Live from Manhattan ... astonished, astounded, amazed iore than ever imagined ...

So much to do so little time you know the drill!

Three nights in Las Vegas was super sensory over load ...

you know the saying bigger than Texas?

Maybe it originated in Vegas ,,,

the sights, the gi-normity was jaw dropping ...

the O ... MG moments, images, experiences continue.

This travel biz leaves little time to do things like blogging ...

or fixing the font ...

bought a mouse for this Netbook today so posts will be easier ...DER!!!

Photo count exceeds 500 ...here's a smidge  ...

in Vegas we stayed in Paris ...

saw a Liberty Lady ...

 hyperventilated at 600 antique sewing machines ...

ecstatic at the Brooklyn Bridge ... 

flabergasted at the NYC Police vehicles ...

yes they're real ...

tomorrow I'm off to

The Fat Girl Flea Markets ... more here ...

Darlings I've enough material for a life time of blog posts so please be patient ...

I miss you ALL.

Love it if you'd catch up with me on Facebook where posting is heaps simpler at the moment  ...

LOVE from New York.

Hello from Santa Monica LA, USA, where I'm gobsmacked + first post out of whack ....

LESTUDE number plate in Rodeo drive taken from the hop on hop off tour bus.. 

Bear with me Darlings on the posts ....

.like everything in the last four days ...

I'm wayyyyy, wayyy out of my comfort zone!

 

Weather is so cold we've had to buy warmer clothes ...

BUT ...

OMG everything is so  cheap ...

food, clothes, water, you name it ...

I'll need my jaw wired ...

I'm constantly going :-O

Bottled water $1 everywhere ...

two breakfasts + drinks $12.00 ...

  the list in endless ...

Plus so many other amazing things I'll post once I mater this netbook and WiFi ...

Hey too I made it to the People's Choice line up for the blogger awards ...

I need some voting from you please ..

Yep ... will learn how to post about that soon too.

Love Youse All ...

back soon,

we're off to my first LA flea ... OMG!!!!!

Fashion Less Waste 2011 : Birds of Paradise by Australian Museum ... closes April 21 ...

The Fashion Less Waste event / comp run annually by the ... 

Australian Museum in Sydney ...

closes Thursday April 21 ...

TAFE 2010 winner was ...

'Bird's Eye View' by Sarah Follent. more here

Sarah was inspired by native Australian birds facing habitat loss.

Materials she used were covers and pages of hard-cover books, netball skirt, string, plack paint, staples and safety pins.

2010 Secondary School winner was ...

'Reptila' by Katinka Olynick ...

created using crocheted plastic bags.

more here  

The 2011 judges are ::

Akira Isogawa, founder of Akira

Louise Olsen, co-founder of Dinosaur Designs

Kelley Sheenan, founder and editor of Peppermint Magazine

Matt Paroz senior writer Peppermint Magazine /author How big is your Eco.

 

Loving this annual events ...

loving the opportunities given to talented kids ...

compared to my era when ...

sewing comprised of making huge bloomers ...

cooking was baking scones or making custard or junket ...

and us kids who took art ...

were swamped and put off by the massive amounts of theory.

 

more about Fashion Less waste 2011 here.

Seth Apter + SOFA + Geoffery Gorman = mind boggling art in NYC ...

A post by Seth Apter of The Altered Page led me ...

SOFA: Weekend Art Fair in New York City

Geoffery Gorman's pieces are breathtaking ... 

created from wood, cloth, metal and found objects ...

Gadzooks - the possibilities !!!

Five sleeps to go !!!

How many Tiny Teddies + Togetherness & Love = Three Generations & Blossie ...

Three generations day out ...

don't you LOVE that cute face with cheeks bulging ...

how many 'Tiny Teddies' at once ...

none for you MaMa ...

as she managed to pop yet another ...

when we walk together ...

I say "hold my finger" ..

and she does ...

Mummy snuck up behind us ...

and captured our togetherness and LOVE!

LOVE was at home too ...

despite Blossie enduring an early visit from the vet for a check up ...

then me being out all day ...

