tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77571602148514982822024-12-19T13:55:01.775+10:30a map of the things i find and treasure for a day or forever during my adventuringjuliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00858115851188809818noreply@blogger.comBlogger55125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7757160214851498282.post-85994630814827790752011-09-18T07:53:00.001+09:302011-09-18T08:07:30.475+09:30

Brisbane is a wonderful city to see by bike. If you are ever here just do it. There are citycycle bikes which cost only $2 per day and more as long as you keep you trips under 30 mins, there are stations all over the place so it is not hard to do. I traveled all over and have been playing with my new photo apps which made for a creatively fun day in the sun. Travelled through the city and

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It's been a while since I've updated the blog and now I am finally on some annual leave I've time to share the changes.  Over the winter I've gradually been chipping away at a long list of little things to do, curtains, rearranging furniture, bits of painting and the beginning of the garden (all be it in pots for now!) have a look around the very beginning of a gardencurtains adapted from

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I've finally started exploring the neighbourhood, thanks largely to a new neighbour friend Katherine and her two gorgeous dogs.  We have been walking on a Sunday for the last few weeks.  With the Coningham Reserve just up the road there are so many trails and fire breaks to walk through, and you can weave your way down to the beach, rock walk around the coast and back up through the

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I've been in my house for four weeks, it actually seems like longer and so I'm frustrated at how long it is taking me to get things sorted, but maybe i'm being hard on myself - probably.  I've been so tired and am now sick trying to juggle work and find a little time to nest.  So here are a few photos from the last few weeks. slow but steady progress on the guest bathroommy library -

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I've been quite suitably distracted by a little show I've been working on 'Construction of the Human Heart' and have had no time to blog - crazy to think about all the things that have happened since easter. I had the inspection for occupancy the week after easter and moved in the following weekend.  I've been here for 12 days now - although I was away for 4 of them last week at TLP - yes

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I made the most of the easter break and even took some of my TOIL to get things moving on my house, it has been a busy week, plans had to be rearranged a few times because of a crap tradesman who let us down on the floor sanding job and some technical difficulties with his not crap replacement, but with the very generous help of my family and some dear friends a lot has been done.  I

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 all ready for tiling!to help not falling down stairs  my friend the tile cuttera work in progresswith a little ( a lot actually) help from my friends Kim and Adrian I now have knowledge and (some) skills in tiling and had a very productive weekend.  Mastered the tile cutter and used a grinder for the first time! The en-suite floor and most of the skirting is done, rest

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My house now has: a heat pump power points tastics panel heaters lights stairs  and a balcony screen going to do some tiling this weekend!

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Things have been moving along down at 17 Davies Rd since the last post.  The house got to lock up a few weeks ago, the plastering is done, the ceiling painted and the walls undercoated.  I've painted the window and door trims and today finally got the first coat on the external doors.   my house - it will be blue  dinning and lounge from the kitchen dining and

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Public Holiday means and extra day to get stuff done.  I dropped into the house to paint some rods for the eaves and catch up on the latest.  The plumber has begun, most of the upper cladding is done and the doors have arrived!  getting ready for the bathlovely deck

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in the last two weeks, the deck has been built, the windows are in, the roof is on and some of the cladding.  Today Andrew is working with the plumber.  I have chosen and ordered bathroom things, the kit kitchen and re checked all the electrical plans..... still not at lock up, but hopefully won't be to long. I'm looking forward to when there are things I can get in and do to help too.

