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Happy New Year

I wish you a very happy new year . May 2013 be a very special time for us all. 

Colours of Christmas

Christmas collection  Christmas colours at our place - in the hallway ...    Family stockings  and in the garden .....  flowering syzygium  and in my art ...  doll created for a friend   and even on my desk ....  USB Christmas tree  Merry Christmas to my wonderful family and friends - I hope you enjoy the peace and joy of Christmas with all the people who are special to you.  

Arty Places #10 2012 : Clayhouse

Gundaroo NSW : Sally Paskins Store  Gundaroo, a village about 35km north of Canberra, takes you back in time. Most of the buildings  in the main street of the village are typical of 19th century Australia  - slab huts, wattle and daub, stone and local brick. What a delightful place! Although I lived in Canberra  for over three years, I am embarrassed to admit that I only discovered Gundaroo last week while attending a family wedding.  There are  a few arty places in Gundaroo, but I really liked the work of Leanne Percival of Clayhouse   and so Clayhouse becomes Arty Place #10 ( most likely the last arty place in this series for 2012).   I really like Clayhouse pottery ... I think there is an appealing simplicity and a  trendy cleanness  about the shapes and patterns in a "happy" colour range.  C layhouse is very much at home in Sally Paskins Store, a  slab hut,    built in 1886  with  kauri floors,  newspaper "wall paper " from the period,