The end of the year is coming even closer and my plans for the following year are definitely on slow simmer. One thought I’ve had is to channel my reading as I did a couple of years ago when most of what I read was 19th century.
I really enjoyed that, with the result that next year I think I’m going to use the list in the book 1001 Books you Must Read before you Die . The list is now 1294 books long as it should be to keep up with new books … but who’s quibbling.
Together with some work mates we went through the list to see how many we’d already read. I was happy to find around 100 of the first 1001, so about 10% in my case.
Check out the list if you’re interested.
And next year?
Adding this to my New Year’s Plans list and making my way through a few more … and maybe adding a few reviews to the blog. That’d be fun.
Thursday, December 22, 2011
Saturday, November 19, 2011
STREAT Dinner Party Giveaway
My other blog (EAT AND BE MERRY, FOR TOMORROW WE DIE(T)) has a double pass valued at $300 for the Melbourne STREAT Dinner Party to be held on Tuesday 29 November.
STREAT is a fantastic charity helping Melbourne's homeless youth to long-term careers in hospitality through running street cafes. For around six months they learn hygiene, kitchen etiquette, how to cook and how to follow a recipe while working on one of STREAT's cart. And all the proceeds from the STREAT Dinner Party go to funding a new STREAT cart.
Leave a comment (one only per person) over at the post on EAT AND BE MERRY and a lucky winer will be drawn randomly on Friday 25 November at 7pm. The giveaway is open only to Melbournites who can attend.
Spread the word.
STREAT is a fantastic charity helping Melbourne's homeless youth to long-term careers in hospitality through running street cafes. For around six months they learn hygiene, kitchen etiquette, how to cook and how to follow a recipe while working on one of STREAT's cart. And all the proceeds from the STREAT Dinner Party go to funding a new STREAT cart.
Leave a comment (one only per person) over at the post on EAT AND BE MERRY and a lucky winer will be drawn randomly on Friday 25 November at 7pm. The giveaway is open only to Melbournites who can attend.
Spread the word.
Monday, March 14, 2011
Flea Market Finds
Sometimes flea market finds are sexy, amazing, stunning; and sometimes the "flea market fairy" points me in a far more practical and useful direction ... like this week with three big glass jars that can be used for storing lots of things.
Mr H, you see, has decided to preserve lemons, and alas, for his first effort a few months ago, all we could find in the cupboard were a couple of smaller jars, including this one with a metal lid ... and not a great choice when you're dealing with caustic elements like lemon juice and salt but ... needs must.
Now we no longer need to worry about that as I found not one, but three, large ex-coffee jars between the nine op shops I managed to get to this week ... in about three hours! (Poor Mr H ... I've already snaffled two of them for sugar!)
Mr H, you see, has decided to preserve lemons, and alas, for his first effort a few months ago, all we could find in the cupboard were a couple of smaller jars, including this one with a metal lid ... and not a great choice when you're dealing with caustic elements like lemon juice and salt but ... needs must.
Now we no longer need to worry about that as I found not one, but three, large ex-coffee jars between the nine op shops I managed to get to this week ... in about three hours! (Poor Mr H ... I've already snaffled two of them for sugar!)
And just so you know they're out there if you're interested in glass jars ... Mr H and I found this huge glass jar a few months ago (we now have three which store SR and plain flour, and the "newer" one for regular sugar).
I can't wait to find more because I love the sturdiness of these jars (and because I need to find at least another one for Mr H), and maybe next week I'll be a little luckier with the vintage sheet finds. Can you believe I've been to 11 op shops over the last week and I managed to find only one sheet worth getting for the swap: a pretty but slightly faded striped lilac sheet? Lucky I have almost no purple/lilac sheets and I love stripes so I was excited all the same.
