tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37793461759556177582024-03-06T03:50:36.448+11:00Inspiration is hereBy looking we see the life we want to live is all around usBrook http://www.blogger.com/profile/00369753344044985641noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3779346175955617758.post-58429252475526994912013-03-01T22:25:00.003+11:002013-03-04T09:09:51.755+11:00Inspiration whilst doing the dishesMy twenties were were rich with time, bars (lots of bars!) and constantly changing ideas on what I was going to be when I eventually grew up. Some days a theatre producer, other nights I was running a performance production company doing nights full of burlesque, live mural painting, short films and music. Other days I was taking the food world on and loving it in Bondi. Some days I just wanted to be the object of someone's unrequited love - mainly as I felt it was my turn to be on that side of the fence. Then it was the natural healing days. These days required me to stop drinking. These were satisfying times but took a hedonist like me quite a bit of concentration. Maybe a bit more than I could maintain beyond twelve months at twenty five. Some years were an amalgam of all this plus more ... Travel, beaches and interesting choices of partners.<br />
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Everyone was invited to join me in this wild ride of fantasy and life building. It was worth coming along for as it was a fearless trip with very few boundaries. Life was intoxicating and wonderful. People and their choices amazed and exhilarated me. Things happened, some things that now I look back on and it could almost be someone else's life I tell the stories of. Was that person with all that energy and belief really me?<br />
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The only thing that brought me to a halt was the paralysis of too much choice. Incredible bucolic freedom.<br />
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The road block now is often the feeling of no choice. No time. Limited ability.<br />
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What happens to our creative selves, our warrior fearless selves as we travel into adulthood? I could never be the person I was at 25 ever again. That was a person in a time capsule. I probably wouldn't want to be her anymore either. Mostly out of fear for my life.<br />
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As I am presented with more opportunity to flex some wonderful creative muscles, long in hiatus, I am pondering how you do this in between kids drop offs, mortgage payments and mopping the floor.<br />
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Words and pictures are just part of it. A wonderful part of a who I am has been rekindled but the person I am now doesn't quite know how to hold the flame. I'll work it out in some fashion but it has been an interesting exercise in actually looking at who I've become without really noticing. Or simply using good old denial to mask parts. Now its about making choices about what to make of the slight rebuild.<br />
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Is this something women do as they take to marriage and children? Is it something our mothers taught us was simply part of being someone's wife? All our work, home, house and study decisions are made with the family unit in mind.<br />
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Well, this mother and wife is going to try and work out how to be a little bit more than that. She's going to try and find a bit more of herself. This time the creative lubricant needs to be gentler, go to bed sober and wake up in thier own home more often - but maybe this means it will be more effective for longer stints and instigate positive growth that stays. Maybe this time it will be enriching and nourishing. Is that what people mean by growing old with grace? <br />
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So as I watch, am allowed to witness, a world filled with people still doing things that blow my mind, some days I feel like a true participant but some parts of me are still twenty five trying to work out what I'll do when I grow up ... <br />
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This alone is enough to make us all smile but added to the joy of this event attended by 10 or so very loud happy young heros and princess's was catching up with an old friend.</span><br style="font-family: tahoma,sans-serif;"><br style="font-family: tahoma,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: tahoma,sans-serif;"> Our lovely friend in the past always turned up to events with the most delicious ice cream on the planet. Today he arrived with loaves of bread wrapped in beautiful vintage tea towels. </span><br style="font-family: tahoma,sans-serif;"><br style="font-family: tahoma,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: tahoma,sans-serif;"> Bread really is the perfect gift. Still a bit warm, wrapped in linen it is the kitchen signifier of sharing. Every kitchen has something to put on it, simply butter and salt a personal favourite, so no one goes hungry when there's a loaf in the house. It it the appropriate match with whatever your beverage, all age groups can eat it - the quintessential comfort food. </span><br style="font-family: tahoma,sans-serif;"><br style="font-family: tahoma,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: tahoma,sans-serif;"> In the spirit of this gift Nigel has sent me the recipe so I'm going to share it with you. </span><br style="font-family: tahoma,sans-serif;"><br style="font-family: tahoma,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: tahoma,sans-serif;"> If you cook nothing else this Christmas cook this. Loaves of warm home cooked bread on the family and friends table will ensure a contented Christmas for you all.</span><br style="font-family: tahoma,sans-serif;"><br style="font-family: tahoma,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: tahoma,sans-serif;"> xo</span><br style="font-family: tahoma,sans-serif;"></font> <br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div><br> <br> <div></div> <ol> <li> <h2><a href="http://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=JCeW_&m=IjO1WqYxNRb7Hp&b=KpPhAMvn4wHIjUluIQbMqw" target="_blank">rustic sourdough: the secret to making amazing bread at home [5 ingredients | simple baking]</a></h2> </li> <li> <br><a href="http://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=JCeW_&m=IjO1WqYxNRb7Hp&b=viZO_GZ8xyQ2eRTR0YpL4A" title="rustic homemade sourdough bread by jules:stonesoup, on Flickr" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4092/5070433706_1cba47d6f9.jpg" alt="rustic homemade sourdough bread" width="333" height="500"></a> <a href="http://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=JCeW_&m=IjO1WqYxNRb7Hp&b=D8guxNIvvjgQLvW0GWxktA" title="rustic homemade sourdough bread and butter by jules:stonesoup, on Flickr" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4144/5070438950_af9461fdf2.jpg" alt="rustic homemade sourdough bread and butter" width="333" height="500"></a><br> <br> <br><a href="http://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=JCeW_&m=IjO1WqYxNRb7Hp&b=b9rNe._7.aR9NmHqifzADg" target="_blank">sourdough bread video</a> <br> <a href="http://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=JCeW_&m=IjO1WqYxNRb7Hp&b=JCJTuUDa_ozNNdC6szLf6g" title="rustic homemade sourdough bread by jules:stonesoup, on Flickr" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4132/5069846053_57dc5c9e4c.jpg"></a><br> <b></b><br> <b>rustic homemade yeasted bread</b><br> makes 1 loaf<br> <i>This is a great way to see how wonderful homemade bread can be.</i><br> <blockquote>425g (15oz) bread flour<br> 375g (14oz) water<br> 1 teaspoon find grained salt<br> 1/4 teaspoon dried yeast<br> semolina, optional<br></blockquote> </li></ol>1. In a large bowl combine flour, yeast, water and salt until just mixed together.<br> 2. Cover with cling wrap and leave overnight for at least 8 but preferably 12 hours.<br> 3. Form your loaf. Place a generous amount of flour on your kitchen counter. Scoop dough out onto the flour then sprinkle generously with more flour. Gently fold the edges from the outside in to form a round loaf.<br> 4. Place more flour on a clean tea towel. Place loaf with the rough top side down. Sprinkle with semolina, if using, or more flour. Cover.