Sunshine on a cloudy day

I've discovered lots of lovely new blogs lately and so I've borrowed a little quizlette from maedchen blogt (http://www.nicolekellmann.de/) -

Listening: Wham's "Club Tropicana". Cheered me up against all odds today!

Reading: Nancy Mitford, Pigeon Pie. I love the Mitfords and I love novels from this period - a perfect match for genteel reading :)

Seeing: Supernatural. I love a good scare.

Doing: Submitted my first collection of short stories to a publisher. I've just found out they bombed, but I reckon it was a good effort to get them written nonetheless. Elephant stamp for me!

Drinking: Water. Dull but so, so good in this warm weather.

Eating: All the beautiful fresh loveliness coming out of my husband's veggie patch at the moment.

Annoying: Anyone who assumes if you work from home, you're not 'really' working.

Thinking: Keep calm and carry on. It's still working...even today...

Pleasing: Just letting go and being whenever I can manage it.

Wanting: I continue my search for the greatest vintage find ever. I'm not sure what it will be. But I'll know when I see it. I'll know.

Planning: European holiday 2011!

Buying: Always a pretty pretty to be found on Etsy.

Clicking: http://blog.brinja.dk - inspiring me for our Northern holiday.

Raindrops on Roses and Whiskers on Kittens

Some of my favourite things at the moment are...

Lovely 1972 edition of the Australian Women's Weekly 100 Favourite Cakes Cookbook picked up today at the op-shop for 50 cents! Full of all the cakes I dreamed about when I was a child. Swiss Roll, Ginger Fluff Sponge, Rainbow Cake, Teacake... I could actually eat just the picture of the Simnel cake above. We had a lovely recipe card index at home full of very pretty pictures of cakes and biscuits and so on and I would beg my mother to make some of these things, little realising or thinking how complex and time consuming some of the recipes actually were. When that didn't work, I would take the card in question to my grandma. I found one of the recipes hidden at the back of her kitchen cupboards recently.

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A set of six very beautiful 60s bread-and-butter plates for $3 at the op-shop today!

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Reading a bio of David Bowie and listening to his CDs simultaneously. What a strange and interesting man he seems to be.

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Our local Japanese takeaway has opened a restaurant section. We had sushi there last week and discovered...green tea cheesecake. Oh my.

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Having a serious 80s overload on Youtube...Wham's "Last Christmas" - it's cheese but such endearing cheese.

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Watching the by-turns poignant and hilarious Getting On on tv. Season now sadly finished!

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What are your favourite things at the moment?

This week

Went to a fascinating workshop which focussed on the Greek goddess Aphrodite. Did lots of thinking about spirituality.

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Ate delicious Japanese sushi. Love, love, LOVE Japanese food.

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Finished two interesting books - Drugs are Nice (Lisa Crystal Carver) and Dead as a Doornail (Charlaine Harris) and wondered how I could make my own writing more engaging. Still wondering.

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Saw some gorgeous sunshine - today especially - 29 degrees!
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Started making some wristbands for my Etsy shop which involved me successfully using my sewing machine. Woo-hoo!
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Saw a massive redback spider in our backyard - very poisonous - and my DH saw a brown snake at his work. They are the second most venomous snake in the world. Now, who wants to come to Australia for the summer! No?

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Watched the Sherlock series which was really good.

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Planned yet more spring cleaning adventures for my weekend.

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What did you do this week?