8 years and it was such a thrill to be [...]

on friday

Friday, July 9th, 2010

My girlie is back home in Brisbane, holidaying with her Nan and friends.  The husband’s at work.  And I have a new kitchen curtain.  It’s been in the works for the last two weeks  - two thirds done before our friends arrived, and today, with the help of Miss Marple, the last of the buttons [...]

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