Coconut shell utensil collection

Straw Painting Collection

I started collecting these straw paintings from op shops in Australia 6 years ago. They are created mainly in Kerula, India, and Malaysia.

Cork Art collection

Does one make a collection? This is the start of my cork art collection. Found this one in NZ, it is tiny and kinda looks like corn chip art.

Doily art

Oh I know it has been done before but I could not resist decorating this tree near my home when I found a stash of doilies at my local op shop. Do you see the skulls?

Sprog

I recently made this little Sprog for my friend Sonia and her soon to be born sprog.

All about me....

The December issue of The Age [Melbourne] Magazine featured a 2 page spread all about me and my home. My friend James Braund took the photographs.

ps. imagine the bathroom tiles being a million shades lighter, more a faded teal green, Not turquoise... that would hurt my eyes in the morning!

Garden up-date- Dickens St vege pathway

More before during and after photos, this time of the garden pathway. Used up all the bricks by making chunky squares seats with thyme planted in them.

Garden up-date- Dickens St vege patch

This is the new extension of the vegetable patch, the sunniest spot in the garden.

The zucchinis are loving life and grow so fast it is scary, got to be quick to avoid the dreaded marrow.

Fitzroy Garden revival -side view

We took the fences down and pruned the lemon and lime tree for more sunlight and better growth of fruit.

Fitzroy Garden revival -front view

This is the view from the back terrace. Amazingly the compost bins were completely full of ready-to-go gorgeous compost, good to get excited about soil huh?

Fitzroy Garden revival -back view

This is the latest garden make-over I created for a friend in North Fitzroy. We had a bit of a working bee, so I got to boss 4 others around, to create this gorgeous new growing space. It always helps when there is a great base to start with: we removed old fences and added alot of compost and poo before we popped in the new steps for easy weeding and picking, planted heaps of yummy vegetables and herbs and mulched deeply. So so so satisfying.

oh how I love a good series of before, during and after photos.