oldyarns. tells the bowerbird stories

story 251. a notion.

notion –noun

1. a general understanding; vague or imperfect conception or idea of something

2. an opinion, view, or belief

3. conception or idea

4. a fanciful or foolish idea; whim 

5. an ingenious article, device, or contrivance; knickknack

6. notions, small articles, as buttons, thread, ribbon

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oldyarns. is looking for a little help

by way of a casual seamstress

to assist with

sewing projects.

for the 'of yarn' part of oldyarns.

if you are,

or know of anyone,

who may be interested in this notion

please email info@oldyarns.com.au

story 250. funny face.

 

some recently found

photo postcards,

circa 1916.

I find their serious faces

so intriguing.

mysterious somehow,

(so much more so

than every-thing-on-display

facebook posts.)

just how old is that child

with the monocle,

cane

& buttonhole?

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am using these postcards

as thank-you notes for

the oldyarns. store.

so you can have a funny face too.

 

story 249. beautiful ugly: no rules.

mentioned here already,

the gardenias are

acting a little

peculiarly.

flowering in late March?

logic says its due to

a long rainy summer.

or rather perhaps,

they simply

feel like doing

the unexpected

for a change.

snubbing their perfect little white noses

at the rules.

hoorah for that.

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{observant folk might notice

there's been some progress with the outside tiles

 - compared to here -

yes, the balcony is nearly finished.

looking forward to using it as our

outside room soon enough.}

 

 

story 248. morning walk.

luck found me in Sydney over the weekend;

Friday morning saw my sister and I

take in the famous

Bondi to Bronte coastal walk.

 painted dark skies

showed another side to this place.

a stop for brekkie

halfway made it a

very pleasant way to

start the day.

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other highlights of the weekend

including trips here

& here.

ah Sydney-town.

story 247. how i wished.

when I was younger

I secretly wished

to be a ballerina.

mostly it was the tutu.

on recently announcing this

to my mother,

she was amused.

this found tulle skirt

and framed ballerina print

are possibly

as close as its ever

gonna get.

sigh.

story 246. yet more cake.

another cake,

another tiny happy recipe...

'a versatile sort of cake'.

I used frozen berries

in mine.

it was yum.

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hmmm, there seems to be quite

a lot of cake

lately.

story 245. sew blue.

flower tea.

snip.

sew.

blues.

 

story 244. new yarns.

new yarns in the

oldyarns. shop now.

only a very small number of

utility bags

from this mangle cloth

will be available.

 

story 243. forgotten.

pictures of an old abandoned

tennis court & clubhouse

not far from here.

one day

I'd love to do an

oldyarns.

photo shoot there.

story 242. in the garden.

over the weekend I got around

to putting up this set of

photographs.

a charming series of three

of a couple

adopting various serious

poses in their garden.

the glass conservatories are beautiful

& I imagine the time they spent there

together.

there are no dates

 I can see

(and it would destroy the fragile backing to

remove them from their frames.)

the only clues are their clothes, the style of garden

& the building, putting it somewhere

I suppose in England in the early 1900s.

or possibly Melbourne or Sydney?

(I'm pretty certain its not

here in Brissie.)