The Red Wren

Happy Birthday!

Today was my friend Esther’s birthday so to celebrate she had a high tea at the Ivanhoe Collectibles Corner Tea Room. I hadn’t been before and was not disappointed! My purchases! Four gorgeous bowls: Two embroidered doily’s. Don’t you just love the swallows!

Life and Outings

to market, to market

We’re lucky enough to have a Farmer’s Market round the corner once a month. It’s always great and we stocked up on lots of veggies, fruit, meats, sauces, beer and plants. Some veggies and fruit My new hydrangea! I’ve always wanted one. Now to keep it alive through the ...

Sewing and Craft

Finished!

I have finally finished one of the mobiles from this post. There was nothing particularly challenging about it- I’ve just been very lazy with craft projects of late. They were almost impossible to photo graph though so this is the only picture I have to show you and it’s not very ...

Life and Outings

Bendigo

Last Saturday my sister, hubby and I went on a daytrip to Bendigo. I hadn’t been in years and it was lots of fun. We went on a walk of the historic buildings around town, ambled through the Botanical Gardens, had wine and Cider Tasting at Bress in Harcourt finishing off with a coffee in ...

Gardening

The Harvest

We harvested some veggies last weekend. Carrots, potatoes and leeks! We also got the dirt for our new veggie patches and planted some things. The one below is the herb bed. The parsley has been transplanted from the larger bed in the background and is looking a bit limp a few days on, but the ...

Gardening

The Harvest

We harvested some veggies last weekend. Carrots, potatoes and leeks! We also got the dirt for our new veggie patches and planted some things. The one below is the herb bed. The parsley has been transplanted from the larger bed in the background and is looking a bit limp a few days on, but the ...

Update

PS – 200 posts!

Image from here My last post was my 200th post! Whoo hoo! I had intended to celebrate both that and Blogtoberfest with a giveaway but time evaded me and other things got in the way. There will be a giveaway soon (read somewhere between now and Christmas). I’m several posts behind with ...

Life and Outings

Friday Flickr Favourites

1. sweet dream rabbits, 2. pachyderm pyramid, 3. 3, 4. Softies for Mirabel 2008, 5. Softies For Mirabel 2009, 6. soto softies, 7. Spool birdie softies, 8. Vrolijke Frans, 9. Hedwig The softie theme was inspired when I discovered the work of daskaninchen (top three photos). I’m loving ...