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I'm in sunny Sydney on work this week and chilly Canberra next week - All this to say that I am internetless and timeless. Le Sigh.

Things to be Thankful for*

* CAKE! All the cake!
* I'm off to the big smoke for work for a week - and I'm staying in my old hood!
* Encouraging comments I've heard about this (slightly neglected) space. Thank you - you're keeping me going at the moment.
* The beautiful sunshine this weekend - I know it sounds kinda lame but there's nothing like a sunny winters day, and to be outside in it!
* The rain and the green it brings.
* The support we have received over my husbands *big* announcement.
* Forestry commission trees. We bought 6 medium trees yesterday for around a hundred bucks. Win!
* New music for my b'day. I love these guys.
* How much my husband and dog make me laugh.
* Students making an improved effort on assignments! Yay!

{Birthday cake I made for a friend, he and me, rainy day, new garden bed and trees}

Linking up here.

Link Love for Friday*

* Cute plant holder!
* Blissfully organised colours.
* Letter from a bike thief.
* 3D printers are gonna take over the world!
* I've been a fan for a while - mathematics by Hollie McNish
* I love this collection of photos so much.
* Then and now - celebrities!
* More spoken word poetry.
* A very sweet tumblr.
* Abso-freakin-lutely.

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I want this cushion real bad. Nice one Lox& Smith!

Three Photos for Tuesday

It was my birthday this weekend - I had a lovely day and got.... shoes from the Horse! (and a pedi - nothing like neon pink toes to cheer the winter gloom)
Also our dining room is finally finished - as finished as it gets for now.

Garden Update: Autumn 2013

Daylight is spent inside an office and I have a measly hour at most to be in my garden when I get home. The weekends though. On the weekends we go garden crazy.

We had the privet felled. It is a nasty (and ugly) weed of a tree and we have much grander tree plans for this place. Snow pear, maple, macrocarpa, silver birch, liquid amber and hmmm a walnut - or a pecan? With an understory of blueberry bushes and lemon verbana. They're all tiny - for now - but they'll go in the ground this winter and one day we will have our own tree corridor!

My bulbs are coming up (squeee!) and the cosmos have only just finished giving. My favourite rambling rose Pierre de Ronsard (I just like saying it in a silly French accent mostly) has gone into the ground.

The raspberries are finishing up, we ate the last of our homegrown potatoes and zuccinis (more of those next year) and finally the chillies (7 kilos grown!) are over - thank goodness! Lifetimes supply much?!

In goes the frost protection for our sensitive baby Australian natives and up comes: corriander, broad beans, onions, garlic, lettuce, pak choy, peas, broccolli, cauliflower, brussel sprouts and the navel oranges are so so close! Winter is surprisingly plentiful.

May Snaps

 

* Sky trail
* New Prinstagram headboard
* Fur baby
* Autumn leaves
* Sydney backyard
* The MCA x 2
* Manly
* Our air bnb profile picture. That's right you can stay with us!

Things to be Thankful For*

* How pretty frost is (yes it has begun).
* Bonfire cooked potatoes.
* Friends bringing me banana bread.
* My first night alone in my home.
* That pounds try to re-home animals - I rescued a stray from playing in the traffic.
* I totally did make that whole roasted cauliflower below. It was amazing.
* Our tree corridor is under way - our garden is taking on a new shape!
* Employment opportunities for my husbando!
* Getting tiny jobs ticked off the (never ending) list. (Paint guest bedroom skirting, tidy sock drawer, fix wonky log in gas fire etc.)

{Linking up here}

Puppy Love, Episode 9*

That dawg of ours. She got style and class I tells ya and she loves her new coat (especially because she sleeps outside)! If you are gonna put your pet in clothes you may as well do it properly, collar, fake pockets and all.

Autumn is here.

Isn't she beautiful?

* Batlow cider festival
* Our anniversary weekend - we got married here.

Link Love for Friday*

* I am sooooooo making this whole roasted cauliflower!!
* This is a video of an elephant being born. In full graphic detail. If you're queasy skip to 5mins in when you see it learning to walk CUTE!
* Totally common Aussie happenings...
* I'm late to the party (as per usual) but this band is my new fave!
* I wish I could see this.
* Then if they were now!
* How's this for a tree house!
* Naughty fruit and veg!
* I've linked to HONY before but it is Just. So. Good.

Wish Listing*

*This Cake.

*This USB.

*This chair.

*This book.

*This basket.

* This top.

* This throw.

* This moon print.

* These shoes.

 *This rug.

Puppy Love Episode 8*

It with a heavy heart this puppy Love is written. I have introduced you to the marvellous Ollie before. Lola's play mate, my mumma's darling, bouncy, silly, affectionate boy. He was killed this week by eating an animal which had been killed with fox poison - 1080. He was only 2 years old and my mum and the whole family are heartbroken. These amazing creatures are truley family members but also in our charge and care so to have them taken away in such a violent way just seems unfair. There have been many tears and cuddles with the other puppies this week. A collection of the very photogenic boy: