The Red Wren

Stunning Sunday

I’m back! Phew, what a week! As my fellow Melbournian’s will know, we’ve had such a terrible heat wave. A heat wave in which we could not get the temperature in our home below 35 degrees Celcius (with the air-con going!). Needless to say I ended up rather grumpy and spent a lot of time wandering aimlessly around shopping centres, not sleeping and bemoaning the fact that I couldn’t do anything. Then yesterday, once we were finally spared the heat, my body decided I ...

Life and Outings, Our Home

Warming Wednesday

Very warming indeed. I was all set to post about how hot it is, the lack of motivation, how I’ve made a reading nook under the air-con with a bucket of water for my feet. But then I opened up the lounge room and spotted this: Kinda sums up all of the above, doesn’t it!

Update

One might have noticed I’m a tad behind with my daily posts. I blame the heat. Once the temperature returns to bearable I’ll be back in full swing! In the meantime, feast your eyes upon Saturday night’s dinner. Potato skins with Chilli Con Carne, sour cream and refried beans! ...

Sewing and Craft

Clutch for a friend made with some quilting fabric from Spotlight and a Flat Fat. I found the button in a cute second hand/craft store in Sassafras. I need to venture further afield for fabric as while Spotlight is great for quilting fabrics, I’m not inspired to make dresses from any of ...

Food & Recipes

Foodies Friday

Scrambled egss and ham on gluten free herb and garlic bread with home grown tomatoes and chives. I’m not normally a fan of gluten free bread and just make do without, but last night I purchsed Vitality brand Herb and Garlic bread from Macro Wholefoods. It kinda has not much taste which in ...

Gardening

Tranquil Thursday

The onion is in flower.

Life and Outings

Warming Wednesday

I keep thinking it’s supposed to be ‘Wonderful Wednesday’ so the title may change as the year progresses. Well, Warming Wednesday on a Thursday? What happened on Wednesday? Given Warming Wednesday is about home and life, I’ll tell you exactly what happened. I decided to ...

Sewing and Craft

Topstitch Tuesday

So, er, I’m Topstitch Tuesday-ing on a Thursday. Tuesday was far too hot to sew, and Wednesday- well you’ll have to read this weeks Warming Wednesday to see what went a bit astray there. Tonight I whipped this clutch up for a friend. I used the same pattern as the purple one I made ...

Food & Recipes

Munchy Monday

Chicken and Corn Chowder and Corn Bread For quite a while now I’ve had an inexplicable desire to make chowder and corn bread. Being Australian, these certainly aren’t foods I’ve grown up with, nor are they foods one encounters on a regular basis, in fact I’d had both of ...