yummy new fabric

I am so happy with this 'taster' selection for some new kiddies bunting sets...that I just had to show you!

What do you think?

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where does time go my little poppet?

Sometimes you are so independant, happy and keen to go off on your own, to discover new things....

Then, you are just a babe again in my arms, tired, and wanting a cuddle.

I'll cherish these days always.

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snaps from the Bream Creek country fair

Last Sunday, we enjoyed a great family day at the Bream Creek country fair ~ I loved this day!

Character filled and full of characters, I reckon it's a slice of pure Tasmania.  Can't believe we actually missed the woodchopping...but this last pic is a compressed sand, wood fired oven - pretty neat!  We watched the fellow work on it all day, and if memory serves me correctly, he told me it was made from

 2 tonne of sand. 

(Now, I am off to do some work!  My blogging posts are getting rarer these days, it seems time is somehow becoming compressed too!)

Hope you are having a lovely week peeps.

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every drop counts

It's the children mostly that I think of in Japan.

'Children in evacuation centres are sleeping on cardboard in freezing weather. Many have been separated from their parents or possibly orphaned. They are tired and afraid and the tragedy they have experienced is overwhelming.'

World Vision's response so far on this crisis;

An assessment team from World Vision Japan arrived in the north-east of Japan to identify the needs of survivors. Distribution of relief items for 6,000 people in the northern city of Tome will commence on Thursday 17 March, including:

9,000 blankets

130,000 nappies & wet wipes for babies and children

100,000 sanitary napkins for women

4,800 bottled water (0.5 litre per bottle)

The creation of Child Friendly Spaces is also a possibility, to assess and support the psycho-social needs of children resulting from the disaster.

Donate here.

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Dragonfly Bunting {for Japan}

A Prayer for Japan

There are countless ways to donate through handmade, either by purchasing from a seller, or donating an item.

My meagre offering for this atrocious and tragic event, is this dragonfly bunting, whose fabric has been designed in Japan.

{SOLD}

Sometimes, when we see a problem so huge, it's easy to feel overwhelmed and small.

It's not a reason to give up.

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pics of the last fruits of our labour from our last house + other delights = oh how lucky we are

The tomato crop was appalling i'm afraid...these tomatoes are the heirloom variety that we bought from the Botanical Gardens last year, the big yellow ones are 'Tasmanian Blushing Yellow', and the little ones are 'Snow White' (this is for you Floss!)

Still you can't complain at all when there is a great pizza place in town...

And if all else fails, you can add the Hobart farmers market on Sunday's to an abundance of harvest blessings....

followed by a baked custard in my $2 'corning ware' op shop find...

thanks to my friend, Helen who provides us with the yummiest free range eggs ever.

I can't wait to get stuck into the herb garden at our new place this weekend...i can't live without fresh parsley, and baulk at having to buy it.  Our son has even promised to help me with getting it ready, how sweet of him...that is after we finish setting up his fish tank with actual real fishies!

Have a great weekend, peeps.

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package from Dottie

I ordered something from Dottie Angel's Etsy shop for a friend's birthday, and it's arrived in the post today...I was quite excited at the prospect, as this is my first Dottie purchase..and with all the Dottie hype and all...

So, when i opened the envelope inside, i was intriqued at the packaging...

Not a doily in sight.

But then i thought, oh, perhaps i need to open this to re-wrap it properly...and then i thought the better of that, and decided it was just lovely as it was...

But then i really, really wanted to see what the goodies themselves looked like...

so i did this...i pulled just a little to reveal....

And that was as far as it went.

I couldn't take things any further...less i cause a serious case of presentus spoilus.

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la nostra casa

Well, technically it's not ours, but we are making ourselves at home, and have settled in nicely, thank you very much!  It's affectionately known as 'the cottage'.  And we love it.

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