Scatterdays Y

I have joined a group of my friends that have been playing Scatterdays for a while now, someone chooses a letter and 3 categories that you have to find throughout the week then on the Saturday show your photos on your blog, so this week on joining we have the letter Y and the categories are, something green, school days and an animal.

Something green was easy as my yard is very lush and green with a green shed (studio) and a green house - is there a pattern here?

We also had some xmas left overs so here is some green "Yule Tide" crackers

School Days was easy, I just went into my school case and pulled out a few Yellows things

Now animals was a bit of a challenge as Michelle said last week not many of us would have a Yak around, I was initially going to go with "Yowie" cause they DO exist and seeing as I don't have one around Mackenzie went over to the shops and was going to buy a chocolate one - but they've been discontinued......how rude but he bought chocolate anyway as isn't that the answer to any problem! so I set to thinking, AH HA rang local pet shop and he had 2 tanks full of YABBIES yahhhh

by the time I got there he'd put 2 in a separate tank for me to photograph

then he even scooped one up for a closer shot, what a nice guy, probably thought I was a bit strange but

now my challenge is to work out how to put all the photos into little boxes like everyone else does

exhibited

blogger has been playing up this morning and wouldn't accept multiple photos so I'm just going with one and it's worked, not sure what's going on but will try more photos later as I have a lot of unrelated photos that I've taken over the past few weeks that I haven't had time to post, so over the next few days I'll post them all.

Leading up to Christmas I had my first foray into exhibiting a different medium, my sculptured piece looked stunning (if I do say so myself) in the entrance to the Project Gallery in Wollongong in their "White Christmas" exhibition, the opening night party generated a few sore heads I believe

christmas goodies

here are a few of the goodies I got for christmas

I got a drill from my husband Tim, and yes I did want this it wasn't one of those presents that husbands really buy for themselves, this is a small one just the right size for me and will live inside with my art stuff, he also gave me my own saw

Can anyone guess what this is?

did anyone guess? yes it's a pencil roll that my friend Nic made for me for my pencils


and my SIL gave me this great book

so, I think they cover a few basics, what do you think?

Merry Christmas

well the trifle has been made - SO IT MUST BE XMAS

our dog Zelda (who thinks she's a chihuahua) had to be in the centre of all the unwrapping this morning and slowly got consumed by the wrappings

the barbie is being cranked up as I type for the fish and the ham is being carved, so looking forward to an afternoon of FOOD mmmmmmmm cheers

Merry Christmas everyone, keep safe

early xmas present

My family constantly give me a hard time cause the only shoes I wear these days are "Crocs" and it's not a case of what shoes do I wear but what colour Crocs do I wear - SO - when I walk past a shop that I only ever drive past and never get to look in, I went in for a look and as fate would have it, these shoes were there just waiting for me, matched my new shirt that I had on, my size and marked down to half price cause they were the last lonely pair just waiting for the right person - and I think they found her.......
- it was meant to be,
so Tim if you're reading this thank you, cause I think you just bought me my xmas present.

Oh by the way, it says on the box they are "Agatha Ruiz De La Prada" does that mean I've got REAL shoes???????

Side Note!
Just showed Mackenzie and he said "at least they're not Crocs"...........groan

Kirsten's birhtday

last Sunday I went up to Sydney for my friend Kirsten's birthday, it was a significant one but I only had a few days notice so I whipped her up a braided necklace, had intended to take a photo of her wearing it, but I forgot.

we had many little birthday cakes

and here's uncle Tony hiding under the trampoline with the littlies

Blue Attic

Here are some photos of my niece Tani's shop, she is having a sale, so if you're in Melbourne pop in or if not have a look at her site http://www.blueattic.com.au
I tried to put the sale flyer up but blogger didn't like it's format so here are the details

Blue Attic
10-50% off Selected items
323 Lygon St East Brunswick Melb

tell her Janine sent you..........


the shop is chockers with work from local artists and Tani is a wizz at making that special outfit for you

here's Tani looking at some of my scarves and bags with 2 of my small art quilts on the wall behind her.

here's the quiet corner where you can sit and enjoy a coffee while taking in all of the goodies in the shop.


the necklaces that I'd posted last week on the blog have just arrived there ready for some lucky person for xmas.

Floyd

this is "Floyd" the brown goat (in front), that I've adopted and sponsor.

On a serious note, please please go to http://adoptagoat.blogspot.com/ and read about the struggle that the smaller farmers are having with the drought and if you are thinking of making a donation in lieu of a xmas pressie, please think of a goat, as the heard is slowly being culled.