tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16899230450370547052024-03-13T14:37:23.250-07:00Magpie ChicMostly about my obsessions with pretty things and Nana crafts.magpie chichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10581726079731396861noreply@blogger.comBlogger159125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1689923045037054705.post-78000999067037054032012-04-07T15:59:00.004-07:002012-04-07T17:12:22.550-07:00Goodbye and Thanks for all the Fish!<div align="center">You know there is a part in every story where they all live happily ever after and it finishes?</div><br /><div align="center">Well, that's where I think I've got to with Magpie Chic.</div><br /><div align="center">I've come full circle really.</div><br /><div align="center">I began at <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Easter</span> two years ago, </div><br /><div align="center">although it feels like about ten years worth of events have taken place since then!</div><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoW6aIbO0XY2x3NcVxWiOsr3NI6WJ4bqRV1eeyKBgp_ivvIqyYc0HdhgfM9rOKNvW9I5Rx5lXNZgWPkhZcOBHnQskUvLKzBxOFIw-BIok_ASyc-a594vAfmLeDovEfgtlIU89wIvS4XJZX/s1600/2012_0407colourblue0032.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728804330364525138" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoW6aIbO0XY2x3NcVxWiOsr3NI6WJ4bqRV1eeyKBgp_ivvIqyYc0HdhgfM9rOKNvW9I5Rx5lXNZgWPkhZcOBHnQskUvLKzBxOFIw-BIok_ASyc-a594vAfmLeDovEfgtlIU89wIvS4XJZX/s400/2012_0407colourblue0032.JPG" border="0" /></a> It began a little bit like Lucy finding her way through the back of the wardrobe into Narnia.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn4g9SfX-AgfHPxw_CCT3XRC3I3eIh6H9k5pqrlWRppcYG1chI-0mLlp7IheJ-5tp2M5cLwiCrsKR8w2mC47wSvSyg6_6Pw3H-tNgZ3HHOHAyw1cHrkQFxll_RVsA9fjpuewlsHtvI1DQm/s1600/vintage+easter2.jpg"></a>Instead of a snowy landscape and Mr <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Tumnis</span>,<br />I found a whole parallel universe of kindred spirits.<br />Exactly what I was looking for at the time.<br />I didn't know that, but once I found it, I knew it instantly.<br />It felt like coming home.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG_spoH3bnW2gM2yVmEHR7YmI5NG7REjv2XHd8n9O0C6K5WvCWK7NcIBkZivEid4TGwvWbYunR1mqfpERlnNmUSqXCD11kYM3xQos86gMs_GpIUonSPyLz3Ga_6K_vBJrMAPwb0Rs8LD_o/s1600/2012_0407colourblue0006.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728800340695066242" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG_spoH3bnW2gM2yVmEHR7YmI5NG7REjv2XHd8n9O0C6K5WvCWK7NcIBkZivEid4TGwvWbYunR1mqfpERlnNmUSqXCD11kYM3xQos86gMs_GpIUonSPyLz3Ga_6K_vBJrMAPwb0Rs8LD_o/s400/2012_0407colourblue0006.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />I had found a way to process my thoughts, which at the time were bound up with a heavy <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">burden</span> of grief.<br />Amongst a world of gentle kindred spirits.<br /><br /><br />And you opened your creative lives and invited me in unconditionally, just like Mr and Mrs Beaver, Jemima Puddle Duck, Mrs <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Tiggywinkle</span> and Little Grey Rabbit would have done.<br />I am so <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">grateful</span> to you all for allowing me the experience and the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">privilege</span> of a glimpse into your lives.<br />And for allowing me to share mine with you.<br />Thank you for all the lovely comments, and for taking the time to care.<br />I will still be reading you and thinking about you, and enjoying your creative exploits, and just your world view.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0LwTgNjEVBVtomoYCEZ0Y0iTaL6gxQuWEyCeBrV-UVhtmanwNCKotnvPGD9onjego-UKEinRI5xdThQksqyAhwv0yrazzU3W-Fd6MiDzfWk9ePakTMwRs4M0BLQZ6RNwaxufVUeHsf1Rp/s1600/2012_0407colourblue0011.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728800329152672194" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0LwTgNjEVBVtomoYCEZ0Y0iTaL6gxQuWEyCeBrV-UVhtmanwNCKotnvPGD9onjego-UKEinRI5xdThQksqyAhwv0yrazzU3W-Fd6MiDzfWk9ePakTMwRs4M0BLQZ6RNwaxufVUeHsf1Rp/s400/2012_0407colourblue0011.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Real life has taken over for me to the extent that I feel that I have said all there is to say, and made everything I'm ever going to make for a while.<br />But in a good way.<br />My real life now is a place where I am happy to be.<br />It's a very busy place.<br />I have a job where <span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff00">I</span> feel as if I am making a difference. Where I feel valued as an integral part of a team.<br />Something I'd never experienced in nursing before, and something I never hoped to find there.<br />I almost gave up on it for good.<br />Mostly I work 10 hr days and come home exhausted. But it feels right, and I am happy to feel like that.<br />The other days are filled with gardens, lawns, washing, the Granny's exploits, "Mummy Lunch" once a week with "she who is proficient at separating eggs" - that kind of thing.<br />And it is a good life.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFTqxU5NqZY8NmFngviCDzzBPX3M0-WqG_vnSeEzm2FJcHEYoravuIxVcAEigMLiFFk_F_JRAYeZpuEXg9RpE4_ydcryKYLbNvE5UgJeJeAvScKAuW-RCQHFa5dARWRMMw2NRqw0CCHiPk/s1600/2012_0407colourblue0002.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728800324478649042" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFTqxU5NqZY8NmFngviCDzzBPX3M0-WqG_vnSeEzm2FJcHEYoravuIxVcAEigMLiFFk_F_JRAYeZpuEXg9RpE4_ydcryKYLbNvE5UgJeJeAvScKAuW-RCQHFa5dARWRMMw2NRqw0CCHiPk/s400/2012_0407colourblue0002.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />The grief modifies itself gradually into a way of living with itself.<br />When I began Magpie Chic I had just lost my brother in a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">heli-mustering</span> accident, and my plan to save my son by giving him a kidney had just been knocked out of the water.<br />That was to happen again six months later, but this time for good.<br />Earlier this year he had a cerebral bleed.<br />High blood pressure is a common issue associated with long term dialysis.<br />I have had to accept that I cannot save him.<br />We just get on with it and he manages beautifully.<br />I am so proud of him.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi91QfFvLYmScDyJHUDupbL_ZH1L37ZdIYYPTX61iDwJRnnFbp3WLDM9m7hy7aR2a_rZJky1lmGPuaI5vCmF6kUAYtlVrJaoN3Pu5BTqvQDJwRPhrQwbtcvhyphenhyphentOaWSglMZR9QC2eIHdbME9/s1600/2012_0407colourblue0008.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728800312500002722" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi91QfFvLYmScDyJHUDupbL_ZH1L37ZdIYYPTX61iDwJRnnFbp3WLDM9m7hy7aR2a_rZJky1lmGPuaI5vCmF6kUAYtlVrJaoN3Pu5BTqvQDJwRPhrQwbtcvhyphenhyphentOaWSglMZR9QC2eIHdbME9/s400/2012_0407colourblue0008.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />"She who is <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">proficient</span> at <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">separating</span> eggs" continues to be proficient at everything and has just bought her first house.<br />I am so proud of her.<br /><br />Life goes on. I feel like I am making a difference. I have endless lawns to mow, gardens to do, roses to prune, lavender hedges to cut, but what a beautiful setting in which to do it.<br />I feel really, really blessed.<br />The Granny living here has added a whole new dimension to life.<br />I love the fact that we so often have a house full. Three generations worth.<br />My kids still want to come home for the Easter Egg hunt.<br />I have less and less time for making things.<br />I always have something on the go, but they are all done in stolen moments now, so there is a long time between starting and finishing.<br />Way too long for gaps between blog posts.<br />So the time has come to say Goodbye from that point of view.<br />I've put a little piece of video on below my final sign off, so you can meet the members of the Magpie Chic Cast.<br />I will post photos of the Granny Studio when it is completed - especially for the Australian Aunties.<br />But apart from that, we have come full circle Blog <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Chics</span>.<br />So it's time to say Goodbye - and thanks for all the fish!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><img src="http://i723.photobucket.com/albums/ww238/happyandrosie/magpie%20chic/203c7f2b.gif" /></text></div></div><br /><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyywKEGKmfiVyiNGIU7ZDaAFZb-xtNb0EJNHVqRyrcGlNKilEo8myelDDMG2sfOnQ9TO3qW-9zgdyNpyRR8sw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>magpie chichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10581726079731396861noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1689923045037054705.post-62297336217523261412012-04-05T20:35:00.004-07:002012-04-05T21:05:33.468-07:00The Quality of Light and Other Acts of Nature.<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCiTsSGBlXYH_fqyTLbuzBIhVg_onrrZSvatKYsVLPIiPl1w9nQtXp15sl5MhCHG_uMNJmUqhpNh8M2CNZ4G9JMWGxJQGjSwINAN9og7zzylXR0kz0QE30Yz4PSLB8wUFcm6lD0Vo16tFK/s1600/2012_0406colourblue0046.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728129709820565170" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCiTsSGBlXYH_fqyTLbuzBIhVg_onrrZSvatKYsVLPIiPl1w9nQtXp15sl5MhCHG_uMNJmUqhpNh8M2CNZ4G9JMWGxJQGjSwINAN9og7zzylXR0kz0QE30Yz4PSLB8wUFcm6lD0Vo16tFK/s400/2012_0406colourblue0046.JPG" border="0" /></a>The quality of light has changed. Shifted gear. </div><br /><div align="center">Autumn light through the the Jesus table is lower, colder but never less inviting.</div><br /><div align="center">The La Nina seems to have passed and we have misty cold mornings and lovely sunny days that finish early. </div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF8wWqhCigm6BFL4e6NXzaLLdWk8MgnKw2_l0MMGzxA-O_CWJ1kmhE_RKkbc1IRA5jBpxeOt4JZHSGuzsM4-7QzTQOpZsTtQxDqdpM06Ppg2C5CGMatRLyrk8_fGBrmw_Vnx9VmxChXJBD/s1600/2012_0406colourblue0032.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728129701005679874" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF8wWqhCigm6BFL4e6NXzaLLdWk8MgnKw2_l0MMGzxA-O_CWJ1kmhE_RKkbc1IRA5jBpxeOt4JZHSGuzsM4-7QzTQOpZsTtQxDqdpM06Ppg2C5CGMatRLyrk8_fGBrmw_Vnx9VmxChXJBD/s400/2012_0406colourblue0032.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />The last of the roses in a vase.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY7E_Nr2gWUTP1BmIFA8688dg_5Ayu4zyZRoalRQuWbHdVtMUE37H8J7byOinMOWWOS0xZT1g5tNdwoR0NRJ5Pe6hGgQqBTJP-VLg0gQkNF1nIehv2w05Y_NqCc8W-PCVyfUKau3DwksKC/s1600/2012_0406colourblue0021.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728129691503033954" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY7E_Nr2gWUTP1BmIFA8688dg_5Ayu4zyZRoalRQuWbHdVtMUE37H8J7byOinMOWWOS0xZT1g5tNdwoR0NRJ5Pe6hGgQqBTJP-VLg0gQkNF1nIehv2w05Y_NqCc8W-PCVyfUKau3DwksKC/s400/2012_0406colourblue0021.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The La Nina has caused this to be a month or so where real life takes over form everything. Including writing a blog!</div><br /><div>We had the most horrific storm in living memory (for me) at the beginning of March.</div><br /><div><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Luckily</span> there was only a bit of extra firewood here, but <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Patea</span> and Waverly just down the road were laid waste to. There are still roofs off everywhere, broken glass in the streets.</div><br /><div>We lost power for three days at the Doctor's surgery and had to dispose of all our vaccine stocks.</div><br /><div>We still have no front windows there. Sucked out by the force of 150km/hr winds.<br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNxV817TQfYIcy8yCFMZK_8wInf40IeGnRfJc72lXQ__hBIlt-JUx9_rEs-ng4gBizDOIK2D7YS_wSmn4TA6As4yhpIKfO4slJUedBuDKzvFznsbZrMyinkQZQC_726URIjuxNTG5NUIUZ/s1600/2012_0406colourblue0029.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728129687493343586" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNxV817TQfYIcy8yCFMZK_8wInf40IeGnRfJc72lXQ__hBIlt-JUx9_rEs-ng4gBizDOIK2D7YS_wSmn4TA6As4yhpIKfO4slJUedBuDKzvFznsbZrMyinkQZQC_726URIjuxNTG5NUIUZ/s400/2012_0406colourblue0029.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Meanwhile work has begun on the Granny Studio.</div><br /><div>Malcolm the builder has been the recipient of the best date scones, and is in the enviable position of being the most sort after man in the Granny's life.</div><br /><div>A message from Malcolm (to say he'll be back next week with some french doors) is like a visitation from the Virgin Mary or indeed a message directly from above.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpj7zOADCluoJC9wFEymuA2PSKewBa-2QxZyWZlhgYdvRXAH8iV5ubKu7BwKNyRVaj_BxfWkuxu7FvjxBmlPaCxD50QhZMsTvbDTN20EA5mSYlwCZ-2ThLMVvKoFtMPZ3L8AWYAihMACCT/s1600/2012_0406colourblue0047.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728129678898743938" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpj7zOADCluoJC9wFEymuA2PSKewBa-2QxZyWZlhgYdvRXAH8iV5ubKu7BwKNyRVaj_BxfWkuxu7FvjxBmlPaCxD50QhZMsTvbDTN20EA5mSYlwCZ-2ThLMVvKoFtMPZ3L8AWYAihMACCT/s400/2012_0406colourblue0047.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Soon it will look something like this, with lovely earthy wooden kitchenette and white painted plaster, floors and ceiling.</div><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilrjRmVsMJftmPoUQY7XEyXZ_wOrpER_vb4Aiz-7Pgk9-tS6by5zUUTRAXYIcLHg8hRlpujwnhUzjDnj3ccXuohRGsn2RkQenHoapGQuWOPUW8wKQyHzkAFTWOIN-170ya9T5lQJ3bwQTv/s1600/2012_0406colourblue0035.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728127880733766850" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilrjRmVsMJftmPoUQY7XEyXZ_wOrpER_vb4Aiz-7Pgk9-tS6by5zUUTRAXYIcLHg8hRlpujwnhUzjDnj3ccXuohRGsn2RkQenHoapGQuWOPUW8wKQyHzkAFTWOIN-170ya9T5lQJ3bwQTv/s400/2012_0406colourblue0035.JPG" border="0" /></a>Meanwhile we have not been idle.</div><br /><div>The Granny has almost completed the most beautiful crocheted blanket for the new studio.</div><br /><div><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYn_nwcOjnSQV0QtGJYPL_xBiKia3yjaGh8UL5SdBS8LC3MWkXMnhv3B6_8GIZgm49g_2Nn71Ke_iS-TObV_OL4n6xmVgUgfABdwat6gmuKPEMJ6SIJ7M4SuKWGeRVRjds5IyUX5PjfT58/s1600/2012_0406colourblue0033.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728127873005903906" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYn_nwcOjnSQV0QtGJYPL_xBiKia3yjaGh8UL5SdBS8LC3MWkXMnhv3B6_8GIZgm49g_2Nn71Ke_iS-TObV_OL4n6xmVgUgfABdwat6gmuKPEMJ6SIJ7M4SuKWGeRVRjds5IyUX5PjfT58/s400/2012_0406colourblue0033.JPG" border="0" /></a> I have moved the furniture about a bit more for the new season.</div><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH2gV48jSk72HQC0FMMr0IQlXaVzkQzq8G-4Sc4TyaZglTFM2bLM7eTWyxT6saZ7HhxLGibZR5GWZd0smX2HJRAPrXCrxacymswnT9-z-MpATY5ZWeyfMU9bRq1P5QvHd-SCIe12pA0rnT/s1600/2012_0406colourblue0043.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728127864572890850" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH2gV48jSk72HQC0FMMr0IQlXaVzkQzq8G-4Sc4TyaZglTFM2bLM7eTWyxT6saZ7HhxLGibZR5GWZd0smX2HJRAPrXCrxacymswnT9-z-MpATY5ZWeyfMU9bRq1P5QvHd-SCIe12pA0rnT/s400/2012_0406colourblue0043.JPG" border="0" /></a> Covered the pink chair with an old tapestry I'd been keeping for ages for just such a purpose.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVRB7whJ4EuebbFneC9a9eOujp76xN-hw-Sr2be-VDGFsTTWe7RTYh4R3HPsuCSctAxhiDUYvlZKDZNmIuC5kwDgQwIgoMyeDBACVuxwbJAB6ycB6d5CNi-CHnp4gDIJ6oT_jML7tCtQbl/s1600/2012_0406colourblue0045.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728127860027130562" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVRB7whJ4EuebbFneC9a9eOujp76xN-hw-Sr2be-VDGFsTTWe7RTYh4R3HPsuCSctAxhiDUYvlZKDZNmIuC5kwDgQwIgoMyeDBACVuxwbJAB6ycB6d5CNi-CHnp4gDIJ6oT_jML7tCtQbl/s400/2012_0406colourblue0045.JPG" border="0" /></a> And the Granny has knitted a dog!</div><br /><div>As you do when you've run out of goats!<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9arOYNLtN7Sa6OdcoszSwXJ78br1NQU1n0MFvtxdcfpAGRnGYVlkzCssI1qPpthphJWnsfMFcdKEHfJqUSXS4mEOFhv-6D4cD2C6g1vuBRd2KXRI6o_fTtvQDwT4iPGjor3-uP3qiEuQ8/s1600/2012_0406colourblue0038.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728127845021198338" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9arOYNLtN7Sa6OdcoszSwXJ78br1NQU1n0MFvtxdcfpAGRnGYVlkzCssI1qPpthphJWnsfMFcdKEHfJqUSXS4mEOFhv-6D4cD2C6g1vuBRd2KXRI6o_fTtvQDwT4iPGjor3-uP3qiEuQ8/s400/2012_0406colourblue0038.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />They don't eat much, and they're ever such good company.</div><br /><div>The little grey cats have nothing to say in the matter.</div><br /><div><br /><br /></div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><img src="http://i723.photobucket.com/albums/ww238/happyandrosie/magpie%20chic/203c7f2b.gif" /></text></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div>magpie chichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10581726079731396861noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1689923045037054705.post-53977868444904773622012-02-24T12:33:00.004-08:002012-02-24T12:59:02.515-08:00Merry Mouse meets Vintage Sheet.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg56jiVG735VN1aWcFANEi3dsJg9zIxd7Y0-WcSNpBJwahS2hy9EYvlAemIWALKZNa_2mfts_jMYTrBZzerWmtXJrPjGjUpm1f8kB4c3ZnW6PZSrP2QTpiOe9GKAOtOra6O4tbk5-7ytaaD/s1600/2012_0224colourblue0009.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5712807409269658658" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg56jiVG735VN1aWcFANEi3dsJg9zIxd7Y0-WcSNpBJwahS2hy9EYvlAemIWALKZNa_2mfts_jMYTrBZzerWmtXJrPjGjUpm1f8kB4c3ZnW6PZSrP2QTpiOe9GKAOtOra6O4tbk5-7ytaaD/s400/2012_0224colourblue0009.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center">I decided to add the rows I'd made from my vintage sheet quilt into my Merry Mouse Quilt.</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center">It just looks like it was meant to be, </div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center">and that way I finish two quilts at once.</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVJjYuVL0g_W8sb_xkLpk52Fw6VS241jplnUgT4tc7hNTbQa5uGFqRVJ5VFmeYirx6Zk_oRBUDTiyCSaCDWVuHIBXw2V0a88uSVrM0Fy_faxO14C27wxyYcn0I7w8t2B3ru78GxO7VzIjl/s1600/2012_0224colourblue0005.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5712806313861324898" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVJjYuVL0g_W8sb_xkLpk52Fw6VS241jplnUgT4tc7hNTbQa5uGFqRVJ5VFmeYirx6Zk_oRBUDTiyCSaCDWVuHIBXw2V0a88uSVrM0Fy_faxO14C27wxyYcn0I7w8t2B3ru78GxO7VzIjl/s400/2012_0224colourblue0005.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjURfKJB3VR5pBg7-xHdKUuxG2kPsenLqzk2F5KxTmFTWt6mh7wQnEEbFK-i7zyXtfOvPByCBWFXsfA-lGD_HuhrQa8ZRbwB2_CJxYVixLz8i13kl5dP4Ba4uYk5H5lCz0k549MQyjWfWDk/s1600/2012_0224colourblue0003.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5712806300116756178" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjURfKJB3VR5pBg7-xHdKUuxG2kPsenLqzk2F5KxTmFTWt6mh7wQnEEbFK-i7zyXtfOvPByCBWFXsfA-lGD_HuhrQa8ZRbwB2_CJxYVixLz8i13kl5dP4Ba4uYk5H5lCz0k549MQyjWfWDk/s400/2012_0224colourblue0003.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgji9sFqV9APLXqRjm4iTz-ivVVpn2iCa2tJulWWD1XcXW8AHvxIggdX6qO6Q-ss4gGP4VUuaKDnSOmVmghQPwrQ6SzClC2_mSuDhOd3JuMbjasuTvycY01taHThfoVFMMQLebmMRZRmWaS/s1600/2012_0224colourblue0013.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5712806288596968482" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgji9sFqV9APLXqRjm4iTz-ivVVpn2iCa2tJulWWD1XcXW8AHvxIggdX6qO6Q-ss4gGP4VUuaKDnSOmVmghQPwrQ6SzClC2_mSuDhOd3JuMbjasuTvycY01taHThfoVFMMQLebmMRZRmWaS/s400/2012_0224colourblue0013.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAaLw94QWUpelpwHIo5FJyrDHvuh1DdIcWxvW9NCJnTXxtAijU9_pYIvwcPsXymHLJz2ccbS8LN6WUcXm6AmlKuNtlBCux6NAuneb2FQkadVKGmzdsQlslYW9I6y1495rqvHa4ONFDYO2v/s1600/2012_0224colourblue0006.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5712806269519826338" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAaLw94QWUpelpwHIo5FJyrDHvuh1DdIcWxvW9NCJnTXxtAijU9_pYIvwcPsXymHLJz2ccbS8LN6WUcXm6AmlKuNtlBCux6NAuneb2FQkadVKGmzdsQlslYW9I6y1495rqvHa4ONFDYO2v/s400/2012_0224colourblue0006.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF-4sWkfkfS4y03rKkxgAqf0-TkhwOr0wVU8TuvjBbB9O6jMLizwieNoU6mZXLUwAo1wCa9HYZ91MwvboCeh0fYjuiXuajWy2VWYElfvDjIa-FEfYtpB3-Rfk9cpbjwibUXN6bWQLY5goN/s1600/2012_0224colourblue0010.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5712806257328539042" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF-4sWkfkfS4y03rKkxgAqf0-TkhwOr0wVU8TuvjBbB9O6jMLizwieNoU6mZXLUwAo1wCa9HYZ91MwvboCeh0fYjuiXuajWy2VWYElfvDjIa-FEfYtpB3-Rfk9cpbjwibUXN6bWQLY5goN/s400/2012_0224colourblue0010.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />I'm really pleased with it, and can't wait to do some more.</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>But today is a gardening day!</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><img src="http://i723.photobucket.com/albums/ww238/happyandrosie/magpie%20chic/203c7f2b.gif" /></text></div></div></div></div></div>magpie chichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10581726079731396861noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1689923045037054705.post-19458293301744127102012-02-23T02:07:00.006-08:002012-02-23T02:38:54.749-08:00Merry Mice Again.<div align="center">I had a lovely e-mail the other day from a lady called Gloria from Australia.</div><br /><div align="center">She'd come across my Merry Mouse <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">stitcheries</span> while looking at some of the old posts on my blog.</div><br /><div align="center">She asked me for details of the publisher etc, and let me know that she had managed to find one of the books on <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">e-bay</span>.</div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj38L2fr2V2uDReDPhAkZ5QQITq-Gs9oelqt5LKd3mLn6lTE1avAvtoOQ43YMxq3j08nAQCX1VNfy59jYPQ2cg9x4QUUAFGYjTGXKq8i2oaqBQMh4cFS-Ise2JD1omplVHFxm9ixyFmBTJ4/s1600/2012_0223colourblue0002.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5712274275258797970" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj38L2fr2V2uDReDPhAkZ5QQITq-Gs9oelqt5LKd3mLn6lTE1avAvtoOQ43YMxq3j08nAQCX1VNfy59jYPQ2cg9x4QUUAFGYjTGXKq8i2oaqBQMh4cFS-Ise2JD1omplVHFxm9ixyFmBTJ4/s400/2012_0223colourblue0002.JPG" border="0" /></a>Which reminded me that I have been planning to make these into a quilt for so long.</div><br /><div align="center">So I have finally started. </div><br /><div align="center">And you know how much I love to start things!