New Guinea

My friend ZZs Birthday today and I made her this card.  It come from a joke when I was starting to loose my hearing and I thought she said she used to live in New Guinea. I was talking about New Guinea for alot months with her and she never asked what the fascination was.  She puts up with a lot really, like when I showed her a shortcut to her home, which actually was 800m longer that her usual route. It all came to a head when I was helping her with her application to work in an Indigenous Organisation and I said well, I don't have to tell you whats it like cos you already lived in New Guinea.  She said - No, Ive never lived or visited there and so the joke began....along with her ribbing me about shortcuts.

Darker Mornings

Season is changing and there is not as much light around now especially in the morning. Ive been waiting for the right time to post this lovely winter scene sent to me from my friend in Hobart.  This was taken in 2005. Looks like a golden morning to me. I am hoping for a lot of snow this winter.  Thank you Heidi.

Creative Monday

Creating a birthday present on the public holiday was a real buzz. I'm pretty slack with presents but decided this girl needed gifts because she has given me so many.  I'm hoping she will take up the option of creating arrangements too. Its nice to have something on your workstation instead of a pile of chewed fingernails.  Saw that one coming didn't you......

Canberra Day

We get a day off because living in the nations capital is just so stressful trying to keep up with all the cultural activities including the Balloon Festival that I visited at the crack of dawn.

Honorable Ikebana

This arrangement has been created with Jodi Mary Kylie Scattini in mind because its been one year of sleeping in 100% linen sheets.  I'm still perving on all the the creases and soft undulating shapes the sheets make and wish everyone could experience such pleasure. Three tiny scraps sit on the left hand side of the dish to symbolize the Holy Trinity.

Two Of The Very Best

These two - no matter how badly I behave - stick by me. The knight and Lady of the highest orders. A true blessing in this post authentic world.

Enlighten

This festival gets better every year. They even had moving images going across the buildings.  As part of this festival they had a starlight dinner which I treated my best friend MissEbberle to.  The dinner was to be on top of old parliament house under the stars with the ability to see all the images being projected on to the building and the lazer lights shooting up to the sky.  Because it was overcast and raining intermittedly we couldnt eat up there, but we were allowed to view the action for 1/2 hour from the roof while being serenaded by a gorgeous young woman singing opera.  

The dinner was out of this world.  I have never thought to put a gourmet dinner on my bucket list and was not really interested in the whole idea of 4 courses accompanied by aperitifs, wine and beer sort of thing so how amazing was it when it was the most unexpected pleasure I'm glad I didnt miss?  I had no idea that my tongue was capable of such oral splendor. At no other time have I been consumed physically and emotionally with such strength of taste while indulging in the act of eating.

So thankful for this experience that I could have missed in my lifetime had it not been for my friendship with Miss Ebberle who is a top cheff as well.