The Great Outdoors....?!......

Hello there and Good Evening!.......ready  to head to the great outdoors?......well, the great Australian backyard at least??..........we enjoyed this little guy's company at breakfast this morning.............cute yes?!...........

                                                                                   

                                                                                   

A lone rose in my desperate-for-rain garden............

                                                                                 

 We have made good use of the sunshine over the school holiday though........loooong walks.............love that sky..............

                                                                                 

                                                                               
And just hanging about home................

                                                                               

It's back to the crazy routine of school term next week for us but in the meantime................

                                                                           

 

Have a fab weekend.................


                                         Janelle  xx                                                                              

I've been up to.....................

Hey there..... today I thought I'd be super lazy  share some of my pics from the past week that I've posted on instagram..............

                                                                               

                                                             

And of course that always has to include cake......even better if it's delicious-and-super-easy-to-bake chocolate cake.......I think I feel a recipe post coming on...............

                                                                                 

A little apple collection......in stolen from the back of my parents shed must-have vintage basket...............

                                                                                   

I'm still having fun with my new found crochet skills..............am busy making a zillion or so squares to join together for a cosy throw rug for winter.........hopefully that will be THIS winter...............

                                                                                   

And speaking of winter...........

                                                                                   

 

And that is it from me today..............hope you enjoyed my little instagram trip down memory lane, well, the past week or so anyway.................

                                                                                   

 
Stay happy and smiling..................


                                                Janelle  xx                                                                              

Tomatoe love..............

Morning.....fancy a little tomatoe picking??.................

                                                                                 

Well the picking part has already  kind of been done.....these little lovelies were plucked from their vine to be thrown in last night's dinner........

                                                                                   

But of course somehow ended up in a photo session all of their own before being massaged with a little olive oil and seasoning and thrown in the oven...........

                                                                                   

The vine didn't escape either................

                                                                                 

 

A little enamel love................

                                                                               

And the scraps ended up on the kitchen mantle to impersonate a flower arrangement...............

                                                                                 

 

Have a lovely Monday folks..........

In fact have a lovely week if you can..................


                           
                                                              Janelle  xx

                                   


                               
                                                                       

Friday brights..................

Well it's Friday and all is sunny and bright around here so I thought it appropriate to share a few bright and colourful pics from around the place.......starting with a good breakfast of course................bright cup....bright plate.....and a few flower petals thrown in for good taste............(not literally).......
                                                                                 

 
Now if you cast your mind back a few, well, months probably, ago I was giving a rather tired looking foot stool a make over with some paint. The first few coats I thought I would play it safe with a pale-ish green colour but it turned out so pale-ish it really was just....boring....sooooo.........

                                                                                   

Not so boring anymore!?!...........I think not............

                                                                                   

And I am very much in love with these gorgeous stripey gumboots..............what a shame they don't belong to me.............

                                                                                   

                                                                                                                     

And that is it from me today........we're heading back out into the sunshine to play..............

Have a lovely weekend.............


                                       Janelle  xx

                                                                               

Enjoying the day.....................

Morning.......

                                                                                   

Just enjoying the blue skies.....................

                                                                                 

                                                                                 

  Sunshine on the deck...................

                                                                                 

  And some good company.................

                                                                               

                                                                                 

Have a lovely Thursday....................



                                             Janelle  xx                                                                        

                                                                               

Autumn love................

I love Autumn...........the colours.............

                                                                                 

 
The footwear......................

                                                                                 

 

The collecting..............

                                                                                 

 

How about you?.......................

                                                                                 

Have a good one....................


                                              Janelle  xx                                

                                                                     

In the kitchen..............

So here we are....Tuesday already and Easter been and gone.....I seem to be caught in a baking frenzy at the moment so have spent alot of my Easter time in the kitchen in front of the stove.....nice place to be yes?..........

                                                                             

I baked these fun biscuits with the kids using a really quick and easy recipe from an old Donna Hay mag..........

                                                                                   

In the shape of bunnies and chicks.......of course!?!!..................

                                                                                 

A light dusting of icing sugar and we're good to go.................

                                                                                 

     

With coffee and polka dots just to top it all off nicely thanks very much...................

                                                                                 

 
Hmmmm.....I'm thinking cake may be on the agenda next....................

Happy baking folks....................


                                             Janelle  xx