</div><br /><div align="center"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Finishing</span> is another matter altogether.</div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4OjeOGCdzmGXRmdGQ45IKCs7GHPgCblqITACUDNBur2h67nC46FVibWdJrfhUom1uXC_1J8HXDCmcIsEKHQABjyOAmJSRj477svZU5CcGt3HKaPYyQaoKZZm4gbrdNDFBIIMdF8KV7_EZ/s1600/2012_0223colourblue0003.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5712274266554533186" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4OjeOGCdzmGXRmdGQ45IKCs7GHPgCblqITACUDNBur2h67nC46FVibWdJrfhUom1uXC_1J8HXDCmcIsEKHQABjyOAmJSRj477svZU5CcGt3HKaPYyQaoKZZm4gbrdNDFBIIMdF8KV7_EZ/s400/2012_0223colourblue0003.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW6nzoJBZD2D3rnHd17AjPLPYZjzhG3kv2h4xi23-7Natw4W5_6vDYWiVDmEvl2CWaOe1Z3NMJRMD_kvE5rq9DS1Xam4pFCzJZ0wMOgdUX76YsFmQuO4kNdXmc2SLFUz5m6WuSDSKGmSX-/s1600/2012_0223colourblue0004.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5712274256790191090" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW6nzoJBZD2D3rnHd17AjPLPYZjzhG3kv2h4xi23-7Natw4W5_6vDYWiVDmEvl2CWaOe1Z3NMJRMD_kvE5rq9DS1Xam4pFCzJZ0wMOgdUX76YsFmQuO4kNdXmc2SLFUz5m6WuSDSKGmSX-/s400/2012_0223colourblue0004.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6Yd6xo7C_JmhD-CH_JUnnZQJVlJ6Bokh6mde5CseK52macXxVEjRttyNaDjngwVL2mz1h5HrSsDY6lfQ6fyA5lwk5IQnKqC0OVs8kDxkSrGOMqqyz-ukA_nwXGwDbXSrNPrGuJUQ9P0vg/s1600/2012_0223colourblue0005.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5712274228731391426" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6Yd6xo7C_JmhD-CH_JUnnZQJVlJ6Bokh6mde5CseK52macXxVEjRttyNaDjngwVL2mz1h5HrSsDY6lfQ6fyA5lwk5IQnKqC0OVs8kDxkSrGOMqqyz-ukA_nwXGwDbXSrNPrGuJUQ9P0vg/s400/2012_0223colourblue0005.JPG" border="0" /></a>They are from the Merry Mouse series of Patterns by Pat and Gloria, published by Doubleday in the early 1980s.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbppciJT_YdRw-8zWs6iKWjYW9UZwFytZoDPYG7xH9J6jnIJNLvhCyF9DrKxaaxiPvlLN7f5WvURpY5zYk7i4iHGHDmk8UeLzqvLDAtIQ0_jvQX3nIQ9IIY3WdfjSVU8XgEs0EZGk_ocaB/s1600/2012_0223colourblue0006.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5712274226351542658" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbppciJT_YdRw-8zWs6iKWjYW9UZwFytZoDPYG7xH9J6jnIJNLvhCyF9DrKxaaxiPvlLN7f5WvURpY5zYk7i4iHGHDmk8UeLzqvLDAtIQ0_jvQX3nIQ9IIY3WdfjSVU8XgEs0EZGk_ocaB/s400/2012_0223colourblue0006.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />So I thought I'd use borders and lots of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">sashing</span> and follow the look of this quilt from </div><br /><div>Little Chicken Feather (Annie Downs).<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCHmucLe2t9diGabNh49vbKjwIPm7g1FwJiEOBs-vlJzz64vrNJImet8fXOVmQLCPSI5FGuS7cOWDLEM61rajaFN8pZSUtOHE-5HQFGZ1d4Oyv5WESjl3_zJzXnqP7PP4mnRXj7lKKzFj2/s1600/2012_0223colourblue0011.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5712273147027935650" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCHmucLe2t9diGabNh49vbKjwIPm7g1FwJiEOBs-vlJzz64vrNJImet8fXOVmQLCPSI5FGuS7cOWDLEM61rajaFN8pZSUtOHE-5HQFGZ1d4Oyv5WESjl3_zJzXnqP7PP4mnRXj7lKKzFj2/s400/2012_0223colourblue0011.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />I have some lovely <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">gellato</span> coloured fabrics to use.</div><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz0MvU0k-NVHr5LlBhFeM25WjY9bmADNyO8Khb7rX10UYUcsWOsJvxtFWzxjEBhj7YQweB8HDpW9tJX4Uxo3fsz1Drb_1m7En74ef0rIzpo1ztpp5ylL5_JkbK-NUXzE_ovuXZVsjxPlY-/s1600/2012_0223colourblue0012.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5712273139705895746" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz0MvU0k-NVHr5LlBhFeM25WjY9bmADNyO8Khb7rX10UYUcsWOsJvxtFWzxjEBhj7YQweB8HDpW9tJX4Uxo3fsz1Drb_1m7En74ef0rIzpo1ztpp5ylL5_JkbK-NUXzE_ovuXZVsjxPlY-/s400/2012_0223colourblue0012.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />And I think this might actually be the last quilt I start - for a long time anyhow.</div><br /><div>I finally feel like I have enough quilts in my life.</div><br /><div>But I will finish the three I have on the go.</div><br /><div><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCkcff6Bv1yso6rMUClDQy4XY0zfplfbOyOlBb1fWnzm9LiuwAmI2zhLEXBygKIjIyfOfrP5XWtGGqF3xIHuEcnHikX8ZVMrTMbliGTzjeV0Qev1qjT3NKEKtIT8oOrmLy5Ev9bu5QhggB/s1600/2012_0223colourblue0014.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5712273128985602402" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCkcff6Bv1yso6rMUClDQy4XY0zfplfbOyOlBb1fWnzm9LiuwAmI2zhLEXBygKIjIyfOfrP5XWtGGqF3xIHuEcnHikX8ZVMrTMbliGTzjeV0Qev1qjT3NKEKtIT8oOrmLy5Ev9bu5QhggB/s400/2012_0223colourblue0014.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />This one will go into my Grandma stash.</div><br /><div>It will be the very first thing in my Grandma stash.</div><br /><div>Not that I am expecting to be a Grandma for a long time yet.</div><br /><div>If ever.</div><br /><div>But this quilt will be so special, because these <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">stitcheries</span> have such a story attached to the making of them.</div><br /><div>They could really only be given to a Grandchild now.</div><br /><div><br /><br /></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0TKwt1iglNiEHa8EZeKVju00Tv4liFrW6-S1nw5o_dd7LM0Yhklr61XZvTix4mE0-SCS69J00XJogfb1KmjrhASdLStKYT0wC5gLtltUg1ubXwKBeJGJ10Rik3cj764piovsMsalAD69g/s1600/2012_0223colourblue0015.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5712273119353339202" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0TKwt1iglNiEHa8EZeKVju00Tv4liFrW6-S1nw5o_dd7LM0Yhklr61XZvTix4mE0-SCS69J00XJogfb1KmjrhASdLStKYT0wC5gLtltUg1ubXwKBeJGJ10Rik3cj764piovsMsalAD69g/s400/2012_0223colourblue0015.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxJqriyaxRNDSZ3WJQe_Lp4GZk-Ew8j7ZUf6hHRFryHx36Olml2f-Nsq3WBIg8TTs1Zr7zxdy7RdFul9jknvFWKNu9XduC9EgoZFp6wF45ceBWsRTAh9u-XVCGzSYOBh74E6WZjei0caQH/s1600/2012_0223colourblue0016.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5712273102529759634" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxJqriyaxRNDSZ3WJQe_Lp4GZk-Ew8j7ZUf6hHRFryHx36Olml2f-Nsq3WBIg8TTs1Zr7zxdy7RdFul9jknvFWKNu9XduC9EgoZFp6wF45ceBWsRTAh9u-XVCGzSYOBh74E6WZjei0caQH/s400/2012_0223colourblue0016.JPG" border="0" /></a> <br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div>Maybe I'll do some more tomorrow.</div><br /><div>I'll let you know how I get on Blog <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Chics</span>.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><img src="http://i723.photobucket.com/albums/ww238/happyandrosie/magpie%20chic/203c7f2b.gif" /></text></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div>magpie chichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10581726079731396861noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1689923045037054705.post-77860972414494487092012-02-17T16:00:00.000-08:002012-02-17T16:27:00.557-08:00If You Open Your Ears to Beauty, You'll Hear it Singing its Song.<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhwFHEhYiycVNxVBwLH8OYkKeR9WufPsjIeWPBxho4xdIJhosF3JXmyfyY3drOVgxpTxje8HBSetAjYi5Q5lbi50dyYYsXEiiQ-dTHgZQe6dpUHbTxrjxYDyWqFe9Zku5P0RyGwDS3FBlL/s1600/2012_0218colourblue0014.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5710260308524533602" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhwFHEhYiycVNxVBwLH8OYkKeR9WufPsjIeWPBxho4xdIJhosF3JXmyfyY3drOVgxpTxje8HBSetAjYi5Q5lbi50dyYYsXEiiQ-dTHgZQe6dpUHbTxrjxYDyWqFe9Zku5P0RyGwDS3FBlL/s400/2012_0218colourblue0014.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><div align="center"><span style="color:#ff6666;">A little trite perhaps Blog <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Chics</span>,</span></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="color:#ff6666;">but never the less true enough.</span></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="color:#ff6666;"></span></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="color:#ff6666;">I've been thinking <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">a lot</span> about gardens.</span></div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM-MO9OqX7chUvPT-f7CywFxLtebFCM6ecwkdWTsTNXPm-sQZrxzErxkEHzwjj-xF6_aSEdbX33xqPaHlEbo223ijoccAbTlWy2u4DyDIpEQEA4IPCHcdiFkmQ6I3Xa9ZKqGfPbOe2tX7b/s1600/2012_0218colourblue0004.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5710260304800500802" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM-MO9OqX7chUvPT-f7CywFxLtebFCM6ecwkdWTsTNXPm-sQZrxzErxkEHzwjj-xF6_aSEdbX33xqPaHlEbo223ijoccAbTlWy2u4DyDIpEQEA4IPCHcdiFkmQ6I3Xa9ZKqGfPbOe2tX7b/s400/2012_0218colourblue0004.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color:#ff6666;">My garden in particular.</span><br /><span style="color:#ff6666;">And gardeners.</span><br /><span style="color:#ff6666;">It hasn't been a <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">spectacular</span> season for the Granny's <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">potager</span>.</span><br /><span style="color:#ff6666;">And she's been <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">busily</span> ripping out all her tomato plants.</span><br /><span style="color:#ff6666;">Not enough sun.</span><br /><span style="color:#ff6666;">They've all been <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">smited</span> by a botch or something,</span><br /><span style="color:#ff6666;">although we have been eating the little sweet yellow ones.</span><br /><span style="color:#ff6666;">The Granny is tremendously <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">disappointed</span>.</span><br /><span style="color:#ff6666;">She is one of those gardeners that loves gardening.<br /><br /></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuHtwr28_6rfGvRuXpxdZiT8BYUnqHOtm5FkPsjZ9pFLdk1Vh7XpwmBoLPC5HO4LmwoC5pEyGVUSuzmMut970cR4yo2fA_btQtlPiKgjsrqBaZvZ4KcjyRk7nOa3yvHf1iQielPQAG-ohT/s1600/2012_0218colourblue0019.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5710260296032918434" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuHtwr28_6rfGvRuXpxdZiT8BYUnqHOtm5FkPsjZ9pFLdk1Vh7XpwmBoLPC5HO4LmwoC5pEyGVUSuzmMut970cR4yo2fA_btQtlPiKgjsrqBaZvZ4KcjyRk7nOa3yvHf1iQielPQAG-ohT/s400/2012_0218colourblue0019.JPG" border="0" /></a><span style="color:#ff6666;"><br />I, on the other hand am one of those gardeners who loves gardens more than gardening!</span><br /><span style="color:#ff6666;">I see gardening as a means to an end.</span><br /><span style="color:#ff6666;">I see my flowers as still lives and vignettes that I can run together as a slide show,</span><br /><span style="color:#ff6666;">or fuse in the moment inside my mind.</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0TGso_N6IjhymOjBHNtyWAV-vDAozMvms6Mf8vO68ZiUKh3CZTyfoZcawyziGR0lH4uheR2ogV4IHbggcvUYvFgsVttkk56cM_UHQ7aZTokWDTNzjKr8hUqzMqko3bo9ndCurw884DXbI/s1600/2012_0218colourblue0007.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5710259599480517682" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0TGso_N6IjhymOjBHNtyWAV-vDAozMvms6Mf8vO68ZiUKh3CZTyfoZcawyziGR0lH4uheR2ogV4IHbggcvUYvFgsVttkk56cM_UHQ7aZTokWDTNzjKr8hUqzMqko3bo9ndCurw884DXbI/s400/2012_0218colourblue0007.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color:#ff6666;">We both love to have masses of fresh flowers inside in vases.</span><br /><span style="color:#ff6666;">Sometimes it's hard to decide weather to leave a lovely bloom to be enjoyed through the window, or to bring it in and smell it, touch it and enjoy its composition intimately,</span><br /><span style="color:#ff6666;">but for a shorter time.</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipqw7fgvykYgy1o9vUW2YPfGozpx7CDcSoSDJ4sQyStD1lOmCzvj89M7TEOUgvHSDnhljiSFCF26lS-ycEfoJRAU-NiQizWbbwy8iAqTzD1oT_Hn7zfnP34h9CA90ghEYmhf5SNpl8vsEQ/s1600/2012_0218colourblue0008.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5710259588417268290" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipqw7fgvykYgy1o9vUW2YPfGozpx7CDcSoSDJ4sQyStD1lOmCzvj89M7TEOUgvHSDnhljiSFCF26lS-ycEfoJRAU-NiQizWbbwy8iAqTzD1oT_Hn7zfnP34h9CA90ghEYmhf5SNpl8vsEQ/s400/2012_0218colourblue0008.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color:#ff6666;">For instance...</span></div><br /><div><span style="color:#ff6666;">this year I succeeded in growing two hollyhocks. </span></div><br /><div><span style="color:#ff6666;">One pink, one white.</span></div><br /><div><span style="color:#ff6666;">They are magnificently deformed.</span></div><br /><div><span style="color:#ff6666;">So I cut one and used the single usable bloom in my photo.</span></div><br /><div><span style="color:#ff6666;">To last forever, or as long as the digital life of the photo.</span></div><br /><div><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggnkMCdX76YvBxYIp-6oZWYA95FFTcJ5D6VZ98x3DBW2ttpkjjP9lRtxwh4yo5-cdwTPo7qM87o2q61MuCfz1xGf1KaFPm8RKUwp1fbRwn82dl14MJ1nmzzmM0yhhlKvu_P3DrDwGqsu27/s1600/2012_0218colourblue0010.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5710259580483266674" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggnkMCdX76YvBxYIp-6oZWYA95FFTcJ5D6VZ98x3DBW2ttpkjjP9lRtxwh4yo5-cdwTPo7qM87o2q61MuCfz1xGf1KaFPm8RKUwp1fbRwn82dl14MJ1nmzzmM0yhhlKvu_P3DrDwGqsu27/s400/2012_0218colourblue0010.JPG" border="0" /></a><span style="color:#ff6666;"> If you open your heart to beauty....</span></div><br /><div><span style="color:#ff6666;">You'll find it.<br /></span><br /><div><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><img src="http://i723.photobucket.com/albums/ww238/happyandrosie/magpie%20chic/203c7f2b.gif" /></text></div></div></div></div><br /></div>magpie chichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10581726079731396861noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1689923045037054705.post-80775468551796689002012-02-07T11:33:00.000-08:002012-02-07T12:22:14.093-08:00The Granny Square as a Metaphor for Life?<div align="center">Hello.</div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><br /><br /><div align="center">I love this photo. It has nothing to do with anything, I just love the way it turned out.</div><br /><br /><div align="center">I love all the colours together, and the way the cups stack up "just so".</div><br /><br /><div align="center">I am looking for happy things to compensate for the weather.</div><br /><br /><div align="center">We haven't had a summer yet here in the "<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Naki</span>".</div><br /><br /><div align="center">I really, really need a few days in a row of sunshine.</div><br /><br /><div align="center">One swallow does not a summer make. Well all we've had here is the odd blackbird scoffing up the Granny's "pensioner bread" .</div><br /><br /><div align="center">And there was the remains of last week's <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">rhubarb</span> crumble too, which may or may not be attractive to swallows.</div><br /><br /><div align="center">I wouldn't really know, having not had enough summer to encounter even ONE...</div><br /><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYGIQ4jBYljbA9eRfvEtfznrw6WB_n93z1DJUya4MZBYxhkZkY9_F9co4tGPug0avfWHnrxoneSp7NroS0qwQmxLmVv5-Bayk4MZehs9nYGp9VMOFqJ3JzeL1ZNsNtuCe7I5AEqsiVmmG4/s1600/2012_0206colourblue0022.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5706483727845804834" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYGIQ4jBYljbA9eRfvEtfznrw6WB_n93z1DJUya4MZBYxhkZkY9_F9co4tGPug0avfWHnrxoneSp7NroS0qwQmxLmVv5-Bayk4MZehs9nYGp9VMOFqJ3JzeL1ZNsNtuCe7I5AEqsiVmmG4/s400/2012_0206colourblue0022.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center">The Granny has been randomly assorting her granny squares and sewing them together.</div><br /><br /><div align="center">I have admired the work sufficiently to <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">assume</span> ownership of it I think.</div><br /><br /><div align="center">That's mostly how it works round here.</div><br /><br /><div align="center">Except for a made to order goat or two.</div><br /><br /><div align="center">I really have no idea how the Granny Square is a metaphor for life.</div><br /><br /><div align="center">I just made it up because I liked the sound of it.</div><br /><br /><div align="center">Am far too <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">pre</span>-occupied with the weather to have that conversation with myself.</div><br /><br /><div align="center">Probably something about going round and round, but then the Granny's Granny Squares are so free style and lovingly embellished that you just have to have hope don't you?</div><br /><br /><div align="center">So there you are... the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">metaphor</span> for life shall exist only in the most random of Granny Squares!</div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL5fIjMXvc3M4ZoYyOeGh60ZZKLRemFFSgjsrYDogsHDQ9bDDl179bfz-WxHAtzTj113ssQzGjDaF2pCjHkq3FeiuhQu9kXl8lk6Z9_dU3lV3n32JfI0lQQVi7taNoGjLlHNqhtL4wHprN/s1600/2012_0206colourblue0003.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5706483722638103922" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL5fIjMXvc3M4ZoYyOeGh60ZZKLRemFFSgjsrYDogsHDQ9bDDl179bfz-WxHAtzTj113ssQzGjDaF2pCjHkq3FeiuhQu9kXl8lk6Z9_dU3lV3n32JfI0lQQVi7taNoGjLlHNqhtL4wHprN/s400/2012_0206colourblue0003.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdLELdf-_Oy7uelk8BGKS6jTVHLVPAcwHHtno44kyuPn6a2r-SXIVgRvXt-iQdFoI8fDf7imUXhKhTHpBDm5E_q5sCJsQqGIFRuZNobpd04btO7ghSpha9zYklzJ7-qPTX9kg1y5ThPR3E/s1600/2012_0206colourblue0004.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5706483719480423234" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdLELdf-_Oy7uelk8BGKS6jTVHLVPAcwHHtno44kyuPn6a2r-SXIVgRvXt-iQdFoI8fDf7imUXhKhTHpBDm5E_q5sCJsQqGIFRuZNobpd04btO7ghSpha9zYklzJ7-qPTX9kg1y5ThPR3E/s400/2012_0206colourblue0004.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzP8iyU1wUfJyYvRnHurs9VIfrstpHIdpdHmwmStepjCoTO60Y1hfkOtWX4n03GTGdeepvC-1xFPPp4xnV4iulifEh5Wz6v8pOKldYBiLgSc6EZbwzjoF7Q4i79Nb8VbdvFg4iT4-3Nv7I/s1600/2012_0206colourblue0009.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5706483231186131314" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzP8iyU1wUfJyYvRnHurs9VIfrstpHIdpdHmwmStepjCoTO60Y1hfkOtWX4n03GTGdeepvC-1xFPPp4xnV4iulifEh5Wz6v8pOKldYBiLgSc6EZbwzjoF7Q4i79Nb8VbdvFg4iT4-3Nv7I/s400/2012_0206colourblue0009.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I found this gorgeous American magazine on my birthday. <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Luckily</span> it was on my birthday, as it was so outrageously expensive i really shouldn't have bought it, but i just love it so!</div><br /><br /><div>A house is never just a house for me.</div><br /><br /><div><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuFBtD-jCuVTMmxDw0gddwZFASm2lA5CroVZaGFQWKehBws8QoR4xZqr9iJBMgh8GD-3YxgOqVG8rW1yqw_9fDyRTrExetnx14Y3BCyVy8UM8A_CIGiCxLORnnDVjWyorBamG5tGjoxeFD/s1600/2012_0206colourblue0002.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5706483219231502146" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuFBtD-jCuVTMmxDw0gddwZFASm2lA5CroVZaGFQWKehBws8QoR4xZqr9iJBMgh8GD-3YxgOqVG8rW1yqw_9fDyRTrExetnx14Y3BCyVy8UM8A_CIGiCxLORnnDVjWyorBamG5tGjoxeFD/s400/2012_0206colourblue0002.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />It's a blank canvas. I cannot be doing with the paint by numbers approach.</div><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1C5JBommIEANr5_z5kPq23ykl4uwhdLP2SX5GW4Yjuw_OW6SDYD0mF3E28rV-n75XU0JPHc4Zaou_-eCq4_kM_7q4W0Ilgu5wtHgOgVZIt96fkjMg75Lv1uvf8WjQoIVltPlcYK21dCVY/s1600/2012_0206colourblue0010.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5706483209429069842" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1C5JBommIEANr5_z5kPq23ykl4uwhdLP2SX5GW4Yjuw_OW6SDYD0mF3E28rV-n75XU0JPHc4Zaou_-eCq4_kM_7q4W0Ilgu5wtHgOgVZIt96fkjMg75Lv1uvf8WjQoIVltPlcYK21dCVY/s400/2012_0206colourblue0010.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH4EmSTjzfUQs-pRNHSW6FNlhXry3nANmH9zeaag2ZMs83ZK1tG2Fn2dwGgn6l0VSDoZN9E6Nra9V94hfqvUqEH5tfhVuqrEV0Dt2gyIfkhyphenhyphenKF-Xt-uBc1VAhiBHY9Pr7UkibKTLouKNDf/s1600/2012_0206colourblue0013.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5706483180056496962" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH4EmSTjzfUQs-pRNHSW6FNlhXry3nANmH9zeaag2ZMs83ZK1tG2Fn2dwGgn6l0VSDoZN9E6Nra9V94hfqvUqEH5tfhVuqrEV0Dt2gyIfkhyphenhyphenKF-Xt-uBc1VAhiBHY9Pr7UkibKTLouKNDf/s400/2012_0206colourblue0013.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixcO6lH22nuSOJ8xTIEKRIT1LFRDuesc9bcyzPSWQDFhmojajl2lrZHRop-zg1IgQT7C0NjbIUA7BM-11lOHb89dUUXJLHmh6bcDgY2e6gaxRi4c44cVMUH7pJfVBabR6_qMETJ5kP2QZh/s1600/2012_0206colourblue0007.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5706482428643077746" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixcO6lH22nuSOJ8xTIEKRIT1LFRDuesc9bcyzPSWQDFhmojajl2lrZHRop-zg1IgQT7C0NjbIUA7BM-11lOHb89dUUXJLHmh6bcDgY2e6gaxRi4c44cVMUH7pJfVBabR6_qMETJ5kP2QZh/s400/2012_0206colourblue0007.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7hkw-oxP4joSFoYI7q9Q1rKGSUCOz3p3zW2jmGOxXxhwDy3Q7xNlXcT9DpZ0YJT_KdxNaa_TF_-3uqgW9glv2Dk9plohTchtuu2-_C82mC72yUsF2aHhQi9mgdnwfuQ7ME2pOjRrfacqo/s1600/2012_0206colourblue0017.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5706482416374755570" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7hkw-oxP4joSFoYI7q9Q1rKGSUCOz3p3zW2jmGOxXxhwDy3Q7xNlXcT9DpZ0YJT_KdxNaa_TF_-3uqgW9glv2Dk9plohTchtuu2-_C82mC72yUsF2aHhQi9mgdnwfuQ7ME2pOjRrfacqo/s400/2012_0206colourblue0017.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6VWLqXxM0UNk3V9Mgrz9aW7a5TLUXx_9gGIdUorO3rrl9IHHRdS2_EP96YUxxqWjrfIK-sD2Pa3yU4BdgXggB0nACpkfAW_4u8iC_Tjo0nT5kinj467Ud0VLfCbkGOZd60Nl5FTpUOhyP/s1600/2012_0206colourblue0001.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5706482387069848466" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6VWLqXxM0UNk3V9Mgrz9aW7a5TLUXx_9gGIdUorO3rrl9IHHRdS2_EP96YUxxqWjrfIK-sD2Pa3yU4BdgXggB0nACpkfAW_4u8iC_Tjo0nT5kinj467Ud0VLfCbkGOZd60Nl5FTpUOhyP/s400/2012_0206colourblue0001.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />And gardens... </div><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><img src="http://i723.photobucket.com/albums/ww238/happyandrosie/magpie%20chic/203c7f2b.gif" /></text></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div>magpie chichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10581726079731396861noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1689923045037054705.post-85609406674440509352012-01-23T20:32:00.000-08:002012-01-23T21:02:37.525-08:00Freestyle Vintage.<div align="center">Hello there.