oh gardenias, you get me every time with your smell and beauty! your shiny leaves, your fragrance, your colour! you’re just a perfect flower……..

so, we went to the garden shop this week and this is a selection of what came home with us. Sydney girls we had the most beautiful warm scones and muffins fresh out of the oven at this cafe, the kids can play on their outdoor equipment and you watch them from the balcony! I’m thinking a blog meet, no???

We hopped in the car and 1 minute up the road is one of my favourite nurseries so its a great morning or afternoon out! The CFO of the family was with us so I couldn’t go crazy over cabbage roses and lavender! next time….

what a day…I’m already in my dressing gown and slippers, ready for bed after a very busy day!!!! We spent a few hours at the show and had a great time but spending 2 1/2 hours just in the car in sydney traffic takes its toll!!!! We started off at miss tutti fruiti’s stall……gorgeous

who was next to the very lovely audrey & maude…..the incubator section really was just lovely and there were plenty of bloggers to say hi to!

there was a craft secret section….here is mine, no surprises there…..

here is my haul….ella & kate hairclips and craftapalooza pin cushion from tutti fruiti, panels from lisa at the red thread, felt from winterwood, fabrics from amitie (gosh she’s a nice lady that jennie, I always make time for her stall at the shows) and a new find lush yarns….this is me being restrained or so I tell myself every craft show!

oh my why did tillie have to go into total meltdown as I arrived at the lush yarn stall! I cuddled her in the sling but she was over it so I quickly picked this silk/wool/bamboo yarn for a little cardigan for her! These ladies are from sydney and I plan to visit their online store very soon as their colours and yarns are just perfect!!!

All in all a good day but next year I’ll go chikd free and do some of the craft bars and labs!

Yes he is! You see the barbies who live in keira’s campervan were craving a bit of male company…..so keira sent me off to the shops to bring home 5 Ken’s for her princesses! I suggested one Ken for all the Barbies, let them fight over him….

Unfortunately all I could find was surfer Ken who looks like a bit of an aussie bloke and not the prince we had envisaged would come to live at the campervan. And the morals on him…………….this morning I woke up to find most of the barbies were missing their clothes as was Ken….tut tut. Tomorrow I’ll probably find empty beer cans, pizza boxes and the toilet seat up in the campervan!

I’ve always gone to the library and can remember almost every library I’ve been a member of going right back to pre-school (I have amazing long term memory and totally crap short term memory as I get older). The library is such a great activity for little ones and keira has always loved going, I mean its free and gets them out of the house! Our local one is just the best with a special kids room and mini ampitheatre in there which is lots of fun!!!!!

I got out my camera yesterday to take a quick snap of keira for her daddy…..and she said ‘shhhh mummy you can’t take photos wif your camera in da library, you gotta be quieeeet’…so cute and she’s obviously been listening to me all these years, well all 3 of hers!

This was my haul…..I love the moosewood cookbooks and regret not buying them all when I discovered them in london years ago……but I’m a real glossy cookbook kind of girl! This week we’re trying crepes with ratatouille as well as feta and zucchini pancakes, yummo.

this is a lesson to all the ladies out there….be clear when you send your man to the shops for white flowers for a party….be very clear.

while you are thinking white lillies, roses, something fresh and inviting for the front entrance…..he is thinking white must have white can’t get anything else or phone a friend so I’ll get carnations……

oh dear they are just so 1983 aren’t they?