Tuesday, April 10, 2012

ONE FOR THE BIRDS!





 Pinned here






Pinned here

These little nesting balls are so stinking cute!


So far I have been throwing out my little ends of wool, having forgotten this gorgeous little idea I spotted on pinterest.
But last night I gathered up all the little bits I had around the place, washed up a coffee jar


And I am now officially collecting bits for the birds.


Monday, April 9, 2012

SUNDAY SNIPPETS

We had an awesome day out Easter Sunday at the Fremantle Street Arts Festival.
Beautiful weather....


Fun times with family


Delicious food


Crazy entertainment!




Street Art

It was the best!
More Sunday Snippets here

Saturday, April 7, 2012

MEATLESS MONDAY (even though it is Saturday)

I think I may have already mentioned this but I bought this awesome cookbook a few weeks ago.




There are some delicious recipes in there,  both for meat eaters and veggie lovers just like me.
Being the only vegetarian in the family,  I really love to cook dishes 
that will get me through a few days.
And now that Perth is cooling down a little, 
this was a must do!

 
Nothing beats a bowl of delicious ratatouille with a sprinkling (maybe even a handful) of parmesan.


Super duper easy and really a dish where you can use up all sorts of veggies out of the fridge.
I cut up an eggplant, a zucchini, some cherry tomatoes, a red capsicum, and had a little bit of pumpkin there I wanted to use up, so threw that in as well.
I cubed the eggplant, threw it into a bowl, added some olive oil and coated the eggplant with the oil.
Laid the eggplant out on a baking tray, with some cracked pepper over the top  and 
roasted it for around 20 minutes.
Cut up an onion, and crushed up around 4 cloves of garlic, threw it into a deep fry pan and cooked it for a little while, until soft and fragrant.  
Threw the rest of the veggies in, cooked them for a wee while and then added a can of tomatoes.
Rinsed about a cup of quinoa, popped that into the pot with a little extra water.
Let it cook a little longer, and once the quinoa and veg was just about done,  
I added the roasted eggplant and voila.

 
Delicious ratatouille!
Check out some more awesome veggie recipes here.....

Friday, April 6, 2012

IT'S CROCHET SEASON!

At long last the weather is starting to cool down.
I love, love, love this time of the year.
And,  I have managed to pick up the crochet bug!!!


I love catching the crochet bug!


Especially when champagne chasers are involved.


And a bit of AFL footy

Bring it on I say!
Mx
More creative peeps here...

Tuesday, April 3, 2012

HELL RAISING?

No hell raising here,
but seed raising was the order of the day.


There were a few jobs in the morning to be attended!
James owed me $15.00 so I put him to work.


Fertilising the vegie garden was a must.


And Planting seeds was next on the To-Do List!
We had a special visitor who was keen to help.


It's serious business choosing seeds to plant.
And of course the popsticks used to tag the trays of seeds needed special things drawn on them.


All in all it was very productive!

But of course there has to be some fun along the way.


And taking the trolley 4wheel driving through the gardens was an absolute must!



The tomatoes have started producing, yummo!


The yellow  flowers on the cucumber plants are gorgeous.


And I cant wait until I can start picking leaves from this little sucker!
A few snippets from our Sunday, joining in here.
Mx