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Floral Fantasia Card

This is my latest birthday card effort. My niece has a healthy obsession with all things floral, and I don't mind encouraging that one little bit! It was going to be either a flower or Barbie doll theme...so flowers it was.

This American Life

I just love this weekly podcast! One of my favourite pieces is Act 3 in this episode, featuring the late David Rakoff.

Holiday Snaps

Mt Jerusalem, Walls of Jerusalem National Park

On The Temple, Walls of Jerusalem National Park

 The Temple, Walls of Jerusalem National Park

 Cook's Beach, Freycinet National Park

 Mt Graham, Freycinet National Park

The Hazards, Freycinet National Park

 Maria Island

 Wombat on Maria Island

Maria Island

Darlington, Maria Island

We've been in Tasmania! Lucky us....Walls of Jerusalem, Maria Island, Freycinet, Hobart. Joy!

Movie - Safety Not Guaranteed

It was hot yesterday so we escaped to the cinema and saw this quirky indie movie which turned out to be suprisingly uplifting! It was one of those rare occasions where I didn't know anything about the movie beforehand - I actually love that ....I should do it more often.

Movie - Monsieur Lazhar

I don't know if it was a case of pre menstrual sentimentality or just a brilliant direction, but this movie really affected me!

A Spring Stroll

Officially, Spring is a few days away yet but the flowers and the weather aren't aware of that. Here are a few photos from a lovely little walk we did today through the Marcus Beach dunes.

West End graffiti

I spotted this great piece on a bike ride this afternoon.

Yet another crotcheted cushion

It is obviously the Winter of the Crocheted Cushion, because here is another - this time for my Mum.
Once again I have been inspired by Lucy and used her ripple pattern. I got the gorgeous buttons from Tangled Yarns.

Bushwalk - Mt Greville

Yesterday we did a bushwalk that neither of us had done before, and just an hour and 15 minutes from Brisbane! Mt Greville is in the Moogerah Peaks National Park West of Brisbane and is a 3-4 hour walk.

We went up through the beautiful and shady Palm Gorge and came down the South East Ridge. It turned out to be one of my favourite day walks near Brisbane. We only had a phone camera and a compact camera with us but I'll be taking the SLR next time.

Mt Greville

The lower, wider section of Palm Gorge

 Towards the narrow top of the gorge

Coming out of the top of the gorge

View from the summit

View coming down the South East Ridge

Wattle flowers (and husband) on the way down

No visit to the Main Range is complete without a visit to Aratula's Bakery and antique store on the way back to Brisbane.

Judith Lucy - Nothing Fancy LIVE

Judith is great! See her live if you can. We did. : )

Recipe Book Challenge

Deb over at Cooking up a Storm in a Teacup has asked us where we keep our cookbooks. Well as it happens...my books have overflowed from a kitchen cupboard to the pedal of a cast iron sewing machine just off the kitchen. Strange, but true, and easier to reach too!

Movie - "Margaret"

We saw this great movie today....deals with guilt, mortality, relationships, racism, and of course, teenage girls!

Cardboard Box Fun

Debby over at Cooking up a Storm in a Teacup inspired me to post this after she posted a little video about a boy who made a cardboard box arcade.

When I was in Melbourne recently I went with darling E and T to an Artplay workshop where architecture students had built amazing cardboard box structures for the kids to play in and around. The kids also made their own creations out of cardboard.

It was a relief for there to be no plastic in sight!

Mrs Siddons Tea Towel Cushion

This morning I made a cushion cover out of a secondhand tea towel I bought from a market. I just love how it sits on our sofa, resplendent in all its colourful glory.

The image on the tea towel is based on a painting by Thomas Gainsborough of Mrs Sarah Siddons, a Welsh actress of the 1700's.

The original painting :-)

Crochet Cushion Cover

It must be the winter of crochet. I actually made the squares of this cushion cover last year but only put it together this year. The square pattern comes from the book "200 Crochet Blocks", a book that has provided me with countless hours of crochet fun!