I can't wait to find more because I love the sturdiness of these jars (and because I need to find at least another one for Mr H), and maybe next week I'll be a little luckier with the vintage sheet finds. Can you believe I've been to 11 op shops over the last week and I managed to find only one sheet worth getting for the swap: a pretty but slightly faded striped lilac sheet? Lucky I have almost no purple/lilac sheets and I love stripes so I was excited all the same.
What have you been up to? Find anything good ... or did the "flea market fairy" not smile on you? Lots more flea market finds over at Sophie's place.
Thursday, February 10, 2011
So funny
This list of funnies landed in my inbox today ... apparently they're puns for educated minds!
I'm quite partial to numbers 13 and 18. Do you have a favourite and why?
1. Was the fattest knight at King Arthur's round table - Sir Cumference? – and did he acquired his size from too much pi?
2. Would an eye doctor on an Alaskan island be an optical Aleutian?
3. She was only a whiskey maker, but he loved her Still.
4. Would a rubber band pistol be confiscated from algebra class, because it’s a weapon of math disruption?
5. No matter how much you push an envelope, it'll always be stationery.
6. If a dog gave birth to puppies on the road would it be charged with littering?
7. Would a grenade thrown into a kitchen in France result in Linoleum Blownapart?
8. If two silk worms had a race – would they ended up in a tie?
9. If a hole was found in the nudist camp wall, would the police look into it?
10. Although time flies like an arrow - fruit flies like a banana.
11. Atheism is a non-prophet organisation.
12. Two hats were hanging on a hat rack in the hallway. One hat said to the other: 'If you stay here; I'll go on a head.'
13. I wondered why the baseball kept getting bigger. Then it hit me.
14. Would a sign on the lawn at a drug rehab centre say: 'Keep off the Grass.' ?
15. If a midget fortune-teller escaped from prison, would there be a small medium at large.
16. If a soldier survived mustard gas and pepper spray – would he be a seasoned veteran?
17. Does a backward poet write inverse?
18. In a democracy it's your vote that counts. In feudalism it's your count that votes.
19. When cannibals eat a missionary, do they get a taste of religion?
20. If you jumped off a bridge in Paris, would you be in Seine?
21. If a vulture boards an airplane, carrying two dead raccoons. Would the stewardess tell him “there’s only one carrion allowed per passenger.'
22. Two fish swim into a concrete wall. One turns to the other and says 'Dam!'
23. Two Eskimos sitting in a kayak were chilly, so they lit a fire in the craft. Unsurprisingly it sank, proving once again that you can't have your kayak and heat it too.
24. Two hydrogen atoms meet. One says, 'I've lost my electron.' The other says 'Are you sure?' The first replies, 'Yes, I'm positive.'
25. If a Buddhist refused Novocain during a root canal – would his goal be to : transcend dental medication?
26. There was the person who sent ten puns to friends, with the hope that at least one of the puns would make them laugh. No pun in ten did.
I'm quite partial to numbers 13 and 18. Do you have a favourite and why?
1. Was the fattest knight at King Arthur's round table - Sir Cumference? – and did he acquired his size from too much pi?
2. Would an eye doctor on an Alaskan island be an optical Aleutian?
3. She was only a whiskey maker, but he loved her Still.
4. Would a rubber band pistol be confiscated from algebra class, because it’s a weapon of math disruption?
5. No matter how much you push an envelope, it'll always be stationery.
6. If a dog gave birth to puppies on the road would it be charged with littering?
7. Would a grenade thrown into a kitchen in France result in Linoleum Blownapart?
8. If two silk worms had a race – would they ended up in a tie?
9. If a hole was found in the nudist camp wall, would the police look into it?
10. Although time flies like an arrow - fruit flies like a banana.
11. Atheism is a non-prophet organisation.
12. Two hats were hanging on a hat rack in the hallway. One hat said to the other: 'If you stay here; I'll go on a head.'
