Love on the weekend

A short and sweet message, today.


I wish you all a fabulous weekend spent with people you love!

Suzy ;)

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Getting Fleeced the fun way!

I turned left at the end of my lane and followed the road - and before I knew it I was up the mountain to Kinglake.

Looking down the mountain, it's an overcast and drizzly day but it's still quite awing to see natures recovery process in action.


A gateway to the valleys. You won't ever see pictures of destroyed homes on my pages - that's way too private stuff!

These pics are of the National Park. I went for a drive up just weeks before the fires and it was so dense you had no idea how far the drop over the side of the road was - now you know and are very aware especially at pieces of the road that have fallen away and momentarily you have to drive over the wrong side of the road a little. One can cope but it's terrifying when cyclists out for a buzz come flying around the corner with a vehicle trying not to hit them and then you!


My destination! So appropriate for a woman like who sells 'frocking fabulous' cards!


Hey you shabby chic girls - how gorgeous is this little shed? The original home of 'Get Fleeced' - talk about instant atmosphere. I ordered my boots from this shop's little home - and it was a hoot when there were four of us customers inside!


Drum roll, introducing 'Get Fleeced's' new home on the Kinglake/Whittlesea Road, opposite the pub! All Australian sheepskin products - ugg boots, moccasins, baby rugs/pram inserts, bed underlays, toys, bags, fun cards and more can found here Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sundays.


Laurine has little lambs with fleece as white as snow, as blue as denim, as fluffy as wool, as square as a big funny toy.... and more......


What a gorgeous little shop window - pardon the reflection! How divine are the baby ugg boots?


Who wouldn't want to be this gorgeous woman's customer?! If you like friendly, non-pushy service and a cheeky, fun woman to give you a smile and a quip, here she is!

How fab is this? It's too much fun! So kitchy I just love it, I've never seen a tissue box like this before ... tissues you say????


....tissues I say! Hey, Laurine, I think I better buy one of these off you.

A cheeky lamb toy and flowers sits by the window with a smile.
Mirror, mirror who is the fairest lamb of all?

Laurine standing by my work of art - the sheep bag of course!

Laurine and moccasins ... slip into a little something, darling ....

So... how's that? Two blogs in two days.... may that make up somewhat for my recent absence!

Hope you enjoyed my outing.
Cheers,
Suzy ;)

P.S. This important post was compiled by the writer whilst wearing a wonderfully comfy pair of ugg boots.

Social media networking - and fun!

Hello dear blogging world,

The naughty little blogger is back from her time away from these pages.

As you may have noticed in previous entries I'd been playing with my camera and my camera decided to get cross with me and decided if I was going to play so much hookey away from work it would stop working for me!

The other reason is that I've been dreadfully disloyal and have been learning about the Facebook world (please add me as a friend if you're into FB)- there is room for all and I've been learning about that too with some fantastic seminars from the Essentially for Women networking group that I belong too and from a fabulous woman Wendy Moore from Savvy Web Women. I was sooo brave I even did a video testimonial for Wendy that she plans to put on her You Tube channel!

I will be back with guns blazing soon ... well, pictures and words actually - LOL!

Now on to some shabby info...I recently bought and have received the most divine antique photo album from Nikki from Nostalgia at the Stonehouse. She is my blog idol! I check her at least twice a week and it's very rare for her not to have updated.... I have blogger update rhythm envy! Can you tell I'm writing this on a Friday night? *grin*



Before...

And very importantly I've been busy this week with my little chap Hans is running around in extreme vintage style with an 'Elizbethan Collar' after having had the snip - and the poor little fella had two baby teeth out while he was out that hadn't fallen out when they should have! I've taken a couple of snaps with my little camera and I'll ad them in. He had a woozy first night home but is full of beans again and you wouldn't know what he's been up to this week if it wasn't for his cone head. It really hasn't worried him too much which is wonderful - but he got a little frazzled this morning when trying to get back through a wire fence! Poor guy - I helped him of course although I haven't a clue how he got through it in the first place!


After!



My other news is that I will be stocking a really fun range of greeting cards and tote bags and other goodies for a shop in Kinglake called 'Get Fleeced' and on my own website and with a name like that you know they'll be cheeky - I'm wearing a pair of the most beautiful ugg boots as I type this from there. I'm going up tomorrow so I'll take some pics and update you. Kinglake was devastated by the bushfires and is only 15-20 minutes up a very windy mountain road away from us and it's wonderful to see so much recovery and greenery albeit very humbling as you drive passed obvious loss. All items in this gorgeous store (located across the road from the pub on the Whittlesea Road for anyone who knows the area) have a sheep theme! Owner Laurine is a gorgeous woman and a hoot.




I'll post some pics of the cards when they get back from the printers!


I'll be back ... sooner than later.

Cheers and thanks for visiting,

Suzy

Smelling pink roses

This is my rose, in my garden, in the fog - I've been playing with a new camera lense - so much to learn, so little time ..... so I smelt the roses while playing with the focus.


I was doing a spot of 'papparatzi-ing' in my garden with my huge and heavy lense.... well, it takes all types, *grin*

I'm sooo lucky because these rose bushes have lived here a lot longer than me and they smell divine ... whoops, there's that 'D' word again I love so much ...

I was moved to whip out the camera after taking my dog Hans outside when I saw the roses sitting in front of the fog. Usually all you can see is paddocks with grass and trees behind them.

Hot pink hues - see I play with a photo editor - wow.... *tongue in cheek self criticism - LOL*

This pair of rose buds have tiny little spider webs on them that are actually very pretty... hope you can see them clearly - I may have over condensed my pics.

More playing - I love this - looks like an old velvet rose ....

Just love this pic.... so pretty and natural....so shabby.

My latest ambition is to make old-fashioned style large patchwork curtains for my studio - with a funky modern twist - using all rose fabrics from my vast collection of old and new... My inspiration came from a vintage shop where they'd used all sorts of vintage fabrics - large squares - maybe 12" x 12" - I'm not a quilter but my dear neighbour will shed some light on the techniques for me - she does beautiful work.... I'll keep you posted but please don't hold your breath *LOL*.

Thanks for smelling the roses with me.... have a lovely day filled with peace and harmony - and lots of laughing!

Cheers,

Suzy ;

Bring on the ponies!

Pretty ponies...sorry Felix, you're handsome. He is the little white one - without a hint of small man syndrome!




Oooh, is that a carrot she's holding?


I better run over and check!


I'm coming! I'm hungry like always.


No! It's a camera - drats!!#$@! I don't feed the ponies at all - at the owner's request because they are a little on the chubby side after being fed up big time while in the pound where they stayed for a while after the bushfires destroyed their home. The good news is hopefully some of the girls are with foal - little Felix has been a busy boy!


No carrots so we're not looking.


Check out the hairdo on these girls.






In a ray of light ... it's actually dust but I love this pic.



Peek a boo.... just checking to see if you've changed your mind about the carrots.


Looking down on the middle paddock. I do so LOVE living here. The worrisome thing is how dusty it is in May - there should be mud. Mind you, my darling doggy manages to find some. I took these photos yesterday afternoon - it was a glorious day, even felt a little sunburnt - bizzare. This morning is thick with fog, but I love the mystery of it.... especially when I don't have to drive off into it - *grin*



How gorgeous are these kookaburras? I've sourced these beautiful corrugated iron kookas locally from a man who loves his work! Each edge has been carefully ground down so there are no sharp bits, even on the barb wire decoration. Next week I will take delivery of new my animals; a cow, possum lots of ducks - all made of corrugated iron - I think there are enough real animals around the place for the time being! I love garden art and I most certainly have enough places for lots and lots more - goody, goody, gum drops!! I'll also be selling them from my website if you're interested. They'll be listed next week. Hope you enjoyed the pony tour.

Thanks so much for visiting. For my next posting I'll be sharing some pics of my 'outdoor studio'.
Suzy ;)