is it? could it possibly be autumn?

on Sunday, February 28, 2010

How is it possible that today is the first day of Autumn? How did it get to be the 1st of March so soon? Oh well, nothing for it but to celebrate quite possibly the best place in Australia to be during the Autumn season...Canberra...oh yeah, we've...

the language of love

on Saturday, February 27, 2010

i love handmadeIs there any better language?&nb...

mirror mirror on the wall

on Friday, February 26, 2010

As soon as I saw this mirrorfrom Kate at centsational girl (in her beautiful kitchen refresh) I knew what I had to do with this mirrorwhich I have had and loved for a long time but will no longer fit in with my obsession drive to have a beautiful...

out on a limb

on Wednesday, February 24, 2010

I don't know about you, but I wasn't lucky enough to have a tree house when I was growing up. I did have a great tree to climb though and I loved going up there with a book (what else!)...and then my parents went and cut it down and put up a garage...

bravery: the real deal

on Tuesday, February 23, 2010

I have a thing about people being called heroes undeservedly. It's a tag that seems to be bandied about without any real thought, except perhaps when we're talking about a war or a natural disaster. You see heroics everywhere then don't you? People...

do you see what I see?: typography

on Monday, February 22, 2010

A wonderful friend found these for me, aren't they fabulous?I'm not quite sure what to do with them yet, although I do know that a couple will end up in my black and white themed bedroom, somewhere, somehow! (yes, they're meant to be backwards!)traditional...

progress of sorts

on Sunday, February 21, 2010

It's been an extraordinary day of busy-ness at the tranquil townhouse today.  The MGM put up my Ikea shelf in the study this morning...we won't tell anyone about the slight problems we had with that!I finished painting the pergola...and got...

three little words: an ikea run

on Friday, February 19, 2010

Warning: the following photos may be distressing to some readers (but at least they'll be useful for the before and afters down the track!)Despite what some people say, Canberra has an awful lot going for it...except a major omission in...

an itsy bit of etsy

on Thursday, February 18, 2010

I am an etsy novice so imagine my delight when having ordered something on-line it arrived around 10 days later from the other side of the world...where exactly in the States is Raleigh NC anyway? (it's ok, don't panic, I've googled it!)....

Books: Cicero was right

on Thursday, February 18, 2010

Oh Cicero, who said "a room without books is like a body without a soul".Amongst my (reasonably few) obsessions is the one I have for books. I can't remember never having loved reading...up to the library each week with my dad when I was a kid,...