<br> 5. Place a large oven proof dish with a lid in the oven. Preheat oven and the pan to the highest setting for at least 1/2 hour.<br> 6. Carefully remove the hot pan from the oven. Remove lid. Sprinkle a little semolina, if using in the base of the pan. Gently place loaf in the pan inverted so that the rougher surface is now on top. Don't worry about smoothing it out or having it centered – it will work itself out in the oven.<br> 7. Pop the lid back on and bake for 30 minutes.<br> 8. Remove the lid and turn the oven down to 200C (400F) bake for a further 15 minutes until the loaf is deep brown.<br> 9. Cool on a wire rack uncovered for at least 30mintues if you can wait that long.<ol><div> </div> <div> </div></ol><br> <br></div> </div> </div><br> Brook http://www.blogger.com/profile/00369753344044985641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3779346175955617758.post-42470029783409176292010-12-18T11:28:00.000+11:002010-12-18T11:28:37.913+11:00Cook My Way - Local (ish) site to share, compare and cook with<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">http://www.cookmyway.com.au/</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Saw this on Remo's newsletter this morning. Lovely idea - great food ideas and discussions.. <i>and</i> ... it's her birthday - HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEE. </span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Here's the site in their words:</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><blockquote><i style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>Cook My Way</b> was born out of a love for preparing food and eating it.</i><br />
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<i style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> CookMyWay's philosophy is that you don't need to be a celebrity chef to make love in the kitchen, we believe that cooking, gardening and brewing should be celebrated and practiced in modern liv</i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">es</span></blockquote><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'm off to try and cook Argentinean</span><span style="font-size: large;"> 'Alfajores'</span><br />
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<div class="ingr-middle"> <h3>Ingredients</h3><ul class="list ingredients"><li>1/2 cup butter </li>
<li>1 cup sugar </li>
<li>1 egg </li>
<li>2 egg yolks </li>
<li>1 tsp. vanilla </li>
<li>2 tsp. lemon rind, grated </li>
<li>1 1/2 cup cornstarch </li>
<li>1/2 cup flour </li>
<li>1 tsp. baking powder </li>
<li>1/4 tsp. salt</li>
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<div class="summary">My Argentinian work exchange student brought these in and they are as delightful as she is</div><div class="pen-blue" style="left: -22px; position: relative;"> <a href="http://www.cookmyway.com.au/cook/ihearthetrain/">Ihearthetrain</a> </div><h3>Method</h3><div class="method">Cream butter; add sugar and beat until fluffy. Add egg<br />
and egg yolks, one at a time, beating well. Beat in vanilla<br />
and lemon rind. Sift together cornstarch, flour, baking powder<br />
and salt. Add to mixture and mix well. Drop batter by small<br />
spoonfuls onto well buttered baking sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes. Remove immediately. Sandwich the cookies together with (dulce de leche) sweet milk dessert. Makes 40 cookies. <br />
For extra special fabulousness, roll themaround the outside in dessicated coconut<br />
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</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> </div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">“When it was over, the performers joined Keating on stage in an exuberant throng. The newspapers the next morning showed a photograph of the Prime Minister, wearing a trademark light grey Zegna suit, standing close between two Bangarra dancers who were wearing not much more than a laplap and a bit of body paint.</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">It was an endearing – and revealing – image of contemporary Australia.</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Paul Keating was a very different kind of Australian from the hard-drinking, womanizing, sports-loving Bob Hawke. (Although both excelled in their profane use of the Australian vernacular.)</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Keatng’s nationalism – his Australianness – exhibited itself in spectacularly different ways.</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">In his kissing the ground at Kokoda, with his two most famous speeches – the Redfern speech and the one on the unknown soldier, and in his inventive and often inflammatory aphorisms. He thrilled his admirers with such outbursts as: ‘If you’re not living in Sydney, you’re just camping out’, or, ‘A soufflé does not rise twice’, ‘All tip and no iceberg’ and, memorably from a few months before this Arts for Labor event, when John Hewson pestered him as to why he would not call an early election, he said: ‘The answer is, mate, because I want to do you slowly’.</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">At the same time, the leader of the country was urbane and elegant, a man whose tastes ran to Regency furniture, Georgian architecture and the late-Romantic Austrian composter Mahler. And, now, here he was that Sunday in Sydney, embracing the Indigenous descendants of one of the world’s most ancient cultures.</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">How great our arts will be, Keating had said in his speech, when we are as one with Indigenous Australians, ‘when we say sorry for the murders and the dispossession and mean it, not just write a cheque off the budget’.<a href="http://annesummers.com.au/2010/10/keating-and-the-arts/#_ftn1">[1]</a></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><a href="http://annesummers.com.au/2010/10/keating-and-the-arts/stephen-murray-smith-lecture-2010/" rel="attachment wp-att-1250">Stephen Murray-Smith Lecture 2010</a></div>Brook http://www.blogger.com/profile/00369753344044985641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3779346175955617758.post-69679438580390383642010-10-23T12:29:00.002+11:002010-10-23T12:43:08.742+11:00See me.<div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">A few weeks ago I posted some beautiful Indian newspaper that had been hand stamped to be used as wrapping paper.</span></b></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">It's hand done by a womens collective in India. Clarence sell the actual hand carved wooden stamps as well as the paper. </span></b></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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</span></b></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">217 / A Maroondah H'Way</span></b></div><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Healesville Vic 3777</span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Ph: 03 5962 4226</span></span></b>Brook http://www.blogger.com/profile/00369753344044985641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3779346175955617758.post-37947581908490930362010-10-21T14:12:00.000+11:002010-10-21T14:12:25.248+11:00Designed In Brunswick<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Things are happening in Brunswick these days. The amazingly multi talented couple behind this new venue are certainly setting the pace. </span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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Aisling Gallagher and Neil Hargreaves can cook, sew, paint and now it looks like they can also print amazing fabric (Ais) and design fabulous cups (Neil). </span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><br style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">A website is coming soon but for now check them out on Facebook. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Be in touch and be the first to own a little bit of Brunswick.</span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I'll be doing an interview with shots from 'where the work is done' next week . </span>Brook http://www.blogger.com/profile/00369753344044985641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3779346175955617758.post-69886400289086005552010-10-18T21:23:00.000+11:002010-10-18T21:23:21.000+11:00'The Red Parasol' hides a retail delight<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0MFarrEzwbhPVwZjiky0OdR6siAOLYqQARv4GCEHpQ7pPlHnVQBUoFbGgbc0wrnX9QNBsFviXBsulMshCgWNPjykqqMhcCug_w572DnU1ClyekpULhVzJhU6dTvD9V3HZ0qVgI8axEmo/s1600/Inspiration+is+Here.2010.10+-+Red+Parasol+036.