things to do with fabric

When I got home last Friday, I found a parcel from India on my verandah.....

  love the way they sew their parcels into calico....

Inside the parcel was a sari and a card from Fiona from Pushkar - advising me that it is very HOT there at present.

 It's lovely green and white heavy silk - don't know what I'll do with it yet but it will be fun thinking about it.  And, there was a lovely spicy Indian smell when I opened the parcel.

A friend came to see me yesterday afternoon in a lovely cardigan which is evocative of a Japanese tattoo all over her back - looked amazing....

Probably cost more than a tattoo but would have been considerably less painful!!!!
Meanwhile - a few extra pieces of fabric seem to have crept into my sewing room........

I plan to make some nightie out of these

and this will stay in the bag till next Summer

as will these

and the sewing room looks used.....am also making a london skirt!

a clean post.....

How do I know when K the cleaner comes to my house?
When I get home, I find.......

Ornaments lying down in the dust.....









the feather duster subtly hidden behind a photo

AND some considerable bleach damage to my new hand towel and washer!!

beautiful weather at the moment - my hanging baskets are happy with their new soil mix and the sun.

a day in the life.......

My days are very busy at the moment - some good  parts (like pay day) and some not so good:

 Waiting for the bus watching the ferries is rather nice - especially with the lovely weather we're having at the moment.  I get off the bus and disappear inside this building..........

Up in the lift

to this lovely office...............

and then down in the lift

 past Justice standing on a pedestal,

hurry hurry.....

and through the palm courtyard to ........

and then.....

 wait for the bus in the dark and look at the lights on in my building - wondering how many people are still at work.....

 time to read some papers and then t0 hop into bed and watch telly!!!!!

On a lighter note

 I did get to the city farmers market and bought some lovely fresh fruit and veggies

I love my new shoes ......rest of this post has been censored!!

mothers day

I has been a gorgeous day up here for mothers day.  I decided on my way home from work last night that I might buy my Mum a present

lots of yummy mummy bait.  Of course, she hasn't got much use for chivas, chips and flowers these days so she said I could keep them!
This morning I made breakfast in bed and my room looked like this

 The most beautifully wrapped present from daughter #1 contained a diffuser which is making my house smell lovely!  Love the card like a teapot!

I have put the diffuser on the trolley so it does the whole house (or the bottom quarter)

This morning I went with Liz to see an open garden in Wynnum - it was a bit short on aesthetics but good on organics.  I'm not tempted by all the prickly things he had growing there though.  

I am continuing with the great tidy up - am delighted to be able to walk down the side and pick a lemon or two.  I even have some mandarins which are starting to turn orange!

Since the heavy rain and lovely warm weather, everything needs to be pruned SEVERLEY and I am always very proud to have a full rubbish bin on a Sunday afternoon

 The pawpaw in the front garden has another flush of fruit coming on....

 And the bridal tree is looking beautiful.

I've had a lovely day and I think there might be more to come tomorrow when daughter #2's present gets delivered by Australia Post.

Results

Study now has a new look - I feel much more comfortable with it and soon I will be donating many military books to whoever wants them!

This is a nice spot for reading in the afternoons - like the ladies lounge.

Here is some of the things that have been removed and will now go to the Nudgee tip

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I'm afraid the sewing that I had planned for the Easter break didn't really get done - however I have nearly finished a chanel jacket - now I have to decide whether to put the frayed trip on the pockets (it's pinned here) or not

and I am having dinner with V&S tomorrow to celebrate V's 66th birthday.  She's having trouble sleeping so I have made her a monogrammed silk pillow case - someone gave one to me and a LOVE it.  I had a bit of silk left over so made her a matching bag to put socks or undies in when she's travelling.

 Easter was good but I wish I'd been at the beach!!!

Friday is good

I woke up this morning and was very happy not to have to get dressed and go to work!  I stayed in bed and had TWO hot cross buns and then got up and into the painting clothes.....
Anything that is not tied down in lukin street is getting a coat of paint!!

I'm sorely tempted to attack the glass fronted book case with a can on paint but think that he flutterings in the spirit world might become a bit frantic??!!  so it will probably survive - if only for the reason that it is VERY heavy and I would never be able to get it out to the verandah

My next task is to get everything dry and back into the study before Monday pm - and to work out what to throw away, what to keep, and where to put it all.

 Perhaps a garage sale???

These two guys have marched out of the mess and placed them selves on view in the hall.....

For a bit of light relief (and because I was in old clothes) I undertook some gardening....
this got converted

 to this....there's new fence hiding material and a kafir lime tree beside the compost bin now.

And Ailbhe's very pool-unfriendly trees got their annual pruning from my side - taking advantage of them being away for a day!

All of which made me require a sugar hit and this is what it was!!!!!