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Day Trip

Posted on February 20, 2012February 18, 2012 by ghotiindustries

I keep seeing signs that it really is Summer. Even if it often hasn’t felt like it.

Last Monday (part of the reason I missed a post) I went on a day trip up the Blue Mountains to see a dear friend of mine and have a good ol’ natter and a catch-up! The train trip is not short, as some of you will remember.

But I made the most of it. Then we hit up some of our favourite shops, drank coffee, and spent money.

For those not in the know. Last Monday up the hills, also looked like this.

That white stuff on the road, that’s hail.

And see this drain?

Well, then it rained enough that you didn’t see it anymore.

It was certainly an adventure!

But as always when I go up there, there were birds.

And this guy is the reason for the state of the railing!

Yes! You!

Sometimes I miss living up there. Sometimes I don’t. But that’s a whole other post 🙂

Fabric Extravaganza!

Posted on February 18, 2012February 18, 2012 by ghotiindustries

I’m a naughty blogger. I may have been a little slack on the posting last week, owing to the day job being very hectic. But I’m catching up! And here is the fabric I bought that was mentioned in the last post.

Alice

Very Hungry Caterpillar

More gnomes

Goldfish

Japanese Goldfish

I’m fairly sure this will go with goldfish …

And this final one fed into my current fascination with antique maps!

It’s receiving an embroidery embellishment now before I make it into a book slip cover.

Neighbourhood walks

Posted on February 6, 2012February 5, 2012 by ghotiindustries

It’s a beautiful day in my neighbourhood!

Oh my! Where have we ended up?!

A patchwork fabric shop you say?

I may have finally realised that I could goggle “patchwork fabric Sydney” and discovered two of the best and most amazing shops are in walking distance of our house. I may have asked Himself if he wanted to go on an adventure. I may have walked away with quite the stash of new and exciting fabrics … But I’ll leave those for another post!

One of the things I love about where we live is the diversity of the street art. This piece has been moving me for quite some time when I see it on my walks, and today I had the time to photograph it and share it with you.

We tried out a new café. One again it was one which I had been wanting to try for some time, and today it was not only open but we managed to walk in at a point where we could have eaten from the breakfast or lunch menus! (handy!)

I ended up with roasted field mushrooms, with sautéed spinach, Persian fetta, dukkah, on toasted olive bread…

And Himself went nuts and had the French Toast, with grilled banana, bacon, and maple syrup!

I can’t walk past the local nursery without going in and having a quick wander and a browse of all the plants that are flowering.

It made me wonder if hanging my plants would protect them from wayward kitties who like to eat my beautiful plants and then barf everywhere! (*looks at Oscar*)

Just so you’re aware, we made it into two more fabric shops before heading home. But I’ll spare you those details and instead share with you one last piece of local street art.

I know they’re fighting each other. But did you notice that they’re watching you?

*grins*

When was the last time you walked around your neighbourhood?

The Quiet Weekend

Posted on January 30, 2012January 29, 2012 by ghotiindustries

I’m sorry I skipped last week my faithful readers. There just hasn’t been much noteworthy going on to report.

This past weekend was a quiet one. There was some cleaning up done around the house, and I finally catalogued most of my yarn stash on Ravelry.

We had some friends turn up to help us move some furniture which doesn’t really make for interesting blogging or photography.

We did go down to one of our local cafes for breakfast on Sunday though. In our little corner of little Italy, it’s a French café. Who’d have thought?

There were ristretto and orange juice each,

followed by a mushroom and pesto frittata for myself, and a ham and cheese omelette for himself.

All in all a lovely way to spend a few hours soaking up some sunshine and reading. I’d recommend it to anyone! ☺

A last Wildlife Adventure for a little while

Posted on January 20, 2012January 18, 2012 by ghotiindustries

With our Annual Pass at its expiry date we packed up our bags and headed off for one last jaunt with the animals.

We were reminded why you need to be careful when hiking through the Australian bush.

We cracked jokes about Drop Bears, loudly, for the tourists’ benefit.

These guys were playing near the water as it was a warm day out!

According to the sign, this fella is the world’s deadliest bird. He also took issue with the nice man who was trying to clean his glass. Poor man *shakes head*