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The displays were - well everywhere. Every corner of this shop has been thought about .... carefully. It's as though the owners and people that work here actually walk around their space and look at it from all angles.End result - as a customer - everywhere you look there is something exciting for the eye to explore. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Also - what vintage? 'Red Parasol' seems to blend and crossover quite a few vintages with very little clunky, clumsy culture clashes. You can buy new, something from last season through to something your very groovy grandmother wore on her first date. Most of the decades in between will have a showing also</span>. </span></span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The dressing rooms are an adventure in themselves. As I said earlier - the entire space is fitted out with things to look at.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;">The other amazing thing it doesn't "smell" like a second hand shop AT ALL. Maybe it's the delicious soy scented candles they sell?</span></div><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Beautiful old lace in front of great retro wallpaper</span></span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">This ribbon is SO beautiful. If you are expecting a little parcel form me any time soon it just may have a bit of this wrapped around it. This heavy woven ribbon alone has made me a friend for life. They sell it by the metre and there may be none left by the time you read this (depending on my schedule tomorrow).</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">They also sell </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">wrapping paper by the metre.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Beautiful heavy weight printed wrapping paper by the metre - just makes you want to buy someone a gift.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> This is a personal favourite piece of the shop for me. The idea of being able to buy quality paper and incredible ribbon in lengths I want is pure retail decadence. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Whether it's a fabulous one off dress, an earing or a simple but brightly coloured scarf you are sure to be able to find something pretty special here. It's well worth the drive. If this shop was in Melbourne city area the prices would be double and the stock would be running out the door. Lucky for us it's based in Croydon so the while it's busy - it's still a bit hidden from the hordes of quirky fashion lovers. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">This shop has been one of the biggest retail surprises I've had in while and I can't wait to get back. Nice work! </span></span><br />
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> 'The Red Parasol'</span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">New - Recycled - Designer - Retro</span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Quality clothing and extras</span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">163 Main St, Croydon VIC 3136</span></span></b><br />
<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>03 9724 9744</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc6600; font-family: arial;">We bought these driving home from Cloudehill.<br />
Last of the season as it's about to get to warm.<br />
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Very hard to believe as the wind whipped the rain and stung our faces while we chose the colours we wanted.</span></span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz0clzazyMVt4OmY4nH71IFOT2Tajo6-jVXkl_a9azhaEfs2Nu8sXegiVnQo9s9a3eKJNb67ERfPzRNSPWpaS8iXjaEq6QSW6mRlF9ALJ7D5qiiM_cTJFe_7zdINpYK9M9rgcLHMeISp4/s1600/Inspiration+is+Here.2010.10+-+Lewis+art+work+and+Tulips+006.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5528589856611941058" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz0clzazyMVt4OmY4nH71IFOT2Tajo6-jVXkl_a9azhaEfs2Nu8sXegiVnQo9s9a3eKJNb67ERfPzRNSPWpaS8iXjaEq6QSW6mRlF9ALJ7D5qiiM_cTJFe_7zdINpYK9M9rgcLHMeISp4/s400/Inspiration+is+Here.2010.10+-+Lewis+art+work+and+Tulips+006.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>Brook http://www.blogger.com/profile/00369753344044985641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3779346175955617758.post-20290257383953704682010-10-16T19:21:00.022+11:002010-10-17T10:27:32.922+11:00Cloudehill - not just any old garden in the misty mountains ...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGgCYSaz_RIxtoSGrWKGTAANCYAtWS0BNjKEBV0pqdWFCNoDgCBmLed2Edo7rdPcuwc5aP4Hk4n9yYqgS2hO2ZVSHuhcPxOi7rGBCQsObhA4OYJ2DqsUt0tS0rSTSvCOPQghcpDawxsSE/s1600/DSC00287.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGgCYSaz_RIxtoSGrWKGTAANCYAtWS0BNjKEBV0pqdWFCNoDgCBmLed2Edo7rdPcuwc5aP4Hk4n9yYqgS2hO2ZVSHuhcPxOi7rGBCQsObhA4OYJ2DqsUt0tS0rSTSvCOPQghcpDawxsSE/s400/DSC00287.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5528558001376070498" border="0" /></a><br /><br />It may be the middle of spring but in the Dandenong Ranges it's 7 degrees and looking like snow. Incredible! The rain has been constant for about 36hours at this stage so you could say it's a bit damp around here at the moment.<br /><br />Even with this as the current weather report we drove up the hill to one of the most beautiful places in the world - Cloudehill Garden in Olinda.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQoqaqjkZS8usf0X1vmsDg0oMMiWJ0x7uN5TNDQ9B_SFBkqZDglbiJhpzRimgxbltguUBUgVs514aJvL8DC52pujeadohxpyvebjFqIy3KJwGRSkQwqbe4622eyxEYlbsVWIlnrSG3zG8/s1600/DSC00109.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQoqaqjkZS8usf0X1vmsDg0oMMiWJ0x7uN5TNDQ9B_SFBkqZDglbiJhpzRimgxbltguUBUgVs514aJvL8DC52pujeadohxpyvebjFqIy3KJwGRSkQwqbe4622eyxEYlbsVWIlnrSG3zG8/s400/DSC00109.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5528557986754990930" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">The only snow on the ground today was a coating of magnolia petals. It looked magical.</span><br /></div><br />Cloudehill began in the 20's as a 'flower farm' and sold into the Melbourne city markets. Today it is an extraordinary space consisting of 24 'rooms' connected by winding paths, stairs to climb and a mixture of hedging styles.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ0OJDlqZfugeMk-C9-XWuTEL980oIGysi_lRfgeS4e01lM_Y2OwQnlAa23t8tVCnq-BJ51oEuMEAboAZPutWVvAfjhun-TYA2M3TjLk4OHCrnDi9Xmb5LiuCQrbrw_VKAIBDEpy6-eCQ/s1600/DSC00208.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ0OJDlqZfugeMk-C9-XWuTEL980oIGysi_lRfgeS4e01lM_Y2OwQnlAa23t8tVCnq-BJ51oEuMEAboAZPutWVvAfjhun-TYA2M3TjLk4OHCrnDi9Xmb5LiuCQrbrw_VKAIBDEpy6-eCQ/s200/DSC00208.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5528570943526874402" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrH0cLkrGUPPasFsHYOm6cO3xGhaxbPTDdGWN0jBbOTDWvOwyDsNEkIpEjO-WoTVIDKMnqavwDPPPcrrL1kifFzsQSftHME7AdW8n4LtGerkFCXa4e6KIFWur-0JnRQ70obNLXlFTzlg4/s1600/DSC00213.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrH0cLkrGUPPasFsHYOm6cO3xGhaxbPTDdGWN0jBbOTDWvOwyDsNEkIpEjO-WoTVIDKMnqavwDPPPcrrL1kifFzsQSftHME7AdW8n4LtGerkFCXa4e6KIFWur-0JnRQ70obNLXlFTzlg4/s200/DSC00213.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5528572215100422050" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXbNBsFxzdoP0ZvZiLVMc39yzydlsN6rNryPCEYHJSBt-R9b_rKiDWKVQ_fYZ6ctjfdWHVqs7XXVxdti9DdC-pvbDP3DrRvtLWs1K3E7LMSZu6r0LtDU9cFu-Gr_g1vgc-MjqJukIs88s/s1600/DSC00225.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXbNBsFxzdoP0ZvZiLVMc39yzydlsN6rNryPCEYHJSBt-R9b_rKiDWKVQ_fYZ6ctjfdWHVqs7XXVxdti9DdC-pvbDP3DrRvtLWs1K3E7LMSZu6r0LtDU9cFu-Gr_g1vgc-MjqJukIs88s/s200/DSC00225.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5528573734353668514" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The formal use of stone walls and structured areas is punctuated by the use of modern sculpture, mosaic pieces done by local artists and "windows" left to take in a hint of another secret space to look at. There is a green theatre here and many areas you can imagine all sorts of things for yourself but you can find Jazz bands here and the space littered with picnic rugs in summer apparently.<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyM-V5jFvACV45SfZgMVnYrBP5e0kQebfbzd2cH7Vx6cROEE4B5Gp-f0K8KBH4YNMsBmpA7egnEedd16gR2G-nltLhobbZHTDikUSTgH_mryq5K8-uVNZYySRhS2W0nxw2cKB09IsavE4/s1600/DSC00288.