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Monday, July 27, 2015
Thursday, July 23, 2015
Tea on Thursday 22
Tag prepared for Tag Tuesday theme - Friendship. This tag is a marker drawing and hand printed text on used tea bag paper, with a felt heart applied to a tea bag tag and braid and baker's twine.
Have a terrific Thursday - drink tea and be kind!
Have a terrific Thursday - drink tea and be kind!
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Tuesday, July 21, 2015
July Photo a Day Challenge 12-20
And time flies when you're having fun... so far, I've managed to post a photo a day on Instagram for the "Be Well in Winter " photo challenge, interpreting the daily themes.
Days 12-20 :
12. Lunchtime - Lamb and salad in a gluten free wrap, with a special treat of a dollop of lactose free cream cheese
13. Self Love - Ugg boots and a blanket- watching TV show, Masterchef.
14. Sleep - Not a fan of Masterchef!
15. In the pantry - home made tomato relish
16. Affirmation - How do you define beauty?
17. Create - Unfinished projects on my work table.
18. Comfort - Little wheat bags - perfect size to warm cold hands
19. Journal - my workshop journal - preparation and teaching notes for the next day's workshop.
20. On my plate - gluten free spiral pasta, fresh vegetables and a spoonful of that home made relish.
Sunday, July 12, 2015
The Tea Party or It's OK to be Different
Once upon a
time, a group of friends planned a tea party at Miss Camellia’s new home. What fun… Let’s dress up in our Tilda* finest
and we will have lovely treats - cup cakes, finger sandwiches and scones with cream
and jam. Everyone can bring a plate. Of course, we will also drink the best tea
- French Earl Grey and English Breakfast.
The ladies
spent hours poring over their CWA (County
Women’s Association) cook books for the traditional recipes and washed the
beautiful bone china cups and saucers in
preparation, so that on the day, there
was plenty of time to press neatly their
pastel coloured party frocks and for a quick visit to the hairdressers. They
all applied their make up with the utmost care and added pretty floral accessories
to their outfits in fitting with this special occasion. Looking as perfectly
beautiful as “The Stepford Wives”, the ladies all gathered at Miss Camellia’s
at precisely 3pm. Oh dear, but don’t look now - Miss Wu is coming up the garden path - and look what she is wearing. Is that really a tea party frock, and anyway who invited her? She is just not like the rest of us
Miss Camellia tut tutted, admonishing her friends for
their bad manners admitting that she herself had issued the invitation as a
welcome to the neighbourhood, and as
they had all declared their rejection of
prejudice and injustice, she knew they would all be overwhelmingly happy to include Miss Wu in their party. It was also evident that Miss
Camellia had advised Miss Wu to wear that spectacular pendant.
Suitably
chastened, the tea party ladies thought about their hasty judgemental comments, smiled, relaxed and genuinely attempted to know more
about Miss Wu herself and her exotic dress. What a surprise - she spoke a
number of languages, had attended and graduated cum laude from several
universities and was a thoroughly nice person - and even loved her scones lavishly
spread with homemade strawberry jam and piled high with dollops of cream! Miss Wu was different, but she was also just like them!
Photos of Tilda tea cup dolls created by members of Gumnut Dollies Newcastle - http://gumnutdolliesnewcastle.blogspot.com.au/ |
* Tilda is a craft brand founded by Norwegian
designer Tone Finnanger in 1999, best known for its whimsical and naive
characters in the form of animals and dolls and cottage chic fabrics.
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Saturday, July 11, 2015
Photo a Day July Challenge Days 6-11
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Up to Day 11 already in the "Be Well In Winter" photo challenge - where each day, I am challenged to take and share a photo according to the theme.
Day 8 - Eat your Greens . In this case, it is not healthy to eat the green part - leeks, being prepared for leek and potato soup - yum!
Day 9 - Caffeine Alternative ... Very boring, but a glass of water is a good "pick me up"
Day 10 : Prana - I thought this theme would beat me, but just remembering what my tai chi teacher says about the life force between your hands, I happened to hold my hands up with my iPad on the kitchen bench and with the overhead light, this is the image of prana I couldn't have planned any better!
Day 11 - Penny Saving . I love money boxes and have a few piggy banks. This is my favourite - a feng shui pig which my sister gave me years ago. It does in fact always have loose change in it.
What Instagram fun this has been - a way of becoming aware and developing focus each day.
Sunday, July 5, 2015
Photo a Day July Challenge Days 3-5
Be well in Winter ! Photo a Day challenge for July.
Day 3: Yoga Practice ...My " go to" reference for yoga. I like this book because you can open an any page and get a tip about better practice and the appendix shows you how to fit yoga into any busy day - with 15, 20 and 30 minute sessions.
Day 4 : In the Fridge ... Milk for all tastes and preferences
Day 5 - Happiness is... sharing a celebration lunch with family. (and dare I say, eating decadent food!)
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Thursday, July 2, 2015
Photo a Day July Challenge
Photo a day in July challenge - Be Well In Winter |
I love a bit of a challenge and saw this "one photo a day" challenge for this month on my cousin's Instagram. I am also trying to boost my immune system this month, too so the "Be well in Winter" tag attracted me too. You can see my daily photos on Instagram or I will post here every couple of days for those of you not yet addicted to Instgram!
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Day 1 - A Walk with a View - Looking up as I was almost home from a walk around my neighbourhood, I saw these new Banksia shoots, growing straight up. |
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