Australia Day...

Australia Day...

cricket on the TV, the temperature is extremely hot,

had roast lamb for lunch...

with the oven making the house even hotter

I made pavlova for desert...topped with cream, mango

and kiwi fruit.

The recipe was from this Donna Hay book...

4 egg whites

1cup caster sugar

3teaspoons cornflour

1teaspoon white vinegar

very sweet but always a hit...the recipe from

this cookbook is very easy...crunchie on 

the outside. 

Piled high with fruit...yumm!!!

Australia Day...

Happy Australia Day...

more holiday picture...

While on our holiday...we went on the Valley of the Giants

Treetop walk. That's where you walk on suspension bridges 

through the tops of tall tingle trees.

...the walk was wheelchair accessible.

sarah's giveaway!!!

Sarah is having a great giveaway!!!

bubble bath with Urban Rituelle...

Time for a bath...my son1 gave me these lovely Urban Rituelle

for Christmas...

When he asked for ideas, I said anything from

the shop in Albany called The Bathtub.

The shop had such a lovely perfume...could

smell it walking down the street, shops away.

I love my present...

...it makes lots of bubbles too!

holiday photos-Strawberry Hill Farm WA

This is Old Strawberry Hill Farm...we visited while on holidays.

It's the first farm in West Australia. Built in 1836.

It was closed for restoration so we could not go inside.

The gardens are beautiful with a hydrangea lined walk...with every

different coloured hydrangea growing abundantly.

This building was used as the tearooms where 

we had coffee, tea and scones.

It was an enjoyable couple of hours!

Karen's giveaway!

Karen is having a giveaway...it ends Friday.   And a very lovely, interesting blog.

day 1....A Simple Woman's Daybook

Monday, January 18th 2010.

outside my window... blue skies and sunshine

I am thinking...it's a beautiful day

I am thankful for...the holiday I just had-to visit my son

From the kitchen...just had lunch

I am wearing...shorts and cool top

I am creating...many things in my mind

I am going...for a walk to the doctors with my husband

I am reading...a Jodi Picoult book

I am hoping...to catch up on things since being away

I am hearing...the washing machine

Around the house...a little untidy, and weeds

One of my favourite things...sunshine

Rest of the week... stitching, exercising, some cleaning

A picture to share

It's called A Simple Woman's Daybook...I read about this 

at Cinderberry Stitches and thought it might be fun

to join in...

Fabric buying on holidays...

Fabric I bought on holidays...one quilt shop had closed down, a new one called Patchwork Place just opened.  A craft shop that included patchwork was having a closing down sale and Albany had a newly opened Spotlight. So lots of opportunity to fabric shop.


These Kaffe fabrics I bought at Patchwork Place the newly opened patchwork shop in the centre of town.

These fabrics I bought at a very reduced price at the brand new Spotlight.
The two books were 20% off at the closing down shop.

I want to make this...

and this!

This is Albany's main street York St which is a hill

down to Princess Royal Harbour... a port

for cruise ships and export ships for wheat and grain.

The first day we were there, a cruise ship had arrived

and the town was very festive, with a market 

and lots of tourists off the ship.

The Norfolk Island Pine in York St decorated for Christmas...

...and lit up at night.

Back home from holidays...

Back home today from 4 weeks holiday to the other side of the country.

We have been staying with son1 for the last month in beautiful Albany,

 Western Australia...

The trip was 10 hours by bus from Albany to Perth ...a day in Perth...

5 hours red eye plane trip...the eastcoast time is 3 hours ahead of WA,

 so we arived back at daylight...

then 3hours by car to home.

So feeling a little tied at the moment. 

First trip by plane, was an adventure!

New Year...

Happy New Year 2010 to all ...

chocolate desert before the fireworks

...and a blue moon over the town on 

New Years eve!!