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 It has been a busy summer.  I've made some things... placemats playful quilt  Plum and Cinnamon Jam I've been lots of places Rocky Cape National Park  O'Neil's Creek, Gowrie Park walking in Liffey River  Mid North Tas Such Pretty Drugs Hogarth Falls, Strahan Met some locals And wondered - what plant is that? I'll be getting out the Tasmanian Plant classification

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Australia Day Picnic, at my half finished house, for my birthday!  A gorgeous day, a chance for my tassie friends to visit and see the work in progress for the first time and lots of yummy food that Mum and I baked. Oh and the Hottest 100, was pretty perfect. I didn't get the camera out until late in the day, so not many peeps in the photos, but my sweet "niece and nephews", being aunty

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Christmas day I finally got a chance to head back Snug to check out the latest developments.......  upstairs floor the walls have been marked on and I walked around my house   edge of the lounge - there will be a deck  hole for the stairs  view from the kitchen sink  looking up the 'stairs' left -  sewing room, far right - laundry, foreground - space for

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It was a dear little girl's 2nd birthday party today and I gleefully made cupcakes to help celebrate the occasion! raspberry creme butterfly cakes  the birthday girl checks for qualityBec's cupcakes with the cutest animals - I have a lion bookmark now!life is sweet

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Went down to the blog to finally burn off some of the branches and leaves from the trees we had dropped before we get to the bushfire season.  We've been waiting for a damp day with no wind and the combo has be hard to catch.  Graeme joined Andrew and then I finally got there too. We got rid of about 70% of what needs to go which was a relief.  And and as a bonus I got to check out

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Progress on the house has been slowed by bad weather but it is still coming along and the changes will be much more radical from here on. The steel posts are up for the balcony and they look so tall - it's hard to imagine standing that high up looking over the block and I wonder what the view will be like from up there.. Work started on the frame of the lower level today and will be done over

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There really is so much joy in recycled crafting.  There is the delight of finding treasures in opshops, the delving into the stash of inspiring but yet minimally used craft books and planning the perfect gift for that special one in your life and then pulling it all together and creating the new object of desire which will hopefully bring lots of others joy too. Yesterday morning I took

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I have never before been to the Deloraine / Tasmanian Craft fair which has grown to be a huge event in Tasmania every year.  Surprising but true - but then neither had Mum, so that is probably why.  So I proposed a trip and off we went on a perfect mum & daughter bonding adventure day.  We left South Hobart at about 8.20am and arrive back pretty much 12 hours later. I have well

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A sunny Sunday with little to do, so of course it was time to check up on my little spot on reserve down the channel. Last Tuesday the foundation slab was poured and more piers for the balcony supports. so smoothI hadn't been down for nearly two weeks and my neighbours have been busy clearing a lot of scruby trees at the back of their block.  I have some great knew views and lots more sun!

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mid week preparations for up coming slab pour!  from the driveway  Thankful for daylight savings the ridges in the back section are where the stairs will come down& initial plumbing for the laundry the slab will be poured on Andrew's Birthday, timing sucks but we have to take what we can get.  There has been so much rain lately slowing down the process.  I will make

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Today I collected paint brochures.....  It's a long time before I will paint but I was in K&D and I thought why not?  I love colour and am excited that I will get to paint my house any colour I want. and I discovered there is a RED called Jules - of course there is...hehe I quite like it and think it could be a great front door colour, and probably a feature in the kitchen /

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The weather was great yesterday but Andrew couldn't get an excavator because it was grand final day!! So no more work done again this weekend.  But we did a quick trip down to deliver some materials, check the sight, fix the fences and add some more water to the mini tank. I met a couple of neighbors from up around the road, he's a tv lighting guy and she works at screen tas! I think Lower

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Last weekend and the way to the block I visited my soon (ish) to be local op shop and tip shop to acquaint myself with them.  For some weird reason I find it hard to go to new places for the first time and then once I have they become a regular attraction.  The op shop was not so exciting this week and they don't have much in the non clothes items but the tip shop was an exciting cave

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bad weather has slowed progress with Andrew mostly just doing Saturdays until we get all the foundations in - out of the ground... so it is a bit hit an miss with the rain, but I popped down yesterday to get a photographic update. creature comforts for the workers dug up ag drains to protect the foundations a pier - for the foundations the ground floor It was a huge job getting the piers filled

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