Purging + green = Blossom ...

... purging + a green bag = Blossom

... let there be light ...

... and there is ... with a crick in the neck ... a wide smile ... from here

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Sunday Stealing Meme ...

1. Who was your FIRST date? John ?


2. Do you still talk to your FIRST love? Yes


3. What was your FIRST alcoholic drink? Pimms No.1 Cup


4. What was your FIRST job? Telephonist


5. What was your FIRST car? XL Falcon station wagon


6. Where did you go on your FIRST ride on an airplane? Gold Coast.


7. Who was your FIRST best friend & do you still talk? no idea ;(


8. Whose wedding did you attend the FIRST time? ???? Sis - in - law


9. Tell us about your FIRST roommate. Mmmm stumped me here ;(


10. If you had one wish, what would it be (other than more wishes)? Live forever


11. What is something you would learn if you had the chance? the Banjo


12. Did you marry the FIRST person you were in love with? Yes


13. What were the first lessons you ever took and why? Life lessons on how to survive.


14. What is the first thing you do when you get home? Open the front door.

Unconscious Mutterings 339 ...

1. Taxman :: burgular


2. Material :: world


3. Format :: order


4. File cabinet :: order


5. Ignore :: easy


6. Super! :: duper!


7. Fireproof :: safe


8. Blockbuster :: videos


9. Snooper :: stickynose


10. Good will :: gesture

... read other mutterings here

Seeking THAT chair ... ABC Carpet New York ...

... still searching for that chair what about this one at ABC Carpet another

reason to go to New York ?

Christmas in July ...

... awww sorry your invitation must have been lost in the mail ... Merry Christmas in July ... fa la la la laaa la la la laaaaaaa

SABOR Gluten Free Dairy Free Chocolate Mousse

... Not only is this TDF Mousse Gluten Free and Dairy Free ...

... IT COMES in a 500grm TUBS from Norton Street Grocer & many other

stores ... Chocolate Heaven exists ...

... read more here!

GREEN Challenge + Craft ...

... as green as trees & grass :: as green as plate & garnish :: as green as the

wall :: as green as the lampshade I embellished earlier ...

... GREEN challenge ... done!

GREEN is the Challenge ...

In more than thirty years this lamp has shone on many chapters in my life ...


... please take a peek at the RED challenge grid here ... fabulous!

Squint ... my chair ...

... life after purging is about renovation, rejuvenation, revintaging ... found the

chair of my dreams ... even more gorgeous besposke pieces here ... my want

will be a leopard print throne ... for now!

Cat watch ... Hope your day is as lovely as mine ...

Miss Blossy watching the world go by ... neighbourhood cat watch?

Venetian Mirror Mirror on my wall ...

... $74.00 from the bay of evil ... a lemon won't take the smile off my dial ...

BLUE Craft photo ... one I prepared ealier ...

Take an old pair of BLUE denim jeans ... let your imagination run wild ...

... a lovely bag for a lovely girl!

The BLUE Challenge

Blue ... we looked up in the sky ...

... over the tops of buildings ...

... we even looked over the fence ... it was all we could see ...

... clear blue skies shone above us ...

... glorious ... a clear beautiful Sydney day !

Unconscious Mutterings week 338 ...

Thoughts for the day ... I say and you think ???


1.Banter :: witty

2.Amazing :: life

3.Towel :: dry

4.Cinema :: movies

5.Newspaper :: daily

6.Not good :: whingers

7.My type :: real

8.Twinkle :: star

9.Actress :: drama

10.Daft :: stupid


Read more Mutterings here

BLUE Challenge ...

In Aussie vernacular a true blue Aussie redheaded shiela, or a bloke, is

affectionately called Blue or Bluey ... a brawl or a fight is a Blue too ... a

bushies favourite cattle dog is frequently called Blue too ... learn more here ...

... does this count?

Amelie & Atticus BLUE Challenge ...

BLUE's the challenge for this week ...

Not being a lover of blue I've dug through pics and found this gem I took one morning ...

Who is that up there ???

National Gallery Knitta Please event ... WOW !!!

The talented Grrl has co-ordinated an amazing event along with knitters

from around the world.


She's co-ordinated the Knitta Please event at the National Gallery in

Australia's capital city Canberra with Magda from Knitta Please who's

pulled the wool over other major cities read here ...


Take a peek here at the magic Grrl 's taken to our dull nations capital ...

awesome ... inspiring ... sensational ... wish I'd known ... Bravo Dneese!

