Disappointing, Kev...

...5% is a pathetic target
....and to make any increase conditional on what other countries are doing is even more pathetic. Talk about ignoring an opportunity to take the lead.

It's embarrassing, really.

Yikes!

I can't believe it's been 7 months since my last blog!

Actually, I can.

I'm a slack-arse blogger (sorry jen!), so this is really quite the norm, but I am quite taken aback at how quickly this year has flown by!

I must also confess that I've been spending far more time on Ravelry, doing my needle audit, lurking around the forums and reading other blogs - it's the voyeur in me!...does anyone else find that Ravelry actually inhibits rather than stimulates one's knitting?! In any case, all my knitting updates are on Ravelry, but I'll post any finished pieces here....just don't hold your breath ;)

Apart from Ravelry, I have also been pretty busy with work, study, getting hitched and honeymooning in France - whew!
One day I'll get some photos organised....in the meantime, here are some pictures of my favourite birthday present:

Mmmmm, red shoe love......!

Rainbows....

Oh my.
It has been a long time since my last blog....and I'm sure it will be another long period before my next blog - I'd be kidding myself to state otherwise!
In the meantime, we had Christmas in New Zealand, New Year's in Sydney and Rainbow Serpent in Beaufort, Victoria. We had a lovely time at each occasion, but Rainbow Serpent is always a very special trip...
This year, we ventured north-west on our own, and managed to meet up with all our friends in the most random of ways....

Had friends over for afternoon tea...



Were invited to others' for dinner...



...and were blessed with the loveliest neighbors...


There was even a lovely lass who vacuumed our campsite with the upright vacuum cleaner she had brought with her!

I love Rainbow.

...some kitty-fillers

Well, the lappy is back, but still offline as I've been too lazy to find and install the "anti-everything bad" software before hooking up to the internet....so still no new photos!

Here are some fillers to keep people amused and improve the aesthetics of my blog
- I do like blogs with pretty pictures...I like picture books too....so does my dad...


Dolly likes to examine things....we often hear her rummaging through our stuff at night....

...the tigress:...and here are both the kitty-winkles, in bollywood style splendour:



I'm getting inspired by the rapid growth of my tree-jacket, so I'm sure they'll be more photos by the end of the weekend.....stay tuned!

..still no pictures

I ended up having to get a new hard drive for my poor little lappy....and then I slacked around for so long that now the keyboard's clapped out and it's back in the shop - at least I'm maximising the value of the extended warranty!

So, even though there's lots of exciting news including my fights with fifi, jen coming to visit, and rampant progress on the tree jacket, I've no pictures to share....but i swear I'll make up for it with an intensive pictorial upload as soon as I've my lappy back ;)

Oh yes - jen reminded me that I had to put up an sustainability/climate change/environmental message for today, being Blog Action Day, so I thought of sharing this single step action plan:
vote howard out

(Sorry - specific to Australians, with voting rights....and if you haven't enrolled yet, you have until 8pm tomorrow night, thanks to yet another insidious change in legislation)

I'll stop now, mind you, I haven't even started on this particular political rant, but it's probably best to stop before that even happens ;)

I'm reduced to stealth blogging whilst at work - the home lappy has lost it and is need of new look: reimaging is on the cards this weekend!

In the meantime, I've signed up for the Fifi Knit-A-Long with the sexy knitters AND I've been making fabulous progress with my tempting II: I've just started the sleeves....it's my first time with double pointed needles (dpns) and I'm *loving* it!!

...alas, no pretty pictures 'til the lappy restoration project is complete!

Oh my!

....I can't believe how quickly the last 2 weeks has passed!

It's been a huge 2 weeks: I finished up at my old job and started my new one;
our couches arrived, which of course meant a massive clean up and rearrangement of furniture;
we had two of my parents (I've got 3) and one of my nieces (of which I also have 3) stay for the long weekend just gone;
I've just started a new term for study;
we had to worm the kittywinkles (sounds pathetic, but they're still a bit feral, so it's a bit of a task); and
I finished the fan and shell wrap that I was knitting for my mother - yay!....I'd upload a photo but it's on my 'phone which is nowhere to be found!
Needless to say, I am looking forward to yoga tomorrow.....

...my visual dna...

I'm feeling in need of some cosiness today!...combined effects of the cold weather, first day of period and hangover from an impromptu dinner party last night....the dinner party evolved from a quick catch up with my friend tara over coffee...the coffee never brewed; we got stuck into the wine* instead ;)
...feels like it's going to be a day of couch activities - knitting, reading, surfing (oh, the joy of wireless!)
...all to the sounds of miles davis and the taste of chai - miam!


* for the viti-curious: a gorgeous pinot noir and a lovely merlot

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...needling issues

...it's taken me a while, but I have finally made myself a nifty receptacle for my growing assortment of needles!