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyM-V5jFvACV45SfZgMVnYrBP5e0kQebfbzd2cH7Vx6cROEE4B5Gp-f0K8KBH4YNMsBmpA7egnEedd16gR2G-nltLhobbZHTDikUSTgH_mryq5K8-uVNZYySRhS2W0nxw2cKB09IsavE4/s400/DSC00288.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5528562449900101250" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0); font-style: italic;">My 4 year son is off to find treasures.</span> </div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlNL9kUXHdodFadAzKO2pQiQ188Y7aSIFJoALs5hUL9Gh1VMD2LS3MR322Z7LiWzrsRa8MfTaejTqyTb7DnNFftuo9bBevG8KnpyugaVqM3rqRDiavO7KSVTdI2zf5llm7bzPBTOMs9aA/s1600/DSC00289.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlNL9kUXHdodFadAzKO2pQiQ188Y7aSIFJoALs5hUL9Gh1VMD2LS3MR322Z7LiWzrsRa8MfTaejTqyTb7DnNFftuo9bBevG8KnpyugaVqM3rqRDiavO7KSVTdI2zf5llm7bzPBTOMs9aA/s400/DSC00289.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5528565834850460850" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0); font-style: italic;">Shakespeare is always in the park ....</span> </div><br />It's gardens like this where the love of the creators has an exceptionally good result. As an adult you feel you are transported miles away from your everyday life. It's definitely restorative. The beauty is actually filling your lungs the air is so clean and mountain sweet. With so much to take in you simply must sit down. Luckily they are kind enough to have quite a few 'rest' spots to simply take it in.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLXvxO8DFOJ6Oj5nt3XWXX0JbdVRrx1OBnYv94DweCHU5BbKSiMRnUy-WVsAFwPOjTR6a2XP9DpUrj-NexQuOIJ4CrRgjxEF3hJMofZolX3UMbknJHWQUuNy746sdhMefll21YmWt4en8/s1600/DSC00284.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLXvxO8DFOJ6Oj5nt3XWXX0JbdVRrx1OBnYv94DweCHU5BbKSiMRnUy-WVsAFwPOjTR6a2XP9DpUrj-NexQuOIJ4CrRgjxEF3hJMofZolX3UMbknJHWQUuNy746sdhMefll21YmWt4en8/s400/DSC00284.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5528565841273506002" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">The rain didn't dampen our spirits ... just made it more of an adventure!<br /></div><br /><br /><br />The <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.cloudehill.com.au/">Cloudehill Nursery & Gardens</a> also has a wonderful cafe / restaurant on site. We had lunch there today and I already want to go back for the Braised porkbelly with cabbage, potatoes and stewed apple next week. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6F-zeXArlOb52HbN98s0VmQD7A9aWKdgXrK_ecSEu3hmJvL7xRJghCRApOyN_qDtoKKr2Gmcdo0mYH6fjaMDlv0csMH5KDO_ZWcvt7nNDpy4h1f4JkaLXH4f8TCUtPTMIQ144AbqUHzU/s1600/DSC00216.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6F-zeXArlOb52HbN98s0VmQD7A9aWKdgXrK_ecSEu3hmJvL7xRJghCRApOyN_qDtoKKr2Gmcdo0mYH6fjaMDlv0csMH5KDO_ZWcvt7nNDpy4h1f4JkaLXH4f8TCUtPTMIQ144AbqUHzU/s320/DSC00216.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5528575263326280994" border="0" /></a>The cafe is called <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.seasonscloudehill.com.au/">'Seasons @ Cloudhilll'</a> and they are blessed with an enormous vegetable garden that is lovingly tendered to by the amazing nursery staff. They use it well. My dish had perfectly cooked pork but this was complemented by a really substantial amount of home grown vegetable. This is something I miss in a lot of modern cooking where meat is king.<br /><br />If you simply wanted a coffee or pot of tea it can be accompanied by a sweet thing. The cakes are generous, home made and it's worth a visit for them alone.<br /><br /><br />This is a place you can just keep coming back to. If you need a bit of escape, you want some 'time', you need to buy a plant or you want a meal and a glass of wine.<br /><br />Those gardeners are my new hero's and Jeremy Francis, who is credited with much of what goes on here in this green space, is amazing. We bought a copy of his 'just released' book - the little version for $10 - for our son to look through and for us to keep for him. The hardcover is to be coveted and should be part of any collection dedicated to gardens, design or specifically a combination of both. The love and respect, maybe obsession, he holds for his craft is unmissable.<br /><br />I can't imagine it would be possible to ever get tired of watching the seasons do their dance here. The selection of plants, both new and old (some trees are 60 or more years old) provides natures drama and conversation in colour. We will be certainly popping back regularly looking for ideas for our new garden space - or maybe simply to sit and relax.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvmSWtEecLPmLrj3EzkJdna_eSYUEPJQLEX1VDg4ggEHaoMTZQ-7sLMCiJYF2ae9-sCloKfXUj02QMwM_WgXqsnawA9YUg9TXr1WjWLzaBIxjyAMGKQ3cMyZ4aNvtqC4X-6MHNd5PsxWg/s1600/DSC00286.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvmSWtEecLPmLrj3EzkJdna_eSYUEPJQLEX1VDg4ggEHaoMTZQ-7sLMCiJYF2ae9-sCloKfXUj02QMwM_WgXqsnawA9YUg9TXr1WjWLzaBIxjyAMGKQ3cMyZ4aNvtqC4X-6MHNd5PsxWg/s400/DSC00286.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5528584155393861538" border="0" /></a><br />Cloudehill Nursery & Gardens<br />89 Olinda-Monbulk Rd, Olind 3788<br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.cloudehill.com.au/">www.cloudehill.com.au</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span> </div>Brook http://www.blogger.com/profile/00369753344044985641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3779346175955617758.post-16126591532182229372010-10-16T18:49:00.003+11:002010-10-16T18:59:22.963+11:00Packing up my wall of love ...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii5au2nOErXhG-N2xxA9Z8W8TItT0B6vG4OfQqgyD0zvWk0s34c1kLjXM4_cMV83bo3wJQMbawmbzgnMdy6NN3_uxxQK56KFxMfiXvvcUiMTiSzdAyeiO03RQlFvZNJZS8mRa_r0qkRsA/s1600/Inspiration+is+Here.2010.10+-+Red+Parasol+004.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii5au2nOErXhG-N2xxA9Z8W8TItT0B6vG4OfQqgyD0zvWk0s34c1kLjXM4_cMV83bo3wJQMbawmbzgnMdy6NN3_uxxQK56KFxMfiXvvcUiMTiSzdAyeiO03RQlFvZNJZS8mRa_r0qkRsA/s400/Inspiration+is+Here.2010.10+-+Red+Parasol+004.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5528549641155613394" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYD1RtR0ax_1C2IPBdLOtZMuVDi2_Gl258-IGoelNuPYfUxRdW6AgjCtSeZ5AVLX9xjVDQZ6ahYpxBqAh5iH4ivR0ID0HeFgjfxc_CKsyGd1DABRPFPNvOldM3yEEpAD6s-k57gqqaI5g/s1600/Inspiration+is+Here.2010.10+-+Red+Parasol+002.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYD1RtR0ax_1C2IPBdLOtZMuVDi2_Gl258-IGoelNuPYfUxRdW6AgjCtSeZ5AVLX9xjVDQZ6ahYpxBqAh5iH4ivR0ID0HeFgjfxc_CKsyGd1DABRPFPNvOldM3yEEpAD6s-k57gqqaI5g/s400/Inspiration+is+Here.2010.10+-+Red+Parasol+002.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5528549634309629394" border="0" /></a>Brook http://www.blogger.com/profile/00369753344044985641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3779346175955617758.post-18978445804136354482010-10-10T17:54:00.055+11:002010-10-11T22:32:44.364+11:00MORRIS BROWN - Retail style that is perfect every day<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl8YUXVmcR93f1meAFeVzlI0YFkzh8GleAtvgUDW1DFesxuuGNJ0aseJchl0A1o7pRBsMvvWs3dM1avk2CqevywMPZVKHu_irewgemvmUp3h695x1fSvv3PSTJRMPHcYB39nEvckvNSrc/s1600/Inspiration+is+Here.2010.10+001.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 431px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl8YUXVmcR93f1meAFeVzlI0YFkzh8GleAtvgUDW1DFesxuuGNJ0aseJchl0A1o7pRBsMvvWs3dM1avk2CqevywMPZVKHu_irewgemvmUp3h695x1fSvv3PSTJRMPHcYB39nEvckvNSrc/s400/Inspiration+is+Here.2010.10+001.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526310797032007762" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;font-size:180%;" >Morris Brown</span><br /><br /><br />Jenny Morris O'Donnell & Louise Brown make up the team behind this loveliest of stores. If they were ever in doubt as to whether their concept for a retail space would work all they had to do is listen to how well the name works. Perfect!<br /><br />That's how this place feels - a natural, instinctively chosen range of quintessential items. The new 'country' - nothing twee, international inspiration but a perfectly pitched local tone.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPVqcbY7oBnMi6qQqEJMKFQyKHHKS_fWv7K0GNziy8Nr0c60xAEVDTwnDII52ZFPg-bt8t_E2i6tgl_oQAIsfziPFpgcZ-w7WJdVSQur7UQVeLft62wsWSs_lf8N68xrRZv1Skz5WfKoU/s1600/Inspiration+is+Here.2010.10+035.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPVqcbY7oBnMi6qQqEJMKFQyKHHKS_fWv7K0GNziy8Nr0c60xAEVDTwnDII52ZFPg-bt8t_E2i6tgl_oQAIsfziPFpgcZ-w7WJdVSQur7UQVeLft62wsWSs_lf8N68xrRZv1Skz5WfKoU/s200/Inspiration+is+Here.2010.10+035.