</div><br /><div align="center">I have been given the gift of a week off to spend with <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Callum</span>.</div><br /><div align="center">It has been a beautifully sunny week here, the cows have been in the meadow beside the washing line, and all has been right with the world.</div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpjsxPgjNJlKenf6Smzy-zc9if6WVQYnXI-13SazTpem16EQnG8RhzeCL8Fn6YMvqVDpjZQy6tDatWYNGSGxI8DwdZY8LlEQGj54JKphhjy-dQbiS_HSOQzqjTgI7ek7n5tj3SeJE2bj2R/s1600/2012_0124colourblue0013.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701054555273252050" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpjsxPgjNJlKenf6Smzy-zc9if6WVQYnXI-13SazTpem16EQnG8RhzeCL8Fn6YMvqVDpjZQy6tDatWYNGSGxI8DwdZY8LlEQGj54JKphhjy-dQbiS_HSOQzqjTgI7ek7n5tj3SeJE2bj2R/s400/2012_0124colourblue0013.JPG" border="0" /></a> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Callum</span> is getting better every day. It is very <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">encouraging</span>.</div><br /><div align="center">And I have had some time.</div><br /><div align="center">I chucked all my vintage fabrics all over the floor for a few days and made this little freestyle number up as I went.</div><br /><div align="center">I used another of "she who is proficient at separating eggs' " patterns from the early <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">nineties</span>. But they are timeless.</div><br /><div align="center"><br /></div><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8xUoVzVW13PXvE91n6ibOZ4RNRlasEJ_epTnvwOGogY8RGAlSDXOoOaPVh7X8eDohw7E-wYf19CvnJtvA2XKHmbQWflqauM3ijmuIU77Q8NXA9wpGxHLSp5qWqTO3WF8RpSYFR8K3DNNb/s1600/2012_0124colourblue0009.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701054548335671090" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8xUoVzVW13PXvE91n6ibOZ4RNRlasEJ_epTnvwOGogY8RGAlSDXOoOaPVh7X8eDohw7E-wYf19CvnJtvA2XKHmbQWflqauM3ijmuIU77Q8NXA9wpGxHLSp5qWqTO3WF8RpSYFR8K3DNNb/s400/2012_0124colourblue0009.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLty3OxYwTD-wIqfJCs7ZerSMG7Tzera8uFyHPbTOBTR1rgCeTJYpTK4Pz8RpDXxadBvsMIHckQaJ4V78GzwpUQ7yM5F6JGUPElH53FPysbsZ40k3pXJDcwXSh_B9yCW6fnsjTJp36DjMv/s1600/2012_0124colourblue0008.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701054536883643218" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLty3OxYwTD-wIqfJCs7ZerSMG7Tzera8uFyHPbTOBTR1rgCeTJYpTK4Pz8RpDXxadBvsMIHckQaJ4V78GzwpUQ7yM5F6JGUPElH53FPysbsZ40k3pXJDcwXSh_B9yCW6fnsjTJp36DjMv/s400/2012_0124colourblue0008.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMuWe6tgYh8CP4N04QAfHxlXVEM3LKEACqcHVM9YfTZ5UxVnZ54_vVrqRQve4VdRmp9-0ZuFvIHa06-3977o4hVACG51D0TxgG3M6OiVZ6aOIB2LmT2jV__cpBZKlsdl_OvZLLslWKsI1A/s1600/2012_0124colourblue0007.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701053389084971602" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMuWe6tgYh8CP4N04QAfHxlXVEM3LKEACqcHVM9YfTZ5UxVnZ54_vVrqRQve4VdRmp9-0ZuFvIHa06-3977o4hVACG51D0TxgG3M6OiVZ6aOIB2LmT2jV__cpBZKlsdl_OvZLLslWKsI1A/s400/2012_0124colourblue0007.JPG" border="0" /></a> This big thistle next to the cow's meadow has just been calling to me for a while.</div><br /><div>Worked beautifully as a backdrop for my little vintage dress photo shoot.</div><br /><div><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Luckily</span> the cows had moved on by then.</div><br /><div><br /><br /></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7bA4ua4WyqzByiitMvf2ZQiAdYJH7YUd6Z09Ub0msdQKCbb5EQ3UaJ7vwv19fOlSDLMCA9sGeyBugD1XlXUJoFvST65AzvT2ctCJU79-GinsD0BURyEo2KAH8JPPsFkkcYymNul_g6L-h/s1600/2012_0124colourblue0018.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701053377455735906" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7bA4ua4WyqzByiitMvf2ZQiAdYJH7YUd6Z09Ub0msdQKCbb5EQ3UaJ7vwv19fOlSDLMCA9sGeyBugD1XlXUJoFvST65AzvT2ctCJU79-GinsD0BURyEo2KAH8JPPsFkkcYymNul_g6L-h/s400/2012_0124colourblue0018.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiANNPzpwKtydtnx_3Lw54F2Qe8ml8ORG_16kIbIysuBJf6dg1hYb6_NY7kC1SXt8Pq8fuZaAm_0AC28QiYTjgKNtGY26DVsT9vB60noeLZ4EAzxD4Q87tW15CVTeLVefDuB8Zj2X1joTX1/s1600/2012_0124colourblue0012.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701053362599274098" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiANNPzpwKtydtnx_3Lw54F2Qe8ml8ORG_16kIbIysuBJf6dg1hYb6_NY7kC1SXt8Pq8fuZaAm_0AC28QiYTjgKNtGY26DVsT9vB60noeLZ4EAzxD4Q87tW15CVTeLVefDuB8Zj2X1joTX1/s400/2012_0124colourblue0012.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhVLyk4mqoT2GRNkpwzXppRvkgruY_6AZlAhqenz9Xp9uYqNAKaDNfbhdg8YfhFDdw8bMiu1gxn-tPPvD1XqmEpZFO5GXLFLWHgfy37dgIGrW-6qq0E5PBAKOxyTc-pYm9NzQRnpLCzIbG/s1600/2012_0124colourblue0023.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701053356390679378" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhVLyk4mqoT2GRNkpwzXppRvkgruY_6AZlAhqenz9Xp9uYqNAKaDNfbhdg8YfhFDdw8bMiu1gxn-tPPvD1XqmEpZFO5GXLFLWHgfy37dgIGrW-6qq0E5PBAKOxyTc-pYm9NzQRnpLCzIbG/s400/2012_0124colourblue0023.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />I found an old cross stitch that had once been a nursery cushion, and it worked beautifully as part of the dress.</div><br /><div>I was inspired here by the bags that the <a href="http://dutchsister-s.blogspot.com/">Dutch Sisters </a>make.<br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAFhmMW_Qbxh3yR39uZaGDWZf4aOsskUYAQrzPfjGT-RZnePLPtF5_0hMt9isVxQp9hmJMPHoWR4mt1bzfoFH8zQpCdx6Ly4j1pHWdhahkyf-rT1DR3K2gPD0ZZcLxrBU5Ss9snOZhyrc9/s1600/2012_0124colourblue.jpg"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAFhmMW_Qbxh3yR39uZaGDWZf4aOsskUYAQrzPfjGT-RZnePLPtF5_0hMt9isVxQp9hmJMPHoWR4mt1bzfoFH8zQpCdx6Ly4j1pHWdhahkyf-rT1DR3K2gPD0ZZcLxrBU5Ss9snOZhyrc9/s400/2012_0124colourblue.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><div><br />The sunshine makes such a difference to how you feel.</div><br /><div>And making something again.</div><br /><div>And just playing with the fabrics and looking at them, and thinking up new ideas.</div><br /><div>Every cloud has a silver lining.</div><br /><div><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><text align="center"><img src="http://i723.photobucket.com/albums/ww238/happyandrosie/magpie%20chic/203c7f2b.gif" /></text></div><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: 0% 50%; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial" alt="Posted by Picasa" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" align="middle" border="0" /></a></div></div></div></div><br /></div>magpie chichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10581726079731396861noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1689923045037054705.post-42663906983515978912012-01-19T14:16:00.000-08:002012-01-21T01:09:15.752-08:00Another Flock of Sparrows.<div align="center">I always notice the sparrows.</div><br /><br /><div align="center">Have I got the collective noun correct Blog <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Chics</span>? Can you have a flock of sparrows?</div><br /><br /><div align="center">Are sparrows even large enough to be re<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">ferred</span> to as a flock?</div><br /><br /><div align="center">I have no problem with the implied reference to cool eighties pop groups either.</div><br /><br /><div align="center">You can take that or leave it.</div><br /><br /><div align="center"><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">In fact</span>, as I have found Frankie magazine, an eighties <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">nurdy</span> try hard <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">reference</span> is appropriately cool.</div><br /><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><br /><p align="center"><img class="gl_align_center" alt="Align Center" src="http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif" border="0" /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwEHCrCo3ukjw5T7epWidhd-R4KO589dYkLQlLewMdqPt3vleStNOqctRdDjxq7CfERF6VVxlpvsRUUt48jV2feTItHA4Ey5ifHyvJauegMBMTmJqcc3dAcyWXwMdvrhSwWLZlHK4y_zlq/s1600/Frankiebest.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699471245541143170" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 291px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwEHCrCo3ukjw5T7epWidhd-R4KO589dYkLQlLewMdqPt3vleStNOqctRdDjxq7CfERF6VVxlpvsRUUt48jV2feTItHA4Ey5ifHyvJauegMBMTmJqcc3dAcyWXwMdvrhSwWLZlHK4y_zlq/s400/Frankiebest.jpg" border="0" /><br /><br /><p align="center"></a><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">I'm</span> back in the hospital cafe scene Blog <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Chics</span>. Communing with sparrows.</p><br /><br /><p align="center">The <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Waikato</span> sparrows have chutzpah!</p><br /><br /><p align="center">They are aggressive, ask for what they want and are not afraid to just t<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">ake</span> it right off your table!</p><br /><br /><p align="center">They are Gen Y sparrows these lot.</p><br /><br /><p align="center">If sparrows were people they'd <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">definitely</span> read Frankie.</p><br /><br /><p align="center"><br /></p><br /><br /><div align="center">(this image from Lilac and Snow at <a href="http://leeloo.co.au/">http://leeloo.co.au/</a>)</div><br /><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqv-etInyvIOlo6fo2WR-bgSPPm7JspDCzd52VPFTQCKN23OT9iQpUh0H7xEOI7jfDLfkcko_Ezx1ArmGKpxU7_TPFhnEpfkWqI1mLIe12xwhFYGI8vs2AHcCVphyphenhyphenvGvi25rntkxMAEAfc/s1600/hollyhobbiebroach.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699471232379531298" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqv-etInyvIOlo6fo2WR-bgSPPm7JspDCzd52VPFTQCKN23OT9iQpUh0H7xEOI7jfDLfkcko_Ezx1ArmGKpxU7_TPFhnEpfkWqI1mLIe12xwhFYGI8vs2AHcCVphyphenhyphenvGvi25rntkxMAEAfc/s400/hollyhobbiebroach.jpg" border="0" /></a>I discovered Frankie at the airport a few <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">months</span> ago. What a piece of serendipity that was!</div><br /><br /><div align="center">It really "speaks to me". Now hows that for a really <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">cynical</span> use of pretentious self reference?</div><br /><br /><div align="center">I'd be laughed out of town by the people at Frankie with that one!</div><br /><br /><div align="center">It is such a cool magazine.</div><br /><br /><div align="center">But not for the feint hearted if you are offended by a bit of bad language.</div><br /><br /><div align="center">Don't give it to your Nana to read probably.</div><br /><br /><div align="center">All the articles are interesting, some are quite thought provoking, most are incredibly funny.</div><br /><br /><div align="center">But if you find the whole,"f*** yeah Granny square" thing<br />confronting, then probably don't go there.<br /><br /></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-VXZ6_f33rFLhuTlAi-YkFGn8TXqR76wRPuFlgpVAs8dNw_v77roVFwl_IVCHUmUWin6JV9cEQisjUcqmrm5nt04yeWAYRbiKUVs2EoLwjrJzw1zfYN_XQZ8dDkI8VSsScvVxKDz-2QO3/s1600/doily+dress.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699471227176181586" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 254px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-VXZ6_f33rFLhuTlAi-YkFGn8TXqR76wRPuFlgpVAs8dNw_v77roVFwl_IVCHUmUWin6JV9cEQisjUcqmrm5nt04yeWAYRbiKUVs2EoLwjrJzw1zfYN_XQZ8dDkI8VSsScvVxKDz-2QO3/s400/doily+dress.jpg" border="0" /></a> But most of all I love the adds.</div><br /><br /><div align="center">The whole vintage retro clever art kid design vibe makes me feel like a kid in a lolly shop.</div><br /><br /><div align="center">(this image from <a href="http://luflux.com/">http://luflux.com/</a>)</div><br /><br /><div align="center">I have made clothes like this for myself, but somehow I've never quite plucked up the courage to wear them down the main street of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">Hawera</span>.</div><br /><br /><div align="center">When I read Frankie I just want to put them on and make more!</div><br /><br /><div align="center"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_uHMawxtl3HUZnh5q-rmWRHfUUlOM9iS8WUxXz4oxJDMZJdsm-UB7Pr6XZfY4Xc3XtoPZJQ6WCo0WwWxEzsyzkLo7G95vawRoLKN08DoAMvNSZIJ2QyqoAGHcIAzMkyfBmr26kQuMp3wK/s1600/francesbaker+vintage.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699471216804461250" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 290px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_uHMawxtl3HUZnh5q-rmWRHfUUlOM9iS8WUxXz4oxJDMZJdsm-UB7Pr6XZfY4Xc3XtoPZJQ6WCo0WwWxEzsyzkLo7G95vawRoLKN08DoAMvNSZIJ2QyqoAGHcIAzMkyfBmr26kQuMp3wK/s400/francesbaker+vintage.jpg" border="0" /></a>(this image from <a href="http://francesbaker.co.au/">http://francesbaker.co.au/</a>)<br />Which leads me back to the reason why I'm back here communing with sparrows.</div><br /><br /><div align="center">My boy had a brain bleed about 6 days ago.</div><br /><br /><div align="center">His blood pressure must have gone <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">through</span> the roof (one of <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">the</span> complications of <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">end</span> stage renal failure and life on dialysis) and popped a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">fufu</span> valve in the occipital region of his brain.</div><br /><br /><div align="center">But we have yet again been so lucky. <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">After</span> a few stressful days immediately afterwards in the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18">HDU</span> in which he had some seizures and various CT scans and lots of medical intervention,</div><br /><br /><div align="center">today we are back to observing that it is difficult to have a conversation about the zeitgeist of 2011 with your hairdresser, cos mostly they only discuss whats on the telly or where they went on their hols. And we're going home.</div><br /><br /><div align="center">Back to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19">Taranaki</span> for rehab with the good physios and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20">OTs</span> at <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21">Hawera</span> Hospital.</div><br /><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><br /><div align="center">He has made a very rapid recovery. Not fluent yet on the guitar or the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22">nintendo</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_23">DS</span>, but he can do it. He says it's like being dyslexic though, it's not coming out how he wants it to yet.</div><br /><br /><div align="center">But he's lost that "possum in the headlights" look.</div><br /><br /><div align="center">Still gets very tired.</div><br /><br /><div align="center">Home for some TLC.</div><br /><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><br /><div align="center">As for the whole hairdresser <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_24">dilemma</span>. Do you think that hairdressers have those conversations because they think that's what their customers want? Or do you think that they are so weary from the whole repetitiveness of it all that they just want to be on auto pilot?</div><br /><br /><div align="center">It's an interesting question.</div><br /><br /><div align="center">I bet some of them are just dying to launch into their theory for the Road Map to Piece in the Middle East. </div><br /><br /><div align="center">I hope that this is the year they break free from convention and just do it!</div><br /><br /><div align="center">Hopefully no hairdressers were offended in the reading of this blog post.</div><br /><br /><div align="center">These are just the observations of a bored Mum trying to "internalise a complex situation in her head", engage my son in same, and reading too much Frankie magazine.</div><br /><br /><div align="center"><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_25">Perhaps</span> I should just stick to I'm Elmo And I know It on YouTube!</div><br /><br /><div align="center">Ciao Blog <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_26">Chics</span>.</div><br /><br /><div align="center"><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><img src="http://i723.photobucket.com/albums/ww238/happyandrosie/magpie%20chic/203c7f2b.gif" /></text></div>magpie chichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10581726079731396861noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1689923045037054705.post-12687591474585466122012-01-09T22:04:00.000-08:002012-01-09T22:51:43.815-08:00Another Year Over, a New One Just Begun.<div align="center">Well here we are right at the beginning of a brand spanking shiny new year.</div><br /><div align="center">Do you do New Years resolutions Blog <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Chics</span>?</div><br /><div align="center">I never have.</div><br /><div align="center">When I had little children I was just plain too busy for such frivolities, and one day just ran into the next and you turned around and it was Christmas again.</div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQHyVdRrgh_Y4zpZx4H77isb22h4kuEeu-OQzePovApxo2_RqyiYtm5f0D2hiA81DLUMTTWnh3bb4nFSx-ueFX3Au_h3FuAlleg5MlcIZpM2lJ2zB8Ms7TVqkAO64gWtLJ-nXn_a7-vKjw/s1600/2012_0110colourblue0002.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695882523296125170" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQHyVdRrgh_Y4zpZx4H77isb22h4kuEeu-OQzePovApxo2_RqyiYtm5f0D2hiA81DLUMTTWnh3bb4nFSx-ueFX3Au_h3FuAlleg5MlcIZpM2lJ2zB8Ms7TVqkAO64gWtLJ-nXn_a7-vKjw/s400/2012_0110colourblue0002.JPG" border="0" /></a> I've also learned a thing or two about motivation over the years.</div><br /><div align="center">And it doesn't come upon you just because it's the beginning of another year!</div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center">It has to come from somewhere very deep within you;</div><br /><div align="center">almost a primeval instinct rather than a rational process.</div><br /><div align="center">So when it comes upon you, that is the time to resolve things.</div><br /><div align="center">And that can happen at any time of the year, and certainly not every year.</div><br /><div align="center">I have only experienced that kind of motivation a few times in my life.</div><br /><div align="center">Probably just as well, because it requires a lot of focus.</div><br /><div align="center"><br /></div><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaKh5O_KSjsQZr1cKNSvutieszYeCiJ3tLjV99tIasmnp1tdRQ8QaJ8YD-c2r48d_O02E68mEvPgRpACng8xCV-CR_ZJX0V86sPGfzjAyp5a4LBl3WyssyWzbAlgDUUDGMAeelPKigV6ec/s1600/2012_0110colourblue0007.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695882514608761410" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaKh5O_KSjsQZr1cKNSvutieszYeCiJ3tLjV99tIasmnp1tdRQ8QaJ8YD-c2r48d_O02E68mEvPgRpACng8xCV-CR_ZJX0V86sPGfzjAyp5a4LBl3WyssyWzbAlgDUUDGMAeelPKigV6ec/s400/2012_0110colourblue0007.JPG" border="0" /></a>So instead I come up with a little mental list of things I would like to achieve.</div><br /><div align="center">Just for my own gratification you understand.</div><br /><div align="center">None of them are life and death, and <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">in fact</span> they probably seem a little facile.</div><br /><div align="center">It's the stuff I want to do because it makes me happy.</div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTt08qbOz9LmwIDhIEut2XStbdAvA5pdbbDtdBgGMYrxKiSlEiuFqkepIjC73AAqruYf2US1tFukP-zdK0Zgul6oS_x1kpiKDf6oGLdu2mfcOVjTHvWpO7BNHpb4WY-l2DvxBfSzHU74ut/s1600/2012_0110colourblue0001.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695882508406971170" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTt08qbOz9LmwIDhIEut2XStbdAvA5pdbbDtdBgGMYrxKiSlEiuFqkepIjC73AAqruYf2US1tFukP-zdK0Zgul6oS_x1kpiKDf6oGLdu2mfcOVjTHvWpO7BNHpb4WY-l2DvxBfSzHU74ut/s400/2012_0110colourblue0001.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I have decided to make a collection of duck/pheasant/any kind of flying poultry on plates.</div><br /><div align="center">It was inspired by a <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">naive</span> duck painting of the Granny's that I've had for years.</div><br /><div align="center">It's one of my precious things.</div><br /><div align="center">It gets moved about the house often.</div><br /><div align="center">I have it in the kitchen now. </div><br /><div align="center">And <em>I</em> suddenly twigged that I have a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Meakin</span> duck plate on the wall, and wouldn't it just be so serendipitous to come upon another.</div><br /><div align="center">And there an idea was born.</div><br /><div align="center">So far I've found this lovely old and battered pheasant one to go with the Meakin one on my "duck wall".</div><br /><div align="center">The Granny suggested I might like three flying china ducks like Hilda Ogden's "<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">murial</span>."</div><br /><div align="center">But I don't know Granny - that might be killing the golden goose don't you think?<br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinxCe4u7j8UoQuHMW2-qfXJkYVTYdpo4eDXVonDxDCbJfFCcLzEMbMMimA87gPBdah_WduckW_87IvMQl3cdjxO4_mnjevAKZOYD9jZBj7CxPAal6KtsIqmGweM4TVHM3zk0CEgbE7Op1P/s1600/2012_0110colourblue0015.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695882504984499090" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinxCe4u7j8UoQuHMW2-qfXJkYVTYdpo4eDXVonDxDCbJfFCcLzEMbMMimA87gPBdah_WduckW_87IvMQl3cdjxO4_mnjevAKZOYD9jZBj7CxPAal6KtsIqmGweM4TVHM3zk0CEgbE7Op1P/s400/2012_0110colourblue0015.JPG" border="0" /></a> So I've moved the duck painting and put the small couch into the kitchen </div><br /><div align="center">and the chairs into the lounge instead.</div><br /><div align="center">And swapped the quilts and cushions around to achieve the desirable level of "squishy".<br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaz06Xi9y7HngMNaKrQCL1Hf8ZdCrt4qafZ6D4bT2u2CRXPLWVQwABbUTDubj_M-hm8-K6MeCWxVSrlhVENhfP-8b_3Uzw40dyGE-f8btKdH5mPCQC2HUslhkyt7oiKZ9Ldh2i5Oo-dAhk/s1600/2012_0110colourblue0006.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695881901498592018" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaz06Xi9y7HngMNaKrQCL1Hf8ZdCrt4qafZ6D4bT2u2CRXPLWVQwABbUTDubj_M-hm8-K6MeCWxVSrlhVENhfP-8b_3Uzw40dyGE-f8btKdH5mPCQC2HUslhkyt7oiKZ9Ldh2i5Oo-dAhk/s400/2012_0110colourblue0006.