13. I wondered why the baseball kept getting bigger. Then it hit me.
14. Would a sign on the lawn at a drug rehab centre say: 'Keep off the Grass.' ?
15. If a midget fortune-teller escaped from prison, would there be a small medium at large.
16. If a soldier survived mustard gas and pepper spray – would he be a seasoned veteran?
17. Does a backward poet write inverse?
18. In a democracy it's your vote that counts. In feudalism it's your count that votes.
19. When cannibals eat a missionary, do they get a taste of religion?
20. If you jumped off a bridge in Paris, would you be in Seine?
21. If a vulture boards an airplane, carrying two dead raccoons. Would the stewardess tell him “there’s only one carrion allowed per passenger.'
22. Two fish swim into a concrete wall. One turns to the other and says 'Dam!'
23. Two Eskimos sitting in a kayak were chilly, so they lit a fire in the craft. Unsurprisingly it sank, proving once again that you can't have your kayak and heat it too.
24. Two hydrogen atoms meet. One says, 'I've lost my electron.' The other says 'Are you sure?' The first replies, 'Yes, I'm positive.'
25. If a Buddhist refused Novocain during a root canal – would his goal be to : transcend dental medication?
26. There was the person who sent ten puns to friends, with the hope that at least one of the puns would make them laugh. No pun in ten did.
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Ruby Tuesday
In the absence of any red photos I wandered down to Union Lane, of course, to see what street art was around.
There were a few new things but nowhere near as much good stuff as usual ... and very little had any red, except this little darling.
I'll just share a few more because I was there, not because they're red.
Do you think this is the cowardly lion?
This girl's so stylish and elegant.
This bird's very cute ...
and this girl's gorgeous too.
This girl looks a lot like a Debs ... but she's not! I'll check out the name next time I'm there.
For more ruby redness ... visit Mary at Work of the Poet.
There were a few new things but nowhere near as much good stuff as usual ... and very little had any red, except this little darling.
I'll just share a few more because I was there, not because they're red.
Do you think this is the cowardly lion?
This girl's so stylish and elegant.
This bird's very cute ...
and this girl's gorgeous too.
This girl looks a lot like a Debs ... but she's not! I'll check out the name next time I'm there.
For more ruby redness ... visit Mary at Work of the Poet.
Sunday, February 6, 2011
Flea Market Finds
I managed to pick up some gorgeous pyrex and glasbake this weekend from two separate op shops ... and think myself very lucky. I almost didn't find the blue pyrex dish and it's so pretty. It was inside another dish with a lid on that and it was a fluke I looked inside it because it was so ugly!
So I had to use them ... the blue pyrex held our vegetarian beans in homemade tomato sauce. Very yum!
And an apple and rhubarb crumble in the largest of the glasbake dishes. I gently cooked the apple and rhubarb in a little brown sugar, orange peel and cinnamon stick, which turned our nice. The crumble didn't turn out so good, but I didn't make it. It needed more butter but Ms C had to make it her way! Them's the breaks!
I hope everybody had a great weekend and if you'd like to play or see more flea market finds ... visit Sophie.
So I had to use them ... the blue pyrex held our vegetarian beans in homemade tomato sauce. Very yum!
And an apple and rhubarb crumble in the largest of the glasbake dishes. I gently cooked the apple and rhubarb in a little brown sugar, orange peel and cinnamon stick, which turned our nice. The crumble didn't turn out so good, but I didn't make it. It needed more butter but Ms C had to make it her way! Them's the breaks!
I hope everybody had a great weekend and if you'd like to play or see more flea market finds ... visit Sophie.
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Ruby Tuesday
Union Lane in the city is an interesting place.
For a start it's right in the centre of town running between one of our premier department stores (David Jones) and other stores. It's narrow and awkward since it doesn't really have a purpose in the way as it once would have.
But I love the way the building walls act as an art canvas and the lane as the venue for performance art.
And so it was one quiet lunchtime as I walked down the lane on my way to my favourite yarn store.
What I was faced with was a pile of balloons filled with water and glitter sitting on upended milk crates ... and several more stacks of crates and balloons along the lane.