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526593086267040994" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgygCVEZttviPbtnZ2QWfoOSTQpcf8BAytoE1Fleutt_t3KBJMy5OlS50OBTIbvoxFPefo2HVy940fHVFk9d0CNTArYin3wxbCdVZyP2jMOC0nzP8ogEiCirR3fTvJFX7lT7Qn5c-gwpQI/s1600/Inspiration+is+Here.2010.10+047.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgygCVEZttviPbtnZ2QWfoOSTQpcf8BAytoE1Fleutt_t3KBJMy5OlS50OBTIbvoxFPefo2HVy940fHVFk9d0CNTArYin3wxbCdVZyP2jMOC0nzP8ogEiCirR3fTvJFX7lT7Qn5c-gwpQI/s200/Inspiration+is+Here.2010.10+047.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526596850520112258" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7Ua62vofEUy4VnJApMuICoYo3I2NtXCH6zc_ugPlPUcYo6PJJE4Af-tSZwvkAXnEUD36HkcgQpUX5kFolIT-wMVM0emIVQ02rPQVfECk6CA355ScYLHZYa7pT4rurSj2HDW-I1v-a-ko/s1600/Inspiration+is+Here.2010.10+030.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 203px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7Ua62vofEUy4VnJApMuICoYo3I2NtXCH6zc_ugPlPUcYo6PJJE4Af-tSZwvkAXnEUD36HkcgQpUX5kFolIT-wMVM0emIVQ02rPQVfECk6CA355ScYLHZYa7pT4rurSj2HDW-I1v-a-ko/s200/Inspiration+is+Here.2010.10+030.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526598263260662354" border="0" /></a>Things as simple as just the perfect ball of string, an old metal whistle through to things as exotically beautiful as ostrich eggs from South Africa. Who expects to walk into a space and find a 'nest' of enormous eggs the colour of creamed butter? Well you just may here - right next to the antlers but behind the old polished silver teapot you've always wanted.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh88Ahl_ylnLiUghURokn8gDa62kudZvMrZEfTasMVPjCvfz7ud8NB-wrav3dH5k_INKPys_nGQylhntRH3BodfxSrHmbPov7NrsTrsfISN7ySaSha3CnRlBuZUC6H2Vi_x2Dfvzq-FcYM/s1600/Inspiration+is+Here.2010.10+002.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh88Ahl_ylnLiUghURokn8gDa62kudZvMrZEfTasMVPjCvfz7ud8NB-wrav3dH5k_INKPys_nGQylhntRH3BodfxSrHmbPov7NrsTrsfISN7ySaSha3CnRlBuZUC6H2Vi_x2Dfvzq-FcYM/s400/Inspiration+is+Here.2010.10+002.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526339939272449250" border="0" /></a><br /><br />These eggs are about 30cm tall and round. Honestly, they feel as though they are made from porcelain - so fragile but strong and incredibly tactile - if you're game to hold them!<br /><br />Of course I'm trying to work out how to use one (or more) in the new house.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq7vHf8G6tRsTfWrxdQRt3Qs-LP6Qj6l9uaW1x3b2HqC5LlZixEfAgyLqyWpSl-_PWXnYXFL8B0GpjW4WAXerO8KhRSGdq0NxYBppGVS-AUMtv4zSHCiePrtzRRIeQsJYAZQE97_21tSA/s1600/Inspiration+is+Here.2010.10+003.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq7vHf8G6tRsTfWrxdQRt3Qs-LP6Qj6l9uaW1x3b2HqC5LlZixEfAgyLqyWpSl-_PWXnYXFL8B0GpjW4WAXerO8KhRSGdq0NxYBppGVS-AUMtv4zSHCiePrtzRRIeQsJYAZQE97_21tSA/s200/Inspiration+is+Here.2010.10+003.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526618268934641250" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">Louise and Jenny met through a shared love of the garden and this shows through in the choice and focus of the shop. In amongst the homewares you can always pick up a pair of Sprout gardening gloves, English garden tools by </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><a href="http://www.burgonandball.com/">Burgeon & Bal</a>l</span><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span>and some luxurious Syrian olive oil soap to wash the soil off after all your hard work.</span><span style="font-family:georgia;"> Oh don't forget the fantastic wellies ..... the red looks fabulous!</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvYYmU0M6VEc_BQCe3U8W3D5oAyfCd0MYYdAHJw_PenNy49xRy6aNsL0DH3u05L0BCy01n9byCnOQoZZoB5RnS9TFPVYlX9gcjFA0XeptxmBKXJElnxpNxEWcsomOxuNdgN6VbtP-qPW0/s1600/Inspiration+is+Here.2010.10+059.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvYYmU0M6VEc_BQCe3U8W3D5oAyfCd0MYYdAHJw_PenNy49xRy6aNsL0DH3u05L0BCy01n9byCnOQoZZoB5RnS9TFPVYlX9gcjFA0XeptxmBKXJElnxpNxEWcsomOxuNdgN6VbtP-qPW0/s320/Inspiration+is+Here.2010.10+059.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526381528678180674" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN5yjjVAi0W-HxL7R37AUBRvtZhC8eYCOGtMGvdJlqq7lOM9RO6gt-Nt7kqCkcGfsHV2YWsS10jsh5eVPAk8L-J0S_EBxBUBfVT6P6yKKBQWnqTMHgxIIoGpDZmMZzGlcBALAPgcvTUeU/s1600/Inspiration+is+Here.2010.10+034.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN5yjjVAi0W-HxL7R37AUBRvtZhC8eYCOGtMGvdJlqq7lOM9RO6gt-Nt7kqCkcGfsHV2YWsS10jsh5eVPAk8L-J0S_EBxBUBfVT6P6yKKBQWnqTMHgxIIoGpDZmMZzGlcBALAPgcvTUeU/s320/Inspiration+is+Here.2010.10+034.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526382835610964226" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />It's all about choice here with bits for everyone in the family and you know you will always find something you have wanted. Even if you only realised a moment ago just how much you've <span style="font-style: italic;">always</span> wanted it.<br /><br />Writing a note can be done with a well turned pencil that feels great in between your fingers. Pencil sharpeners don't have to be plastic rubbish. They can be wooden and beautiful in their own functionality.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd6aBmGLwhe1skEMtlwyYM6C8jNAPBaRIZLW3T-R7pHA0qybcjkZgI9Ulz7f0ev2yILuEbHYtFbU0wHHlJQ_66khdpxFmfqvI9ZFe5SFyhhC3mXG52N7XV47ijMUP2oPJngxdOsdiSmZg/s1600/Inspiration+is+Here.2010.10+044.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd6aBmGLwhe1skEMtlwyYM6C8jNAPBaRIZLW3T-R7pHA0qybcjkZgI9Ulz7f0ev2yILuEbHYtFbU0wHHlJQ_66khdpxFmfqvI9ZFe5SFyhhC3mXG52N7XV47ijMUP2oPJngxdOsdiSmZg/s200/Inspiration+is+Here.2010.10+044.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526386800332342194" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjonJz2B_-fHHKkm8ZoBhFuNQNvD5Xer1-27foUY7exo8Wuem99q63BNXWVZVY0Y1zWrb8Pg7WiUitltXAFX2cYNeGRhtmMixSZGEUcQPGpkRh04C5nS_5OG-PvBEocSVUoNjxbGaEDres/s1600/Inspiration+is+Here.2010.10+053.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjonJz2B_-fHHKkm8ZoBhFuNQNvD5Xer1-27foUY7exo8Wuem99q63BNXWVZVY0Y1zWrb8Pg7WiUitltXAFX2cYNeGRhtmMixSZGEUcQPGpkRh04C5nS_5OG-PvBEocSVUoNjxbGaEDres/s200/Inspiration+is+Here.2010.10+053.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526384365578900322" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsTAnoTUubjzcPhkAQoKh1FISOm5ZU61Uwg_1EWOd7Q_CRXyta4fA0f5qfNqcVVuYPAiX_RD36VaQbSk9sJk4fm9l1lp_oWmstqQUkz2zA77LstKNMlOlrCkKvTd-Gbf3TTHsDGKKtYoA/s1600/Inspiration+is+Here.2010.10+045.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsTAnoTUubjzcPhkAQoKh1FISOm5ZU61Uwg_1EWOd7Q_CRXyta4fA0f5qfNqcVVuYPAiX_RD36VaQbSk9sJk4fm9l1lp_oWmstqQUkz2zA77LstKNMlOlrCkKvTd-Gbf3TTHsDGKKtYoA/s200/Inspiration+is+Here.2010.10+045.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526385597313950354" border="0" /></a>The product mix is really brought together by the mix of old and new. Right next to that new wonky white ceramics you're contemplating may be a fabulous second hand jug that has been a treasured find reinvigorated just for you.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5Z-n5gLcWW7RD7MKy1OBSNUtDOjkWUbybqoNu7vhaV9zvfxUgdkr3nC82LDhlnAXTxcVLNnvh0u2JN2bYOQQ4-70efZ5OlVgJvSZ-hlzDRFtxRSxMwI63j3yOQ01-sdwXsA6RIT_-1Ns/s1600/Inspiration+is+Here.2010.10+026.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5Z-n5gLcWW7RD7MKy1OBSNUtDOjkWUbybqoNu7vhaV9zvfxUgdkr3nC82LDhlnAXTxcVLNnvh0u2JN2bYOQQ4-70efZ5OlVgJvSZ-hlzDRFtxRSxMwI63j3yOQ01-sdwXsA6RIT_-1Ns/s200/Inspiration+is+Here.2010.10+026.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526570304506741698" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;font-size:180%;" ></span><br /><br /></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsu7sAYg8s5B1OjjBu0DIKJeghRqhgBCwAvNmvk1OwKgpwO1Xb8BaVESMQSiCBPDp-GZfaANE5s5dHNahgrHOc1izMij-mmsjvXDOX68ILhOva9NysfZ6mX9kx7ve6ARWoB17TIKUcqFg/s1600/Inspiration+is+Here.2010.10+020.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsu7sAYg8s5B1OjjBu0DIKJeghRqhgBCwAvNmvk1OwKgpwO1Xb8BaVESMQSiCBPDp-GZfaANE5s5dHNahgrHOc1izMij-mmsjvXDOX68ILhOva9NysfZ6mX9kx7ve6ARWoB17TIKUcqFg/s200/Inspiration+is+Here.2010.10+020.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526572622198477490" border="0" /></a>Morris Brown also hold a range of clothes, scarves and a wonderful childrens area. The perfect place to find an exciting mix of books, puzzles, clothes and games all aimed to stimulate the imagination, be naturally tactile and fill a life with fun not with land fill.