I'm Over It T Shirts ... just for you or design your own at REMO

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... available from the great guys at REMO ...

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which one I bought ...

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more or place an order.

FASHION FACES Photography by BELA BORSODI

Photographer Bela Borsodi created a collection of Fashion Faces for Internet store Yalook ...

... fabulous ... see more here

...Borsodi profile here

A new weekly challenge ... RED RED RED

A wonderful discovery ...

... a gorgeous new blog ... exactly what's needed ...

... a challenge at Amelie and Atticus

Week 2 challenge is RED ... 4 photo's on Flickr + 1 craft ...

... here's one I prepared earlier...




... white satin roses ... no weddings planned ... what to do ...



... dunk in Scarlet Ozecraft Dye ...



... place on paper towel nuke for sixty seconds ...




... attach to scarlet satin ribbon ...




... adorn a lamp shade painted with Scarlet Ozecraft Dye ...


... challenge complete !!!

When I grow up ...

Hey good news ... when I grow up and get a Seniors Card I can use it to travel Australia wide ... Launched in January and now fully operational, the National Seniors Transport scheme provides seniors card holders with concessions on transport throughout Australia.

Previously unavailable outside your home state, now your Seniors Card can be used to purchase concession tickets on public transport throughout Australia with all states on board.

Further to this, Senior’s Card holders can receive 25% off standard adult fares on any of Great Southern Rail’s services ... and International cards can be obtained too ...


Read more HERE ... Yayyyyyyyyyyyyyy

Eating our way round the Sydney Food & Wine Show

The absolute find was Sabor Gluten & Dairy free Chocolate Mousse

... made in Sydney ... not just Traditional Chocolate but Orange Chocolate, Hazelnut Chocolate with more varieties on the way ... the people were gorgeous as is their product ... gorgeous ... nahhhh ... it's addictive!

We said Hi to the always sweet ChocolateSuze ... despite being crushed in the bag Suze's Gluten free Macadamia Biscotti's ... Yummmm ... heavenly morsels ... scrumptious!

Mrs. May's Naturals slow roasted dry snacks ... Gluten & Wheat Free ... bite size ... crunchy explosions in your mouth finds ... Pom-Raspberry Crunch is TDF ... check them out here

The show bag for a favourite mag, Healthy Food Guide was absolutely total value for money ... jam packed with brilliant goodies ... one copy of this great publication is handed around the entire family!

Yayyyyyyyy I scored their very last show bag for the entire show ... nope I'm not showing these contents ... they're mine!

Sydney Good Food & Wine Show ...

A couple of years ago we went to the Sydney Food Show at Darling Harbour. We never forgot the feeding frenzy we witnessed in one massive hall at the Sydney Convention Centre.

This weekend we braved the Sydney Good Food and Wine Show extravaganza that covered five halls. Gnashing, dribbling, gorging, pushing, nudging and elbowing was the order of the day. The masses obliterated anything on offer they could get into their mouths. Timber from a healthy forest was surely cleared to manufacture the squillions of toothpicks used to stab the morsels.

We said hi to the always gorgeous ChocolateSuze ... pop over for her food blogger / exhibitor perspective of the show ... we saw celeb chefs, we tasted, we enjoyed!

We lugged home bags and bags of samples and bargains. I stupidly didn't buy a shopping trolley to lug the loot ... I was over them after having been whacked in the ankles and tripped up by the people dragging them. I'd thought they were idiots for buying so much stuff ... Hah!

I primadonna'd like a small petulant child the entire, what felt like a marathon, walk to the car. With my one, half a good arm and two bulging bags I huffed, puffed, pouted, fought back tears, grunted, groaned and cursed like a tetchy toddler who'd missed an afternoon nap. Reaching the car was bliss.

SOoooo this week I'm going to blog on some of the food and wine we discovered
... for now my biggest decision is what to eat next while I journey through France via the live telecast of le Tour de France where Aussie Stewart O'Grady is currently in second place ...

... more food delights and observations tomorrow!

Unconscious Mutterings Week 336.

I say ... and you think ... ?

1.Independence :: content.

2.Meltdown :: shutdown.

3.Vulture :: looming.

4.Hope :: floats.

5.Float :: weightless.

6.Hole :: ass.

7.Trespass :: forbidden.

8.Moving :: on.

9.Extinct :: gone.

10.Alligator :: see ya later.

LOOKING UP ...

... one of my best ...

Dad ... would be 94 today ...

Dad would have been 94 today ... here he is, handsome devil, in WoyWoy on

leave in 1942 ... Happy Birthday ole fella!