New Op shop top

Although J found this fantastic top in a local op shop - we have been doing lots of arguing about who will be wearing it.

New Op shop top

Although J found this fantastic top in a local op shop - we have been doing lots of arguing about who will be wearing it.

Baking Rockets

Inspired by a reading a kids craft book of Mum's Kd decided that the making of a Treasure Chest; Rocket and Snake was in order. So I whipped up some salt dough and away we went.


It was really great working from a book as Kd started getting into new techniques to work with the dough - especially creating surface texture.


OOOps I couldn't help it - here is my Cooka Cooka (with which I have a love hate relationship!) that cooked up Kd's salt dough!



Don't you love that concentration. He is painting his treasure box - he also drew a map for where he did his treasure box in the garden - must scan this!

Baking Rockets

Inspired by a reading a kids craft book of Mum's Kd decided that the making of a Treasure Chest; Rocket and Snake was in order. So I whipped up some salt dough and away we went.


It was really great working from a book as Kd started getting into new techniques to work with the dough - especially creating surface texture.


OOOps I couldn't help it - here is my Cooka Cooka (with which I have a love hate relationship!) that cooked up Kd's salt dough!



Don't you love that concentration. He is painting his treasure box - he also drew a map for where he did his treasure box in the garden - must scan this!

A Thai Wedding on the Weekend

Don't they look wonderfully happy?

Hope to post some more pictures of the weekend wedding as J and I were in the bridal party - just wait until you see our outfits!

It has been a long time coming - they are in Thai land now having a lovely Honey Moon away from their restaurant!

A Thai Wedding on the Weekend

Don't they look wonderfully happy?

Hope to post some more pictures of the weekend wedding as J and I were in the bridal party - just wait until you see our outfits!

It has been a long time coming - they are in Thai land now having a lovely Honey Moon away from their restaurant!

Retro Pinny

We have some lovely friends who live just behind the sand dune (the mullock heaps) behind our house and a few weekends back they came around with many bags of little girls clothes for Hj. In one of the bags was a little pinny made many years ago - what a great find!

Retro Pinny

We have some lovely friends who live just behind the sand dune (the mullock heaps) behind our house and a few weekends back they came around with many bags of little girls clothes for Hj. In one of the bags was a little pinny made many years ago - what a great find!

Cooking for the week

Yesterday I cooked and cooked for the week - freeza cooking mostly - so that when I get home from Melbourne and working in town no thinking, just eating and spending peaceful time with my darling fam. PHEW!!!

tomato and bocconcini tart

Anzacs - Kinder lunch box essential

Vegie dumpling - pop that one in the freeza

Doesnt it look yuk!


Pasta Bake another freeza popper

Cooking for the week

Yesterday I cooked and cooked for the week - freeza cooking mostly - so that when I get home from Melbourne and working in town no thinking, just eating and spending peaceful time with my darling fam. PHEW!!!

tomato and bocconcini tart

Anzacs - Kinder lunch box essential

Vegie dumpling - pop that one in the freeza

Doesnt it look yuk!


Pasta Bake another freeza popper

J's painting

J just finished this painting last week as a gift for his cousin - dont I have a very talented husband!

It is from a Sydney Nolan work called the Footballer - with a twist of Ned Kelly

Here is the original work by Nolan
and being the clever man that he is - he made the frame too!

J's painting

J just finished this painting last week as a gift for his cousin - dont I have a very talented husband!

It is from a Sydney Nolan work called the Footballer - with a twist of Ned Kelly

Here is the original work by Nolan
and being the clever man that he is - he made the frame too!

Laminton Baking

Kd made a special request, inspired by a recent Play School episode to make lamingtons.

As you know lamingtons require a spongy sort of base to put the chocolate icing and coconut on - but this caused a great feeling of terror inside of me as my oven just isn't up to this sort of cake. (my darling Cooka Cooka!)

So on the phone to my Nan, (Kd's great Nan) I learnt all about snow balls -and my mind was cast back to eating loads of those yummy things Nan made us.

Basically you use a patty pan cake recipe (thanks Mrs Abbott for her classic recipe passed onto me by Mum), and use a gem scone tray you cook up your cakes, when cooled chocolate icing and coconut roll and when this is all set you cut in a little opening for a dollup of cream! Snow Balls!

Below is a little photo essay of our afternoon's cooking yesterday.

Laminton Baking

Kd made a special request, inspired by a recent Play School episode to make lamingtons.

As you know lamingtons require a spongy sort of base to put the chocolate icing and coconut on - but this caused a great feeling of terror inside of me as my oven just isn't up to this sort of cake. (my darling Cooka Cooka!)

So on the phone to my Nan, (Kd's great Nan) I learnt all about snow balls -and my mind was cast back to eating loads of those yummy things Nan made us.

Basically you use a patty pan cake recipe (thanks Mrs Abbott for her classic recipe passed onto me by Mum), and use a gem scone tray you cook up your cakes, when cooled chocolate icing and coconut roll and when this is all set you cut in a little opening for a dollup of cream! Snow Balls!

Below is a little photo essay of our afternoon's cooking yesterday.

Boring Gardening made glorious by mud

I have found it really hard to be motivated in the garden this summer - we did have some tank water but that went on washing the cars some how. However with the cooler weather we have had and also a few days of rain I have gotten myself & my son motivated.

On Friday we got into the vegie patch and gathered seeds from plants that have gone to seed and also started putting compost on the patch from the chook house in readiness for planting again in March.



Here is Kd gathering seeds - he loves using the secators and then writing on the bag. But then suddenly gardening got VERY boring.


Until I started bringing over the compost then something exciting happened in the garden - he created MUD!



YAY!!!!

Boring Gardening made glorious by mud

I have found it really hard to be motivated in the garden this summer - we did have some tank water but that went on washing the cars some how. However with the cooler weather we have had and also a few days of rain I have gotten myself & my son motivated.

On Friday we got into the vegie patch and gathered seeds from plants that have gone to seed and also started putting compost on the patch from the chook house in readiness for planting again in March.



Here is Kd gathering seeds - he loves using the secators and then writing on the bag. But then suddenly gardening got VERY boring.


Until I started bringing over the compost then something exciting happened in the garden - he created MUD!



YAY!!!!