flowers - creative little me

ooh goody!

I forgot (like I do every year) that it was our wedding anniversary yesterday- but Ben never forgets! He did a home delivery of this stunning bouquet of hydrangeas and peonies and lushness for me, just for me. Am I not one lucky chickadee! wedding anniversary flowersAnd today I decided

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blue bird

I forgot to show you something that Ben bought me when we were touring on the long Weekend bird garden ornamenthow cute is the little ceramic blue bird on the perch! It must have been by a local artist -we got it at Mclaren vale. And these flowers were from

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I love Springtime!

It's just such a beautiful time of year, what with the warmth and all the blossoms and buds and birds and butterflies... I am very thankful. pansies in the gardenand as usual, the thermy is getting a workout- tonight Seb is making pasta sauce in it to go with the

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I had a lovely birthday, thank you

Firstly, it was great because my daughter was back from O.S., what a nice present! And secondly, she offered to make the dinner, which was DE-Licious- "Chickpea Shwarma" (yes, a thermy recipe)- here's the pic (we substituted radishes for the red cabbage btw) Thermomix Chickpea Shwarmaand also we

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romper progress report 1

I know it’s not a great photo, but I’m going nicely with the ruffle romper that I’m crocheting. It doesn’t look like the picture yet, because the main feature- the ruffle- isn’t done yet, but I’m loving all the textures in the stitch patterns

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2 jumpers complete

So yesterday I was able to finish off Zoe and my sister-in-law’s jumpers from the Acute jumper pattern. Nothing like a little bit of incentive to get one moving, like the new yarn that arrived on Friday! I’ll have to ask them to model them for me, because

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my belated birthday garden

so the window splashback at last has a view! Camelias and below, hydrangeas (blue). thank you, Ben x

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Zoe's beach themed 21st

Happy 21st to our Zoe! who can believe it! We love to hold a party here and she chose a beach theme with blue, sliver & white decorations. The boys bought a beautiful bouquet of white tiger lilies and I decorated some heart biscuits and we made some cupcakes after

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Moth orchid

I know I’m not a great photographer, and pity too as these are just beautiful. I’m not sure what I’m doing right but my beautiful orchid is flowering again on a new stalk. Lucky me! Thank you God.

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it's our wedding anniversary!

I love you too, Ben x