Old Bus Depot Markets at Kingston

I have just returned from Canberra as we were attending a 40th birthday party.  Great night!  Fabulous food. It was Jack Daniels themed. While we were in Canberra we visited the Old Bus Depot Market in Kingston. The market is literally in the old bus depot.  All Canberra’s buses used to be housed and maintained here….

The Night Ferry . . a heart breaker.

Our elder daughter gave my husband a Michael Robotham book for his birthday last year and my husband enjoyed the book so much he decided to read another by the author.  This one was a real bargain at $5, originally bought for $32.95.  Books are so expensive in Australia.  I tend to buy most of…

Best Book Designs 2011: Design Observer Names Winners

Some amazing book covers here. Best Book Designs 2011: Design Observer Names Winners. This is just one example: Thanks for the link from Books and Bowel Movements.

Crazy tea cosies

I borrowed some books from the library recently and one of them was this one: Really Wild Tea Cosies by Loani Prior. As you can see from the cover the cosies really are wild.  I decided I would give one of the more sedate cosies a try.  The pattern said it was ‘easy peasy ‘ and…

An unknown rose. . . .can you help?

Recently we purchased a climbing rose at a garden centre. The rose only cost $5 as it was missing its identification tag. We know it is a climber but had no idea what colour until it bloomed recently. The colour here looks pink but is is more a mauve colour. My sister has a beautiful…

Mur de Bretagne and the Abbey of Bon-Repos

When we were recently in France we were staying in Brittany so almost all of our travels were within Brittany.  Close to where we were staying was the Lac du Guerlédan and at the western end is the Abbaye de Bon-Repos.  It is a beautiful setting for an abbey but unfortunately it was allowed to…