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Soon we will start on the "Granny studio apartment".</div><br /><div align="center">Just waiting for the builder.</div><br /><div align="center">We are so planned up!</div><br /><div align="center">We know every detail of every detail in our heads.</div><br /><div align="center">Just need a few men out from town to make them into real</div><br /><div align="center">(like the velveteen rabbit - or the Christmas Goat for that matter!)<br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitAMJ0pPDzdotR5sS3il9nUw8T_XrTH3Nv5lUkEo7bP22DjB1p8pb3rVMyUm89RJdIE743cGMbD1jMIu6N-QulZfRQLuPgH9SYM3lcqZw9ygh9Uqr_DA1aG8BG33vCVQfWAwSqsAOKA0jV/s1600/2012_0110colourblue0004.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695881894598773170" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitAMJ0pPDzdotR5sS3il9nUw8T_XrTH3Nv5lUkEo7bP22DjB1p8pb3rVMyUm89RJdIE743cGMbD1jMIu6N-QulZfRQLuPgH9SYM3lcqZw9ygh9Uqr_DA1aG8BG33vCVQfWAwSqsAOKA0jV/s400/2012_0110colourblue0004.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyzWs6j5hQmeOlGKmyFy8iE8vl-xvSm0bk71AC_F6pziODidxJb_6f2WHgjUoNr7TC1neaWsaBh_Fo2_ymri9Z2zDAoiEKsQt7CP-bt81pFEFNhA1hDjt85E6GF4HmlZ11BZ_fwONQlI57/s1600/2012_0110colourblue0009.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695881884070326674" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyzWs6j5hQmeOlGKmyFy8iE8vl-xvSm0bk71AC_F6pziODidxJb_6f2WHgjUoNr7TC1neaWsaBh_Fo2_ymri9Z2zDAoiEKsQt7CP-bt81pFEFNhA1hDjt85E6GF4HmlZ11BZ_fwONQlI57/s400/2012_0110colourblue0009.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />And I've re-<span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">arranged</span> the bears on the window sill.<br />And enjoyed the Mister being home and watching "the world cup of pool" for a few minutes in between cricket matches.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_oq38mSWuVCIF-_Nuv5bin9TA9S2cBzRgjfw6D70OGaKG7ghZ3QnSgZwFFonwbwlVZHq2Ce9n5USKhImZytI9x0pnX6V7o1HB1NxVJcX0y6Lglt5NoTKQB8sVbv_gN8zD906DvbyANzx2/s1600/2012_0110colourblue0011.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695881877934662770" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_oq38mSWuVCIF-_Nuv5bin9TA9S2cBzRgjfw6D70OGaKG7ghZ3QnSgZwFFonwbwlVZHq2Ce9n5USKhImZytI9x0pnX6V7o1HB1NxVJcX0y6Lglt5NoTKQB8sVbv_gN8zD906DvbyANzx2/s400/2012_0110colourblue0011.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />And watched the garden grow and grow with the constant rain we've had.</div><br /><div>And loved the pink hydrangeas that we have here.</div><br /><div>And yearned for a sky blue one like in my old garden.<br />They say you should never go back.</div><br /><div>The new people have ripped out the lovely cottage plants and planted <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">yukkas</span> inside the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">buxus</span>.</div><br /><div>What's that about?</div><br /><div>I try not to think about it,</div><br /><div>I have the lovely photos of how it was.<br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_b1gLhlxC14ckhh4SADoRhqTzBE-bd-wSEQCRiaVRVBzVtI-17Kei29veF65FB8eVYqWeibDEJzISfugFMOwBibljy7JelWeVKGXykOQxUifd150PLQWXHh_BoW5m6I3IpUEgWcvJbjal/s1600/2012_0110colourblue0017.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695881870351651042" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_b1gLhlxC14ckhh4SADoRhqTzBE-bd-wSEQCRiaVRVBzVtI-17Kei29veF65FB8eVYqWeibDEJzISfugFMOwBibljy7JelWeVKGXykOQxUifd150PLQWXHh_BoW5m6I3IpUEgWcvJbjal/s400/2012_0110colourblue0017.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />And I'm going to start making things again.</div><br /><div>When the Granny has moved into the new headquarters I'm going to put a sewing table back into the spare room and have my sewing things all ready to go again.</div><br /><div>I want to make pretty little dresses from vintage fabrics again.</div><br /><div>Just because it makes me happy.</div><br /><div>Which hopefully makes it a happy New year all round!</div><br /><div><br /></div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><img src="http://i723.photobucket.com/albums/ww238/happyandrosie/magpie%20chic/203c7f2b.gif" /></text></div><br /></div>magpie chichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10581726079731396861noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1689923045037054705.post-18731243991988881662012-01-01T00:00:00.000-08:002012-01-01T12:09:50.930-08:00Sugar and Spice.<div align="center"><span style="color:#ff6666;">What are little girls made of?</span><br /></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="color:#ff6666;">Like everybody else, they are made of the sum of their life experiences.</span></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="color:#ff6666;"></span></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="color:#ff6666;">On the 1st of January 2012, "She who is proficient at separating eggs" will turn twenty one.</span></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="color:#ff6666;"></span></div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh61pkgh_RyYI5a4vPCJPZB6gPtPY_86ZuwsNVVquXFQIL21bsCK1SZE6eS3n31TmUFNouvqlH1QBXa50q3VgkubvEzqaFILBEGJ7W5imEP00Xd-W-OGxXqodfbn5mjf2F7s4RfpARz1sUn/s1600/victorian+girl.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692035635908067074" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 242px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 333px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh61pkgh_RyYI5a4vPCJPZB6gPtPY_86ZuwsNVVquXFQIL21bsCK1SZE6eS3n31TmUFNouvqlH1QBXa50q3VgkubvEzqaFILBEGJ7W5imEP00Xd-W-OGxXqodfbn5mjf2F7s4RfpARz1sUn/s400/victorian+girl.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="color:#ff6666;">I remember the day of her birth like it was yesterday.</span></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="color:#ff6666;"></span></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="color:#ff6666;">Today I feel an funny sense of displacement because I am unable to reconcile the little girl</span></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="color:#ff6666;"></span></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="color:#ff6666;">with the person who I now rely on as a friend and confidante,</span></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="color:#ff6666;"></span></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="color:#ff6666;">organiser of events, and compassionate advocate and companion to those she cares about.</span></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="color:#ff6666;"></span></div><br /><div align="center"><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYaImIybD075w3ZRuvzqa6Qu6jL9_VCkl_bgS-S2csJTIiluENM49cLzgX78zBeAkPIZqyrzx6h6d-AIJ9CmG0XvNAROo_Dwc_NEHYzrh0KrNY3wjJqCAcfuIXenUwYW3e-ntD7ZBPgmaP/s1600/Beat+dancing.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692034547242610978" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 264px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYaImIybD075w3ZRuvzqa6Qu6jL9_VCkl_bgS-S2csJTIiluENM49cLzgX78zBeAkPIZqyrzx6h6d-AIJ9CmG0XvNAROo_Dwc_NEHYzrh0KrNY3wjJqCAcfuIXenUwYW3e-ntD7ZBPgmaP/s400/Beat+dancing.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeu4qb29cIxeGk4MD8Iuyup8l281yCd9eVl6J0WyPkomfVbEeFKlbQJSUcloQ7BThZiYDS9g9xGDcrDCw1S0XXNkdaniENLH8_u6ij5XsBZzIe1ZrmE83qVTabGmpNehO4ptvnaJyFSaqr/s1600/Copy+of+Callam2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692034537544037746" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeu4qb29cIxeGk4MD8Iuyup8l281yCd9eVl6J0WyPkomfVbEeFKlbQJSUcloQ7BThZiYDS9g9xGDcrDCw1S0XXNkdaniENLH8_u6ij5XsBZzIe1ZrmE83qVTabGmpNehO4ptvnaJyFSaqr/s400/Copy+of+Callam2.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="color:#ff6666;"> In many ways she was born into the shadow of her older brother, and has remained there ever since by choice.</span><br /><br /><span style="color:#ff6666;"></span><br /><br /><span style="color:#ff6666;">Right from the very beginnings of a child's "knowing", she has been his most understanding advocate and supporter.</span><br /><span style="color:#ff6666;"></span><br /><br /><br /><span style="color:#ff6666;">Compassionate, fearless and unrelenting in her role as protector and facilitator of many things.</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzVys2CoK2bDXmiCqlWUvEvOJZWrTa1eDL1j7XwGFQ8E_QgRZ0mp-d-eWGHXsvG_D28V1H3sEfVsDCvT6mxc6n_FSsXTsHBh0uvXZwC8-6gWrC5mNWfetG_JOjTLBEH_avqKTt5p8jqy_J/s1600/PC170040.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692034536626214402" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzVys2CoK2bDXmiCqlWUvEvOJZWrTa1eDL1j7XwGFQ8E_QgRZ0mp-d-eWGHXsvG_D28V1H3sEfVsDCvT6mxc6n_FSsXTsHBh0uvXZwC8-6gWrC5mNWfetG_JOjTLBEH_avqKTt5p8jqy_J/s400/PC170040.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color:#ff6666;">I also know her as drama Queen and apprentice racing car driver, now well and truly graduated </span><br /><br /><span style="color:#ff6666;"></span><br /><br /><span style="color:#ff6666;">to her own (shared with Dad) 1973 Toyota corolla - purple of course.</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA4bak7pMS9sqxrxGvl5dlhc7yU8S-TDrH5FLiuRm0GPHFBSutKTPhwgim15IRm73sNkAu97f9qHQo-kJlHQr_D8MTAD3JKKiwf4xKdKvwKmYI1E0mLo1utBX_AWw-hl6-NuWtduoMgxi0/s1600/Beat+racing.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692032562424174898" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 264px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA4bak7pMS9sqxrxGvl5dlhc7yU8S-TDrH5FLiuRm0GPHFBSutKTPhwgim15IRm73sNkAu97f9qHQo-kJlHQr_D8MTAD3JKKiwf4xKdKvwKmYI1E0mLo1utBX_AWw-hl6-NuWtduoMgxi0/s400/Beat+racing.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color:#ff6666;">And agreeable participant in all my eccentricities (tea parties).</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRNM_746NI5UO5kP3FQo3X2VMnIVJrdqn3DVFSic-9rvZkHbhAsXd4312ja5DJ_S2KT71DpO9CKczNmpSbLA3IP5hyphenhyphenRq47NPbwczEPNyFeljUno4bSE-RAUe4JQrMRmVGvP0smi_QpK2PY/s1600/2011_0115colourblue0076.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692032564668080450" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRNM_746NI5UO5kP3FQo3X2VMnIVJrdqn3DVFSic-9rvZkHbhAsXd4312ja5DJ_S2KT71DpO9CKczNmpSbLA3IP5hyphenhyphenRq47NPbwczEPNyFeljUno4bSE-RAUe4JQrMRmVGvP0smi_QpK2PY/s400/2011_0115colourblue0076.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbheZX3y_vNF-maVPFrK65wcZP9FXpu9xok7RSTdQ3bE1dyMitNwMfhvugEIPXC9RKERYZXRr4WjXkIwpon97caWcFWXLRgezMrASI_9IhHZXLi6VUtYWvXM0AfK0Xln5xdlwuvOQ1cvSa/s1600/2011_0509colourblue0010.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692032545886798338" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbheZX3y_vNF-maVPFrK65wcZP9FXpu9xok7RSTdQ3bE1dyMitNwMfhvugEIPXC9RKERYZXRr4WjXkIwpon97caWcFWXLRgezMrASI_9IhHZXLi6VUtYWvXM0AfK0Xln5xdlwuvOQ1cvSa/s400/2011_0509colourblue0010.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinX__HvS0SQ0ZwZAYFssIuHWpTzwzpM-RDYU4GbOvg8-SVbTExjaYAQNw1TDT8Uf641ybJzSYwdnVJiknhJ16H0y6CznRgfzR2LCEieJ0i_NxV8S9cpSG7ySBfsVpMY-uJEvH9JAdIkn1B/s1600/2011_0423colourblue0029.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692032535215690674" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinX__HvS0SQ0ZwZAYFssIuHWpTzwzpM-RDYU4GbOvg8-SVbTExjaYAQNw1TDT8Uf641ybJzSYwdnVJiknhJ16H0y6CznRgfzR2LCEieJ0i_NxV8S9cpSG7ySBfsVpMY-uJEvH9JAdIkn1B/s400/2011_0423colourblue0029.JPG" border="0" /></a><span style="color:#ff6666;">She is also the Easter Bunny and Mother Christmas on every possible occasion.</span><br /><br /><span style="color:#ff6666;">And doer of crosswords with her Granny!</span></div><br /><br /><div><span style="color:#ff6666;"></span></div><br /><br /><br /><div><span style="color:#ff6666;">Woe betide you Granny if you get caught cheating on those word puzzles!</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7rh_WsLyjjMx_fTFxwXaMIg9emwe-uaLXvxlLihKDQDdEsjQxKTcFJyna9sW-nVF4oX52ozz3sJ7NU-tIXXML0Plgy9RbkjiLeiZlSqKgLxUQRpwUroPKoUS_l7Uy0lX9Tph67fPm_Ne2/s1600/2011_0423colourblue0044.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692032528361496834" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7rh_WsLyjjMx_fTFxwXaMIg9emwe-uaLXvxlLihKDQDdEsjQxKTcFJyna9sW-nVF4oX52ozz3sJ7NU-tIXXML0Plgy9RbkjiLeiZlSqKgLxUQRpwUroPKoUS_l7Uy0lX9Tph67fPm_Ne2/s400/2011_0423colourblue0044.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="color:#ff6666;">We are so lucky to be three generation of Magpie Chics able to play such an integral part in each other's lives.</span></div><br /><br /><div><span style="color:#ff6666;"></span></div><br /><br /><div><span style="color:#ff6666;">Happy 21st Birthday my Beatie.</span></div><br /><br /><div><span style="color:#ff6666;"></span></div><br /><br /><div><span style="color:#ff6666;">Today you get to be the favourite!!!!</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><img src="http://i723.photobucket.com/albums/ww238/happyandrosie/magpie%20chic/203c7f2b.gif" /></text></div></div></div></div><br /></div>magpie chichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10581726079731396861noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1689923045037054705.post-46459857671263926302011-12-26T16:18:00.000-08:002011-12-26T16:48:36.949-08:00The Christmas Goat.<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvoyFzX27nHXRTnxqS3rb5aTMVdVHjNZ44rBUDsKEPX95F7GfBwAYugXleUM5JaiB8EqswYKnpjK5NWIF5ilsIQnJZam3d37u66UDcbYj6AXypKUiOrEUd67cAl8qcFJ5BRdqsU_kB-y46/s1600/2011_1224colourblue0003.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690598964421375986" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvoyFzX27nHXRTnxqS3rb5aTMVdVHjNZ44rBUDsKEPX95F7GfBwAYugXleUM5JaiB8EqswYKnpjK5NWIF5ilsIQnJZam3d37u66UDcbYj6AXypKUiOrEUd67cAl8qcFJ5BRdqsU_kB-y46/s400/2011_1224colourblue0003.JPG" border="0" /></a> When "The <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Woozle"</span> was out from Queensland in October, he became fascinated by the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">feral</span> goats you come across on the side of the road travelling down through the King Country and North <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Taranaki</span>.</div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center">So the obvious thing to do is to ask your Granny to knit you one.</div><br /><div align="center">As you can see, he is the most successful knitted goat EVER in the history of knitted goats.</div><br /><div align="center">To the extent that he became real and began to eat the Christmas tree.</div><br /><div align="center"><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Luckily</span> we had a couple of spare ones!</div><br /><div align="center">(Christmas trees,not goats you understand.)<br /></div><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheO-1ZBYDRJ_COYEB7SmInrBoI7KEYa8sY-ihT6RnZdVcFCtSoXPhWH0bMviTSxG41C7cLS7OZVBACPfvfvnIgmwmbil5J916w1IWM4alTud-aibzNr6wKSPQOP1v6zkNvolD4obE7E5cT/s1600/2011_1225colourblue0030.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690598957039397106" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheO-1ZBYDRJ_COYEB7SmInrBoI7KEYa8sY-ihT6RnZdVcFCtSoXPhWH0bMviTSxG41C7cLS7OZVBACPfvfvnIgmwmbil5J916w1IWM4alTud-aibzNr6wKSPQOP1v6zkNvolD4obE7E5cT/s400/2011_1225colourblue0030.JPG" border="0" /></a>On Christmas morning the Tail Cat was a big help setting up the tables for an <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">al</span>-fresco lunch.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZHJ1xGyfEVH5EAj6ZcxOcFn1_lq9WlRQvMwJooKuxKHRNfFTiNXUPNryH5gIzSD-TIu-wvMP5tFq4yYFIEZkauP15xPrIRrYEKijFKb3g57oahXN_iuEM8V5zqbqXzQp-IRUCCEzfpRN5/s1600/2011_1225colourblue0016.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690598946916474946" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZHJ1xGyfEVH5EAj6ZcxOcFn1_lq9WlRQvMwJooKuxKHRNfFTiNXUPNryH5gIzSD-TIu-wvMP5tFq4yYFIEZkauP15xPrIRrYEKijFKb3g57oahXN_iuEM8V5zqbqXzQp-IRUCCEzfpRN5/s400/2011_1225colourblue0016.JPG" border="0" /></a> "She who is proficient at separating eggs" is also proficient at being Mother Christmas on Christmas Morning. She has a system of anti-clockwise present <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">receiving</span>, and a pair of scissors to hand for the difficult bows and string!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiajb8laFkSIezeECbKs-sGzLRu8JcThyphenhyphenAcGEeMPPTayIr3TpOocWwtS_1SchkCvgSPomhEMAB_2tKZZoUFIrdErPgQRNASxW9H5sXs96yRYqhZ2PJnOa2OvBWU7lFlf_YzakuQmBxXqhkG/s1600/2011_1225colourblue0015.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690598929284580882" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiajb8laFkSIezeECbKs-sGzLRu8JcThyphenhyphenAcGEeMPPTayIr3TpOocWwtS_1SchkCvgSPomhEMAB_2tKZZoUFIrdErPgQRNASxW9H5sXs96yRYqhZ2PJnOa2OvBWU7lFlf_YzakuQmBxXqhkG/s400/2011_1225colourblue0015.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Each present must be fully unwrapped and admired by all before she moves on to dish out the next one (in an anti-clockwise direction of course).<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimycTt77vL0SmbIbtkhRGxHx_Qbmmgj2AtQwgK4zRKBVejlyGHWdAGaEiP2ghc3yi015tN4gJMFDJ2tb2IJCDGK2ZCEAiwpD1nsC8OISTCamK5pzcZl1AxoF6WJ4cVQzwU0xbLqSbFN4Yj/s1600/2011_1225colourblue0048.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690598926944281794" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimycTt77vL0SmbIbtkhRGxHx_Qbmmgj2AtQwgK4zRKBVejlyGHWdAGaEiP2ghc3yi015tN4gJMFDJ2tb2IJCDGK2ZCEAiwpD1nsC8OISTCamK5pzcZl1AxoF6WJ4cVQzwU0xbLqSbFN4Yj/s400/2011_1225colourblue0048.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />This is <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">in fact</span> AFTER the Christmas lunch and the Christmas cricket match, but I just got it in the wrong order and couldn't shift it!</div><br /><div>The blokes discovered that we did not still have the cricket set from 1972 since our last shift, and so they improvised with a pick handle for a bat and an old tongue-in-groove <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">cupboard</span> door for wickets.</div><br /><div>They also reasoned that it was safer to bowl toward the picture window than bat towards it.</div><br /><div>Uncle Stu was fielding in the gully - literally when he failed to take a catch and crashed through the lavender hedge at the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">boundary</span> and fell into the Hundred Acre Wood. </div><br /><div>But I bet he smelled nice.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL3vcEWhcF-uROjdN1UlkCrUM8rX_MfT7DbfkqKX0YWf4nwOClRFkf98p1lrGO83w6PZSV2ZAPKIljeMDyy3__DdneOvVUvpqwuTITpCL7cA99JczEuxfLHvitmWpr_h8Mvg5S7HJyIS98/s1600/2011_1225colourblue0040.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690596820056137714" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL3vcEWhcF-uROjdN1UlkCrUM8rX_MfT7DbfkqKX0YWf4nwOClRFkf98p1lrGO83w6PZSV2ZAPKIljeMDyy3__DdneOvVUvpqwuTITpCL7cA99JczEuxfLHvitmWpr_h8Mvg5S7HJyIS98/s400/2011_1225colourblue0040.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />There were some very "House and Garden" photos of the Christmas lunch.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjooLlqgWuAEcfh8RDm2YhpKvxWSSAyQJ829PMGGeroQv541hZXfRL3qbpgxSguuq7ffaDu2LqSJ40i-1ddIMpIPvRW-8itFz72aXO8fH3OiCCE5gl27qD7OTmL5Q3klwWkh2frHy1DVp0t/s1600/2011_1225colourblue0041.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690596811411370786" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjooLlqgWuAEcfh8RDm2YhpKvxWSSAyQJ829PMGGeroQv541hZXfRL3qbpgxSguuq7ffaDu2LqSJ40i-1ddIMpIPvRW-8itFz72aXO8fH3OiCCE5gl27qD7OTmL5Q3klwWkh2frHy1DVp0t/s400/2011_1225colourblue0041.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_VeQT3vNcam9O6PJzDsUPXUIRm9CCwPRpB-TV2bQsBb9IwN2sNXNJrs1vVTe_0dtuqzO-eJb1moCDziIbQeNgfUwxnIwQa4nC9AR1FzcZUnBEvlkBYuSFF00LWZRXdlbxaKKmZrMTPHRw/s1600/2011_1225colourblue0035.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690596795575864530" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_VeQT3vNcam9O6PJzDsUPXUIRm9CCwPRpB-TV2bQsBb9IwN2sNXNJrs1vVTe_0dtuqzO-eJb1moCDziIbQeNgfUwxnIwQa4nC9AR1FzcZUnBEvlkBYuSFF00LWZRXdlbxaKKmZrMTPHRw/s400/2011_1225colourblue0035.JPG" border="0" /></a> <br /><div>And the obligatory posing for the family photo.</div><br /><div>Everyone was extremely positive and excited about this part, especially The Granny (not).<br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoy7QYD4Q7yRKalQqCL6FE0Sz_QAdHaL2_Kkzm88qFFtH9FHE61RVl-OxtM4PYSH9EjZ0DOxmHDWQ9tgdVlj5HwR1eSFFN5QPQRuJiAHIcVyBAxiakKePfBscedeAsU_5U-0bTKQ_ER_fX/s1600/2011_1225colourblue0026.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690596776880832594" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoy7QYD4Q7yRKalQqCL6FE0Sz_QAdHaL2_Kkzm88qFFtH9FHE61RVl-OxtM4PYSH9EjZ0DOxmHDWQ9tgdVlj5HwR1eSFFN5QPQRuJiAHIcVyBAxiakKePfBscedeAsU_5U-0bTKQ_ER_fX/s400/2011_1225colourblue0026.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />So there you have it folks. All over for another year.</div><br /><div>I should imagine The Granny will have to knit a camel or six toed sloth or next year!</div><br /><div>Looking forward to it!<br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><img src="http://i723.photobucket.com/albums/ww238/happyandrosie/magpie%20chic/203c7f2b.gif" /></text></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div>magpie chichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10581726079731396861noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1689923045037054705.post-71010185296529428652011-12-23T17:49:00.000-08:002011-12-23T18:30:14.361-08:00Once Upon a Time...<div align="center">...there was a blog chic who really fancied building a gingerbread house for Christmas Day.</div><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBSZjhGG9UQdoYvPuRlCma3XMuwyrcNjNCCV5CX4hbsWW-ICX6SABGwYj0nmM-bg0YRmfx9oyzj9SXjKcbVb4XgphpIrSWaO-7zwfPZtKFcsqVC0ndQz7qx9WKBgi3p4q4RUWVr842LPNU/s1600/2011_1224colourblue0023.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5689512346737105218" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBSZjhGG9UQdoYvPuRlCma3XMuwyrcNjNCCV5CX4hbsWW-ICX6SABGwYj0nmM-bg0YRmfx9oyzj9SXjKcbVb4XgphpIrSWaO-7zwfPZtKFcsqVC0ndQz7qx9WKBgi3p4q4RUWVr842LPNU/s400/2011_1224colourblue0023.JPG" border="0" /></a> Every year it would reach a certain stage of development, </div><br /><br /><br /><div align="center">using various plans and construction methods....</div><br /><br /><br /><div align="center">and then collapse!</div><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSNMeyAMQqjQ4YkIwAbEy6_MFxAAXT2wS1j_95W2DTybi2H67hREtT4wHmNVjrq3Fz4JI66XyOOaV666Ai1aCNRcexHe5ckmKSh-x_VeRz49XbuvUIthxBWCkAV2z9GKPIe2nnDHMeNAqf/s1600/2011_1224colourblue0011.