And was it all about? Performance art ... with balloons to throw at the walls and add glitter to the street art.
Or to throw at each other. It didn't really matter much.
It was fun either way.
Interested in more red ... visit Mary at Work of the Poet for more.
For a start it's right in the centre of town running between one of our premier department stores (David Jones) and other stores. It's narrow and awkward since it doesn't really have a purpose in the way as it once would have.
But I love the way the building walls act as an art canvas and the lane as the venue for performance art.
And so it was one quiet lunchtime as I walked down the lane on my way to my favourite yarn store.
What I was faced with was a pile of balloons filled with water and glitter sitting on upended milk crates ... and several more stacks of crates and balloons along the lane.
And was it all about? Performance art ... with balloons to throw at the walls and add glitter to the street art.
Or to throw at each other. It didn't really matter much.
It was fun either way.
Interested in more red ... visit Mary at Work of the Poet for more.
Sunday, December 5, 2010
Flea Market Finds
My vintage sheet collection is really getting out of control ... to the point where I have to seriously think about what to do with what I've got and about collecting.
My stash? Two stacks high of about 2-3 feet! Truly.
There's lots of stuff in there including a few heavy white cotton sheets for backing and flannelette for winter (or softies). The striped single sheet (mainly pink facing) is in fantastic condition and I'm keeping the purple floral for winter for my bed.
I've also managed to collect a small stash of pillow cases. I like the ones on the top and further down I've a picture of my favourites on my bed.
This is all the stuff under the pillow cases and white sheets ... and I have to call almost of them favourites. Most are in good or better condition, and many are a little faded. But there are gems. Check out the jade blue near the top and the pink towards the bottom.
I've got a few older sheets, lots of good stripes, which I love and stuff from the 1970s. Some are ordinary looking 1980s or more recent patterns that I'm thinking about passing alone. The single bed set on the top is gorgeous and will be gracing Miss W's bed when she visits at Christmas.
I have a few choices re what to do next ... and I just can't think about about stopping soon because I love looking for sheets too much. Next year making a quilt is very high on the list of my plans ... again. This year I just actually have to achieve it. Other options including swaps and maybe becoming the first Australian on Made It to sell vintage sheet fat quarters?
Until I make up my mind I'm using some of the stash on my bed ... as well as stuff I deliberately picked up for my bed.
I love these pillow cases and these sheets are favourites I'm keeping. (It's kinda interesting my favourites tend to be from the 1980s and 1990s).
These 1980s sheets are also a favourite and sit really well with the white floral embroidered doona cover I found a few months ago. (Sorry about the unmade bed).
And lastly my favourite I picked up yesterday ... for the princely sum of $6 at Vinnies. Beautifully stylish and so 1980s! LOL
I'm off to visit Sofie at Her Library Adventures for lots more Flea Market loveliness.
My stash? Two stacks high of about 2-3 feet! Truly.
There's lots of stuff in there including a few heavy white cotton sheets for backing and flannelette for winter (or softies). The striped single sheet (mainly pink facing) is in fantastic condition and I'm keeping the purple floral for winter for my bed.
I've also managed to collect a small stash of pillow cases. I like the ones on the top and further down I've a picture of my favourites on my bed.
This is all the stuff under the pillow cases and white sheets ... and I have to call almost of them favourites. Most are in good or better condition, and many are a little faded. But there are gems. Check out the jade blue near the top and the pink towards the bottom.
I've got a few older sheets, lots of good stripes, which I love and stuff from the 1970s. Some are ordinary looking 1980s or more recent patterns that I'm thinking about passing alone. The single bed set on the top is gorgeous and will be gracing Miss W's bed when she visits at Christmas.
I have a few choices re what to do next ... and I just can't think about about stopping soon because I love looking for sheets too much. Next year making a quilt is very high on the list of my plans ... again. This year I just actually have to achieve it. Other options including swaps and maybe becoming the first Australian on Made It to sell vintage sheet fat quarters?
