Just add cheese

A new recipe that is easy to do, it looks good, smells good and tastes good too. Each puff pastry rectangle is topped
with a slice of brie cheese. 

Winter is coming

Fun guy

Travel finds for my collection

Our trip to the Blue Mountains was also successful for hunting down china for my collections.

Royal Doulton Raby Plate purchased from Katoomba Vintage
Emporium

Sadler Sugar Pot with Lid purchased from a Second hand shop
in Katoomba (Aly has given me this for Mothers Day)

S. F. & Co. Small Tureen and ladle purchased from Echuca
Antiques

For Inspiration.......

A 10 day trip to the Blue Mountains has provided many ideas for future projects

Camellia sasanqua for Autumn flowering

Metal work detail for gates

Topiary conifer

Attractive red berries on Nandina Domestica

Hydrangea with dark tinting to the leaves

Cornus alba sibirica for it's striking red branches

A woodland walk featuring Autumn colour and dense azalea border

Waratah (seeds bought)

Emerald green Diosma clipped into tight balls

Stone paths with sunken grout

Contorted shaping of Maple tree branches

Unexpected Surprise

Back in October we were excited to discover that Xanthorrhoea johnsonii
was producing a flower stalk.

The bend in the stalk continually changed direction, probably in response to the sun.

As we have heard that flowers are only produced once every 7 years or after a fire we were feeling quite fortunate.

 
The flower stalk grew quite quickly compared to the slow growth of the plant. We have collected some seeds but there is not much hope of substantial size plants in our life time. Or is there?

Creature Comforts

With winter drawing nearer each day my conscience was playing on me to spend some time making modifications to the cubby house so that both Baxter and  Moustachio could be accommodated. Prior to this one of them needed to live in the hutch under the cubby which has been deteriorating and becoming less and less resistant to wet weather.
A trial session proved that if I let them habitate together they would exhaust themselves trying to climb on top of each other and chase each other in circles. Fortunately there was no aggression.
So much to Rod's frustration I set about attaching wire and pieces of timber to give each rabbit it's own hutch. I did not want to spend too much time on the temporary alterations so it is fairly rough - hence Rod's frustration. But I feel more comfortable knowing that they will be more comfortable.
Moustachio promptly jumped out of his hutch, so modifications and additions were needed to secure him in his space.
So now Father and son can be together, separated only by wire.