Cafe Prince shots

Deb, Darren and the kids came to stay so we all went down to the prince and Deb was giving me some photography tips... The first pic of Stu and I was taken by Arabella, aged 5 so I think she is going to be quite the arty farty one!!!

artful expression

Decided to try and replicate a collage technique I read about in NOv/Dec Cloth/Paper/Scissors. It is just acrylics, charcoal and pastels with scrapbooking papers on canvas. Fairly pleased with the result and definitely keen to try some more....

Matarangi- NZ

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This pic was taken from Maria's family beach house in Matarangi where we stayed over the chrissy- New year period with all her and Stu's family. Such a relaxing holiday, playing darts, down the beach with the kids, reading, doing jigsaws... you get the drift....and lots of zzzzzzzz's.I have never seen Stu so relaxed in a long time!

Domestic Goddess....

Have been busy all day today cleaning and scrubbing. I spent 4 hours in the garden, weeding and repotting shrubs- I really don't know how my mother managed to weed all her life so efficiently with 4 kids- gruesome labour!! I had some really ripe bananas so I whipped up a banana cake and some spicy banana muffins as well as some rissoles for the better half when he gets in from work.

It is like I simply don't have an off button today- scrubbed out the laundry- made my own washing powder and boraxed all the floors. There is something so utterly satisfying when your house is sparkling and the smells of home cooking waft through the house. Nothing left to do now except have a nice soak, boil the kettle and have myself a muffin or two......

Green Thumb??

Here are a few pics of my first ever vege garden!! It really is something just to be able to walk out into the backyard and pick some lettuce, rocket or some fresh herbs whenever I feel like it. Mind you a vege garden is doing battle with the noisy minors and magpies that want my produce just as much as me and to say nothing of my first casualty- the savoy cabbage was simply no match for the white cabbage butterfly- such a sweet looking creature who would have thought it would simply leave me with moth hole ridden cabbage!!!! Alas I press on- I will not be defeated.....

Creativity abounds...

My husband is back!!!

Finally, Stu went and had a haircut yesterday and got the rest of his " peroxide" tips cut out- when he walked in the door I couldn't believe it, my normal husband was looking right at me and all was right with the world- I'm all for change ( as long as I have prior warning!!)....