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSDOM12xV2BbTXfiSSuM7LmXbgDkyfHilPGeiytXa_d4RFcMwMxu1TvERJsMFbN293zdS714sPzVj8gzFjZiyh0ovXVdQA-6Uzves81-c9UuNJVe3WmBOt9Nsbz-ydtZZ0tjWPUd66esM/s1600/Inspiration+is+Here.2010.10+021.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSDOM12xV2BbTXfiSSuM7LmXbgDkyfHilPGeiytXa_d4RFcMwMxu1TvERJsMFbN293zdS714sPzVj8gzFjZiyh0ovXVdQA-6Uzves81-c9UuNJVe3WmBOt9Nsbz-ydtZZ0tjWPUd66esM/s200/Inspiration+is+Here.2010.10+021.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526578391393514898" border="0" /></a>Brightly coloured gum boots and wooden yo - yo's can often be found here plus I have word the fantastic <a href="http://makedo.com.au/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Makedo</span></a> products have arrived for Christmas.<br /><br />Makedo is the perfect product to get our kids using the stuff around them for play and creating. I will certainly be getting some of these for the little ones around us.<br /><br /><br />This is a truly lovely shopping experience. They have opened another in Heathmont that I am yet to try - but you can be sure I'll get there.<br />Thinking about where to do your Christams shopping?<br />I <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig2ayU0ah5pApTdi1wm2kQGEDvWf9kFXyCDia2Vewl-BVQpICzKCe363bqlsQEeaglIju73T_Pwh6yzikOTD1zRNvELgjBb3x-Y2R4JHz9qV68Jf1Q-228_ZPVqEud20_iYAt_TUq5PM8/s1600/Inspiration+is+Here.2010.10+009.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig2ayU0ah5pApTdi1wm2kQGEDvWf9kFXyCDia2Vewl-BVQpICzKCe363bqlsQEeaglIju73T_Pwh6yzikOTD1zRNvELgjBb3x-Y2R4JHz9qV68Jf1Q-228_ZPVqEud20_iYAt_TUq5PM8/s320/Inspiration+is+Here.2010.10+009.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526610795581921650" border="0" /></a>vote you do it where it feels good for you as well as the people receiving the presents. Loads of choice, ethical indulgences, up-cycled and brand new. It's all here and to top it off - they gift wrap superbly. Does it get any easier?<br /><br /><br /><br />It's shops like this that remind us we have the ability to fill all of our lives, even the mundane tasks, the "jobs" as well as the events we create - with beauty. Also - that true beauty is a functioning part of our everyday lives - not something that sits out of reach. All it takes is a bit of thought and time and we can create the lives we imagine - everyday.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Morris Brown<br />264 Maroondah Highway, Healesville, Victoria. Australia<br />03) 5962 4042 www.morrisbrown.com.au</span><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1t2fG9ND6iwFOaxG9nwidFl-mslUBnU4PPzCwmYMKnCpt2E9x-3u2zDxjzDpL-T4yUBeCgen-W5LC7-g9_RaXjGgK50tjl8Qk61W0jjgSbAmgbu7b2iPiDSd38Rbidn8UUISDnTH1S04/s1600/Inspiration+is+Here.2010.10+028.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1t2fG9ND6iwFOaxG9nwidFl-mslUBnU4PPzCwmYMKnCpt2E9x-3u2zDxjzDpL-T4yUBeCgen-W5LC7-g9_RaXjGgK50tjl8Qk61W0jjgSbAmgbu7b2iPiDSd38Rbidn8UUISDnTH1S04/s200/Inspiration+is+Here.2010.10+028.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526600413831770050" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7uiyLPLPmwYMmeDjkQAouNhlRwI8B4lqG2CbAj3LWgM-LW44qNxIqpkCp6xgcfi8QQltfAtfab1z4h2IpuoO3kM6lB96J8BXBWHV5WIfx8gipMAoedecxDPY3DsB7BviDAD4jYYK1DOk/s1600/Inspiration+is+Here.2010.10+029.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7uiyLPLPmwYMmeDjkQAouNhlRwI8B4lqG2CbAj3LWgM-LW44qNxIqpkCp6xgcfi8QQltfAtfab1z4h2IpuoO3kM6lB96J8BXBWHV5WIfx8gipMAoedecxDPY3DsB7BviDAD4jYYK1DOk/s200/Inspiration+is+Here.2010.10+029.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526601549308400978" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp_SiLOYYQJ7wf7Mso06Dokjw92K5my49qm_xraX2GjUfNHkq_ziWzNhucMAQeufNYInSCqIAo7jf47OkUop40XyvQECg1UQI90ySrq_CamIdJuvhBKEJph37b5yIylDrZ_b48RxQLVB4/s1600/Inspiration+is+Here.2010.10+033.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp_SiLOYYQJ7wf7Mso06Dokjw92K5my49qm_xraX2GjUfNHkq_ziWzNhucMAQeufNYInSCqIAo7jf47OkUop40XyvQECg1UQI90ySrq_CamIdJuvhBKEJph37b5yIylDrZ_b48RxQLVB4/s200/Inspiration+is+Here.2010.10+033.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526602709969369554" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;">The most recent item purchased here by me:</span><br /><br /><br />A fantastic red Bonox clock. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQdklxyn8SCwcbNUNATjROAb7RnLUTKxGeynZeJ431NGBppbeiOTBNz-0BfZOg0Ing4JnOH2Nsp0EDI8vladCsgCiqty3E4dMTnyZDLNk36Dcgqgc6prOTiKiW33hvyEQjF97ELD1GqRg/s1600/Inspiration+is+Here.2010.10+061.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 168px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQdklxyn8SCwcbNUNATjROAb7RnLUTKxGeynZeJ431NGBppbeiOTBNz-0BfZOg0Ing4JnOH2Nsp0EDI8vladCsgCiqty3E4dMTnyZDLNk36Dcgqgc6prOTiKiW33hvyEQjF97ELD1GqRg/s200/Inspiration+is+Here.2010.10+061.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526608372566851186" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Where we live we loose power ALL the the time so we need things other than electric clocks to enable us to get places before 10am on time.<br /><br />This is probably part of their 'cheap and cheerful' selection but gee it is great. It's made of plastic so it's light - good thing for postage if you are considering sending things.<br /><br />We love it and can now sleep easy. Not with one eye on the the electric clock to see if it's blinking!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvi4jdHIYItNQrgguCcREFpDqffLXlxN99J6utUoq4Fcesfdx9iqRhYhz-WYg6QWWheKdz6iFETj5S3zbnppPV4zu-RgnXVzxGP0H1yY3h9_ecBHzQQEbkdJ9C3VR4RuAfHtIL2n2GEyc/s1600/Inspiration+is+Here.2010.10+010.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvi4jdHIYItNQrgguCcREFpDqffLXlxN99J6utUoq4Fcesfdx9iqRhYhz-WYg6QWWheKdz6iFETj5S3zbnppPV4zu-RgnXVzxGP0H1yY3h9_ecBHzQQEbkdJ9C3VR4RuAfHtIL2n2GEyc/s200/Inspiration+is+Here.2010.10+010.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526615160817313330" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNq0PqGS1WvskluIVXQvQMq7sisVlJOApBdn9-nMXVFEriB4-kisjlENJXTxvmAZogTKaGzrtORNUotPwpmpWEtE9L1CyjTX9d8Dz-OD3aUPjbHNVVhfXfj-WZIs0VeLenpeSXiMbegGw/s1600/Inspiration+is+Here.2010.10+055.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNq0PqGS1WvskluIVXQvQMq7sisVlJOApBdn9-nMXVFEriB4-kisjlENJXTxvmAZogTKaGzrtORNUotPwpmpWEtE9L1CyjTX9d8Dz-OD3aUPjbHNVVhfXfj-WZIs0VeLenpeSXiMbegGw/s200/Inspiration+is+Here.2010.10+055.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526616651415100562" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE6WHg87g1nbLVrvbUh3yxuZ5YQnJNlhDIMCNoCwbgrGcIBmdIfRlb4HmLKahtRrf8lmoRE-9lQy_-qb7eNzA06GY5qIhwA33QBPV5CSm2sSxv_OZGcE8f_Mu-8-EU5z0P_gInwoNoT9s/s1600/Inspiration+is+Here.2010.10+057.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE6WHg87g1nbLVrvbUh3yxuZ5YQnJNlhDIMCNoCwbgrGcIBmdIfRlb4HmLKahtRrf8lmoRE-9lQy_-qb7eNzA06GY5qIhwA33QBPV5CSm2sSxv_OZGcE8f_Mu-8-EU5z0P_gInwoNoT9s/s200/Inspiration+is+Here.2010.10+057.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526618270880842050" border="0" /></a>Brook http://www.blogger.com/profile/00369753344044985641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3779346175955617758.post-77353545873833651432010-09-27T12:00:00.000+10:002010-09-27T12:01:35.020+10:00The perfect apron? Design it yourself ...<div class="UIStoryAttachment_Media UIStoryAttachment_MediaSingle"><div class="UIMediaItem UIMediaItem_Photo"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=41276&id=100001632432250&fbid=105405936190487&ref=mf" id="" title="" target="" style=""><div class="UIMediaItem_Wrapper"><img class="img" src="http://photos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs676.snc4/61638_105405936190487_100001632432250_41276_7517939_s.jpg" /></div></a></div></div><div class="UIStoryAttachment_Title"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=6320&id=100001632432250&ref=mf" id="" target="" style=""><br /></a> </div><div class="UIStoryAttachment_Caption">OK ... What do you think makes the PERFECT apron? Post up your recommendations and photos of your<span class="text_exposed_hide">...