Saturday 28 April 2018

Things Here Lately








Random happenings, interesting reads, pretty objects and things of interest from the past month.
  • A pile of books awaited me at the library I work in when I returned from my break away.  So much inspiration and some gorgeous photos to drool over.
  • Recent good historical novels I have enjoyed are: The Indigo Girl by Natasha Boyd and The Birdman's Wife by Melissa Ashley.   Both are based on the real lives of two remarkable women.
  • Tamarillos are ripening - they're a lot smaller than what I can buy from the store, fingers crossed they're still as delicious.  Feijoas are falling off the tree quicker than I can consume them now.
  • As my school holiday activity for the library I work in, we made wings.  Hundreds of feathers were coloured and decorated by lots of children, parents and staff alike, cut out,and then I had the job of assembling the wings ready for photo opportunities.  I think we all did a pretty good job.
  • The Fashion revolution has been taking place the last week or so - some interesting reading and food for thought about excess consumption, buying quality over quantity, knowing who makes your clothes here.
Wishing you all a fabulous weekend and week ahead.

11 comments:

  1. I always love your photo series! Happy weekend!

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  2. All of your photos looks so pretty and that stack of books - you always have such awesome selections! Thanks for the recommendations ~ I'll have to check those out :-)

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  3. I think those wings are fantastic -- what a group project and what great results!

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  4. Lovely bright Manuka or kanuka flower. I too will check out the books .
    Its still pouring down here .

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  5. The fussy cutters book looks interesting? The feathers are fabulous.

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  6. You must belong to the best library in the world Julie! What a wonderful selection!

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  7. Beautiful colors, that first photo of pink flowers is a knockout, and good looking fruit and
    books. That's a good opportunity to work in a library. I'm going to look into that.

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  8. Love the angel wings they are amazing. Great to collection of books, is the top photo manuka? Jealous of your feijoas and tree tomatoes, old fashioned name I know.😆 I am going to look for a plant and see if I can grow one here, we do not usually get frosts here so there is hope!!

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  9. Playing catch-up here - yummy tooking tamarillos and feijoas. You have a good selection of books there, what do you think of the Fussy Cutting book, I'd be interested to know. Yes, you did a good job with the feathers, brilliant idea!

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  10. You always take such beautiful photos Julie.. they make me drool! There's lots of interesting colour in the garden at this time f the year. The feathers look great - what a lot of cutting for you though!

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  11. I like the feathers. :-) WOW, what a project.

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