This week’s eyespy theme is from Tara and is joy. A great theme because it makes you sit back and think.
Now, I have to agree with her and say first up, it is family and friends that bring me joy ~ in little or big things.

But looking around, at this time, this lush wonderland in [...]

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While the roses are starting to bloom and spreading their sweet scent around the house, it is really the geraniums that are taking stage at 74 Lime Lane this spring.

Last summer, my mum gave me cuttings of her geraniums that we put in pots around the boys’ new cubby house. They turned out to be [...]

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… plant a vegetable garden.
Now is the time of year here to plant all your favourite summer salad vegetables ~ juicy red tomatoes, pick-as-you-go lettuce, crisp cucumbers and capsicum, crunchy snow peas. Nothing better than walking out to the garden to pick something to go straight into your salad.
The beauty of vegetable gardens is of [...]

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Dreary rainy weekends are good for something ~ staying inside to cook. And cook I did.
After visiting the market in the morning, then the art gallery with the family, then the small ones’ soccer, and a grocery trip, I was all set for some goddess-like domesticity.
We cooked, ate and enjoyed:

This yummy soup ~ with some [...]

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This is a great recipe for a winter salmon dish. Salmon is so often associated with summer and light, fresh meals. And while this meal is still on the light and fresh side, it is a lovely way to get your salmon fix during the colder nights of winter. From the wonderful pages of donna [...]

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After a spectacular autumn, filled with sunshine and autumny goodness, along with June 1 came the sudden realisation it was winter~ suddenly, well and truly winter. Rain, check. Cold, check. Sub-zero temperatures, check.  Yes, that would be winter.
And so I notice myself being drawn to all things colour. So this week I am going to [...]

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This is our bounty from the farmer’s market this morning. Plus some lovely red apples which didn’t make it to the picture.
And while this alone is not that exciting, I have to share this:
I’m in the vegetable produce stall, the owner of which my Hubby knows and is chatting to. I pick out a pumpkin [...]

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It’s the long weekend here. Time to relax, catch-up, travel. And think about friends.

Kimberlee over at Brown Button has this wonderful post for the long weekend which features some wonderful retro shots of friends having fun.

Jordan over at oh happy day featured these surprise packages. Go over there to see some ideas to surprise your [...]

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On the weekend I gave myself a little baking challenge ~ a multi-layered chocolate cake, complete with raspberry filling and chocolate ganache icing. The occasion was a family birthday and I was kind of excited to take this cake on. I had a recipe and some top tips from smitten kitchen.
And amazingly, it turned out [...]

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This week’s Words and Pictures theme from Pip is fragrant.
As I went about my day, I was struck by the different smells that accompany all my ‘doing’.
Hence this collaboration.
Who can resist the smell of some yummy food cooking? Today for us it’s potato and leek soup. And the bouquet of fresh flowers filling a room [...]

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