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!

A Blooming Flower Cushion

It's a bloomin' miracle, but I have made a Blooming Flower Cushion from a pattern adapted by Lucy from attic24. You can find the pattern here.

The colours are chosen with my 5 year old niece in mind....now, how to fit it in my luggage when I go to visit?

Movie - Wish You Were Here -

Really enjoyed this suspenseful drama this evening. Highly recommended!

Grandma's Baking

It is 3 days after ANZAC Day, but I finally did manage to bake some ANZAC biscuits using my Grandma P's  recipe. Grandma P was a very jolly soul and loved baking - here is a picture of her (on the left) on my christening day....many years ago on what looks to be a hot and dry Townsville day.

And here is her recipe....

Anzac Biscuits

1 cup of plain flour

1 cup of coconut

1 cup of rolled oats

3/4 cup brown sugar

1/2 tsp bicarb soda

1 tab boiling water

125g butter

1 tab golden syrup

Mix the first 4 ingredients together in a bowl. Dissolve bicarb soda in hot water. Melt butter and mix in golden syrup. Add wet ingredients to dry and mix together. Roll teaspoon fulls of mixture into balls and place on greased tray. Flatten each biscuit with back of fork. Bake at 180 degrees until golden (12-15mins).