Letter From The Palace

Pip was not very impressed really.

"I gave she a necklace and she did not give me

a necklace. Only paper, paper, paper!"

Remember this?

We have had a reply.

From Balmoral Castle no less.

"Darlings!" She says in a mock British accent.

Stay tuned.

I'm having scanner trouble.

Will publish soon.

Gunmetal

Leonore requested or suggested

Gunmetal.

Carol said burgundy.

I'm struggling Carol.

Think I will have to combine red shades.

Introducing Chocolate Duck.

She came to live with us after a little mishap with local wildlife.

Not so Fantastic Mr. Fox came to play.

 After one kill, one maim and an early morning trip to the vet 

for a magic sleep needle, we were two ducks down.

Thanks to cousin Monique for selling us one of her babies. 

So now Lucy has a new sister.

 Goodbye Granny Duck and Daddy Duck or was it Roger?

Remember our last duck disaster?

I decided against such medical intervention this time round.

purple

Mandy requested purple.

The challenge is I have to find the colour in the garden.

 Tradescantia.

 Hyacinth.

Cabbage.

Iris (originally from Nana Mac's in Footscray.) 

 Fairy shoe.

 Dainty geranium.

Sparkles.

Daggy swim trolley.

Next colour please.

yellow

Amid the winter gloom and flu viruses

there is always a splash of colour to be found.

Today's colour is yellow.

Cox's Orange Pippin leaf yellow.

Daisy yellow.

 

Lemon yellow.

Snow White Apple tree yellow.

Rose yellow.

Last leaf on the Pip Squeak Pear yellow

Gum boot yellow.

Massive rubber ducky yellow.

Sprinkler yellow.

What should the next colour be?

I can see a red orchid from the office window...mmm maybe.

Any suggestions?

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Melbourne Date Day

On the last Saturday of the school holidays

Jack and I went for a trip to Melbourne.

We went on the train and he was so excited.

He told everyone that this was his first trip on a Melbourne train.

He told everyone it was his first time on a tram.

He told everyone it was a special day because we had to organise it

and it was the first time we were alone together for a long time.

We went to the  Aquarium first.

The sharks and rays were our favourites.

What a dream job those girls have.

We saw space aliens

and soldiers.

 We walked the river and acted silly.

Jack was really great company.

He has a good sense of humour and tries to make you feel good.

Often by making you laugh at his expense.

We went to the NGV and added our own graffiti to an exhibition. 

Then we crossed the road and looked at others work.

Jack was intrigued by doorways.

The day was great.

Jack was great.

I  need to do stuff like this more often.

 

Sydney Book Launch

Pip, Mardi and I went to Sydney on the weekend for the launch of this book.

It has been produced by the team from Gardening Australia 

as a result of an overwhelming number of responses to a competition 

they held last year, in which they asked readers to send in photos 

of their chicken 'palaces.'

These are our pages...

 We met Costa at the launch.

He was great and right on Pip's wave length.

(Mine too actually!)

It was fun having a laugh and generally being silly.

Being a history and architecture buff I thoroughly enjoyed Sydney's juxtaposition of old and new.

  Framed and famed views.

 The shadows of past ghosts.

The company.

The special treatment we received from The Marriot management 

who sent us complimentary champagne and lollies 

all thanks to Pip and her sparkling shoes, 

her non stop talkative nature and honesty about jumping on the beds!