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5689512340702533618" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSNMeyAMQqjQ4YkIwAbEy6_MFxAAXT2wS1j_95W2DTybi2H67hREtT4wHmNVjrq3Fz4JI66XyOOaV666Ai1aCNRcexHe5ckmKSh-x_VeRz49XbuvUIthxBWCkAV2z9GKPIe2nnDHMeNAqf/s400/2011_1224colourblue0011.JPG" border="0" /></a> But finally, after many, many years of prototypes and failures,</div><br /><br /><br /><div align="center">she got the structural design and building materials just right!</div><br /><br /><br /><div align="center">A frame shape, and toffee to stick it all together.</div><br /><br /><br /><div align="center">Perfect!<br /><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnCfLpAgb3vldj5ewydgADroiD1oSIAiqFVsUgvPAOhnsNZRbvxFpgNCnKzgMX55uuNuM2cFRI__aZ8RKcxnvhg76_XBkGvBUp6b10VJilkGfHb9I06jZ8Q6XuY4y4hw7_B0vjDrymU7R_/s1600/2011_1224colourblue0013.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5689512333955575474" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnCfLpAgb3vldj5ewydgADroiD1oSIAiqFVsUgvPAOhnsNZRbvxFpgNCnKzgMX55uuNuM2cFRI__aZ8RKcxnvhg76_XBkGvBUp6b10VJilkGfHb9I06jZ8Q6XuY4y4hw7_B0vjDrymU7R_/s400/2011_1224colourblue0013.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />"She who is proficient at separating eggs" had a plan for the decoration.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGUZbTCLFv-EZVJDJFhbVhdJL37dG80nTjxiViuFgQ-CFQ4v0uSz4cMyckgLUJSGJkCShTBkg-fxO5-WTzyVBNKi5ITuzuRp2BfZZRkXXJ7ZkWDKIjNn-GBDBi77iW30rIKWLyS4INWXrq/s1600/2011_1224colourblue0017.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5689512327075083250" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGUZbTCLFv-EZVJDJFhbVhdJL37dG80nTjxiViuFgQ-CFQ4v0uSz4cMyckgLUJSGJkCShTBkg-fxO5-WTzyVBNKi5ITuzuRp2BfZZRkXXJ7ZkWDKIjNn-GBDBi77iW30rIKWLyS4INWXrq/s400/2011_1224colourblue0017.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />And The granny was in charge of cute marzipan animals<br /><br /><br />to sit on the roof and outside in the snow.<br />There were ducks, and cats, and ring tailed possums and wombats of course!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQdVN9yNChxPOpgXoBDlzfVqzAV_bJUtEwPttrLm3v0x3NbrhRVpOZY9bkH6-EzgOtnkx3Bh4nEb8Uc-E-rU5pWf_A-NsWk_vrCZ5GESxYvmXVnZlirsF6yNLdT5AUVNQufzJs8cqEGxw0/s1600/2011_1224colourblue0018.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5689509143825854642" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQdVN9yNChxPOpgXoBDlzfVqzAV_bJUtEwPttrLm3v0x3NbrhRVpOZY9bkH6-EzgOtnkx3Bh4nEb8Uc-E-rU5pWf_A-NsWk_vrCZ5GESxYvmXVnZlirsF6yNLdT5AUVNQufzJs8cqEGxw0/s400/2011_1224colourblue0018.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />And a gingerbread man to stand guard outside.</div><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjvG81DuphfkYZCyk6Lm7ixCeAm1iRdvpdEiXU-CARGD6bLZANPpM8Ft4dHVB8cheNp-wzHPjXLRwsScRhH0kck-cmvHJDnLKfCHZFw6i-FfaY4Qp4UAstY1u0CI6trWZIJCTMYRj-Fx6o/s1600/2011_1224colourblue0020.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5689509131406971986" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjvG81DuphfkYZCyk6Lm7ixCeAm1iRdvpdEiXU-CARGD6bLZANPpM8Ft4dHVB8cheNp-wzHPjXLRwsScRhH0kck-cmvHJDnLKfCHZFw6i-FfaY4Qp4UAstY1u0CI6trWZIJCTMYRj-Fx6o/s400/2011_1224colourblue0020.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZakND3wrlWFs-PK7ixlp-oZzxhcC9IXCgB41ttYh8NpvO7XNfu1UGSqVQscCXeM18Y3D-pcICgVHWOePPQ-P_Patu2iWSItG1eI6FWwj6JPw35w0Xwg8anHSi5niwiLnpaJr5RDymmNXp/s1600/2011_1224colourblue0019.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5689509123086592898" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZakND3wrlWFs-PK7ixlp-oZzxhcC9IXCgB41ttYh8NpvO7XNfu1UGSqVQscCXeM18Y3D-pcICgVHWOePPQ-P_Patu2iWSItG1eI6FWwj6JPw35w0Xwg8anHSi5niwiLnpaJr5RDymmNXp/s400/2011_1224colourblue0019.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh22qbXg7SVz8LdkkCeWiBxejxEapNorF8Y-ZrYJFwbAA1N88Qn5J9X7_PB9VqUwfn3G9Zq2wAxt3F_VJW1mthPKoC3r9e84cL6lgqWdXUB1BgUkaHoEYBXXFi7qGraa8lEkoedBkJePw_N/s1600/2011_1224colourblue0021.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5689509121839470626" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh22qbXg7SVz8LdkkCeWiBxejxEapNorF8Y-ZrYJFwbAA1N88Qn5J9X7_PB9VqUwfn3G9Zq2wAxt3F_VJW1mthPKoC3r9e84cL6lgqWdXUB1BgUkaHoEYBXXFi7qGraa8lEkoedBkJePw_N/s400/2011_1224colourblue0021.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />And they all lived happily ever after!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><img src="http://i723.photobucket.com/albums/ww238/happyandrosie/magpie%20chic/203c7f2b.gif" /></text></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div>magpie chichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10581726079731396861noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1689923045037054705.post-62519082038834532762011-12-12T21:54:00.000-08:002011-12-12T22:11:17.375-08:00The Jesus Table.<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir-tIstYeEq5BKl4Y_DvBM2rg2ZgK6kTzh7OZoAHuL7ObQagJv1iN6SXZb4Q665sGYGK6w_LLgAGhnhLF8ggGdxpopPMrc5e9uu0f6PT3hg02wh733GPC7Z_4xhsMTG7GbqsN3iutQTcoT/s1600/2011_1211colourblue0003.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5685490186312016418" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir-tIstYeEq5BKl4Y_DvBM2rg2ZgK6kTzh7OZoAHuL7ObQagJv1iN6SXZb4Q665sGYGK6w_LLgAGhnhLF8ggGdxpopPMrc5e9uu0f6PT3hg02wh733GPC7Z_4xhsMTG7GbqsN3iutQTcoT/s400/2011_1211colourblue0003.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><div align="center">A lovely weekend of sunshine.</div><br /><div align="center">Out came the Jesus Table to sit under the climbing hydrangea.</div><br /><div align="center">Perfect.</div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBnBIBWNf6xmwAeJWr7MBv2rCJe5_RbCy6ShCtilMZDtIDDAkmOE8Hvc__MIhQovecmpwWrXY05nfqHkXEFaZoo-oGI-hrjiwch-lEnlwai00xCJGQ2cFmMUEQAn15fXJGYlt0F4-D0Mgr/s1600/2011_1211colourblue0004.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5685490175717974770" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBnBIBWNf6xmwAeJWr7MBv2rCJe5_RbCy6ShCtilMZDtIDDAkmOE8Hvc__MIhQovecmpwWrXY05nfqHkXEFaZoo-oGI-hrjiwch-lEnlwai00xCJGQ2cFmMUEQAn15fXJGYlt0F4-D0Mgr/s400/2011_1211colourblue0004.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDkt8cDiykUz73_AOvrqchRJKfolJ4iOnLUwwLX6tub93bmnLWiXehuPXLKPhuUqbazs30swyU62Z6B-Vc-9aZs_gvid_mD1XrDAbH-LanoKCBJ1tFcpB2lovwSNA3w9RF1A_iiQFF3hg2/s1600/2011_1211colourblue0005.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5685490170949596130" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDkt8cDiykUz73_AOvrqchRJKfolJ4iOnLUwwLX6tub93bmnLWiXehuPXLKPhuUqbazs30swyU62Z6B-Vc-9aZs_gvid_mD1XrDAbH-LanoKCBJ1tFcpB2lovwSNA3w9RF1A_iiQFF3hg2/s400/2011_1211colourblue0005.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Grannies are naturally attracted to such pieces of sculpture appearing in the garden.</div><br /><div>The same as cats and cardboard boxes!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><img src="http://i723.photobucket.com/albums/ww238/happyandrosie/magpie%20chic/203c7f2b.gif" /></text></div></div><br /></div>magpie chichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10581726079731396861noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1689923045037054705.post-69892148980102910352011-12-03T14:13:00.001-08:002011-12-03T15:23:45.965-08:00Oh Christmas Tree.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidcX25tbKwi_L5kLWyoNlDrWXAbkS277iU3dIiUf9j0vEiXMigTmg-52w_gIJVrsK3w7oF81Ttxa0nKzU5uFVuzXrRRm9vGO0eGAMo6qPpgM4x2MtpnsZgxaehZTZPju5siLlNbS930XnW/s1600/2011_1201colourblue0011.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682043440762990178" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidcX25tbKwi_L5kLWyoNlDrWXAbkS277iU3dIiUf9j0vEiXMigTmg-52w_gIJVrsK3w7oF81Ttxa0nKzU5uFVuzXrRRm9vGO0eGAMo6qPpgM4x2MtpnsZgxaehZTZPju5siLlNbS930XnW/s400/2011_1201colourblue0011.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJzwDVE-HkL6yNUQrJlDvpNk95zP8HlD06ww11IjfCOPDZmDfaRlqfqfJcrzLy3yMokmlhxoac3QE8WtnFR1RXJTTUI-w5N_hcuZe3T0y7IxMUAACwLA5OOeyNlpvZGTOWolqKpobA-byS/s1600/2011_1201colourblue0025.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682043435270047186" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJzwDVE-HkL6yNUQrJlDvpNk95zP8HlD06ww11IjfCOPDZmDfaRlqfqfJcrzLy3yMokmlhxoac3QE8WtnFR1RXJTTUI-w5N_hcuZe3T0y7IxMUAACwLA5OOeyNlpvZGTOWolqKpobA-byS/s400/2011_1201colourblue0025.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHj-mJL78sOPXXCAUtZf1As5WwhFCbOwJ09CpMe5RJ9lRtso-45_7pUbP-EK2GU2SqXz0zkyoNeliu81u9xXciOjCWXIxTCMssLh5Hj_J9oub2eL-W1sSI1px49mouMWvghfAYs25NbOx7/s1600/2011_1201colourblue0016.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682039570356171746" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHj-mJL78sOPXXCAUtZf1As5WwhFCbOwJ09CpMe5RJ9lRtso-45_7pUbP-EK2GU2SqXz0zkyoNeliu81u9xXciOjCWXIxTCMssLh5Hj_J9oub2eL-W1sSI1px49mouMWvghfAYs25NbOx7/s400/2011_1201colourblue0016.JPG" border="0" /></a><span style="color:#ff0000;"><br />1st of December is time to put up the Christmas trees and start planning the Christmas Menus.</span></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="color:#ff0000;">"She who is proficient at separating eggs"has been around with her Australian Women's Weekly recipe supplement, and I got out my NZ House and Garden equivalent and off we went.<br /></span><br /><br /><div><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfGhlpmswC1ctxmuIy7a1JyA8_gzvkQdpFMQywV8cpDlow9fZ9bVSHbCDJOMUfwNrllcPLerfyx-Frf44YNyn9RdUVg23TgwnpCCcVaW0iiu2k187oxbKM0g38V89TVZlldCC8sdyoLLTa/s1600/2011_1201colourblue0022.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682039550837901298" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfGhlpmswC1ctxmuIy7a1JyA8_gzvkQdpFMQywV8cpDlow9fZ9bVSHbCDJOMUfwNrllcPLerfyx-Frf44YNyn9RdUVg23TgwnpCCcVaW0iiu2k187oxbKM0g38V89TVZlldCC8sdyoLLTa/s400/2011_1201colourblue0022.JPG" border="0" /></a><span style="color:#ff0000;">We intend to make about 25 puddings and 2 salads!!! </span></div><br /><br /><div><span style="color:#ff0000;">Obviously a little more fine tuning to get through yet.</span></div><br /><br /><div><span style="color:#ff0000;">But we did find a triangular ginger bread house which may well turn out to be the solution to our gingerbread house structural engineering problems!<br /><br /></span><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxFbghQSS4jwXAVjamPWOJehw73TILtG1L3Fw5Hcb9AlqTyZLLPfjM63aF2yRD0iSkR0lIP-dp24Kyay0v2jbiT6J2gShFEUcofLeSBHr6FFxRb1bq91M_KxAKv6Xs1XZiBvolYEPfXhPM/s1600/2011_1201colourblue0023.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682039541851827442" style="DISPLAY: block; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1JpqzaqZn9PtFwOKVJCllC3kcpbxwCEiQfoqt9L7gARYUr7iAjypOkEZOnhP3j_0fY86lzk2qtzAvlRK21mAgagdz6R4H913oSeqbAD23EWU0yIXjj2BBWsZ_ayAdk48rLK4nSdfTcSYO/s400/2011_1201colourblue0008.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWsrRPLS2EMGPY6sbGGHnxcPQNosAmI3lgPWp33LueWZOpetb2uhVium2Ot33K0L-uYRrIG4rzC_0WEKliL-2U6oTZ1ni_KXcRZTN8WGQYfS_yuRa22GD2iHHVAtr6iaF1RKTEA93u4Dx5/s1600/2011_1201colourblue0018.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682036790053032690" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWsrRPLS2EMGPY6sbGGHnxcPQNosAmI3lgPWp33LueWZOpetb2uhVium2Ot33K0L-uYRrIG4rzC_0WEKliL-2U6oTZ1ni_KXcRZTN8WGQYfS_yuRa22GD2iHHVAtr6iaF1RKTEA93u4Dx5/s400/2011_1201colourblue0018.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB7ULyWKpGlpG85ocoALz9FTUAI34snuPAqjdcnnij9BnaoG3tOiTUyFC16dXuN8gg61qX_SbDcV34b7zqzNMapJfxsE8RMrD_nhXP35Y4J-uWaD2kNHNByEnks3DNUWM4BLptXrjSj9v7/s1600/2011_1201colourblue0015.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682036782110212738" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB7ULyWKpGlpG85ocoALz9FTUAI34snuPAqjdcnnij9BnaoG3tOiTUyFC16dXuN8gg61qX_SbDcV34b7zqzNMapJfxsE8RMrD_nhXP35Y4J-uWaD2kNHNByEnks3DNUWM4BLptXrjSj9v7/s400/2011_1201colourblue0015.JPG" border="0" /></a><span style="color:#ff0000;"> The Granny has put up her Christmas tree too, so we have three inside.</span></div><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJDSwsoTROM6LWeO8_Yx81aGJBPlyyEAPvIpITcLvc0s_JsG3eVtUBAWOe6Sgxtpp-l2xRa8y9jxx2OLudbQPJ7pOq-q8iAf6AlEymxZEcV7VgBAx7LgIgBN3xCRQv0OoxWYE-KGiYn7mc/s1600/2011_1201colourblue0003.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682036771163963570" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJDSwsoTROM6LWeO8_Yx81aGJBPlyyEAPvIpITcLvc0s_JsG3eVtUBAWOe6Sgxtpp-l2xRa8y9jxx2OLudbQPJ7pOq-q8iAf6AlEymxZEcV7VgBAx7LgIgBN3xCRQv0OoxWYE-KGiYn7mc/s400/2011_1201colourblue0003.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="color:#ff0000;">And one outside for the cats to play with!!</span></div><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicOvGSjeNf8qxGcDMj8ucumN7EeXiYk3lCpi1fEJNJqZ-42y9c3IrRAwi22RD1v0QfdgmKBSuMwLvro3CU8bbv9LrVCEUENQSvwk1LFowiBtCiJGXwp2egQBBS4WXqtMY8IKx2ec1esi6u/s1600/2011_1201colourblue0005.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682036767589723874" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicOvGSjeNf8qxGcDMj8ucumN7EeXiYk3lCpi1fEJNJqZ-42y9c3IrRAwi22RD1v0QfdgmKBSuMwLvro3CU8bbv9LrVCEUENQSvwk1LFowiBtCiJGXwp2egQBBS4WXqtMY8IKx2ec1esi6u/s400/2011_1201colourblue0005.JPG" border="0" /></a> <span style="color:#ff0000;">About 23 sleeps to go Blog Chics. Hope the weather improves!</span></div><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><img src="http://i723.photobucket.com/albums/ww238/happyandrosie/magpie%20chic/203c7f2b.gif" /></div></text></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>magpie chichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10581726079731396861noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1689923045037054705.post-6205539334120223352011-11-25T13:01:00.000-08:002011-11-25T13:56:52.510-08:00Catching the Cupcake Fairy.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjcrAtP_XVL7Hjg-hNW-Y58AIiJHKWUWW6IsbSQNbtWORwrDrzspvONoF_xA0zJwOohjGuQbo070pVRsIYsOsJVXwbtf6gtIPVgd0GTt7uTzPDj-CqcHXSHWPeYMk-pE63mLG45P631oGA/s1600/2011_1126colourblue0012.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679054301970250722" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjcrAtP_XVL7Hjg-hNW-Y58AIiJHKWUWW6IsbSQNbtWORwrDrzspvONoF_xA0zJwOohjGuQbo070pVRsIYsOsJVXwbtf6gtIPVgd0GTt7uTzPDj-CqcHXSHWPeYMk-pE63mLG45P631oGA/s400/2011_1126colourblue0012.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTAZRxO9IDNBoi6oS9U8frboNDWf0pO8LGKmwzqYYt_OozIdpS9Vl1TVujRfLCwq_770nu_J4A6yqf4CXB33xwoLAWF9pqDSpwriDkLxEqON1-1NQyniDB-ZZRmKVOE_fyIi1Q4QQ0bS-T/s1600/2011_1126colourblue0010.JPG"></a><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2twMPM-HkFJwR1OFRMWJOXblhALE4GMcnt6Owv8etfV_ekdPivLR6BfTor-NNXvwtV44VajEvkMgRdr6huSay7GVtOERwd_FG8reGPx3wosGLTvXij9g-YYhpk__Ynb3PG-LrnjK-cby_/s1600/2011_1126colourblue0014.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679049313365588162" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2twMPM-HkFJwR1OFRMWJOXblhALE4GMcnt6Owv8etfV_ekdPivLR6BfTor-NNXvwtV44VajEvkMgRdr6huSay7GVtOERwd_FG8reGPx3wosGLTvXij9g-YYhpk__Ynb3PG-LrnjK-cby_/s400/2011_1126colourblue0014.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />You know how I love to start projects Blog <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Chics</span>.</div><br /><br /><br /><div align="center">I started this one almost 18 months ago, then packed it up in a box when we moved house.</div><br /><br /><br /><div align="center">Never to be seen again till now.</div><br /><br /><br /><div align="center">I blogged about it <a href="http://magpiechic.blogspot.com/2010/06/image-fairy-pays-visit.html">here</a> when I had the initial flash of inspiration that you can't ignore when you want to start something new.<br /><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfrpJWc6UtJyouoHcPCmNwB_Cftmw4Gpkr-R1XJbxC2bNkmxbD9CQIk65aFXWX406zFt0JIstaSZVAm7494B4u3AENnuDKO7Gv6IzdotKlW-CO9kLFmbPfrKmXMaTYJiN81y5eUy4Ps7AF/s1600/2011_1126colourblue0024.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679049307729911906" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfrpJWc6UtJyouoHcPCmNwB_Cftmw4Gpkr-R1XJbxC2bNkmxbD9CQIk65aFXWX406zFt0JIstaSZVAm7494B4u3AENnuDKO7Gv6IzdotKlW-CO9kLFmbPfrKmXMaTYJiN81y5eUy4Ps7AF/s400/2011_1126colourblue0024.JPG" border="0" /></a> And here it is, the finished article.</div><br /><br /><br /><div align="center">I will add more and more pages, but I have three complete ones now.</div><br /><br /><br /><div align="center">You have no idea how long it took to get that far!</div><br /><br /><br /><div align="center">The Cupcake Fairy is my Grandmother as a <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">little</span> girl - with wings of course.<br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq3aI2TpQMcAcai_fUzhkvBrM3Uoob3bmK-s-OwZHzVcII8pGXHM5vhRyQUpFXbsLz_Q9z3Fq8cTutPMRi9tJajTKwxioof9NcL-bHG7e7bS6q9LOZQuFYDD3aCWm27VQQHRMdaygajThD/s1600/2011_1126colourblue0020.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679049297245730530" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq3aI2TpQMcAcai_fUzhkvBrM3Uoob3bmK-s-OwZHzVcII8pGXHM5vhRyQUpFXbsLz_Q9z3Fq8cTutPMRi9tJajTKwxioof9NcL-bHG7e7bS6q9LOZQuFYDD3aCWm27VQQHRMdaygajThD/s400/2011_1126colourblue0020.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Reminds me a bit of when I was little and we would have wallpaper or flour and water paste and collage and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">papier</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">mache</span> and scissors and magazines and make a huge mess for days at a time.<br /><br />I remember asking for a stapler for my sixth birthday!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4xnJD1qmLKJr39WImVYT_K15FoOKq4Or5keI0O5P8oA4b6vsdZe0k8LW2rN5QISTLZVgD8rrLdDF4SZKv-Dcxz_c3D-GrHOPMf8WS1Yu1lg44rfvMdj0aUeo83LFOdta5F4F0FqZbZbAc/s1600/2011_1126colourblue0021.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679049294483080706" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4xnJD1qmLKJr39WImVYT_K15FoOKq4Or5keI0O5P8oA4b6vsdZe0k8LW2rN5QISTLZVgD8rrLdDF4SZKv-Dcxz_c3D-GrHOPMf8WS1Yu1lg44rfvMdj0aUeo83LFOdta5F4F0FqZbZbAc/s400/2011_1126colourblue0021.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />You know what Blog <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Chics</span>.... we have way better glue now days.</div><br /><br /><br /><div>I love having no lumps!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9EvNEPUhs9D4qCOs7uV1hkNfo5Zx4-MGlhH4oxscus0Vvj51RzWX5JF8WN2L5ZaWBcmmLXmRwD20wIYPgYWUNZx0fyYhfILt_91N3lN9ZRGh9nDG56E44sHbPqXn35gYlAVQpuFvy3zAz/s1600/2011_1126colourblue0020.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679047216714265010" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9EvNEPUhs9D4qCOs7uV1hkNfo5Zx4-MGlhH4oxscus0Vvj51RzWX5JF8WN2L5ZaWBcmmLXmRwD20wIYPgYWUNZx0fyYhfILt_91N3lN9ZRGh9nDG56E44sHbPqXn35gYlAVQpuFvy3zAz/s400/2011_1126colourblue0020.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcb1_XnecvS10sFM7dQPRQQfsS433Gazl5yt0tyIQa1W8uiyni6U3yB69I4VHlQSYnDpxiareBSIHznht9DnzL-U4rKcs_e5s_p7qtm7bXIxQaHPfusxMnRbFUqKGLFweV1-TzBkZj4khu/s1600/2011_1126colourblue0018.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679047208486106578" style="DISPLAY: block; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5178ge3S7_6lIhYn3cBj9MRdtRENAA6xVpic8grnZEo9CquUMU2M0yoIsNnqqZjbdTQKS8IO3kYjfZOdIV7GdWei_E2DQZu-0Xg_j9Wxqw9tKGzUYB0-w7zf1E5O7WebqIo_ZtVsJmq07/s400/2011_1126colourblue0021.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-Tigs7EMXtRyUKSnuTcXUfNqNUJnyOgpLZkRiwE4LWZGgniJ6Wiw5c0uhMcEW0AvyoBq6SMkdQqprmUbqVMoBYK2X8f1Pjrwy4razygxQPBKkqYWbd1K-flDY1cYZ5ho9iLrY2U-WsajR/s1600/2011_1126colourblue0025.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679044108113323218" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-Tigs7EMXtRyUKSnuTcXUfNqNUJnyOgpLZkRiwE4LWZGgniJ6Wiw5c0uhMcEW0AvyoBq6SMkdQqprmUbqVMoBYK2X8f1Pjrwy4razygxQPBKkqYWbd1K-flDY1cYZ5ho9iLrY2U-WsajR/s400/2011_1126colourblue0025.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />And the Granny has finished Morton's little brother! </div><br /><div>Have a great weekend Blog Chics.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><img src="http://i723.photobucket.com/albums/ww238/happyandrosie/magpie%20chic/203c7f2b.gif" /></text></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>magpie chichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10581726079731396861noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1689923045037054705.post-36303958787886958412011-11-19T07:59:00.000-08:002011-11-19T09:17:06.992-08:00Flowers From My Grandmother's Garden.<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDPZfp3btUs1SeytWdSU3Ta1vAAlzZWRUnTCsYrhx1XC1MNU8EsAUGvbv-VK2DzdbJouPWJnL69ep0jx9mVpR7orWm6q6Hv2eFu30KvA1sFDwbj5gz7EV2b5RpvRY3mSmP9E7MQlz60zhs/s1600/2011_1118colourblue0008.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5676740440512556178" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDPZfp3btUs1SeytWdSU3Ta1vAAlzZWRUnTCsYrhx1XC1MNU8EsAUGvbv-VK2DzdbJouPWJnL69ep0jx9mVpR7orWm6q6Hv2eFu30KvA1sFDwbj5gz7EV2b5RpvRY3mSmP9E7MQlz60zhs/s400/2011_1118colourblue0008.JPG" border="0" /></a>There is an enduring memory from my childhood in which a letter would arrive in a fat airmail envelope; with an Australian stamp and my Grandmother's beautifully <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">old fashioned</span> handwriting on the front.</div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center">My mother would read it through a couple of times, and then I would be allowed to have a go at deciphering the beautiful handwriting.</div><br /><div align="center">It was like unlocking a secret code.</div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center">I remember they would go something like this...</div><br /><div align="center">"...I am watering the garden every day now... " and she would go on to describe what was flowering and what was looking its best, and there would be all the minutiae of a gardener's life there in the detail. </div><br /><div align="center">Evey now and then there would be something like ...</div><br /><div align="center">"...Stephen killed a brown snake today and hung it on the fence..." which would keep me interested when descriptions of the colour of the dahlias had become a bit <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">tedious</span>.</div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><br /></div><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-RA3fccIZHmuECiZz9ki8IRUtA4RHNAqenGirtIBlqfmtuUtZ6gTQT5y232cyKAvzwSsyX1zfzFO-D_nGK3zPLrlL9ylH7yz-l00eqZtMsmi0v45XZxjNVjUMA6V3SEkCsPg_NchavGtC/s1600/2011_1118colourblue0002.