I’ve finally got around to experimenting with my Christmas present. Here’s a stack of recycled paper drying made from the ripped up bits of christmas wrapping paper.
This is what happens when you mix green and yellow. There’s lots of potential for this particular crafty activity but I think it will take some practice. The sheets [...]
Our weddings bonanza has gone off without a hitch. (No pun intended.) The kids behaved remarkably well considering they haven’t been babysat by a ’stranger’ for about 18 months (when we out for dinner in Fiji). They both ate all their dinner and went to bed easily. Angie was impressed.
This wedding was quite a different [...]
I found some time to finish the top half of the kitchen dresser. The second coat is done. I just need to sand it and rough it up a bit before starting on the bottom half which has 2 cupboard doors and a couple of internal shelves. A little more fiddly and time consuming. I’ve [...]
I didn’t get around to my second coat of paint. It wasn’t due to an attack of the sloths but I’d run out of turps. Instead, I shovelled one tonne of freshly bought soil into the neglected compost heap vege patch.
I bought a couple of new lavenders and coreopsis which I planted down the middle [...]
This is the top half of the kitchen buffet. I did the drawers last year until the weather got too cold. Last weekend I kicked the process off again. It’s got one coat of enamel on and waiting for the final one. Probably today. Maybe tomorrow.
The bare wood at the back will be covered in [...]