Until I make up my mind I'm using some of the stash on my bed ... as well as stuff I deliberately picked up for my bed.
I love these pillow cases and these sheets are favourites I'm keeping. (It's kinda interesting my favourites tend to be from the 1980s and 1990s).
These 1980s sheets are also a favourite and sit really well with the white floral embroidered doona cover I found a few months ago. (Sorry about the unmade bed).
And lastly my favourite I picked up yesterday ... for the princely sum of $6 at Vinnies. Beautifully stylish and so 1980s! LOL
I'm off to visit Sofie at Her Library Adventures for lots more Flea Market loveliness.
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Ruby Tuesday
My Ruby Tuesday posts are starting to look as if I spent my time bouncing between graffiti and the second hand store Lost & Found … because this week we’re back to Lost & Found again to admire the numerous examples of red to be found.
This most recent visit to Lost & Found happened after an amazing lunch with friends at the Napier Hotel. I’d been lucky enough that day to spend a very pleasant morning with a couple of friends touring second hand stores in the Fitzroy area, and after lunch I promised them the treat of scouring through Lost & Found to admire the vintage goodness.
So what did we see … because I didn’t buy anything?
Would you like ice with your whisky? Or maybe a boiled egg?
We seem to have salt and a lovely kettle to make a nice cup of tea.
And our choice of teapots and tea cosies to keep the tea warm.
We could always fill a thermos full of tea and have a picnic.
Especially if I was able to bake a cake ... it looks as though we have flour and sugar and maybe there's a little butter, eggs or milk somewhere close?
If I can't find any I could ride my bike to the store.
In my favourite red hat.
And something red to wear ... of course.
But I can't decide whether I should bring everything home in this red bag,
or maybe eggs would be safer in this red basket.
Of course I can't go to the store without making sure I have the right accessories ... and everything's neatly displayed on a red background to best effect.
And when we sit down and relax under this beautiful red lamp,
we can enjoy our cake and tea, and watch the children play on this gorgeous rocking horse.
Thank you for visiting and I hope you'll come again ... go visit Mary T for lots more.
This most recent visit to Lost & Found happened after an amazing lunch with friends at the Napier Hotel. I’d been lucky enough that day to spend a very pleasant morning with a couple of friends touring second hand stores in the Fitzroy area, and after lunch I promised them the treat of scouring through Lost & Found to admire the vintage goodness.
So what did we see … because I didn’t buy anything?
Would you like ice with your whisky? Or maybe a boiled egg?
We seem to have salt and a lovely kettle to make a nice cup of tea.
And our choice of teapots and tea cosies to keep the tea warm.
We could always fill a thermos full of tea and have a picnic.
Especially if I was able to bake a cake ... it looks as though we have flour and sugar and maybe there's a little butter, eggs or milk somewhere close?
If I can't find any I could ride my bike to the store.
In my favourite red hat.
And something red to wear ... of course.
But I can't decide whether I should bring everything home in this red bag,
or maybe eggs would be safer in this red basket.
Of course I can't go to the store without making sure I have the right accessories ... and everything's neatly displayed on a red background to best effect.
And when we sit down and relax under this beautiful red lamp,
we can enjoy our cake and tea, and watch the children play on this gorgeous rocking horse.
Thank you for visiting and I hope you'll come again ... go visit Mary T for lots more.
Sunday, November 28, 2010
Flea Market Finds
Mr H has a much better eye than me for stuff ... he actually picks over a place and finds the most amazing things.
This is one of those things.
She's so beautiful and I always wonder whether she was painted here or if someone visited Eritrea and brought her home with them. A nice thought either way.
For lots more flea market finds ... visit Sophie at Her Library Adventures.
This is one of those things.
She's so beautiful and I always wonder whether she was painted here or if someone visited Eritrea and brought her home with them. A nice thought either way.
