For starters - happy March [OMG, really?]. So 30 days in pictures - here is the last one of the lot....A [furry] flower, blooming out of a succulent, basking in the late summer sun. If you are remotely interested you can see all 30 days posts, or the gallery of the pics, or the post that started it all. Thrilling I tell you, thrilling....ahem. Hope you enjoyed.  We will return to your regularly scheduled posts shortly [and maybe even get around to some of the promised recipes!] … [Read more...]

Nearly....there....got a bit bored [irritated?] with it about half way through but have persevered [as I tend to do] and glad that I did... Day 28 - Good thing these are [earth]ed....how's that for a stretch on word play!  This is a contemporary chandelier in a cafe we had lunch at yesterday.  It is a bunch of antique [replica?] glass light fixture covers all grouped together, such a cool idea.  Did a bit of heavy colour editing on this so the different tones came out in the lights, the … [Read more...]

Humm, playing a bit of catchup, company keeps us busy!  First up, 30 Days in Pictures...this is what I have left on the list: Furry/Earth/Water/Tree/Lunch/Morning/Borrowed/Family/Friends ...and this is what the past few days have looked like... Day 22 - in final preparation for our arriving guest I cleaned, and did laundry, and picked-up, and cleaned, and, well you get the point - so I've [borrowed] this pic from another day [and another year]. We went to the farm at harvest last year … [Read more...]

Well, I've been taking pics these last few days but up to my ears in cleaning up for an overseas visitor....so will batch a couple... Day 20 - Mingling with [strangers] at a growers market this weekend - this is the strangers, not the mingling.  Came home with a loaf of Wholewheat Sourdough, some figs and a couple punnets of blackberries [ok, love summer, even though sleeping has been miserable with the heat, there is a full bowl of stone fruit in the fridge, love summer].  Resisted the … [Read more...]

In the [old]en days computers looked like this...there is a roller ball on the mouse - seriously, but at least there is a USB port...on the back - hahahahaha. We have moved alot in the past few years, family, friend's apartments, house-sits, countries, blah, blah blah.  This most recent place saw us finally move everything out of storage, and we have been slowly getting everything from RJ's mum's house too - there have been many trips to Vinnies to say the least.  This computer is one of … [Read more...]

I [hate] the colour of the kitchen bench in this apartment.  I had to get that category out of the way [my own fault for adding it in the first place] at some point and well, yucky yellow gets my wrath today.  Food photography is a horror on this thing without elaborate staging that I have no time, or props, for right now. Plus, it's just a bit old and ratty. Will hopefully move on to happier things tomorrow! See all 30 days posts here… … [Read more...]

Still new enough to be [new].  Even caught a bit of a grin to boot.  Was a doll for us today and let the ladies natter on for quite a while - hope his mum and dad get a good night tonight too. Bonus round - OMG look at that pouty lip!! See all 30 days posts here… … [Read more...]