Two for the collection

An envelope with four great stamps on, arrived today from Paul in the Netherlands, inside were two cards covered with stamps. Some people are so good to take the trouble to help my project. I still have a long way to go to get stamp cards from every country. So thank you Paul also Trishka from Estonia (don’t you just love the ‘bat’ stamp?).

Yum!!

Recipe for an unusual cake: I added chopped ginger and next time will cut down on the sugar. From The Food Pharmacy cookbook by Jean Carper. I' ve also started making bread.

Books, History & Creepy thing

Have been busy and lazy for the last few weeks. Finished reading ‘The House of Storms’ by Ian MacLoud – very strange but compelling book to get through 457 pages. Now onto another Rosie Thomas, this one ‘Bad Girls, Good Women’ goes back to 1955 and is 826 pages (3inches thick!). That’s in between making more stamp postcards, tracing the Beck family back in time (5 books out from the library on family history and hours on the computer) and general stuff in and around the house. Found the many legged thing in the bathroom sink when I went to clean my teeth.

3 postcards

Three amazing shoe postcards from Paulina in Finland.

Stamp card from Vilmante in Lithuania.

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Kookaburra

This Kooaburra is sitting in the old gum tree in the back garden. One of pair just hanging around laughing.

Postcards covered with stamps

I am looking to get handmade cards covered with used stamps from every country, if anyone has time I would love one. I will swap.so far I have USA, France & Norfolk Island.

Ebony relaxing

Sitting in the sun - what a life. Bliss.

Gordon sulking

This is Gordon who has a house and at least one slave in New Zealand.

And one for the smokers

Watch your step when using the loo!

OK so it's been a long time!! Anyone want to paint the bathroom floor.........

And one to go...

Waiting to be sent - 1st come 1st served. More in the pipeline.

A cluster of stamps

Private swap of a postcard covered with used stamps.

Back from the Void #9

This arrived today, an envelope full of ATCs & stamps all by the hand of wackystuff. Go check out his website http://stuffbywackystuff.blogspot.com/

The power of electricty

Power cut yesterday (4pm - 7pm) due to someone digging in Yanchep & today the pole outside next door caught fire so power off from (10.30am - 4.20pm) !! Just in time to have a cuppa.
Finished reading 'East of Eden'. Phew!!!

Still life with candles.

Reading East of Eden – a very powerful book. The film only told the half of it.

Weather is a little on the cold side (0.7 to 2 deg at night) so am all rugged up, not a pretty site. It’s much warmer outside in the sun during the day, rain on the way.

Torched!

There have been quite a few trees set alight in the neighborhood and last night it was my turn to dial ooo. Rather frightening seeing sparks fly past the front of the house! Next door there is one of these trees (sort of palm) right next to the fence, thank goodness the Volunteer Fire Rescue truck was not far away. I took the photo from the front room window.

New postcard

A mouth watering card from nordbaer (postcrossing).

Bookcase #1.

These are some of the books & other 'stuff' I just had to keep. Just finished 'March' by Geraldine Brooks. Next will be either ‘Five Quarters of the Orange’ by Joanne Harris (read ‘Chocolat’ last Friday) or ‘Mao’s Last dancer’ by Li Cunxin. And then there is always ‘Narnia’ (still on shelf) or ‘Dirt Music’ by Tim Winton (next book club book). There was a suicide in my road last week, no one I knew. Very sad.