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5676740429337052738" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-RA3fccIZHmuECiZz9ki8IRUtA4RHNAqenGirtIBlqfmtuUtZ6gTQT5y232cyKAvzwSsyX1zfzFO-D_nGK3zPLrlL9ylH7yz-l00eqZtMsmi0v45XZxjNVjUMA6V3SEkCsPg_NchavGtC/s400/2011_1118colourblue0002.JPG" border="0" /></a> F<span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">orty</span> years later I am composing letters in my head to my Australian Aunties.</div><br /><div align="center">As every new rose appears and every new hydrangea flowers, and the Granny asks me to dig the potato patch and she plants the tomatoes, and we plant some more sweet peas to climb the frames that the beans climbed last year.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDKx2jc51sERhKh9V3d6iQBZ7NsurXTV4oyEhqEP6mjcJL0xqSsUFTBV5DtdPtKzu0AncIKUZoBmZcDCShnrtDKU0b2pWXRDCqsHtl0wCUSMXvqGJ0Ztt6wMsKBHPxdfLmq-2-tn28Dqok/s1600/2011_1118colourblue0003.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5676740427484080802" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDKx2jc51sERhKh9V3d6iQBZ7NsurXTV4oyEhqEP6mjcJL0xqSsUFTBV5DtdPtKzu0AncIKUZoBmZcDCShnrtDKU0b2pWXRDCqsHtl0wCUSMXvqGJ0Ztt6wMsKBHPxdfLmq-2-tn28Dqok/s400/2011_1118colourblue0003.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />And they go something like this...<br /><br />...Dear Doreen and Kathy,<br />it rains at least a couple of times a week at the moment, and the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">equinoctial</span> winds blow outside our shelter hedges.<br />The clothes dry quickly in the meadow and some days the grass lies almost horizontal.<br />But inside our shelter belt of hedges, it is relatively calm.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4szgp9GyJk4HKkGjEqfP5CAv7nYr5bukcM3gGMqEXmHS_UHbDnZVk1C-rchTInSf7IaPv8FOdzZDV2fT_w4_E8QOmEeLG4K9lD6psjco-m9feA0cquiQhmlidDrSsyaTbe44wjgNyHwYr/s1600/2011_1118colourblue0004.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5676740420475949298" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4szgp9GyJk4HKkGjEqfP5CAv7nYr5bukcM3gGMqEXmHS_UHbDnZVk1C-rchTInSf7IaPv8FOdzZDV2fT_w4_E8QOmEeLG4K9lD6psjco-m9feA0cquiQhmlidDrSsyaTbe44wjgNyHwYr/s400/2011_1118colourblue0004.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />All the roses have begun to bloom.<br />I pruned them, <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">fed</span> them and mulched them a bit and it's worked wonders.<br />I really thought they were on their last legs when we came here at the end of last summer.<br /><br />The climbing hydrangeas have burst into flower and will be perfect as shady umbrellas in the summer.<br />We plan to put the Jesus table out there under the biggest one under the walk way.<br />The Jesus table was a lucky find in the local antique shop in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Eltham</span> (The Bank).<br />Barb had all her <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">religious</span> icons displayed on it when we came in out of the rain one Sunday and bought it for the Granny annexe.<br />It is a rustic French looking <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">affair</span>, round, and the perfect size for breakfasting on or taking outside on summer evenings.<br />It shall be forever known as the Jesus table.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmfA7kZN-M5h7gjvcmi6si6nS3eG6rmptcZNSJoKoBi6ftlnXINEZ3f0hEBQE-K8Ha1j6bJ9Q1XFDUvT5sKBnSXMc5c2Q7vKJ8U7SNOBxctDMeIH-hDUqvZtO9RPTTsp5p_F2Ol1DBEt08/s1600/2011_1118colourblue0005.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5676740414548915394" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmfA7kZN-M5h7gjvcmi6si6nS3eG6rmptcZNSJoKoBi6ftlnXINEZ3f0hEBQE-K8Ha1j6bJ9Q1XFDUvT5sKBnSXMc5c2Q7vKJ8U7SNOBxctDMeIH-hDUqvZtO9RPTTsp5p_F2Ol1DBEt08/s400/2011_1118colourblue0005.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />The Granny cuts the blooms as they become completely open, and fills our collection of little china jugs with beautiful velvety roses.<br />The kitchen is filled with the scent of them when you come in from outside.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZp_iFuyfRey-5H_iGkv6M9zWdba0_TXKqdg33JwpNXK7MDGZsKVILlkg9ROdHtmwUcEbBsyFndDZes7IKCJVZ8hTRu_rDrsnO0pAWpI_psMXaKIUO4jgPTe9yD4kEXMCQQxtsfi5lBisG/s1600/2011_1118colourblue0006.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5676739356910179474" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZp_iFuyfRey-5H_iGkv6M9zWdba0_TXKqdg33JwpNXK7MDGZsKVILlkg9ROdHtmwUcEbBsyFndDZes7IKCJVZ8hTRu_rDrsnO0pAWpI_psMXaKIUO4jgPTe9yD4kEXMCQQxtsfi5lBisG/s400/2011_1118colourblue0006.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I have never had such a collection of reds, russets and black-burgundy roses.</div><br /><div>In my other garden I favoured old fashioned roses in pastel shades.</div><br /><div>Here I have bushes and bushes of healthy <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">iceburgs</span> lining the walkways and the sweeping down the driveway alternated with lavender.</div><br /><div>They have just burst into flower and have the prettiest hint of pink when the buds have just opened. They fade to white by the time they are ready to be picked.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqVHiCTlxP0u4k8l01DqY-uRGA1-MP_MAk38D_uiZm7FYZTrbUpHia_zjlbxvby5of5hRMhYKtr5XP0FoSpQUHT5SGfwlpxHLMAcqVrQ3_XugL561XMUPJDDxEKziP6FnbK11MK02VlNlk/s1600/2011_1118colourblue0007.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5676739349096145938" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqVHiCTlxP0u4k8l01DqY-uRGA1-MP_MAk38D_uiZm7FYZTrbUpHia_zjlbxvby5of5hRMhYKtr5XP0FoSpQUHT5SGfwlpxHLMAcqVrQ3_XugL561XMUPJDDxEKziP6FnbK11MK02VlNlk/s400/2011_1118colourblue0007.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />And yellow. I have yellow roses!</div><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYiBv2ZGLtVyxyBbOBZF8-MweQIiYwn7_ePC1Po5jw1WfsQNPGbURu9CGXqnloilEZmK2vB0GSbEw89VL6v2sbjpK43bhp_nAjo5oArt_gZUSV4UbLa6govq2-ygLP8qbNi7duk6cPmHBf/s1600/2011_1118colourblue0009.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5676739344440519106" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYiBv2ZGLtVyxyBbOBZF8-MweQIiYwn7_ePC1Po5jw1WfsQNPGbURu9CGXqnloilEZmK2vB0GSbEw89VL6v2sbjpK43bhp_nAjo5oArt_gZUSV4UbLa6govq2-ygLP8qbNi7duk6cPmHBf/s400/2011_1118colourblue0009.JPG" border="0" /></a> I don't have any stories of snakes to tell. Only cats who plonk themselves in the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">middle</span> of a patch of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">catmint</span> and roll around in <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">ecstasy</span>. </div><br /><div>What is it about <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">catmint</span> that makes them love it so much?</div><br /><div>They follow me around with the wheelbarrow up and down to the compost heap.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcSABvAsK4Nn4N8EZI-GGyZ4cBut4pt3j8Vrpsob0JWjG5RbtieftLMd8gp5oLZIrAvcMinRV8XX5l8X4Y42E_IR1hqo_llkLIBfl1UgC0qagyQ_y6t61XAAU1U2yhG6POWN71mUgh1EO4/s1600/2011_1118colourblue0010.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5676739335637767890" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcSABvAsK4Nn4N8EZI-GGyZ4cBut4pt3j8Vrpsob0JWjG5RbtieftLMd8gp5oLZIrAvcMinRV8XX5l8X4Y42E_IR1hqo_llkLIBfl1UgC0qagyQ_y6t61XAAU1U2yhG6POWN71mUgh1EO4/s400/2011_1118colourblue0010.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPsa0WasIylQNcP4ktbeKV2V6S2oNx5tAEaYzNzqNEk0zjdA3apvZxJI7u2vtZ37iQZbsA5ViikjtnL0i-LIAL3iqcG_oCMaP6ZlbS8S3pL1VKnWZpGccKac82wvjd9ohfWMAu020Q12Tn/s1600/2011_1118colourblue0011.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5676739332896401314" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPsa0WasIylQNcP4ktbeKV2V6S2oNx5tAEaYzNzqNEk0zjdA3apvZxJI7u2vtZ37iQZbsA5ViikjtnL0i-LIAL3iqcG_oCMaP6ZlbS8S3pL1VKnWZpGccKac82wvjd9ohfWMAu020Q12Tn/s400/2011_1118colourblue0011.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiccge3ucsm3AZ8eomFheWtac5QqrYYEvJ1RMV0fNG54Inq2djN30afxYM3SyxU96fyH35w919wKXBanVnlPaHBNRgN5fAlnWWDW2QABnH7z5dOi-5WY_dsK0a4m-0-e-K_pscdCLsE301/s1600/2011_1118colourblue0012.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5676738343035132882" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiccge3ucsm3AZ8eomFheWtac5QqrYYEvJ1RMV0fNG54Inq2djN30afxYM3SyxU96fyH35w919wKXBanVnlPaHBNRgN5fAlnWWDW2QABnH7z5dOi-5WY_dsK0a4m-0-e-K_pscdCLsE301/s400/2011_1118colourblue0012.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />This is where we'll put the Jesus table in the summer.</div><br /><div>The Granny fancies sitting under the climbing hydrangea with a glass of wine.</div><br /><div><br /></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQJWHnbavBcQnzje-unoofK1en7azuJmdgcGg0LkEm0Wa12e4ehmXNG9VAcOyKnYPGyX8YcI8el20lhyphenhyphenYRZ62hQOFe2xSIVb59i606lKKqgGNd4p-o_LYnm4niMOJV9f3fHwX_w3YT0k77/s1600/2011_1118colourblue0013.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5676738338136561538" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQJWHnbavBcQnzje-unoofK1en7azuJmdgcGg0LkEm0Wa12e4ehmXNG9VAcOyKnYPGyX8YcI8el20lhyphenhyphenYRZ62hQOFe2xSIVb59i606lKKqgGNd4p-o_LYnm4niMOJV9f3fHwX_w3YT0k77/s400/2011_1118colourblue0013.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />And I have to confess I got a "man out from town" to cut the hedges.</div><br /><div>Well, actually it was a man and a girl.</div><br /><div>The Granny and I went round afterwards with the secateurs and the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">hedge cutters</span> and evened everything off and neatened it all up. </div><br /><div>And <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">sweapt</span> the paths of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">buxus</span> cuttings and put them into the compost pile in the paddock.</div><br /><div><br /></div><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl1tEJt1gQv2ndaiYoGs-1thQAERX0WheA2WvbNgnmU4Wxk26oB8waNhIDrjDKXvxa9DGI_XVP5tB3G3yTNSNHNwzYjGIVYdTZhrCmh0uh8Ta8PRYHI_OG3pHz5iP7egnogEzVdAZ1NgCv/s1600/2011_1112colourblue0002.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5676738319425883810" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl1tEJt1gQv2ndaiYoGs-1thQAERX0WheA2WvbNgnmU4Wxk26oB8waNhIDrjDKXvxa9DGI_XVP5tB3G3yTNSNHNwzYjGIVYdTZhrCmh0uh8Ta8PRYHI_OG3pHz5iP7egnogEzVdAZ1NgCv/s400/2011_1112colourblue0002.JPG" border="0" /></a> It is early morning here now as I write this and the birds are all starting to wake up.</div><br /><div>The sun has risen over the mountain and has left a red tinge on the snow line through the cloud.</div><br /><div>The wind has already started. The branches in the tall trees shift outside my window.</div><br /><div><br /><br /></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKC03Ayq5LjnFe7q0SG4dB1Xii7KLh-qOKc59ULC7j2q2I-4bA0Wf3H13YOt18OfYouSl_gZjZlHw47BVkNekGvTQtp-UK5aB9V8Us9CONpLBlK5AjRmpRRcTYMQWeQl7gNp31rKkGpyiF/s1600/2011_1118colourblue0001.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5676738315789472850" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKC03Ayq5LjnFe7q0SG4dB1Xii7KLh-qOKc59ULC7j2q2I-4bA0Wf3H13YOt18OfYouSl_gZjZlHw47BVkNekGvTQtp-UK5aB9V8Us9CONpLBlK5AjRmpRRcTYMQWeQl7gNp31rKkGpyiF/s400/2011_1118colourblue0001.JPG" border="0" /></a> Today I will be mowing and weeding and digging in compost for the Granny's potato patch.</div><br /><div>And hoping for some sunshine. </div><br /><div>In your gardens you can take that as a given; but not here.</div><br /><div>Not even in late November.</div><br /><div>But I think I would trade that for the possibility of finding a brown snake amongst the</div><br /><div>snapdragons!!!<br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><img src="http://i723.photobucket.com/albums/ww238/happyandrosie/magpie%20chic/203c7f2b.gif" /></text></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div>magpie chichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10581726079731396861noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1689923045037054705.post-30582130167828891082011-11-11T23:28:00.000-08:002011-11-12T00:44:20.557-08:00Customise and Embellish.<div align="center"><span style="font-family:courier new;color:#cc66cc;"><em><strong>Every now and then a girl has to re-arrange things a bit.</strong></em></span></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:courier new;color:#cc66cc;"><em><strong>A certain amount of re-shabbying goes on, this time inspired by a day in bed reading lovely books.</strong></em></span></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:courier new;color:#cc66cc;"><em><strong>It's almost worth feeling poorly to have the excuse to just indulge, sleep and indulge again.</strong></em></span></div><span style="font-family:courier new;color:#cc66cc;"><em><strong></strong></em></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOBhCuKUtqtmGCRn2v0tT7YYMPqAauvVV1J6PoihWaSIBoa7Av5xWC2SDxeAWKQj9XRVOJvoxVBAhcSqA-mAov6KX5A3RolpMCLMXLu7VfJnhXXUfWQbGdO2V01KvufI1BTYIRxhbF327y/s1600/text1.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5674015306692527906" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOBhCuKUtqtmGCRn2v0tT7YYMPqAauvVV1J6PoihWaSIBoa7Av5xWC2SDxeAWKQj9XRVOJvoxVBAhcSqA-mAov6KX5A3RolpMCLMXLu7VfJnhXXUfWQbGdO2V01KvufI1BTYIRxhbF327y/s400/text1.JPG" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:courier new;color:#cc66cc;"><strong><em> Rachel Ashwell's new book is just a pure confection.</em></strong></span></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:courier new;color:#cc66cc;"><strong><em>The Granny has vowed to strew lilacs across her feet in the manner of Rachel on the front cover.</em></strong></span></div><span style="font-family:courier new;color:#cc66cc;"><strong><em></em></strong></span><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:courier new;color:#cc66cc;"><strong><em>Never mind that we don't actually have any lilacs. </em></strong></span></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:courier new;color:#cc66cc;"><strong><em>We have climbing hydrangeas that are equally frothy.</em></strong></span></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><br /><strong><em><span style="color:#cc66cc;"></span></em></strong></span></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOe7H9MFiWqxWlYSlYSHqPIavaEpYX4ODxsJuHdPatW3r7B1xkZXbw6mPGkhKSw6pa6YQObA-Las5rY6Ihp-Km7pkFOXWLUHZd25Q7hJwjObi1tbBPWUyJA-PNDTWZJztSNEcF_6xBqvQG/s1600/2011_0115colourblue0129.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5674015296220273474" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOe7H9MFiWqxWlYSlYSHqPIavaEpYX4ODxsJuHdPatW3r7B1xkZXbw6mPGkhKSw6pa6YQObA-Las5rY6Ihp-Km7pkFOXWLUHZd25Q7hJwjObi1tbBPWUyJA-PNDTWZJztSNEcF_6xBqvQG/s400/2011_0115colourblue0129.JPG" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:courier new;color:#cc66cc;"><strong><em> All the text across my photos is from a gorgeous book I got from the library</em></strong></span></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:courier new;color:#cc66cc;"><strong><em>called Boudoir, by Hilary Robertson.<br /></em></strong></span><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:courier new;color:#cc66cc;"><strong><em>She categorises the many styles of romantic and vintage glamorising of the boudoir in the most resounding way.</em></strong></span></div><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:courier new;color:#cc66cc;"><strong><em>I find I am strongly inclined toward the "material girl", with a strong influence of "vintage girl" and a dash of "boho".<br /><br /></em></strong></span></div><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9WjVo_Y7TfxqNlpqpx9YRAAMpmHKv7v-XUV2nuw91qUW1om4BPbkNNaXFRGpuD3TmQB74MHF6bXWpeyWPnxM601jnoLETnxg0M9WQc-gd7pTWjIMokhsdgiWirWRBdM4qF6QV1moUWvVI/s1600/2011_1112colourblue0014.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5674012521950230642" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9WjVo_Y7TfxqNlpqpx9YRAAMpmHKv7v-XUV2nuw91qUW1om4BPbkNNaXFRGpuD3TmQB74MHF6bXWpeyWPnxM601jnoLETnxg0M9WQc-gd7pTWjIMokhsdgiWirWRBdM4qF6QV1moUWvVI/s400/2011_1112colourblue0014.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;color:#ff6666;"><em><strong>She says, "the danger of vintage is that the whole thing can become madly busy and "Grannyish", but the vintage girl avoids this by balancing pattern with plenty of white paint on the walls."</strong></em></span></div><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:courier new;color:#ff6666;"><em><strong></strong></em></span></div><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:courier new;color:#ff99ff;"><em><strong><span style="color:#ff6666;">"...a collection of mismatched rosy china cups is infinitely more charming than a conventional tea set."<br /><br /></span><br /></strong></em></span><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsf8MwOSQ4vBY10vHSaYQG0jXXgc-hz-_BlyhbmrZRNwyVe7r7rKduVDpHLYwsOxIlR5f6QfbYGM85BolYZ6qXV-X7e9tes-Q7D8PMXafVLUg1o4Ubg_3XbSU843wLP-wUH0JVu8oWO8-X/s1600/2011_1112colourblue0006.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5674012514856432370" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsf8MwOSQ4vBY10vHSaYQG0jXXgc-hz-_BlyhbmrZRNwyVe7r7rKduVDpHLYwsOxIlR5f6QfbYGM85BolYZ6qXV-X7e9tes-Q7D8PMXafVLUg1o4Ubg_3XbSU843wLP-wUH0JVu8oWO8-X/s400/2011_1112colourblue0006.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;color:#cc33cc;"><em>Material girl has "magpie instincts" which draw her toward anything decorative or glittery.<br /><br />"...Material girl is more likely to hang a particularly delicious frock on the wall than tuck it away in a wardrobe..."</em></span></div><span style="font-family:courier new;color:#cc33cc;"><em></em></span></div><span style="font-family:courier new;color:#cc33cc;"><em></em></span></div><span style="font-family:courier new;color:#cc33cc;"><em></em></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;color:#cc33cc;"><em>"She likes nothing better than to scour flea markets and thrift shops for crepe de chine slips or floral tea dresses."<br /><br /><div></em></span></div><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpWSXJtUIVpjfB-L40HlWknIpV8VhyVrOv97uZ11HqtrJA4Cur28gJi9o3LKh-qDPg_hsyI0lV-sYUfHdy22Aikb8WTM56QDwV1a_2OUR5sUdRgP4_S3IMXlZQbcSR3Pd82uPef2_IThDo/s1600/2011_1112colourblue0012.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5674012509394955218" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpWSXJtUIVpjfB-L40HlWknIpV8VhyVrOv97uZ11HqtrJA4Cur28gJi9o3LKh-qDPg_hsyI0lV-sYUfHdy22Aikb8WTM56QDwV1a_2OUR5sUdRgP4_S3IMXlZQbcSR3Pd82uPef2_IThDo/s400/2011_1112colourblue0012.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;color:#ff6666;"><strong><em>"...fondant shades of pistachio, lilac, duck-egg blue and sugared almond pink are mixed and matched with abandon".<br /><br /></em></strong></span><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWdK-uRTvNuSQb5QT5osj5Dbmpln7gTUQLy79I6da59VZQDIrNerEu6578lVrWQMqEJkVOqeMkozCuHkOudw84YDPZnJKpUqUuu3yBwpYMlYH8YByvOIkoTVo_IBwgyffODXSGzBetEdRQ/s1600/2011_1112colourblue0013.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5674012002212389202" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWdK-uRTvNuSQb5QT5osj5Dbmpln7gTUQLy79I6da59VZQDIrNerEu6578lVrWQMqEJkVOqeMkozCuHkOudw84YDPZnJKpUqUuu3yBwpYMlYH8YByvOIkoTVo_IBwgyffODXSGzBetEdRQ/s400/2011_1112colourblue0013.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><strong><em><span style="color:#cc66cc;">...no -one can tell you how to be eccentric, but if you follow your heart you will inevitably get the "boho" look..."<br /><br /></span></em></strong><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis4HqdetULmUjJ4GZmtly5AVf4CktRad7FEo_-I1akVaIgdsZbVanw0YW8WKe0bS6lJlx9RvfMVaG5XjAy2SOSfbK7Jl5mofC7ep_zW8HhhsTgakDQM3uAPUnyE0Cs7KJt5b8GgZqVJFdO/s1600/2011_1112colourblue0017.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5674011983070204370" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis4HqdetULmUjJ4GZmtly5AVf4CktRad7FEo_-I1akVaIgdsZbVanw0YW8WKe0bS6lJlx9RvfMVaG5XjAy2SOSfbK7Jl5mofC7ep_zW8HhhsTgakDQM3uAPUnyE0Cs7KJt5b8GgZqVJFdO/s400/2011_1112colourblue0017.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;color:#cc66cc;"><strong><em>...Material girl has never graduated from childhood's dressing up phase..."<br /></em></strong></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiilFgzNDowTUIUyxKda_rJkBUr3JbdUOyFQlrVpgOoSG7DCv3I0NXm1233PVmBJARt3GfAK52pz7HVWQ-n8XJZi-ZqFrIXxpgszv2QKT8NGaU7DgG6XDkiDKqOsTlJwRwkSAPpP-Lv-em0/s1600/text5.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5674011621208063794" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiilFgzNDowTUIUyxKda_rJkBUr3JbdUOyFQlrVpgOoSG7DCv3I0NXm1233PVmBJARt3GfAK52pz7HVWQ-n8XJZi-ZqFrIXxpgszv2QKT8NGaU7DgG6XDkiDKqOsTlJwRwkSAPpP-Lv-em0/s400/text5.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;color:#ff6666;"><strong><em>I just love the text in this book. It's spontaneous and insightful and not in any way cliched.</em></strong></span></div><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:courier new;color:#ff6666;"><strong><em>Rachel tends to be a little bit NOT these things sometimes.<br /><br /><br /></em></strong></span><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilUfI_AtpACTxMUfGGSu8Z9BWQWCRmSUyi5kYODVVg1nDKK5HK3axEHnmjCc4VSztiIPh28Ha5AIbow70EPoaPNts4d3on8Yb4R-fAYclyzpf5brLrWtuKlq6_c5fILT8abyHWnTMZYZRf/s1600/2011_1112colourblue0018.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5674011618083660562" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilUfI_AtpACTxMUfGGSu8Z9BWQWCRmSUyi5kYODVVg1nDKK5HK3axEHnmjCc4VSztiIPh28Ha5AIbow70EPoaPNts4d3on8Yb4R-fAYclyzpf5brLrWtuKlq6_c5fILT8abyHWnTMZYZRf/s400/2011_1112colourblue0018.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidQKmvOzG-bEe9aB-rAG7ZwZMumPHyivSXnna470BZ7VpUMLuSruhSjEZJUREG5vAsNn1W2N_mx1NGETQ5WmdIEULuEAoaO2L3nnEFdIBwu2XFQhi0r5jhiVjp0RD-_8rR3y8q4Z7lJJ9e/s1600/text4.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5674011286312419058" style="DISPLAY: block; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpoJsymEWc8NFKS9wF0kMlS3G2JDIFVzEt0J490TYZsPFnwit9aAKbzluA-yuPfzFCBH_OuHFp09GTivwTuaBufuKwDpISD_MwyhdVjZ4JIuJq0b6xPVoQgQqJ_jsQ4Tr5QfpBq7buMIYU/s400/2011_1112colourblue0025.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivJ-98GeOI-MD4OJ0RzaFFN1k9xDmjioU5DSLB_YnuseVN8fG8X4MJZtGkoIG4nBjpSVsZB04zbvxzzNXawqPIH6AIwH4ZvJYe_6XfjOc_IswOpgqdAPk1XF4gG3xCruJ7ZnN3ZTqDSZ8r/s1600/text3.