Lots of Bloom

Love the amount of blooms on the Red Bottle Brush (How Australian!) and the sweet smelling Lavendar pictured here. Tez is here picking up a few small weeds showing their faces.  He is careful since he has a bad leg which gives him considerable pain.  It's great though how he tries never to complain too much about what he suffers.  My Strong man. He does little jobs here and there to take his mind off his troubles - I like to think of his example if I ever think of complaining. Bravo!

Sunset - a call to rest

Sunsets have always reminded me of peacefulness.  This one was over our front fence - golden and open... a treat to enjoy and remind us about having a sense of quietness. I am learning to be content wherever I am and whatever time of day.  So many things I'm learning to appreciate.

One of my Fave things to create

I've put together here quite a few Artist Trading Cards I've created in the last week. Just a hoppity, skippity to do them. It's linking themes together and putting shapes and colours in an attractive fashion I find.

2 Cards - Put Together & Serendipity

The card on the left is just a "put together" piece - even some thin leather strap which I happen to have.

Below is a Birthday Card "Serendipity" - a technique where lots of colours you like are torn off and put on one sheet. Then I have stamped them and cut them into squares and stuck them on a black background on a card. Easy Done. The tearing of papers to put on the sheet would be the longest amount of time.

Compost Activator

Here is comfrey we have easily grown in the past and used as a compost activater.  I've not only put it within the compost heap but soaked it for three weeks in buckets to use as a fertiliser.  It's roots grow a long way down (try and dig it out and you find this).  It gains it's nutrients apparently by this deep rooting of the plant. It is said to be a very basic need of growing an organic garden.  The plant is said to be a weed barrier since it is very invasive. Here we put it on the other side of logs we had framing our herb and vegetable garden. The sub-tropical area we were at - means it grew very hardy.

Well worn Kitchen Cabinet & spruced up Chair

Another Unit to be given a thorough renovation and set in place in the dining room. Lines will have to be painted on the window panes. New door knobs will be needed. Maybe a pale shade of pink, cream, white or lilac..what about a sage green? Never can tell what my husband presents before me in the colour range I am to choose from.

Here is the cupboard spruced up... Tez has the uncanny knack of making items look extra tidy.  Blue was 

the colour of the day - so it was put to good affect! 

The timber look chair is now repaired and shows a heavy shade of Lilac. Sweet! It's nice collecting sad forgotten chairs. Lovely to give them a new lease of life.

Another Timber Chair for a Make over

Another wooden chair that needs some bits and pieces extra to make it whole and sturdy.