Beautiful flowers as I'm thinking of my dear aunt who died today. I learned so much from her about being a good aunt, and I am so very grateful.
Thursday, January 31, 2013
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
29/365 one job, three diaries
Back to work. I'm glad at least one is red. And yes, they all serve particular purposes.
Monday, January 28, 2013
27/365 roses
A bunch for sale at a gourmet fruit market. Just starting to open, and wonderful colours.
Saturday, January 26, 2013
26/365 progress
The rainbow of wool from a couple of days ago is becoming stripes.
I'm so grateful a family member taught me to crochet years ago.
I'm so grateful a family member taught me to crochet years ago.
Friday, January 25, 2013
Thursday, January 24, 2013
24/365 sun-warm sheets
Such a simple pleasure, to take crisp, freshly washed cotton sheets off the line, sun warm and scented by daylight and summer breezes.
(No point folding them, they're going back where they came from, so beautiful and fresh as they are).
I don't much enjoy summer heat, but it's nice when the washing dries so well...
(No point folding them, they're going back where they came from, so beautiful and fresh as they are).
I don't much enjoy summer heat, but it's nice when the washing dries so well...
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
23/365 I can see a rainbow
A corner of one of the buildings where I work, painted by a friend, who was inspired by a word wall we had done. Didn't she do a great job? And aren't colour names like these wonderful?
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
22/365 a rainbow of yarn & a plan
A rainbow of 21 different colours to become stripes in a crochet project.
(And this yarn is on special at Spotlight at the moment for $1.79 a ball, 50g/100% wool, instead of $2.99/ball).
I will blog progress/result. This project/gift has a baby deadline...
(And this yarn is on special at Spotlight at the moment for $1.79 a ball, 50g/100% wool, instead of $2.99/ball).
I will blog progress/result. This project/gift has a baby deadline...
Monday, January 21, 2013
Sunday, January 20, 2013
Saturday, January 19, 2013
19/365 crafternoon
Hand piecing (not me). Assembling a granny square blanket (me). Lovely afternoon of conversation on a thankfully cooler day.
18/365 Hot!
So very hot. I was grateful to be lunching with a friend in air-conditioning. Very grateful.
Friday, January 18, 2013
17/365 Alchemy
Successfully and happily making her first garment.
The little Ikea sewing machine she got for Christmas worked well. It's not a toy, but solid and serious enough to be a good starter machine. (it's called Sy, and in Oz is $79. I've sewn on a fair number of new and old machines, and this had a good sound to the motor, enough weight not to jump around and made a perfectly acceptable stitch. It would be worth considering as a portable workshop machine, IMHO.)
Such a pleasure to see her joy at turning a length of cute owl fabric into a pair of pyjama pants, and the aha! moments that were part of the process. I think I've kindled what I hoped to... (note the tape measure round the neck! - she took to that with gusto as dressmaker attire/tool to hand, she wearing it, not me.)
The little Ikea sewing machine she got for Christmas worked well. It's not a toy, but solid and serious enough to be a good starter machine. (it's called Sy, and in Oz is $79. I've sewn on a fair number of new and old machines, and this had a good sound to the motor, enough weight not to jump around and made a perfectly acceptable stitch. It would be worth considering as a portable workshop machine, IMHO.)
Such a pleasure to see her joy at turning a length of cute owl fabric into a pair of pyjama pants, and the aha! moments that were part of the process. I think I've kindled what I hoped to... (note the tape measure round the neck! - she took to that with gusto as dressmaker attire/tool to hand, she wearing it, not me.)
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
16/365 a sign of the (summer) times
Today: 35degC. Tomorrow 38, Friday 42. Hot, hot, hot.
(The shop was, as you may have guessed, closed.)
(The shop was, as you may have guessed, closed.)
15/365 followed me home
These two hanks of Rowan Colourscape yarn followed me home. Amazing. Lovely.
It's going to become a self stripe scarf in the Noro striped scarf style like this: http://brooklyntweed.blogspot.com.au/2007/04/noro-scarf.html
http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/noro-striped-scarf
I will practise doing a long tail cast on
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sN9cNEozOLc
And am so happy that YouTube makes it easy to find out how to do such knitting things as long tail cast ons and i-cords.
It's going to become a self stripe scarf in the Noro striped scarf style like this: http://brooklyntweed.blogspot.com.au/2007/04/noro-scarf.html
http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/noro-striped-scarf
I will practise doing a long tail cast on
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sN9cNEozOLc
And am so happy that YouTube makes it easy to find out how to do such knitting things as long tail cast ons and i-cords.
Monday, January 14, 2013
14/365 Bar Beach, Newcastle in wild, windy weather
The wind was so strong! Some gusts enough to nearly knock you off your feet. But it was neither hot nor cold, but salty-sandy, exhilarating, blowing all sorts of cobwebs away.
On Nobbys, there were flags out but no one swimming. At Bar Beach, from this lookout, it seemed like only a red ?warning flag.
We stopped at several lookouts on the coast road. Each one windy, the waves whitecaps of energy.
At the Ocean Baths, a bridegroom, his attendants, celebrants and guests awaited the bride. I hope they weren't blown away! (A picturesque wedding location for sure, but the Victorian wedding cake bandstand in the park a couple of kilometres down the coast might have been easier...!)
On Nobbys, there were flags out but no one swimming. At Bar Beach, from this lookout, it seemed like only a red ?warning flag.
We stopped at several lookouts on the coast road. Each one windy, the waves whitecaps of energy.
At the Ocean Baths, a bridegroom, his attendants, celebrants and guests awaited the bride. I hope they weren't blown away! (A picturesque wedding location for sure, but the Victorian wedding cake bandstand in the park a couple of kilometres down the coast might have been easier...!)
Sunday, January 13, 2013
13/365 weathered door
My second 'old door' photo in thiteen days. I suspect not my last of the 365. They engage respect and invite imagination about the lives which have crossed each portal. Going out. Coming home. Visiting. Enquiring. Kept in. Shut out.
This one, weathered grey, looks so sturdy with its ironwork hinges and the thick timber supporting beam/lintel, and the large blocks of sandstone.
This one, weathered grey, looks so sturdy with its ironwork hinges and the thick timber supporting beam/lintel, and the large blocks of sandstone.
Saturday, January 12, 2013
12/365 Key Lime Pie
Sweet and tangy with melt in the mouth pastry. An excellent morning tea.
I've known of key lime pie from American books and magazines but hadn't actually tasted it till today. It won't be the last time.
I've known of key lime pie from American books and magazines but hadn't actually tasted it till today. It won't be the last time.
Friday, January 11, 2013
11/365 Victorian tea set
Pretty tea set. More gilded than I might be expected to like, but I do like the colours and stripes and pattern.
Another spotted-but-not-purchased item in a vintage/old wares/antique shop. (But a couple of other things did follow me home...).
Another spotted-but-not-purchased item in a vintage/old wares/antique shop. (But a couple of other things did follow me home...).
10/365 blossom rosy hat
Seen in a vintage wares shop. What a mad, pink, leafy, blossom rosy (?50s) hat!
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