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5674010932799031458" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivJ-98GeOI-MD4OJ0RzaFFN1k9xDmjioU5DSLB_YnuseVN8fG8X4MJZtGkoIG4nBjpSVsZB04zbvxzzNXawqPIH6AIwH4ZvJYe_6XfjOc_IswOpgqdAPk1XF4gG3xCruJ7ZnN3ZTqDSZ8r/s400/text3.JPG" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:180%;"><strong><em><span style="color:#ff99ff;"> Have a lovely weekend Blog Chics.<br /><br /></span></em></strong><br /></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><img src="http://i723.photobucket.com/albums/ww238/happyandrosie/magpie%20chic/203c7f2b.gif" /></text></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div>magpie chichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10581726079731396861noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1689923045037054705.post-59734160087790072532011-11-06T11:03:00.000-08:002011-11-06T12:03:52.942-08:00In Which I go on an Expedition with Pooh and Piglet to Martinborough - and Bring Back a Mirror.<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheqnbl3bYBqsTi8pIygcwypxkbBWa4YbAa_JqFsRAKqMuMmgU1q9wLFUlayLcxZwXlLPK3FP4xeBcy0y3oN2KLfiMU_Q_qDAVHe23hV6aZQs2bCn1vHMcgebdFdnDAQ5ZwNvpfjZBI1kM2/s1600/walnut+cotage.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671964196695295586" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 350px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 262px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheqnbl3bYBqsTi8pIygcwypxkbBWa4YbAa_JqFsRAKqMuMmgU1q9wLFUlayLcxZwXlLPK3FP4xeBcy0y3oN2KLfiMU_Q_qDAVHe23hV6aZQs2bCn1vHMcgebdFdnDAQ5ZwNvpfjZBI1kM2/s400/walnut+cotage.jpg" border="0" /></a> When planning an expedition, you must first decide on your destination. </div><br /><br /><div align="center">For ever such a long time I've had a hankering to visit the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Wairarapa</span> for an expedition up the main streets of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Greytown</span> and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Martinborough</span>.</div><br /><br /><div align="center">Gorgeous little antique shops and boutiques and <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">yummy</span> little delis and French Bakeries.</div><br /><br /><div align="center">I hadn't been there for about ten years.</div><br /><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><br /><div align="center">The next thing you must do is choose your <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">accommodation</span>.</div><br /><br /><div align="center">We chose Walnut Cottage, up one of the cute little side streets, up a long driveway,</div><br /><br /><div align="center">surrounded by orange <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">blossom</span>, granny bonnets and self seeded poppies.</div><br /><br /><div align="center">Set in the garden of a very nice man called Kevin.</div><br /><br /><div align="center">As well we weren't looking for a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">woozle</span> on this particular expedition, because I don't think we would have found one in Kevin's garden.</div><br /><br /><div align="center">It was not the kind of garden in which to find a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">woozle</span>.</div><br /><br /><div align="center">But we did find a variety of <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">funny</span> little dogs.</div><br /><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><br /><div align="center">And the next most important thing to have on an expedition of course, are the provisions!</div><br /><br /><div align="center">Pooh and Piglet had made very sensible arrangements with table cloths to guard against Municipal bird poo, plastic knives for the blue cheese and other such practicalities.</div><br /><br /><div align="center">Piglet is an ideas sort of a person and has a solution for all eventualities, which you will see further evidence of later.</div><br /><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQKo04m1YeLPSAIoNKq_seH8KCz4aCdI2LxeDO3icP-79ltExa8oW1P8jdArsHRVHGcVzD-8V30V34b4gnKqryb7kv-vdl_cBZa0tRZPw775xTyNUDQUqRb_bP8skPlOoOyNSbvH4rX6Nw/s1600/2011_1107colourblue0010.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671964192506938626" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQKo04m1YeLPSAIoNKq_seH8KCz4aCdI2LxeDO3icP-79ltExa8oW1P8jdArsHRVHGcVzD-8V30V34b4gnKqryb7kv-vdl_cBZa0tRZPw775xTyNUDQUqRb_bP8skPlOoOyNSbvH4rX6Nw/s400/2011_1107colourblue0010.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><br /><div align="center">My contribution to the provisions was Katie's date square and a big thermos of coffee - and the Granny's best marmalade for breakfast.</div><br /><br /><div align="center">It was necessary to borrow the Granny's thermos and her latest jar of <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">fresh</span> marmalade for the event.</div><br /><br /><div align="center"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Katies's</span> date square was a huge hit with everyone concerned and you can find the recipe <a href="http://anangelinthekitchen.blogspot.com/2011/11/date-square.html">here.</a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhINOCSLruZO8KQehpsK3JR1MtMRQfJBmNtyLFxU98R6Lp-ZtsJF3QsC5PRNlVonLjsHuoSWCLiH7ktTsgVSjFzmKKOHn7MM_6sDtBiI6cSVx2ikaY-38zOWDezGBXTLnSqzgYtXgssU7WA/s1600/2011_1107colourblue0013.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671964184995019426" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhINOCSLruZO8KQehpsK3JR1MtMRQfJBmNtyLFxU98R6Lp-ZtsJF3QsC5PRNlVonLjsHuoSWCLiH7ktTsgVSjFzmKKOHn7MM_6sDtBiI6cSVx2ikaY-38zOWDezGBXTLnSqzgYtXgssU7WA/s400/2011_1107colourblue0013.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />This particular "stopping for provisions" event was on the way back.</div><br /><br /><div align="center">We had yummy french bread and left over cheeses, tiny peppers, buffalo <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">mozzarella</span>, <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">avocados</span> and strawberries left over from our dinner the night before.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUEJe_5G-6Yy4lCaOuA5EQqwEehLbMw8I-CU8_w249ooeN31z1TI5L0bSKOyoRpD0fS0iLBLSRTM7SLFziwgX8fL5O9HttwUQq7pNGVUuuw80mwoLY-m2WW9t8uTJbW4GuLyTP0k_f1Dlf/s1600/2011_1107colourblue0014.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671964178252180434" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUEJe_5G-6Yy4lCaOuA5EQqwEehLbMw8I-CU8_w249ooeN31z1TI5L0bSKOyoRpD0fS0iLBLSRTM7SLFziwgX8fL5O9HttwUQq7pNGVUuuw80mwoLY-m2WW9t8uTJbW4GuLyTP0k_f1Dlf/s400/2011_1107colourblue0014.JPG" border="0" /></a> Katie's date square was just as delicious after a day in the tin.<br />I am wanting to say here "a day in the tin in the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">Wairarapa</span> sunshine", <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">because</span> that would sound so inviting and has such poetic ring, but alas the first day was <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">freezing</span>, with snow in the South Island making its presence felt. But we did have some lovely sunshine on the Sunday.<br /><br />And it was in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">Martinborough</span> on Sunday that I found the mirror.<br />Such a mirror as I had lost all hope of ever finding.<br />A French Country inspired mirror, the right dimensions for above my fireplace, with the right aged look.<br />And when I found it, it was <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">a moment</span> of instant recognition. This mirror was a kindred spirit and was made for my fire place, but how to <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18">fit</span> it in the back seat of a small <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19">suzuki</span> hatchback?<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHVFsIf_IXJc3xt6c9h5xrbQ2Fl1HYr5B37cs2SIxmmt2n_KzYS4t79kX-QVs6XwOfOCzGLQR4F52gqV1-eF10ETzTGYw1lu-j-PTfrdM9peBhCSKZSaQlGq_2zOgmoWxktx0tzX8mVnAW/s1600/2011_1107colourblue0001.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671962992913356306" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHVFsIf_IXJc3xt6c9h5xrbQ2Fl1HYr5B37cs2SIxmmt2n_KzYS4t79kX-QVs6XwOfOCzGLQR4F52gqV1-eF10ETzTGYw1lu-j-PTfrdM9peBhCSKZSaQlGq_2zOgmoWxktx0tzX8mVnAW/s400/2011_1107colourblue0001.JPG" border="0" /></a>Piglet and Pooh are never without good ideas and <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20">steely</span> determination when it comes to pieces of the heart and kindred spirits.<br />A girl just knows how important it is to have things come home with you, not wait for them to turn up on a courier van a week later.<br /><br />And so it was arranged.<br />I cannot tell you how, but they did it with pieces of string to measure with and highly <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21">developed</span> spatial skills.<br />Somehow they managed to alter the laws of physics and matter displacement.<br />I just watched and let them get on with it. As you do.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFi1_DWpGDPM7-iuTEWsEk2z9360SiOoz_950Ayf4ggzg7s1dvEo70hypqW5U9AmY8s9WnpkwEk5zsR0QU79a3kVfRDfsz6dqMUJsiw5Qg1nvkYqhXh-3K7It5MTPLK0OJNGlfSS4MY7Wa/s1600/2011_1107colourblue0002.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671962981217191938" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFi1_DWpGDPM7-iuTEWsEk2z9360SiOoz_950Ayf4ggzg7s1dvEo70hypqW5U9AmY8s9WnpkwEk5zsR0QU79a3kVfRDfsz6dqMUJsiw5Qg1nvkYqhXh-3K7It5MTPLK0OJNGlfSS4MY7Wa/s400/2011_1107colourblue0002.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn1Cm5hiqiV2Xh-CCnQYPmLPvqZrmPFu5JThb5jDZBhIw444TrHvmxsdxjY1Dy0kRQhVJk3ICyIbiPvRCrkLDoNgOMTVDzQhvxIkZ63a1Lvs8qb_E5h9xneQ_iicsngrT-hx3mB-K6FPBu/s1600/2011_1107colourblue0003.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671962971035121698" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn1Cm5hiqiV2Xh-CCnQYPmLPvqZrmPFu5JThb5jDZBhIw444TrHvmxsdxjY1Dy0kRQhVJk3ICyIbiPvRCrkLDoNgOMTVDzQhvxIkZ63a1Lvs8qb_E5h9xneQ_iicsngrT-hx3mB-K6FPBu/s400/2011_1107colourblue0003.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_2JvuQk-2IsCFESyvYe4YKL77rdEtyb5Sb9l-yP-j3ob0JnX5VCdWz1sA1wlLQW5xJvoRuRGJ74aV5vm8FlTFY3hLwKNkB6SLeiGuWJqgE2Xslz3xu0Q3bgqFuEtceRUxTXKL_Y9dyIY0/s1600/2011_1107colourblue0005.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671962966420481906" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_2JvuQk-2IsCFESyvYe4YKL77rdEtyb5Sb9l-yP-j3ob0JnX5VCdWz1sA1wlLQW5xJvoRuRGJ74aV5vm8FlTFY3hLwKNkB6SLeiGuWJqgE2Xslz3xu0Q3bgqFuEtceRUxTXKL_Y9dyIY0/s400/2011_1107colourblue0005.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><div><br />And I found this treasure along the way, which I will spend the next week with.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCetNHyHR9-1t6e52-ntNYtdfEemgw0xdnLuapFLcl0ouTR1bIntD7I4HqWI5tl6r-_fPs4em106G4NFcNWix66G7xhk8Hon4QyRpmI9bQzADOsOuTalbKm7pG_KTJ_QW8ynRH79Yw0kih/s1600/2011_1107colourblue0017.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671961178808181746" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCetNHyHR9-1t6e52-ntNYtdfEemgw0xdnLuapFLcl0ouTR1bIntD7I4HqWI5tl6r-_fPs4em106G4NFcNWix66G7xhk8Hon4QyRpmI9bQzADOsOuTalbKm7pG_KTJ_QW8ynRH79Yw0kih/s400/2011_1107colourblue0017.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIUC27ThJWtGee1ryKXdDL1YXgSIL9Q3-B5alJXHD5cim3yB9kCrL4HVWSJr5y4vJA-dPULVKryhFvKvzRVvWfmVo8xyvBjgH0PElWEv6lP6LJYYuGK9vRxriPVsOvAiJUPeHyra37ySkF/s1600/2011_1107colourblue0016.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671961177054804482" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIUC27ThJWtGee1ryKXdDL1YXgSIL9Q3-B5alJXHD5cim3yB9kCrL4HVWSJr5y4vJA-dPULVKryhFvKvzRVvWfmVo8xyvBjgH0PElWEv6lP6LJYYuGK9vRxriPVsOvAiJUPeHyra37ySkF/s400/2011_1107colourblue0016.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />And here it is.</div><br /><br /><div>I can't wait to get it on the wall.</div><br /><br /><div>But <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22">I'll</span> have to wait till the Mister comes home and can get out the chainsaw, the hacksaw, the micrometer, the spirit level, whatever it is that blokes need for these <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_23">occasions</span>.</div><br /><br /><div>And just enjoy it.</div><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><img src="http://i723.photobucket.com/albums/ww238/happyandrosie/magpie%20chic/203c7f2b.gif" /></text></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div>magpie chichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10581726079731396861noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1689923045037054705.post-23706675680121418902011-10-30T00:47:00.000-07:002011-10-30T01:25:37.206-07:00Mustering Cats.<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYZUclQ-ky9gTI7fKBtP-9-8jZ11XSUuP0wBQZ-E_mk6T0Gw7-KoU4w1UpBW_-M99p9T0zy-6Jql40TRsXhJ2vI-RF154IG_EDM4KCHNKO9gKkG2YXM9jeYQzucTbhazSL8iuT4Sc3ya5d/s1600/2011_1016colourblue0032.JPG"></a>Hello Blog <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Chics</span>.</div><br /><div align="center">We've been busy round here with a lot of small people and some large people.</div><br /><div align="center">The large people have come very <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">intermittently</span> to build the shed.</div><br /><div align="center"><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Intermittently</span> because the weather has been so bad.</div><br /><div align="center">Spring has really been wet, wet, wet, and very windy so far.</div><br /><div align="center">But that is far from unexpected, and thoroughly unremarkable, unless you are trying to build something with scaffolding!</div><br /><div align="center"><br /></div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitjm-i9mkqwMe1bbhaPc7BJqBiFcD-aamHcVLEKsBKW5LMRhZDxUqlSUDbwDNBiG20nkZUrZVtn72PNBcYPl1GNBppgpcfJVc_nCFZflPQgvWAJwKqaIw_97gnb78tnoEoCeFjywVGZf_U/s1600/2011_1016colourblue0036.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669193033948161922" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitjm-i9mkqwMe1bbhaPc7BJqBiFcD-aamHcVLEKsBKW5LMRhZDxUqlSUDbwDNBiG20nkZUrZVtn72PNBcYPl1GNBppgpcfJVc_nCFZflPQgvWAJwKqaIw_97gnb78tnoEoCeFjywVGZf_U/s400/2011_1016colourblue0036.JPG" border="0" /></a> The small people have been and gone now.</div><br /><div align="center">We had one sunny afternoon the whole two weeks they have been here.</div><br /><div align="center">The youngest two did manage to spend a lot of time doing outside things though.</div><br /><div align="center">All the games involve cattle, stock whips, yards, gates and fences.</div><br /><div align="center">Mustering cats on tricycles is a new string to their bows.</div><br /><div align="center"><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJDhTA10VyvIKo4deIx9QJJ7TylAA9MWZOvppYr7T_jVQWCP260tb4gCwUvECJhr1ntRZEJMNHqHtMb7xblU1GQbgCdMbvOnl5FfbVQ2TcIaZKNKyKDMZYShSph7LsSqW4fwhJDT_jQSyi/s1600/2011_1016colourblue0030.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669193029066015810" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJDhTA10VyvIKo4deIx9QJJ7TylAA9MWZOvppYr7T_jVQWCP260tb4gCwUvECJhr1ntRZEJMNHqHtMb7xblU1GQbgCdMbvOnl5FfbVQ2TcIaZKNKyKDMZYShSph7LsSqW4fwhJDT_jQSyi/s400/2011_1016colourblue0030.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />The shed <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">provided</span> quite a lot of entertainment as well.<br />Especially the machinery involved.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0nrex7cubHF3DTjdZ1H0I2Z-NBe8y17ZAHT2VxPUNv3Ihyphenhyphen7nAF0uz0j8Q_0tWQ-4XPTy9czsz9L4p4cSwWlKzWkag-vsXphXdCkGNKJVIemT6wnxY_jsRz3cIiZMRLE7xxnAoIV0qx0TK/s1600/2011_1016colourblue0059.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669193020886926642" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0nrex7cubHF3DTjdZ1H0I2Z-NBe8y17ZAHT2VxPUNv3Ihyphenhyphen7nAF0uz0j8Q_0tWQ-4XPTy9czsz9L4p4cSwWlKzWkag-vsXphXdCkGNKJVIemT6wnxY_jsRz3cIiZMRLE7xxnAoIV0qx0TK/s400/2011_1016colourblue0059.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />We did the customary trip up Mt <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Taranaki</span> and the walk to Dawson Falls.<br />It wasn't actually raining, but it was very muddy on the track,<br />so a thoroughly good time was ha by all the small people in gumboots.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW8hfIONjGvZOzZirZrgby-MQHtD-je0C7JV3c2N40q2TegNSpwMfbiOoisohgr5JA3yO1wJ58bWvjSB1vWkL0FUVMv_HhZYg4MwwA6R8Se-JZ4oH4grwVbNGfRoLy50pQ0Hsw9bskbeno/s1600/2011_1016colourblue0061.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669193015595256210" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW8hfIONjGvZOzZirZrgby-MQHtD-je0C7JV3c2N40q2TegNSpwMfbiOoisohgr5JA3yO1wJ58bWvjSB1vWkL0FUVMv_HhZYg4MwwA6R8Se-JZ4oH4grwVbNGfRoLy50pQ0Hsw9bskbeno/s400/2011_1016colourblue0061.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />I showed off my photos of mountain fauna and boys climbing the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">bushline</span> track to the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Wozzle</span>.<br />He said he would like to have the ones of the shed under construction please!!!!<br />Should have known!<br />His little brother <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">interpreted</span> one of the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Woozles's</span> drawings for me.<br />It went something like this...<br />"these are the cattle yards and these spots are the cattle waiting to be mustered into the yards."<br />And here was me thinking it was a butterfly!!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><img src="http://i723.photobucket.com/albums/ww238/happyandrosie/magpie%20chic/203c7f2b.gif" /></text></div></div>magpie chichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10581726079731396861noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1689923045037054705.post-91508322033594574962011-10-16T21:12:00.000-07:002011-10-16T21:35:30.981-07:00Life's a Box of Chocolates.<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3qvbaJ_LY_jDHlSFdfzkC9lOYIOROTwiY9EWZxywLi5EmLst2TgFAPEQiaxF6trvm0mZR1BsYF8u9QZXviSTcBQ9YBY_fClzN-wXe6slDj99_BMUqp9wXlnKbPwl5Mqtf8at9NXpDNDTE/s1600/2011_1016colourblue0039.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664312850880205122" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3qvbaJ_LY_jDHlSFdfzkC9lOYIOROTwiY9EWZxywLi5EmLst2TgFAPEQiaxF6trvm0mZR1BsYF8u9QZXviSTcBQ9YBY_fClzN-wXe6slDj99_BMUqp9wXlnKbPwl5Mqtf8at9NXpDNDTE/s400/2011_1016colourblue0039.JPG" border="0" /></a>... "You never know what you're gonna get" - Forrest <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Gump</span>. </div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center">This post is especially for my Auntie Doreen,</div><br /><div align="center">who has been waiting to see what pops up in my garden this spring.</div><br /><div align="center">These gorgeous blue irises are my favourite so far.</div><br /><div align="center">They are just the most amazing shade of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">purpley</span> blue.</div><br /><div align="center"><br /><br /></div><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw1YFB3qHZbjzx1jiHPY0laophpj568bGvKM1NENMa97yTnfT2JY9_Hme3LQqY_TvWEERVxm-A-55XbTQrLrz24wSYpugETM6c1zIATzXHWqbcChb0-cdObQllBooChvDu_PxtrP5UqD7z/s1600/2011_1016colourblue0050.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664312839041655874" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw1YFB3qHZbjzx1jiHPY0laophpj568bGvKM1NENMa97yTnfT2JY9_Hme3LQqY_TvWEERVxm-A-55XbTQrLrz24wSYpugETM6c1zIATzXHWqbcChb0-cdObQllBooChvDu_PxtrP5UqD7z/s400/2011_1016colourblue0050.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizf6CXgdlrI6-RSSwaz6rNyVgmtGANCozDnlEuN6__dkcWR_QWGvn9FM3vq6tBMkdA_vM-bFedYMmBnDYLFeJgcKxlh9WNpQ5KwwWQUTECz6TysvbG_fYx9Glfu1hSSnwU0pbjO0zdDr6b/s1600/2011_1016colourblue0047.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664312840089136754" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizf6CXgdlrI6-RSSwaz6rNyVgmtGANCozDnlEuN6__dkcWR_QWGvn9FM3vq6tBMkdA_vM-bFedYMmBnDYLFeJgcKxlh9WNpQ5KwwWQUTECz6TysvbG_fYx9Glfu1hSSnwU0pbjO0zdDr6b/s400/2011_1016colourblue0047.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnVu7o5adA6k6HRMa0QMyu1SYSgUef-hj0icJA2AH7g_r_yZGIDYcm8thRjAr4LE5rMbc1eCiaxi_kjtQOGqhYjQYUoeG7bphxo6-C3JMVCVkRlAc8bsSswrB3ClH46C0BTL5FaVQvzUAF/s1600/2011_1016colourblue0046.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664311036655094530" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnVu7o5adA6k6HRMa0QMyu1SYSgUef-hj0icJA2AH7g_r_yZGIDYcm8thRjAr4LE5rMbc1eCiaxi_kjtQOGqhYjQYUoeG7bphxo6-C3JMVCVkRlAc8bsSswrB3ClH46C0BTL5FaVQvzUAF/s400/2011_1016colourblue0046.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />This week my nephews are <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">visiting</span> from Queensland.</div><br /><div>We've had all the bikes and skateboards out, </div><br /><div>lots of rugby tackles and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">chasey</span> on the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">lawn</span>, and making scones with Granny.<br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUm0zgw5KKpe0QJnrnUiYMpH6avZ-jZWntlaZqVrtqxVVaDnus2MOybwrgJQz81bSbp4rVi-t9IxPqPm0Xw93iPntHJH5S_IzrFzxI1EU3hC0Sl6Vnwi4OcP5y4OseVSGAH3i9Cj_X8PJD/s1600/2011_1016colourblue0048.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664311025016015714" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUm0zgw5KKpe0QJnrnUiYMpH6avZ-jZWntlaZqVrtqxVVaDnus2MOybwrgJQz81bSbp4rVi-t9IxPqPm0Xw93iPntHJH5S_IzrFzxI1EU3hC0Sl6Vnwi4OcP5y4OseVSGAH3i9Cj_X8PJD/s400/2011_1016colourblue0048.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGffspCs_O4cMedDwFk-78iVlKNrq1T4zQ2vgC9DE5s_3-TnxxEXaH2jY8bwK6jQmMtDNFgIVgQwh2ioUJyGjiRADB0bpqNXqogcKGIn4ufb8s5LMVsfad2Wy0hHs0VvC73M1mjhqOcFct/s1600/2011_1016colourblue0045.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664311014171638370" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGffspCs_O4cMedDwFk-78iVlKNrq1T4zQ2vgC9DE5s_3-TnxxEXaH2jY8bwK6jQmMtDNFgIVgQwh2ioUJyGjiRADB0bpqNXqogcKGIn4ufb8s5LMVsfad2Wy0hHs0VvC73M1mjhqOcFct/s400/2011_1016colourblue0045.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />The cats have been conspicuous by their absence during the day.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLkhjWcUgP6tyEc8X_IeaIE1VOAHUTmah3hMfGmIaIIC0tcO7mjeFhWBEBxMZ1iFEW5ovSD3rqiH2ibEZxyDR4D0iMbggALnkB1dLHVKfcblpwlnjn6UkO9shgEx6b-pjUDFcf7w9BOPtU/s1600/2011_1016colourblue0038.