</span><span class="text_exposed_show"> favourite apron here <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Brunswick-Australia/Designed-in-Brunswick/148418831862783" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.facebook.com/pages/Brunswick-Australia/Designed-in-Brunswick/148418831862783</a> and we will produce an apron based on the best design. The winner will receive one in the post featuring a 'designed in brunswick' print. (oh... and tell your friends to 'like' the designed in brunswick page and add their two cents worth as well)</span></div><div class="UIStoryAttachment_Table"><div><span class="UIStoryAttachment_Label">by:</span><span class="UIStoryAttachment_Value"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001632432250&ref=mf" id="" style="">Dib Brunswick</a></span></div></div>Brook http://www.blogger.com/profile/00369753344044985641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3779346175955617758.post-40762069400919512382010-09-27T08:35:00.003+10:002010-09-27T17:58:09.867+10:00Just wrap mine in newspaper please.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxWb3ECfbqebFIjQ7ttfroThSfmXJIoeIF0Vnus9tPHdlgPJ7SZaDewLxcwk0Yn-NoR16kJ_8Xg8aGBTGBNrvf0lH9e6zjujQoESJVztOTa8lw-EkGTacEntJjtqbjzPRvN2j4GSYzcO8/s1600/DSC00244.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxWb3ECfbqebFIjQ7ttfroThSfmXJIoeIF0Vnus9tPHdlgPJ7SZaDewLxcwk0Yn-NoR16kJ_8Xg8aGBTGBNrvf0lH9e6zjujQoESJVztOTa8lw-EkGTacEntJjtqbjzPRvN2j4GSYzcO8/s400/DSC00244.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5521357575910471794" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />Birthday presents are fantastic. No question. However - the paper and accompanying cards can be equally as delightful.<br /><br />My husband gave me a vintage Prada wallet for my birthday this year. Beautiful - great brand - no consumerism guilt - perfect!<br /><br />He had wrapped it in this beautiful recycled paper. Indian newspaper screen printed with a simple Hindi jewel style design.<br /><br />Now while India is particularly topical at the moment - will the Games go ahead or not - they are a country with a rather large population of poor. They are also a country filled with beauty, colour and ingenuity. Just look at Chands garden to see what they can do with a bit of trash; <a href="http://www.nekchand.info/">http://www.nekchand.info/</a> - incredible! A truly inspiring piece of work that is definitely on my personal bucket list.<br /><br />I am going to investigate further and see if the paper I have received is a community project or an artists folly. Either way I want more. It reminds me of when T2 opened in Sydney and we were all so impressed with heir use of mainly Chinese paper as wrapping etc.<br /><br />This ability to turn the ordinary, mass trash item into a usable upcycled artistic part of our life is exciting. It is a tangible, immediate representation of 'rubbish' as beauty.<br />A reminder of just how much we take for granted.<br /><p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijecg0I4LNtldRbslIxm9UtTpD-ep426pxothidm3t-SoMbkwzCIYgLjOE6B8p-opXGfWVQ_0M15lzrZYt8j7ZabeiX3MpsWa1Gs9YokxmrppXUe_Pfgad11dS4mNw1ZMMLJ7dbIqOA-k/s1600/DSC00243-724442.JPG"><img style="width: 225px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijecg0I4LNtldRbslIxm9UtTpD-ep426pxothidm3t-SoMbkwzCIYgLjOE6B8p-opXGfWVQ_0M15lzrZYt8j7ZabeiX3MpsWa1Gs9YokxmrppXUe_Pfgad11dS4mNw1ZMMLJ7dbIqOA-k/s320/DSC00243-724442.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5521354510635864418" border="0" /></a></p><br /><br />My husband bought his piece at 'A Shop Called Clarence', Maroondah H'way, Healesville 3777.Brook http://www.blogger.com/profile/00369753344044985641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3779346175955617758.post-5268950772345893072010-09-26T00:51:00.003+10:002010-09-26T00:57:03.511+10:00A conversation with Dan Mathers work<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRwxBmolUZkC6PybtuHkxe1u9Asjpr-jiX3huYR81sgUNlLgpSxRs4buqK25BnwF8fNekIT0ngeTcCRq6VNDhChPHNe07-nCQzh8ejoHjv737883aJxirXLxdoetSJD6_khyphenhyphenloJ1RFfeM/s1600/DSC00240%5B1%5D-786323.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRwxBmolUZkC6PybtuHkxe1u9Asjpr-jiX3huYR81sgUNlLgpSxRs4buqK25BnwF8fNekIT0ngeTcCRq6VNDhChPHNe07-nCQzh8ejoHjv737883aJxirXLxdoetSJD6_khyphenhyphenloJ1RFfeM/s320/DSC00240%5B1%5D-786323.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520863865436652178" border="0" /></a></p><p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiazz2vjabtN1EKMpjZ7d_1NtvT27fvJKV-0VSjsutGx-h9S5KZASJQ2mLIMRp5mAEXHiC0g5vIdArsOFQEtXvQXqP-AXaxFxeZXuRK8gzI36cV38YbQsoleZJMM6qz6Cb4JyY02IG-sGM/s1600/DSC00237%5B1%5D-788046.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiazz2vjabtN1EKMpjZ7d_1NtvT27fvJKV-0VSjsutGx-h9S5KZASJQ2mLIMRp5mAEXHiC0g5vIdArsOFQEtXvQXqP-AXaxFxeZXuRK8gzI36cV38YbQsoleZJMM6qz6Cb4JyY02IG-sGM/s320/DSC00237%5B1%5D-788046.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520863868878909922" border="0" /></a></p>There is much to love in a piece of art. There can be much to look at; a reflection of self, an intellectual link made to a well pondered theory, maybe simply the sense that this is a small part of someone else revealed for you to see. What a huge gift that is.<br /><br />How would we survive this life without people reminding us of the multitude of ways in which to have conversations broadly but still with depth.<br /><br />In a society with so much rigor around its' 'politeness' and inclusiveness words have become potential weapons of self destruction. Some of us find it hard to comprehend and struggle with what it actually means to be intimate now with our communities for fear of judgment, misinterpretation and misrepresentation.<br /><br />Constantly tracking all the social norms and needs can make it feel nearly impossible to remember our own needs. Our own truly personal conversation. What was that? The way we articulate it may actually be heard in words that are not our own. We question our inner voice and sometimes scold it for not sounding 'right'. Personal lies become larger than personal truths in order to survive.<br /><br />Where to from here?<br /><br />Back to the beginning. Back to the many ways we have always communicated in order to collect parts of the whole. Stories, dance, music, pictures - art. Art is a conversation. Choose your topic, or let the topic choose you, it's there and it can be tangible.<br /><br />Looking at Dan Mathers work today at a friends house I felt a shift.<br /><br />Slight, tortured pieces, delicate and poignantly beautiful and poised. We stared at each other, those pieces and I, asking, quietly waiting for the unfinished question to form so we could both not answer it together.<br /><br />Did I bond with a canvas? The artist? Myself? I don't know.<br /><br />I do know I feel richer for the moment having been. I felt instantly calmer for having a 'life' moment on a shiver I felt alive and real. I felt I had a true conversation.<br /><br />Thank youBrook http://www.blogger.com/profile/00369753344044985641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3779346175955617758.post-43182733691910326952010-09-23T15:10:00.000+10:002010-09-23T15:13:11.366+10:00Eating, drinking and being at home ...<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGDLd9R5L7gjGyJCqiQ3i2Ppoh38nW3nddML25-ak2TLBBG9Ia3We-WP-ko7Od7jtNjjHimUNciwDWU9SjhchClcpx7XpEnYO7OjQw3bltXbLQETOrBwroS4p2VJ5Jv609vpssFeSv0dk/s1600/2010.04.03.Eating+and+drinking+in+Lowes+Rd+016-791367.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGDLd9R5L7gjGyJCqiQ3i2Ppoh38nW3nddML25-ak2TLBBG9Ia3We-WP-ko7Od7jtNjjHimUNciwDWU9SjhchClcpx7XpEnYO7OjQw3bltXbLQETOrBwroS4p2VJ5Jv609vpssFeSv0dk/s320/2010.04.03.Eating+and+drinking+in+Lowes+Rd+016-791367.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519972680569878770" /></a></p><p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbGx17E6FWjVIMpDqRbd7iNvhuR5_4sz3GghptYRSoTEnTfQvw4VwHx_QsWNkBVyXUEmzIAiPP-yC0q2kKWs5t7VFuoIT0UkwQZ2eA9SCrwnVEgMbDPRc0AZxqT6yhNkaKIql4SQAD2c0/s1600/2010.04.03.Eating+and+drinking+in+Lowes+Rd+022-793624.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbGx17E6FWjVIMpDqRbd7iNvhuR5_4sz3GghptYRSoTEnTfQvw4VwHx_QsWNkBVyXUEmzIAiPP-yC0q2kKWs5t7VFuoIT0UkwQZ2eA9SCrwnVEgMbDPRc0AZxqT6yhNkaKIql4SQAD2c0/s320/2010.04.03.Eating+and+drinking+in+Lowes+Rd+022-793624.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519972692032694178" /></a></p><p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqcpI4v5f4BeNV263YGdY3ilOQAZqUPMaq6-1nmD15zFXAoMDFQfenTtgBj53MefLn6sbs4bAgx8JId8aidg6j_6bGwwo0j3ashgwohq8t3I1JNhwcGyXZUy16Yazk_QXMcuOZKYbdMfg/s1600/2006+154-795143.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqcpI4v5f4BeNV263YGdY3ilOQAZqUPMaq6-1nmD15zFXAoMDFQfenTtgBj53MefLn6sbs4bAgx8JId8aidg6j_6bGwwo0j3ashgwohq8t3I1JNhwcGyXZUy16Yazk_QXMcuOZKYbdMfg/s320/2006+154-795143.