For lots more flea market finds ... visit Sophie at Her Library Adventures.
Friday, November 26, 2010
Friday knitting pattern
It's always interesting choosing a pattern book each week ... basically the most common patterns around are the 70s (which are almost all identical especially the Patons books) and the 1980s (which I'm not particularly fond of knitting wise--eek to big shoulder pads!).
But I made an exception this week with this pattern book put out by the Australian Wool Corporation. I thought the Wool Corporation was created in the 1960s, but fortunately I checked and it turns out it was created in 1973 as a single marketing oriented body to facilitate research, promotion and marketing ... and knitting patterns.
Wool has always been important to Australia. It's always been one of our more important natural resources, and it was as early as 1796 when John Macarthur bought his first merino sheep from a flock of Spanish merino reared in South Africa. Apparently at the time farmers also bought merino sheet but they cross-bred them with other sheep which resulted in coarse wool of a low quality.
I quite like the warm cardi but those pants look evil ... anybody for S&M?
This is totally my favourite. It fits my love of 40s frocks perfectly.
Do you have a favourite? And do you remember the patterns put out by the Wool Corporation?
But I made an exception this week with this pattern book put out by the Australian Wool Corporation. I thought the Wool Corporation was created in the 1960s, but fortunately I checked and it turns out it was created in 1973 as a single marketing oriented body to facilitate research, promotion and marketing ... and knitting patterns.
Wool has always been important to Australia. It's always been one of our more important natural resources, and it was as early as 1796 when John Macarthur bought his first merino sheep from a flock of Spanish merino reared in South Africa. Apparently at the time farmers also bought merino sheet but they cross-bred them with other sheep which resulted in coarse wool of a low quality.
I quite like the warm cardi but those pants look evil ... anybody for S&M?
This is totally my favourite. It fits my love of 40s frocks perfectly.
Do you have a favourite? And do you remember the patterns put out by the Wool Corporation?
Thursday, November 25, 2010
My Creative Space
I'm still working on baby things, baby hats really ... and concentrating on learning how to knit on dpns. I'm actually loving it, the more so as it becomes easier.
This week's effort ... I started this totally cute winter's hate for a 9-12 month old.
And it's so exciting because Baby H has arrived and will be wearing hthe baby version sometime soon.
Over to kootoyoo ... lots more gorgeous creative spaces happening there.
This week's effort ... I started this totally cute winter's hate for a 9-12 month old.
And it's so exciting because Baby H has arrived and will be wearing hthe baby version sometime soon.
Over to kootoyoo ... lots more gorgeous creative spaces happening there.
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
What's Hot & What's Not
It’s the second last time I’ll be looking back over the year that was … looking at how I’ve done against my New Year’s Plans for 2010 and what I need to work on.
It’s sad because there’s so little time left but I’m more excited than sad. Excited about what the new year will bring, excited about what my plans should be for the new year. I’m just excited really!
So what’s been hot or not for the last month?
What’s been Hot.
Exercise more. I’ve been sad because there’s no more Pilates until next year and my body misses it, but it’s encouraging me to get back to walking the stairs and be more focussed on my exercise regime. I’m glad to see it’s doing just that. It’s amazing how much better I feel when I’ve exercised and how my body and my mood misses it when I don’t.
Cook more. That’s been its usual total failure for the family but something I’ve noticed has been happening is how much better I am at making breakfast and lunch for myself at work, and how much better my blood sugar has been because of that.
Spend more time with friends and family. Pluses and minuses here. I was tired and lacking in energy for part of the month but in general I’m spending far more time on balance with friends than family. And, unlike the last decade or more, I didn’t visit Ballarat to take my niece Miss T to the Show … but she’s now more interested in spending time with her friends for activities like that than her aunt and it’s time to start a new tradition. Maybe the movies?
Finish 5 craft projects. I’m still doing well working my way through the baby items for Baby H, who arrived a couple of weeks ago. I have a small stash of stuff to send and I’m working on two or three final things before I send them before Christmas. I’ll share photos before I send them or maybe after they’ve arrived. I know my Auntie M watches this space!
What’s Not been Hot.
Renovate. No joy still on the renovations front but Reverse Finds is coming along nicely although there’s still so much to be done. My stash of vintage sheets is huge and I have to think what to do about that (like use it maybe?) and I have all sorts of bits and pieces I should put together for a giveaway. Stay tuned.
Next month I’m planning to wrap up the year and look at how my life has changed over the year, and where things have improved. I haven’t used the various individual retrospectives to develop a bigger picture and I’m looking forward to seeing how far I’ve come.
See you in a month’s time.
It’s sad because there’s so little time left but I’m more excited than sad. Excited about what the new year will bring, excited about what my plans should be for the new year. I’m just excited really!
So what’s been hot or not for the last month?
What’s been Hot.
Exercise more. I’ve been sad because there’s no more Pilates until next year and my body misses it, but it’s encouraging me to get back to walking the stairs and be more focussed on my exercise regime. I’m glad to see it’s doing just that. It’s amazing how much better I feel when I’ve exercised and how my body and my mood misses it when I don’t.
Cook more. That’s been its usual total failure for the family but something I’ve noticed has been happening is how much better I am at making breakfast and lunch for myself at work, and how much better my blood sugar has been because of that.
Spend more time with friends and family. Pluses and minuses here. I was tired and lacking in energy for part of the month but in general I’m spending far more time on balance with friends than family. And, unlike the last decade or more, I didn’t visit Ballarat to take my niece Miss T to the Show … but she’s now more interested in spending time with her friends for activities like that than her aunt and it’s time to start a new tradition. Maybe the movies?
Finish 5 craft projects. I’m still doing well working my way through the baby items for Baby H, who arrived a couple of weeks ago. I have a small stash of stuff to send and I’m working on two or three final things before I send them before Christmas. I’ll share photos before I send them or maybe after they’ve arrived. I know my Auntie M watches this space!
What’s Not been Hot.
Renovate. No joy still on the renovations front but Reverse Finds is coming along nicely although there’s still so much to be done. My stash of vintage sheets is huge and I have to think what to do about that (like use it maybe?) and I have all sorts of bits and pieces I should put together for a giveaway. Stay tuned.
Next month I’m planning to wrap up the year and look at how my life has changed over the year, and where things have improved. I haven’t used the various individual retrospectives to develop a bigger picture and I’m looking forward to seeing how far I’ve come.
See you in a month’s time.
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Ruby Tuesday
I met up with a friend for dinner last week at Hu Tong dumpling bar in China Town and after a sumptuous dinner of dumplings (I love the chilli dumplings), Jo and I took a wander along Paynes Place and Croft Alley to view the street art.
I've made mention of Melbourne's embracing of street art and I'm proud ofliving in a city that understands art in its widest sense.
Not only understands it but embraces it.
So much so the City of Melbourne allows building owners and other to register street art.
I think this really encourages street artists to do their best, and for their art to improve in quality and scope.
You can see all the street art here registered at STA25 ... and it's in the tiniest space.
And another Debs ... a little light for red but it's still there.
And what could be more fitting to close this post: don't ban the can ... except for those annoying taggers!
Lots more glorious rubyness over at Work of the Poet ... check it out.
I've made mention of Melbourne's embracing of street art and I'm proud ofliving in a city that understands art in its widest sense.
Not only understands it but embraces it.
So much so the City of Melbourne allows building owners and other to register street art.
I think this really encourages street artists to do their best, and for their art to improve in quality and scope.
You can see all the street art here registered at STA25 ... and it's in the tiniest space.
And another Debs ... a little light for red but it's still there.
And what could be more fitting to close this post: don't ban the can ... except for those annoying taggers!
Lots more glorious rubyness over at Work of the Poet ... check it out.
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