Fresh New Look

I have had a revamp and a tidy up of my blog. I hope you all like the new look. I will invite you all to take a look at my older posts. Only one page away..but I finally fixed it up so that the tea house pictures are now able to be viewed closer up. I think its worth a look.

I want so show you all something nice that I won in a Xmas raffle, I will try to get pictures soon and also....da daah... the big kitchen redo! My daughter came home for a few days and said "ok, mum..whats a project you want done". I mentioned I needed my kitchen cupboards painted...soooo the next morning..I came home from work to find my kitchen had been literally torn apart. Layers off my walls.. paint pots..ladders... mess everywhere. She is being assisted by her dad, who... a few hours into the operation, hit his head on an arch, whilst climbing a ladder and almost brained himself!

Have a nice day all! Be back soon!

My very first award!

Wonderful Friendly Award !

I have received an award from My Sweet Friend (and namesake) Marilyn at Our Victorian Cottage Thank you so very much for thinking of me. You are so kind and thoughtful.

Here are the guidelines for this award:'This blog invests and believes in the PROXIMITY - nearness in space, time and relationships. These blogs are exceedingly charming. These kind bloggers' aim to find and be friends. They are not interested in prizes for self-aggrandizement! Our hope is that when the ribbons of these prizes are cut, even more friendships are propagated. Please give more attention to these writers!'These are some very wonderful gals to visit. They are thoughtful, friendly and have so many wonderful ideas.

I am supposed to pass this along. So here goes:

1. The lovely Kathryn at Our Shabby Cottage.
2. My dear friend Judy at Prim2Pink
3. Sweet Sue at Oodlekadoodle Primitives
4. Sarah at Shabby Roses and Pretty Things

Christmas

Look at the wonderful gift I recieved from my dear friend Jane. She is an artist and painted this just for me... what could be more perfect... my PINK rose!



While we are here..let me show you the gingerbread house that my little Savannah made. Savannah is 8 years old, and she is here to spend her summer holiday with me. Its so cute!





The flower arrangement with lots of Australian native flowers in it. I was lucky enough to have flowers all over my house for Christmas.. thanx to my family and friends.

Angel

How exciting is this? Debi at The Journey Ahead contacted me to say that I won her yaya giveaway. Does this mean now I am a real blogger...lol. Thank you so much Debi.. I am so excited about this. Its Christmas Day already here in Australia. Its been a real fun day and to open my blog and get this lovely surprise is just the icing on the cake.

This is the cute little angel that Debi is sending me... isn't she just adorable.

Party

Wow.. my birthday hasnt even arrived yet..and I have already had two parties. A friend gave a small dinner party last night, in a beautiful restaurant for a dozen close friends. We celebrated a 30th, a 60th, and a 90th. Guess what the major surprise was... ta da.... He organised to have the worlds number one guitarist.. of whom I am a huge fan.. Smokin Joe Robinson, join us for dinner and he bought his Mom Dad and two brothers and sister. Joe lives in my home town. He bought his guitar.. and WOW. He just blows me away!




Here he is with his little brother Adam.. another talented family member. Joe goes back to Nashville in February... he will spend time in New York as well. He is hoping to catch up and spend time with my daughter who is a singer and living in the US. In July he will tour Germany.





Me with Smokin Joe

Birthday.

Well, this weekend I am having a birthday party. My birthday is really on december 18but thats too close to Christmas to celebrate birthdays ..soooo.... my daughters are throwing me a bash. I have friends coming from all over... girls I went to school with oh so long ago.. some I have maybe seen once or twice in the past 40 years. How exciting is that!

Look at the beautiful flowers Heidi gave me to brighten up my little house for my visitors. Thank you Heidi!



This beautiful little snowman..and the blue teacup were sent to me by my youngest daughter last year from the USA. She and her wonderful husband will be unable to attend my party but we will have them there in our hearts.

So now I am waiting for family and friends to arrive. This is SO exciting! Expect pics from my party. I am sure there will be plenty!

Isn't this wheelbarrow full of petunias just delightfull. I went to a party for my beautifull God-daughter Angela, and could not resist taking this pic of the barrow in full bloom. Her future Mom-in-law had the most delightfull garden and I just wanted to photograph everything. Have a nice day all... hopefully will catch you all tomorrow.