Blossie and I were in our respective spots tonight!

Togetherness and LOVE surround me ...

I'm so very blessed.

My Blue Eyed Goat fascination = Hello Owl + PUSH + Rainbow



Dani at Hello Owl has started a fun thing to do each week!

 Push is a fun new game all about pushing your photography skills to the limit and always striving to do better and be better, to be more creative and find something exciting in your everyday life.

Each Tuesday a new theme will be posted here on Hello Owl then it's your job to go off in the world and find something unique or quirky you would like to share. There's no time limit, the theme will remain open ... read more here.

OK the first 'PUSH' theme is Rainbow ...

 as there's no Rainbow round at this time of the night / morning ...

my first PUSH will be the blue eyed goat at Vaucluse House ...

take a closer look at the piercing blue eyes, they're amazing! 

There's blue in a rainbow's isn't there?

C'mon, join in, post a pic and add your link over at Dani's ...

easy peasy and all good fun!

Sunday lunch at Vaucluse House = going back in time = Sunday Selections ...

The beautiful Vaucluse House was built in the early 1900s by

William Charles Wentworth.

Us three generations initially went for high tea ...

the wafting aromas food enticed us to choose lunch instead...

Chicken, Fennel & Morrocan Spices ...

two of us chose crispy flathead fillets, handcut chips and aioli ...

both scrumptious and arrived piping hot ...

pink camellias hung from huge thick ancient branches ...

this gorgeous Norfolk Pine with branches that caressed the ground ...

a blue eyed goat looked fat and happy ...

 tree roots cut through the earth for metres and metres away from the trunk

stables ooozed history ...

we peeked through windows at the lavishness of the era ...

rain started ... we fled for shelter ...

more tree pics tomorrow.

More Sunday Selections await you at Kims.

Happy Birthday to My ... Very Special Girl ...

♥ Happy Birthday to the light of my life ...

the best daughter any mother could ever wish for ♥

♥ May your daughter be as wonderful as mine ♥

Sydney Crafters mark your diary = Powerhouse April 30 = look out Melbourne ...

I've long been envious of the huge craft movement in Melbourne compared to Sydney ...

well, look out Melbourne here comes Sydney!!!

Sydney's Powerhouse Museum has got it happening April 30 with ...

Here's what The Powerhouse is saying ...

Discover textiles, thread, knitting and embroidery during a weekend packed with hands-on activities for all ages. Drop into one of the many craft zones to try something new, led by creative professionals and textile geniuses who’ll take you from craft novice to craft goddess!

In our First Timer’s Zone: In the Loop join members of the Lace Guild and lace-making Museum Volunteers who will show you the basic techniques of Bobbin lace making, tatting and crocheting.

Test your knitting skills with our super-sized 3 metre long Knitting Needles and 1 metre high French Knitting Nancy. Tea cosies were never made this way!


Contribute to making the biggest recycled plastic bag tapestry you have ever seen at the Big Punk Tapestry!


In the Children in the loop! Zone, join hands-on activities for families and children including knitting, lace-making and paper weaving (suitable for ages 4 and over).

C'mon Sydney Crafters ... look out Melbourne!

Zipper Paper Dresses Anthropologie Chelsea Market = be still my beating heart ...

zippers ...

zippers and paper ...

what can you say except gorgeous ...

breathtakingly so!

Take a bundle of used ticket stubs ...

isn't this amazing ...

I stare in wonderment ...

Ohhhh eM Geeee ...

be still my beating heart ...

genius!

More here.

Sunday Selection = Frogpondsrock = an Old Tree = what's lurking? ...

This majestic beauty is in the grounds of Sydney's first gaol ...

now the National Art School in Darlinghurst ...

looking closely amongst the cobwebs ..

            it's easy to imagine weeny gremlins residing ...

gnawing away ...

 setting up house, inhabiting deep inside ...

peering out at me ...

as I squint and strain to catch a glimpse ...

isn't nature a wonderful thing?



More Sunday Selections for your enjoyment here.