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This little group of friends are setting off from home in Sydney and travelling across the country to new homes in South Australia. The ...

Dusk from our treehouse in the Blue Mountains

Testing some knitting patterns that might be suitable for chemo hats. The obvious requirements are that the hats must be seamless, ...

  Link to Deb scavenger photo hunt

This lace top from a previous era was recently found in a cupboard. Did I really wear this? How did it ever fit me? Lace crochet wa...

toy shelf jump off shelf history shelf ice shelf rock shelf Joining Deb's scavenger hunt photos 

The wisteria was showing off its fabulous mauvey blues and on the table was a box of petunias all ready for the garden tomorrow. Two ...

Spent a lovely spring afternoon with family here in Sydney, visiting Vaucluse House, an elegant colonial house that was home...

 Thanks to Lynne , Melissa and Pat for their advice but the squares didn't make it through the week before th...

This doll was a special request and he's not happy because he is a convict in 1820 in Sydney. He's wearing the black and yellow...

As some of my favourite UK detective shows ( Morse, Lewis, Poirot to name a few) are currently being recycled in Australia, I ne...

A little bag for the birthday girl and a hooded jacket for her big brother     a vintage red the denim look The last tw...

 First attempt using a vintage pattern (1940s) for my daughter, that she collected. The pattern suggests a 2 or 3 ply wool but found a...

Came across this imaginative installation in a laneway in the city. They are wire birdcages that are suspended across the space at v...

  Have just completed collecting for the NSW Women's Refuge Centres again from all the wonderful women...