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519972699811217218" /></a></p><p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPLgT3_0VVCFwLJCX6626umGoS3NvF8Vt2ETn8D73XQIHltsagEEUBl1eOiX3c6-w6rfRWmvJy_UpzhtV3I10S4lCTcNzDUizF9LAGv6Vp5pUMfUsWyZf4s6TSEcujiRLabZcTKBuQ1gs/s1600/Camellias-797196.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPLgT3_0VVCFwLJCX6626umGoS3NvF8Vt2ETn8D73XQIHltsagEEUBl1eOiX3c6-w6rfRWmvJy_UpzhtV3I10S4lCTcNzDUizF9LAGv6Vp5pUMfUsWyZf4s6TSEcujiRLabZcTKBuQ1gs/s320/Camellias-797196.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519972704266567746" /></a></p><br><br> Brook http://www.blogger.com/profile/00369753344044985641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3779346175955617758.post-56051651091181845062010-09-23T01:05:00.004+10:002010-09-23T01:20:13.482+10:00Leaving the nest behind.<div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0YiE95LNxCB-rQEQ0IuO20PQ6pafROyF0nO7oErfrTnKwg5ZxehJPnfN7dWHZIExvM6t2caB7KpYyWiFt3mWoKFoIskgPAEPe2byCQWbjvwtPByNIdd7WZ3AeoE3zi6M5-jNndrdssmc/s1600/Lewis+art.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; 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height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE6S87K-QdkkSl0hgC1TUkoihvTDj3VcKmTWGxu-Ue9FB0j3TNT0S2QbQd9_7deTm_Ifp0DEpxsbSrBSYm8pLFrAJXUMBklFIRvUJbiPhm9PBxGTzxhRSUjWm_LXtJbG9O7aM1htBD0kw/s320/2009.04.Dinner+with+Georgie+010-752495.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519754332020113202" border="0" /></a></p><p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZoijT30vIN1pn6UUdLn5DzctT4n1CoQlETO0nrDwPmekQt0bTnM6d-k1gdL3E9bqGZF0XLwCHVoTV5rOGgofUhg5-DuwgkV7GaNM8Hy5fCjeq7KYUf-0x3LAjz1nnsUiKCNchIae3H6s/s1600/2010.08.20+-+CAMERA+CLEARED+230-753677.jpg"><img style="width: 343px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZoijT30vIN1pn6UUdLn5DzctT4n1CoQlETO0nrDwPmekQt0bTnM6d-k1gdL3E9bqGZF0XLwCHVoTV5rOGgofUhg5-DuwgkV7GaNM8Hy5fCjeq7KYUf-0x3LAjz1nnsUiKCNchIae3H6s/s320/2010.08.20+-+CAMERA+CLEARED+230-753677.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519754334686444418" border="0" /></a></p><br /><br /><div class="gmail_quote"><div>We are separating. My house and I - my family's home and us - we are leaving each other.<br /><br />Now, I approached this thinking it was inevitable, we all needed to move on, it would be better for all of us and really we could do better than this place. Now it looks like it is about to <i>really</i> happen I have succumbed to a bit of nostalgia for these four walls.<br /><br />As a family we have been through so much here. Our son was brought home to this place. Whilst I was pregnant my friend and I painted part of it together while her new baby slept in the lounge room. We have hidden here in times of trouble and we have shared many, many hours with friends laughing, eating and drinking at our table. </div> <div> </div> <div>We have opened the doors to friends of ours that needed shelter while they rested from their own life.<br /><br />This house has provided us a space in the world we could always call our own. </div> <div><br />So - I have been mean to my little house over the years. Mainly because it didn't transform itself into something from the pages of a glossy magazine I suspect! I am now realising just how fond of it I am. How much I love what it has done for us as a family and would like to thank the four solid walls for protecting us. I am passing it on with gratitude to the next people hoping they will get as much joy from it as we have.<br /><br />Home is where the heart is .... home is where the art is .... home is safe.<br /><br /><p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0pFQRZ4xbsoio5cVNdFn9Y-shf3KaiNrCA4kSuURsymLM0Lb2jI48Wdu8duceCK_N_LLITv7crKshDFyszoBXRVVi7Dmjr7axSKF-Kw7ByqzJ508g-tMa-hYQqvQWUS03UhfqPye5kUw/s1600/2010.08.20+-+CAMERA+CLEARED+519-754938.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0pFQRZ4xbsoio5cVNdFn9Y-shf3KaiNrCA4kSuURsymLM0Lb2jI48Wdu8duceCK_N_LLITv7crKshDFyszoBXRVVi7Dmjr7axSKF-Kw7ByqzJ508g-tMa-hYQqvQWUS03UhfqPye5kUw/s320/2010.08.20+-+CAMERA+CLEARED+519-754938.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519754340103979042" border="0" /></a></p> </div> <div> </div><br /></div>Brook http://www.blogger.com/profile/00369753344044985641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3779346175955617758.post-25391121981209557822010-09-21T18:45:00.002+10:002010-09-21T18:47:36.791+10:00Snow on the Black Saturday trees<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdD_SuQQKv90z3OTiE9ErXtCF4S3d-TWGxyk8biZxOl4xh2h3MgngWUKkUsmjobUnNs-7q05EZE0MFAKPHhpK34qNxkJk6uB8bBEzGb-TEo1k49dKkP-uEJkE2RFZbUwaweqBZTIgaifc/s1600/2010.09.20+-+CAMERA+CLEARED+063-743037.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdD_SuQQKv90z3OTiE9ErXtCF4S3d-TWGxyk8biZxOl4xh2h3MgngWUKkUsmjobUnNs-7q05EZE0MFAKPHhpK34qNxkJk6uB8bBEzGb-TEo1k49dKkP-uEJkE2RFZbUwaweqBZTIgaifc/s320/2010.09.20+-+CAMERA+CLEARED+063-743037.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519285283091751010" border="0" /></a></p><p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxMPYpXoOXw_ZNLvt475Htupc7x30SRZYWDgom2cbB9tG6IE-908kiBhBBIIgapm4CFyTb61Vb8HsfzlhhgPABZWl4qMU1Z47eNOovgLGH2HY02Ox4ivwuoPp2BG1mMc3ghWhsXOZD1cU/s1600/2010.09.20+-+CAMERA+CLEARED+121-745456.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxMPYpXoOXw_ZNLvt475Htupc7x30SRZYWDgom2cbB9tG6IE-908kiBhBBIIgapm4CFyTb61Vb8HsfzlhhgPABZWl4qMU1Z47eNOovgLGH2HY02Ox4ivwuoPp2BG1mMc3ghWhsXOZD1cU/s320/2010.09.20+-+CAMERA+CLEARED+121-745456.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519285289678224626" border="0" /></a></p><p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd8ri-Rm-wq_4TogNNxe-VUJLFJaqt3N6vWFqfcxxyi8lFQx5_h4ma12d0VfClD9Jf_-fTneTtoueOp2WqVGqox6f1awSey4-uhO0Vt26DsNPqNhj5syPD1oGWMpKqUD4j1CoUOVwb4Z0/s1600/2010.09.20+-+CAMERA+CLEARED+138-747599.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd8ri-Rm-wq_4TogNNxe-VUJLFJaqt3N6vWFqfcxxyi8lFQx5_h4ma12d0VfClD9Jf_-fTneTtoueOp2WqVGqox6f1awSey4-uhO0Vt26DsNPqNhj5syPD1oGWMpKqUD4j1CoUOVwb4Z0/s320/2010.09.20+-+CAMERA+CLEARED+138-747599.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519285299299011106" border="0" /></a></p><p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYE27Tw388w9KtPkBiJEovThms6c1axqTO1NuRJc4__OELh7bQzB5TxdtfcGPXH73wTw5X5iZWy9ipLClx9Rk2ZpMxlRGEj5U6Owz7itLFswrJXyg6wETgu7jChK5auwBbuILNEHCAi8I/s1600/2010.09.20+-+CAMERA+CLEARED+136-749621.jpg"><br /></a></p>Brook http://www.blogger.com/profile/00369753344044985641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3779346175955617758.post-45851196677635410682010-09-21T16:54:00.003+10:002010-09-21T16:57:23.914+10:00L JPD<div class="gmail_quote"><br /> <div><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.lewiejpd.com/" target="_blank">http://www.lewiejpd.com/</a></span><div><div><div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;">Welcome to Lewie JPD's art site.</span> <span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;">There are some stimulating things to see.</span> <span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;">It's not sophisticated but neither is a pineapple or a starfish.</span></span></div> </div> </div> </div> <div> </div> </div> <div><div style="width: 820px; min-height: 601px;"><div><img src="http://lewiejpd.weebly.com/uploads/4/6/4/2/4642209/6534307_orig.jpg" /><div> <a href="http://lewiejpd.weebly.com/index.html#" target="_blank"><br /></a></div></div></div><div style="overflow: visible; width: 820px;"> <div><div><span></span><span></span></div><div><br /><a href="http://lewiejpd.weebly.com/index.html#" target="_blank"><br /></a></div> </div></div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>Brook http://www.blogger.com/profile/00369753344044985641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3779346175955617758.post-14468647231569833482010-09-21T16:54:00.001+10:002010-09-21T16:54:10.291+10:00Bluesky Bliss<br><div class="gmail_quote">"born in a blood custard maelstrom, surrounded by whispering trees as a child, traversed to a techno megaopolis as a teen, immersed in dreamlike realities folding in on each other like chocolate flakes at a Swiss buffet, painted his way out of an art-induced reverie to locations and sets and complications and sex, wrote of other lives; became a number of them, returned to a half-finished life and wondered what he had missed..."<br><br>My old friend Lewis ....<br> </div><br> Brook http://www.blogger.com/profile/00369753344044985641noreply@blogger.com0