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664311005431441762" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLkhjWcUgP6tyEc8X_IeaIE1VOAHUTmah3hMfGmIaIIC0tcO7mjeFhWBEBxMZ1iFEW5ovSD3rqiH2ibEZxyDR4D0iMbggALnkB1dLHVKfcblpwlnjn6UkO9shgEx6b-pjUDFcf7w9BOPtU/s400/2011_1016colourblue0038.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj91ZDOU732_QAxHAS4RGegYB-tqkfbSgPCUdeSqOYd5UHo5b4Mgp9NpdyfZJSbOf61Ip4xku0QpKF0fvG7Aj2066SIJ4806HcBr3PCqiXBKirePVLbIHcrnpAfeMt_7OdTkoO6i1gm0iXz/s1600/2011_1016colourblue0040.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664310998693020082" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj91ZDOU732_QAxHAS4RGegYB-tqkfbSgPCUdeSqOYd5UHo5b4Mgp9NpdyfZJSbOf61Ip4xku0QpKF0fvG7Aj2066SIJ4806HcBr3PCqiXBKirePVLbIHcrnpAfeMt_7OdTkoO6i1gm0iXz/s400/2011_1016colourblue0040.JPG" border="0" /></a>Everything is coming into leaf and bloom.</div><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><img src="http://i723.photobucket.com/albums/ww238/happyandrosie/magpie%20chic/203c7f2b.gif" /></text></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div>magpie chichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10581726079731396861noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1689923045037054705.post-3708939976849524262011-10-02T20:59:00.000-07:002011-10-02T21:33:18.146-07:00Rainy Day Truce.<div align="center">Sunday spent by the fire while it rains outside.</div><br /><div align="center">I'm stitching in the ditch in red embroidery cotton on this cot quilt.</div><br /><div align="center">I want it to look vintage and handmade, and cuddly, which is why I'm hand quilting it.<br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGu6p3Siseclmjs-CnXHxlfoyC7gx4D_zgHB8XhgAQD-I2fOTzXxC0zsZijkLhPzt4a2bAkriSM8_y4Vw_k7PYvC3AjrlCee8FCNKl6JjbtGSJl86JCZWemUJw7nEnszvd__e1iH2iJonj/s1600/2011_1002colourblue0027.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659114401309677826" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGu6p3Siseclmjs-CnXHxlfoyC7gx4D_zgHB8XhgAQD-I2fOTzXxC0zsZijkLhPzt4a2bAkriSM8_y4Vw_k7PYvC3AjrlCee8FCNKl6JjbtGSJl86JCZWemUJw7nEnszvd__e1iH2iJonj/s400/2011_1002colourblue0027.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9Om2mGfyQygOjK885oAXnlDHxWD59zJjS1Nyl4umTnmEIR_otzO-6RFYFh8owi1QY4uuSL5BgicWwPklFmpEtg0dum_RRXBtMiisbmNIxCQXppw6TCPCsV20wuLxd7Wwm3o259bcnRZqS/s1600/2011_1002colourblue0026.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659114160402760962" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9Om2mGfyQygOjK885oAXnlDHxWD59zJjS1Nyl4umTnmEIR_otzO-6RFYFh8owi1QY4uuSL5BgicWwPklFmpEtg0dum_RRXBtMiisbmNIxCQXppw6TCPCsV20wuLxd7Wwm3o259bcnRZqS/s400/2011_1002colourblue0026.JPG" border="0" /></a> The Tail Cat and Marigold have called a truce for the day because they both felt inclined just to sit by the fire.</div><br /><div align="center"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEpoPsZutrLR4SJWX3__NYZKxiM0qjNlnVLl1lnLufN8Am3wjH00n6Zo5upjVrDvNgVxIgMqVLykpjvc4n0iEorIEQJQ_qEwCjddshWyaTkRLI4gpRuFrDUmzFDK-KoPxapGeZ9Utfa7sc/s1600/2011_1002colourblue0006.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659113511492865202" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEpoPsZutrLR4SJWX3__NYZKxiM0qjNlnVLl1lnLufN8Am3wjH00n6Zo5upjVrDvNgVxIgMqVLykpjvc4n0iEorIEQJQ_qEwCjddshWyaTkRLI4gpRuFrDUmzFDK-KoPxapGeZ9Utfa7sc/s400/2011_1002colourblue0006.JPG" border="0" /></a> So if you pretend the other one isn't there it all works perfectly!</div><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoUEwIuYrLbA8AVizMSio4iJWcX-538bEo056ZBHaSoQ_NATPAPmIyst1Soz4MjqicisL0qeKajCoSkacPtPZeAKKKujKyncT-W4B86ZzBlzbmhiLBEfK_qGPkrMsVw8SlNoTlt0-EODW-/s1600/2011_1002colourblue0007.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659113507727937938" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoUEwIuYrLbA8AVizMSio4iJWcX-538bEo056ZBHaSoQ_NATPAPmIyst1Soz4MjqicisL0qeKajCoSkacPtPZeAKKKujKyncT-W4B86ZzBlzbmhiLBEfK_qGPkrMsVw8SlNoTlt0-EODW-/s400/2011_1002colourblue0007.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />And when you nick off out to the kitchen to see what's available, someone else gets your <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">posie</span>!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTmdVxNycylQlIV5Lrb6vpItkKZGJk86CEOiRFi8FnBsEqKFKRTU2GVz9HNRQ3EZAbM0jUBnipIehgsCbjvkVYQx8qSsFyNFVrr7b9-3Ts73DnrkEq8CNhftymLFH_xpxM-515g_G303Hb/s1600/2011_1002colourblue0033.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659113498018446226" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTmdVxNycylQlIV5Lrb6vpItkKZGJk86CEOiRFi8FnBsEqKFKRTU2GVz9HNRQ3EZAbM0jUBnipIehgsCbjvkVYQx8qSsFyNFVrr7b9-3Ts73DnrkEq8CNhftymLFH_xpxM-515g_G303Hb/s400/2011_1002colourblue0033.JPG" border="0" /></a>Two in a basket is even cosier.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5ElYs87fB1mvXvJ-U3miVlI10uAcQLDC9XhVphuawpebrZcdl55cl7-ANJpGW2Nn3ej50vDhvUTKupEb36EIiwTsIhbxIqpfDkAArvV5UrzoEE_iPEaLwwFP46WAITeLLUKxcAB2mSztm/s1600/2011_1002colourblue0024.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659112166288149666" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5ElYs87fB1mvXvJ-U3miVlI10uAcQLDC9XhVphuawpebrZcdl55cl7-ANJpGW2Nn3ej50vDhvUTKupEb36EIiwTsIhbxIqpfDkAArvV5UrzoEE_iPEaLwwFP46WAITeLLUKxcAB2mSztm/s400/2011_1002colourblue0024.JPG" border="0" /></a> Graham's <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">idea</span> of phone a friend perhaps?<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge9DcoEY-YmiQ3Uylx496qnWdV6Qht0mQ5GyR2yEwYvmlU20kaGwryTmRPVeE-XJYk83ek_d4QhAsE_kr3UvyJ4r-FOp5RspPjurKFNfpyF1rf2jhI7sAlMCNhGTAj85UdcadaO4-SEwy8/s1600/2011_1002colourblue0020.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659112156642965058" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge9DcoEY-YmiQ3Uylx496qnWdV6Qht0mQ5GyR2yEwYvmlU20kaGwryTmRPVeE-XJYk83ek_d4QhAsE_kr3UvyJ4r-FOp5RspPjurKFNfpyF1rf2jhI7sAlMCNhGTAj85UdcadaO4-SEwy8/s400/2011_1002colourblue0020.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Oh Marigold you have such a dirty face! I am <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">affronted</span>!</div><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkhGt0uliUAj2dcuxcT6yfoBtPi-u4LM1w5n5VTEEfFG3o5f8n2lyKgCaiqmyN37GRyktqk2YgYt3tZ2ND0g-0HWgiNhqUpPMUOIBs5lyCQRno1pKsz2DG03hyphenhyphenFfuK6nMzupKPahkA1wD2/s1600/2011_1002colourblue0009.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659112151961684466" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkhGt0uliUAj2dcuxcT6yfoBtPi-u4LM1w5n5VTEEfFG3o5f8n2lyKgCaiqmyN37GRyktqk2YgYt3tZ2ND0g-0HWgiNhqUpPMUOIBs5lyCQRno1pKsz2DG03hyphenhyphenFfuK6nMzupKPahkA1wD2/s400/2011_1002colourblue0009.JPG" border="0" /></a>I found some <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Brambly</span> Hedge china on Trade Me, which was very exciting, because I've always wanted some.<br />This one is "Winter."</div><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjA2sMJLGVrtxot5_ngoRndufQXVXZB7Z2-0JyQNeQm5T6-Aads1M9y5joux8e7APU5zOoDaYVzbysUfKf2E_MmE-9npD6g9U15Eqm2Q7_RoRDY2c2fZms512KJ1pgEsD3ys-HeB_-QWMQ/s1600/2011_1002colourblue0014.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659112144667846466" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjA2sMJLGVrtxot5_ngoRndufQXVXZB7Z2-0JyQNeQm5T6-Aads1M9y5joux8e7APU5zOoDaYVzbysUfKf2E_MmE-9npD6g9U15Eqm2Q7_RoRDY2c2fZms512KJ1pgEsD3ys-HeB_-QWMQ/s400/2011_1002colourblue0014.JPG" border="0" /></a> And this one is "The Meeting."</div><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>Spent the evening climbing over engines, ladders and various gear box parts with Hubby measuring up the Granny HQ kitchen. </div><br /><div>Brain storming solutions for hiding the electric fence controls, and the water filtering system,</div><br /><div>while still keeping enough bench space and keeping the look that we want.</div><br /><div>We have come up with a cunning plan, which I won't bore you with, but I think it will work very well.</div><br /><div>Watch this space.</div><br /><div><br /></div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><img src="http://i723.photobucket.com/albums/ww238/happyandrosie/magpie%20chic/203c7f2b.gif" /></text></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>magpie chichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10581726079731396861noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1689923045037054705.post-76053789627019758122011-09-26T00:51:00.000-07:002011-09-26T22:39:49.424-07:00Yes it is finally spring!<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5BDkOQCs3rnPCkLpX8x4jEyCVeZ7_EAUX9rYRpY1TGOCwOcQ_Reqaotu2dOia7DNUVsKQ5tA5as7fFZoSPAThfel8xwF_Ckw6rg6IU_OU7iUGvwYDfWPpXa4vHXv5EUruYeMorz2BH1lf/s1600/2011_0926colourblue0011.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5656906472676992818" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5BDkOQCs3rnPCkLpX8x4jEyCVeZ7_EAUX9rYRpY1TGOCwOcQ_Reqaotu2dOia7DNUVsKQ5tA5as7fFZoSPAThfel8xwF_Ckw6rg6IU_OU7iUGvwYDfWPpXa4vHXv5EUruYeMorz2BH1lf/s400/2011_0926colourblue0011.JPG" border="0" /></a> And hasn't it been a long time coming!</div><br /><div align="center">The winter seems to have gone on and on here, but at last things are starting to bud and flower and pop up!</div><br /><div align="center"><br /></div><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5m246m-_3WuNKr5fqJW0MpXl2UnW8FmvVPGlYcElBC7FamISGuoWL1zqRx9VqqRPVrpvSuV43pE80RYq_lRahDoca8Ob3UV33f2QJE8jdqQ3Sih0bXuCJiefSN5h53Jfg-ruPNd6c3uxH/s1600/2011_0905colourblue0008.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5656906468790630514" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5m246m-_3WuNKr5fqJW0MpXl2UnW8FmvVPGlYcElBC7FamISGuoWL1zqRx9VqqRPVrpvSuV43pE80RYq_lRahDoca8Ob3UV33f2QJE8jdqQ3Sih0bXuCJiefSN5h53Jfg-ruPNd6c3uxH/s400/2011_0905colourblue0008.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />This popped up like a mushroom in the paddock last week.</div><br /><div align="center">I've been very busy supervising and worrying about where the septic tank breather was going to end up and weather the cows would get in while the fence was down.</div><br /><div align="center">I've also had very minimal <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">internet</span> access (probably due to weather) so no blogging from me.</div><br /><div align="center">The Granny has been very busy making scones for the builders so that they will do an excellent job on the Granny Headquarters in a few months.</div><br /><div align="center">But first we must get the big shed built in the paddock so we can move all the racing car stuff down there, freeing up the garage to become Granny Annexe.<br /><br /></div><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiCaQToASDPZLYvgr1W9SKy22sFvmSz2m9DIE3YJQCqsl0-FnuXmDWdt0jLMSvI5m7UOv4L0FQqDAs0CMBNJt6ddNriFl5V5WpgJOnLrJ7QtgN-JvhiDTtTV5kWIY_DDkygV5d1phFM_RW/s1600/2011_0926colourblue0003.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5656905574393983490" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiCaQToASDPZLYvgr1W9SKy22sFvmSz2m9DIE3YJQCqsl0-FnuXmDWdt0jLMSvI5m7UOv4L0FQqDAs0CMBNJt6ddNriFl5V5WpgJOnLrJ7QtgN-JvhiDTtTV5kWIY_DDkygV5d1phFM_RW/s400/2011_0926colourblue0003.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />So here are the darling buds of September at the Magpie House.(No, not these blokes in high vis gear and boots - the green stuff!)<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlp3sQof7ki_NWGNM9oV-uz6tORF0HeJrHNoLgISp7lK-7YLARUgmJYmYHv89ipiwSJyCKy-dYhsLkJmWcKw8PK13L-KfEhVJz-10cWmn4ySX1rbSt_kbBk9I_uiz0eM2mnWUSXqdofw4s/s1600/2011_0926colourblue0039.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5656905567046473554" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlp3sQof7ki_NWGNM9oV-uz6tORF0HeJrHNoLgISp7lK-7YLARUgmJYmYHv89ipiwSJyCKy-dYhsLkJmWcKw8PK13L-KfEhVJz-10cWmn4ySX1rbSt_kbBk9I_uiz0eM2mnWUSXqdofw4s/s400/2011_0926colourblue0039.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFlav2d23tN3imYEro2K2IkXYqdK6V1Fm8zL-Q2_n2c5gEtyvDbIVLYleZcbis-0s1t5B-4-c2V0Aw2mt2kf4LH0QzGHklgeWYw6XwgLcMlpqk5tVR8C0RSYad4P4gtWD7hxYSVViNQKhF/s1600/2011_0926colourblue0014.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5656905563304726114" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFlav2d23tN3imYEro2K2IkXYqdK6V1Fm8zL-Q2_n2c5gEtyvDbIVLYleZcbis-0s1t5B-4-c2V0Aw2mt2kf4LH0QzGHklgeWYw6XwgLcMlpqk5tVR8C0RSYad4P4gtWD7hxYSVViNQKhF/s400/2011_0926colourblue0014.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEX4KlD09daI9PMC7Vcsfp4FU7DkPzrWcm4RWciRpRZeTidmkh6kP0t8m1Fw5EqyBhhoiYY6_GE3DGoflMUAHSOHnqoFN7dpNoJ6LSCybtS77mw-HbI-A6ibRQfky885XxmnZjt4ZBkQKy/s1600/2011_0926colourblue0009.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5656905561184058306" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEX4KlD09daI9PMC7Vcsfp4FU7DkPzrWcm4RWciRpRZeTidmkh6kP0t8m1Fw5EqyBhhoiYY6_GE3DGoflMUAHSOHnqoFN7dpNoJ6LSCybtS77mw-HbI-A6ibRQfky885XxmnZjt4ZBkQKy/s400/2011_0926colourblue0009.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_EZRLyTqT-iaPWAu1B6rpY7tqSMlhvW87hj72wR3W5kBYmei9Nmb8aXQbpK2HbvIlT4J4CMP2z4XLmLMeSiZlkD_MzdLmqzv9MgmVZD5qhbTC00W5VxFs1exKUK8bzzn8heN5wCQwRUhu/s1600/2011_0926colourblue0015.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5656905550018994754" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_EZRLyTqT-iaPWAu1B6rpY7tqSMlhvW87hj72wR3W5kBYmei9Nmb8aXQbpK2HbvIlT4J4CMP2z4XLmLMeSiZlkD_MzdLmqzv9MgmVZD5qhbTC00W5VxFs1exKUK8bzzn8heN5wCQwRUhu/s400/2011_0926colourblue0015.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgned8m1kQdDohlYEOGxxiAae-EN4Gk-j35vB0nZnvOsCHwn_4udu7yYqyHKSvXpqcFovNTOvAUe4jXUKeW6_V6c-3pQV69eHUePgLiDK9vzXhmSCjeidRmhIHiGASgO2suI_r0UNK8YuxJ/s1600/2011_0926colourblue0037.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5656574630774608402" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgned8m1kQdDohlYEOGxxiAae-EN4Gk-j35vB0nZnvOsCHwn_4udu7yYqyHKSvXpqcFovNTOvAUe4jXUKeW6_V6c-3pQV69eHUePgLiDK9vzXhmSCjeidRmhIHiGASgO2suI_r0UNK8YuxJ/s400/2011_0926colourblue0037.JPG" border="0" /></a>The Granny is overhauling the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">pottager</span> and has made good use of the cow poos available.</div><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiSKqqd2LZBsf2XI6EsAakPuTUpbybty2lpefNmOIjSI7JGAtaIbFQq1UkHGURfO_qLFDsq6NJzfTYGV4s7fafiYqkoqMfPzSwFt9MIMdPJ8TSXrRJEURBUrZ1woNDT5Xo_uW66FCytQZx/s1600/2011_0926colourblue0016.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5656574627830552018" style="DISPLAY: block; 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<br /><div align="center">This week it was time to say goodbye to an old friend.</div>
<br /><div align="center">It became time to call the vet out for my old ginger marmalade cat.</div>
<br /><div align="center">The Magpie Cat went peacefully to heaven on the nice vet's knee, cuddled up in her blankey.</div>
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<br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPF4JBFyfnxsuQj7kZyrnbD6buRPQvI8l2dy6bLVdRJ_oXMuOvEGej-V-aNsPeZ48reYa2oJXp9n6pA2OKvmFYZ5NVwHiiRrlWtjVDfdVsUky4XrXqLolHhlehpNiD95bjE1uxHC69DU1L/s1600/2011_0905colourblue0004.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648774078504375298" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPF4JBFyfnxsuQj7kZyrnbD6buRPQvI8l2dy6bLVdRJ_oXMuOvEGej-V-aNsPeZ48reYa2oJXp9n6pA2OKvmFYZ5NVwHiiRrlWtjVDfdVsUky4XrXqLolHhlehpNiD95bjE1uxHC69DU1L/s400/2011_0905colourblue0004.JPG" border="0" /></a> I didn't want to put any pictures of her here, but I did have these lovely ones of the Tail Cat helping me trim the lavender hedge a few days ago.
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<br />The Granny was good enough to supervise it all and to tell me all the details later,
<br />because of course, I wanted to know, even though I didn't want to be there.
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<br />All I could think of that afternoon was that she wouldn't be there on her spot on the couch , asleep in her blankey when I got home.
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<br /><div>Her kidneys had failed and her blood pressure had gone up so much that her retinas had detatched and she was completely blind.</div>
<br /><div>She would have just wandered off into the paddock and died if we hadn't watched her so carefully.</div>
<br /><div>As it was she had a lovely life, and a comfortable and stress free old age, and there isn't a lot more you'd wish for them.</div>
<br /><div>But I still find myself rationalising it here because I wish it wasn't so.</div>
<br /><div>R.I.P the Magpie Cat.</div>
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<br /></div>magpie chichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10581726079731396861noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1689923045037054705.post-54440682018393373172011-08-27T15:34:00.000-07:002011-08-27T16:03:03.905-07:00Spring Cleaning.<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix4GkNmJW2pycdN0E0l8Z4ZWIB7UkNvYBnCHRPpP8GiGhmNxoYhbtl6ZuM9g2I1VJCscNAkuuo_neaLjFZfx6XYjNfVmhRP8W6vhABGhgntLestRmaWWwLOE5XwX20DnHoNYA7PtlZ37Gc/s1600/2011_0827colourblue0002.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5645672577603972242" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix4GkNmJW2pycdN0E0l8Z4ZWIB7UkNvYBnCHRPpP8GiGhmNxoYhbtl6ZuM9g2I1VJCscNAkuuo_neaLjFZfx6XYjNfVmhRP8W6vhABGhgntLestRmaWWwLOE5XwX20DnHoNYA7PtlZ37Gc/s400/2011_0827colourblue0002.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div>
<br /><div align="center">A bit of sunshine causes a metamorphosis around here.</div>
<br /><div align="center">I feel like an old lizard having sat round on his rock long enough to warm up a bit and get on with things.</div>
<br /><div align="center">Like some new Granny squares and a spot of spring cleaning.</div>
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<br />Airing the bedding and actually getting the duvet cover dry outside on the washing line in the meadow, instead of in the dryer, which is a pretty joyless occupation.
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<br />Dusting and moving things around a bit.
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<br /><div>Vintage tablecloths to the rescue again.</div>
<br /><div>Necessitated a quick <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">reccy</span> of all the local op shops before they closed on Saturday morning.
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<br /></div>magpie chichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10581726079731396861noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1689923045037054705.post-76062892515460020322011-08-25T00:42:00.000-07:002011-08-25T01:18:19.901-07:00Marigold and the Dust Bunnies.<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglSZluGB5J_-k-nls-qedz1hY7xj0jngAsjC6uFjsype1TWa0Yiq6hgJ6k9XarSQ8a5f4KLRVsw3qblraVz2QIl3XOzOgQ-8zkeh5thZPgDZ0qpWaXed9J720nG-H6vjkYTegihwnM719B/s1600/2011_0825colourblue0002.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5644698806098765538" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglSZluGB5J_-k-nls-qedz1hY7xj0jngAsjC6uFjsype1TWa0Yiq6hgJ6k9XarSQ8a5f4KLRVsw3qblraVz2QIl3XOzOgQ-8zkeh5thZPgDZ0qpWaXed9J720nG-H6vjkYTegihwnM719B/s400/2011_0825colourblue0002.JPG" border="0" /></a> Some days there are a series of events that put words in my head that just won't go away.</div>
<br /><div align="center">They go round together and mix themselves up and get stuck as an idea.</div>
<br /><div align="center">Such a thing happens mostly when I'm on auto pilot.</div>
<br /><div align="center">It happened the other day when I was doing the upstairs vacuuming.</div>
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<br /><div align="center">I get dust bunnies.</div>
<br /><div align="center">They get under the bed especially, and behind the bathroom door, and sometimes in my summer sandals in the wardrobe.</div>
<br /><div align="center">They are grey and fluffy and hop around the wooden floor with the prevailing breeze.</div>
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<br /><div align="center">It <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">occurred</span> to me that they really should be a character in a children's book.</div>
<br /><div align="center">There are some words that just seem to go so well with other words. </div>
<br /><div align="center">Like Marigold.</div>
<br /><div align="center">Who is not a dust bunny, but the Granny's cat.</div>
<br /><div align="center">But they go together so well. </div>
<br /><div align="center">No idea about the rest of the story, but I've got the title sorted.</div>
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<br />The Granny and I had a New Plymouth day today.</div>
<br /><div align="center">Starting with the Hospice Shop.</div>
<br /><div align="center">I found a huge stash of vintage Christmas treasures to bring home.</div>
<br /><div align="center">Can't believe no-one else had got there before me!
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<br />Next on the list was Faded Fancy at Fitzroy.
<br />My favourite vintage shop.
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<br />I still don't know the lady's name.</div>
<br /><div>But she was as lovely as ever, and recognised me straight away.</div>
<br /><div>She asked me if we were having a New Plymouth day.</div>
<br /><div>So it has become a New Plymouth day!</div>
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<br />There were so much gorgeous <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">vintageness</span>!</div>
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<br />Mrs Faded Fancy happened to mention that it was getting harder and harder to source things in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Taranaki</span> now.</div>
<br /><div>Apparently she relies on people bringing stuff in for her to buy from them.</div>
<br /><div>So now I know what to do next time I need to have an edit.</div>
<br /><div>Mrs faded Fancy was delighted with the idea, because she said I would have just the sort of stuff she likes!!!!
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<br /><div>Which leads me back to Marigold and the Dust Bunnies.</div>
<br /><div><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Because</span> the cover design would look something like these...
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<br />Which we bought from Faded Fancy today.</div>
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<br />And this so cool vintage bath mat!!! I love it.
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