Hints of Easter

While the Fall weather is upon us in the Australian Capital Territory, I am striving to bring Easter indoors.

Seeking Valentines

I needed to start doing something crafty. I started to make my Valentine gift tags for treats I plan to give to friends and neighbors.

A Vintage Christmas Gift

And forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your 

 - Khalil Gibran

I received a wonderful Christmas gift this last year. It is an antique Edwardian hair comb. It is just a costume piece, but I wonder how many wonderful parties it attended in the last 100 years!

Fruit and Flowers

Look what I found at my local chemist. A chemist for you Americans is our version of a drugstore. Is it just plastic fruit and flowers???

You can flip open the tops for lip balm.

They are by an Australian cosmetics company Miki. Check out their very cute website: http://www.mikicosmetics.com/main.html .

Yummy Mummy

One of the Australian fashion magazines, Madison, included a free Butter London nailpolish with the December 2011 magazine. I snagged the one with Yummy Mummy. It has the color of ashes of roses, which is an old color name for a pink taupe color. It reminded me of the color my new hybrid rosebush (yes I am a dork) named Julia. For those who are a bit older..ahem...it also reminded me of the dress that Maggie wore in the Thornbirds movie.

Butter London Yummy Mummy Nail Polish

Julia Hybrid Tea Rose



Thornbirds

A New Habit

" When Aunt Elizabeth Murray permitted Emily to drink real tea - as a matter of course and not as an occasional concession -  she thereby tactility consented to let Emily grow up."

 - Emily's Quest by LM Montgomery

I have been having trouble sleeping at night. Of course it could be the gallons of Diet Coke I consume all day to keep up with a three year old. So here is a new goal and habit for me that I have started tonight. No more Diet Coke after 1pm. Herbal non caffeinated tea will be my drink of choice before bedtime. I have to admit though, I still want my Diet Coke.

My new over and over and over and over song.....

I haven't found a song that I love hit the repeat button on for a long time.

Eet by Regina Spektor

It's like forgetting the words to your favorite song
You can't believe it
You were always singing along
It was so easy and the words so sweet
You can't remember
You try to feel the beat

Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet, eet, eet, eet
Eeeeeeeeeeeeeteeet, eet, eet, eet

You spent half of your life trying to fall behind
You're using your headphones to drown out your mind
It was so easy, and the words so sweet
You can't remember
You try to move your feet
Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet, eet, eet, eet
Eeeeeeeeeeeeeteeet, eet, eet, eet
[From: http://www.elyrics.net/read/r/regina-spektor-lyrics/eet-lyrics.html ]

Someone's deciding whether or not to steal
He opens the window just to feel the chill
He hears that outside a small boy just starting to cry
'Cause it's his turn but his brother won't let him try

It's like forgetting the words to your favorite song
You can't believe it
You were always singing along
It was so easy and the words so sweet
You can't remember
You try to move your feet

It was so easy and the words so sweet
You can't remember, you try to feel the beat