Two Little Pirates

My orchids are flowering again, two of them for the second time in a 3 month period.  Friends keep sending me photos of miserable and d...

We have been in this house for a few months now and a lot of time has been devoted to re-arranging the furniture.  I really don't want ...

Nearly 30 years ago, when we moved back to Australia after our posting to KL,   I made two very dear and special friends.  One I met on...

A few people have asked me what I got...   A framed vintage scarf.   R confessed me to me that he had no idea what to get...

A cliche, but oh so true in my case!  It is council clean up in my neck of the woods at the moment and I have been very busy street shoppi...

We had the Captain's old iron bed powder coated red and I can't begin to tell you how thrilled I am with the end result.  I want...

Home Beautiful arrived yesterday and as I was quickly flicking through,  as I won't have time to properly read it until after Dec 11th o...

Behold the latest street shopping finds: And... yes!  That is a Le Creuset pan.  Seriously, who chucks out a Le Creuset pan?  Both in...

Which is especially lovely as I have a horrible flu like cold at the moment!                           Lovely thing number one: In the m...

 We have just returned from a weekend away on the south coast of New South Wales.  The highlight of which for me was a trip to nearby Milt...