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Gatton and beyond

A few moons ago, Mum, Grandad and I took a trip out past Gatton, just to drive the roads and see what was around. It proved to be a great day for me taking photos with my then new to me 135mm f2 lens. Here are some of the photos
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The first set were taken by the side of the road looking at a field of what had contained cabbages and broccoli. I just loved the colour and the patterns. The second series were taken at the Glen Rock recreation park, where we had lunch, a little walk, a read in the info shack and some photos. It was a relativity brisk day for September and at one stage I had a tea towel wrapped across my back to keep out the wind. The wattle was just gorgeous and I loved taking these photos. There was also this gorgeous field of long grass which has the most amazing seed tendrils.

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The day ended with us having afternoon tea sitting on the footpath outside the Gatton craft shop as the parks were too windy, which was something we have done before but still quite a sight to see.

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100 things in the world I love

I saw this on a blog the other day and thought it was rather sweet.

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1. Dew drops
2. Jacarandas
3. Botanical gardens
4. Hot chocolate
5. Live music
6. Christmas ornaments
7. Honeygold Mangoes
8. Kitchenware stores
9. Salad
10. Gum trees
11. Oxfam
12. Lavender
13. The markets
14. Liberty prints
15. Thunderstorms
16. Ginger beer
17. Soft hair
18. Photography
19. The sound of cicadas
20. Folk
21. Msn
22. The Mountain Goats
23. Ginger nuts
24. Patterns
25. Postcards
26. Christmas
27. Mowing the lawn
28. The smell of the rain
29. Polished floors
30. Going bush
31. The dairy section
32. Dresses
33. Window seats
34. Handkerchiefs
35. Pesto
36. Pain au Chocolat
37. Cherries
38. Colour
39. Falling snow
40. Reading
41. Cloves
42. Country roads
43. Rocking chairs
44. DIY
45. My family
46. Fresh flowers
47. The Farm
48. Roast chicken
49. Book shops
50. Pot plants
51. Sea kayaking
52. Soup
53. Lush
54. Melbourne
55. Pink (colour)
56. ABC Fora
57. Recycling
58. Girraween
59. Bed linen
60. SES
61. My camera
62. Morocco
63. The beach
64. 4zzzfm
65. Cooking
66. Marigolds
67. Bollywood
68. Cake
69. Central Asia
70. Tupperware
71. The library
72. Free range eggs
73. Kitchen aid
74. Iceland
75. Weddings
76. Ice cream
77. Fairy lights
78. Rosemary
79. Milk
80. Internet banking
81. Ikea
82. Henna
83. Lip balm
84. Brisbane
85. Green grass
86. Water
87. Tetris
88. Pasta
89. Laughter
90. Jam jars
91. Wattles
92. Friends
93. Sunshine
94. Woodford
95. Quotes
96. Nectarines
97. Pretty things
98. Smiles
99. Fireworks
100. Life

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Kate Miller-Heidke

The post today is a quick shot from the Kate Miller-Heidke show I went to tonight at the Tivoli. The supports were Madeline Page and The Boat People (man, I forget how much The Boat People rock, they were fantastic). KMH is one very very good performer, her stage show has changed a lot since I first saw her and one day soonish I can see her on the stage at the Entertainment Center. She has just such a fantastic stage presence.

Kate Miller-Heidke (by HelenPalsson)

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quiche time

Tonight, I really cooked in my new kitchen for the first time. I made a leftovers quiche, the type of quiche that clears out the crisper drawer in the fridge and is really just a case of throwing it all in a pastry crust. I made some shortcrust pastry and as my pastry blender is at Mum’s I had to use my hands, I haven’t done that since oh Year 9 Home Ec, still it was good fun. When I rolled it out, I rolled it out nice and thick 🙂 I love a good thick pie crust.

The filling consists of capsicum, sun-dried tomatoes, eschallots, mushroom, eggplant and diced chorizo, along with a good handful of rosemary, thyme and basil. The top has slices of blue cheese and then chorizo slices that you can see in the photo.

One of my handy little gadgets is my oven thermometer, I played with placing it various parts of the oven and I discovered whilst cooking the quiche that it seems to be out by about 50 degrees! and it was very very slow to heat up.

Still once the quiche was cooked, I had a slice for dinner and it will give me meals for the next few days.

A quiche to test the oven

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Auchenflower Style

Yesterday and today I have moved into a gorgeous house in Auchenflower for the summer, the room is furnished with the most gorgeous 1920’s furniture with even more gorgeous 12ft ceilings. The kitchen has gas and it is just round the corner from the Auchenflower train station which is one zone closer to work on the train. Another great thing is that it is also close to the bike path which means I can and will ride/walk to work 🙂

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Bathroom Light

Lush in a Row (by HelenPalsson)
Why is is that Bathrooms with windows always seem to have such nice light? I just love seeing the sun light stream through in the morning!

I took the day off work today to pack up and start moving as tomorrow I move into a gorgeous house in Auchenflower where I will be living for the next couple of months. I have realised that I basically all I own is clothes, camera gear and cooking paraphernalia (food, books, utensils, magazines etc). I was going to take some photos of my new room but when I got to the house I realised my camera battery was dead so today you will just have to have a photo of some my Lush goodies sitting in a row.