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Melva and Ray’s Garden

Both my Great Uncle Ray and Great Aunt Melva passed away over the Christmas period of 2009 and 2010 respectively. They had a lovely garden filled with lots of old plants and in particular; lots  ...

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Life and Outings

Shedfest 2011

Spent a lovely Saturday in the Yarra Valley for Shedfest with family and friends. Excellent wine, tasty food and lots of laughs. Clockwise from left; The view from Kilarra Estate, drinks under  ...

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Gardening

Geraniums

Geranium or Pelargonium? I love geraniums, but when I say that I’m really saying ‘I love Pelargoniums’ as I suspect all of my geraniums are in fact pelargoniums. It’s quite confusing really.  ...

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Sewing and Craft

Christmas Owls

Getting in early with some Christmas craft this year. I backed them with flannelette so they’d make a cozy baby toy which can also hang from a link to the rocker, gym, pram etc. The panel came  ...

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Gardening

Home grown pumpkin

Last week I finally got around to slicing up and trying a pumpkin we grew earlier in the year. We at some of it roast with some chicken and it was delicious. Home grown pumpkin has so much more  ...

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Sewing and Craft

Bibs

Something I’d never given a great deal of thought to prior to having a baby was the sensibilities of bibs. Now that we have a baby that’s hit the drool stage it didn’t take long to work out which  ...

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Gardening

Mother’s Garden

My mum has a really pretty garden. Pansies, violets and forget-me-nots to name a few grow lazily along the ground while hibiscus, proteas and roses make up the canopy. Today I was particularly  ...

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