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Do you think I need to fold some washing??

What a weekend - ahhh and thanks to the potplant elves.

I have squeezed in a smidgen of sewing - finishing up really - some mending, a skirt for Dusty, a bright red bear hood and tail.  But most of all we went swimming, took the mattress off in the back of the station wagon to the drive in, housey jobs, leisurely trike rides, visiting soon to slide off bestys and a lovely fat chook parma.  I love summer days when I get to hang out in my swimmers (not sure how everyone around me feels about that but it makes me think I am on holidays).

And, I love mystery kind, thoughtful, generous angels.  I am yet to discover who is responsible for making my day but THANKS - you rock (my potplant was stolen two weeks ago - someone has repotted some jade into another pot which was home to some dead mint - legends!!!)

This is

This is looking out my front door - this week's meme from Brooke.  And that is chantal's party going on in the middle of the road - lovely way to spend a saturday eve.  I love where I live!!!

Speaking of Security

Under quite harsh conditions (it was raining lightly) I gathered the troops this morning to mount a counter attack on invading militia. 

Earlier this week, the girls got all "I'll wear what she's wearing":

Long weekend coming up and apart from a few bits and pieces we are footloose and fancy free.  Yippee.  Enjoy the long weekend.

All the owls are brown...Security!!!

I had my very first Brown Owl's meeting on Monday.  I can't believe my luck really - I am in a craft club with lots of lovely crafty ladies.  Brown Owls even has its own clubhouse - in the corner of a clothing manufacturer - freakin' awesome!! Working towards my travel badge, I am a Seconder (and I will work out how to add button in very near future) and I can't wait to give the crochet needles a burn - I'm sure I will be much more successful at this than my extremely crap knitting effort to date. 

I noticed when I got home that the clubhouse might need whooop whoop alarms for lightfingered brown owls like me - I have lifted a hoop (which I will return asap):

U- Hu, some late mail - 'tis I - Cloud Forest Owl!!!  Yoo Hoo

This is my inspiration board

Continuing Three Buttons This Is meme - I was hoping to get it up in time for Pip's This is but alas, it will have to be a job for this weekend. 

My Father In Law (well, he would be if we were married and not living in delicious sin) is a physics whiz and he recently left his post at Melbourne Uni.  He took with him a variety of treasure which he had accumulated along the way.  I have inherited this pinboard from the Physics Dept at Melb Uni but it hasn't been mounted yet.  Nor populated.  And yes, that is supposed to be a light globe.

copycat

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.....

Still laughing

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....

This Is...

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.

Girls weekend - rude homecoming

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.