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Single white female I am not but I couldn't help giving this a go - a friend has a similiar top which inspired the design. No bunnies - promise - besides, its everywhere now....
pics from my phone so a bit hazy - not because the lovely rain is coming down in sheets and making it hard to get back from the market when you only ducked in there anyway on the way back from dropping kids off at day care.....
I know we are not up to a new one yet but this is a follow up on poppalina's funny. I think she is going to be into visual comedy....
Jhoanna's theme for this week was This Is . . . Me Taking A Picture of Myself In the Mirror With My Favourite Accessory - unfortunately I didn't remember it properly and I got someone else to take the photo - if I get the chance, I'll reshoot. I couldn't decide on my favourite accessory so I chose three:
Cowboy Boots - weekend purchase from American Rag so they are sooooo still in the favourites
Shawl / Scarf - inherited from Grandma - I love this shawl - I think I picked it up for someone's deb ball back in highschool - it's sooo warm and cosy
Fascinator - so totally decadent but much fun. I wore it to a wedding last year when I had to do a Dr Suess reading - it seemed to fit. Other times, it makes me feel grown up.
After a lovely saturday night staying in town with a few favourites I used to work with, I came home on Sunday to find this:
Some *&^#$r had stolen my potplant. It was a 1 metre tall jade plant that I had grown from a cutting my mum and dad had brought down from their plant when we moved in to our house. My dad loved his gardening and he passed away not too long after we moved in. I did find a small broken branch down the road where the thieves must have stumbled so I now have the mission of keeping it alive. Would have to have been heavy - I'm not usually a mean person but I hope that they hurt themselves lifting it.
Anyone want a peach? Next door is a tree that must be soooo old and produces very yummy clingstone peaches. It has a pisa like lean over our laundry and this year has lost a couple of branches from being overloaded. We have lots of feathered friends coming to share the treasure (including lorikeets) and our sleep is often interupted by the clunk of fruit half eaten hitting the roof. We did pick and distribute bucket loads and I took some time to poach - yummy....
Last week we had the 1am pukefest. Our kids so far have rarely pulled this one so lets hope its a one-off. It was both frustrating and relieving to see them in such chippa spirits the next day after quite a few sheet changes and not as much sleep as we like. Funny now that Miss 2 makes pretend vomit actions when she thinks she needs a laugh.
Friday night we were off to the races at Moonee Valley (not harness - they have gallops. Although I did actually have to put some money on dishlicker Pirate Steve at Richmond - took me back to Mother England where I drank with "Skippy" who if he hadn't been a previously incarcerated ex-heathen motorbike gang member - he would have definitely been a pirate. You know the type - really very marshmallow inside but was so tough that he would thaw out his crabstick dinner on the roof of his caravan (which he shared with his trusty k9 Jinx). Skippy was kind enough to take me on a ride on the back of his antique and self rebuilt suzuki which was quite an hounour. I wonder if he remembers my name - to him I was always "Aussie Bint" - which I know was his way of saying he cares.... One of Norwich's living treasures.
Three buttons game theme this week by poppalina is about funny.
Wigs can make me laugh out loud:
So can clothes that aren't on right:
I quite like funny that's back at you - or funny that's accidentially funny. Falling over in front of lots of people and walking into clear glass doors is funny (eventually), foot in mouth can be funny. I think we are very lucky that we live in a day when we have the luxury of being able to perform, listen to and laugh out loud at the quirks and attributes of the modern society. I found Chris Lilley's We Can Be Heroes to be funny. But even funnier was the person telling me that they actually thought it was a real documentary based on real nominees for the real Australian of the Year. She watched the first 20 minutes horrified and was too insulted to watch anymore. The series had finished by the time she realised it was satirical. Spinal Tap and Joe Dirt ALWAYS make me giggle out loud.
Mum & I made a batch of this at the start of summer. I have given away / finished it and its about time to make some more. You can use "sauce tomatoes" and the fresher the better. This recipe comes from an epicure photocopy and is quite traditional tasting. Sensational with a strong cheddar and a few bikkies or slices of sourdough.
Tomato Relish - Makes about three 450 ml jars
Peel and chop tomatoes and slice onions (I dice - it's personal). Put in a glass or ceramic bowl, sprinkle liberally with salt, cover and leave overnight.
The following day, pour off excess liquid, put tomatoes and onions into preserving saucepan (or any heavy-based pan) and add sugar and enough vinegar to cover. Boil gently for about one hour.
Stir a little cold vinegar into dry ingredients to make a smooth paste. Remove saucepan from heat and stire paste into relish.
Boil for another hour, or until it thickens, stirring frequently. Bottle into sterilised jars.
I don't usually have cat food on savoys for sunday lunch but my delicious and most thoughtful boyfriend took the kids to werribee zoo so I could work on "the quilt". I needed something close and quick - the ol' can o' tuna with some tomy mayo trick. Sunday dinner made up for it with an impromptu invite to lasagna at my sisters. Also nagging delicious boyfriend to take me to movida one of these days - anyone been there?
Just got to finish the quilting and do the binding...MMMMMmmmmm...I can almost taste a finished project.
Here's some hearts.
I started collecting shot glasses on my first os trip to sweden. I havent bought any new ones for ages. These ones are from a few different trips but I really do have to get on a plane soon and buy some more (yer right - when I say soon, I mean again...sometime...before I cark it). I wish I was at home to photograph my Mum's collection of penguins - she has about 400 - all through the house and garden - even on her car numberplate.
Have signed up to the brown owls - have you? Also, last week I did get around to finishing this:
