Jaden's Pirate

I can feel a ne Pot Holder coming on. The little boy is 9!! Well, on Thursday, but we're having cake tonight.

Lucy Ellen and Mary Ellen

I'm in love with Mary at the moment (on the right). I can't remember if I've told you about her, excepting for the fall into the lift well business. Anyway, I've found out where she's buried. She's in Sydney's Rockwood Cemetery, Section 6, Grave 906. I got a bit teary when my query was answered. Was she alone up there? What was she doing? I want to know. I'm on holidays (of sorts) for a couple of weeks (interrupted by my course on Wednesdays)... and I intend to look at the newspaper archives from the times, and inquests?

My Nanna (my great grandmother) is standing behind Grandma, the little scamp who can't stay still enough for a photo.

This is the collar and one of the cuffs that Mary made. The collar is quite large, 35cm across. Made of silk rouleau with silk faggoting (awful name I know). I wore it a couple of times in the 80's but they're not my colours. I completely love Mary's clothes. It's exactly the style I want to wear.

George & Lucy, 16th January 1907, Fitzroy

My Great-grandparents. Nanna died when I was about 8 and Dah died when my Mum was 10 so way before I entered stage left. He was gorgeous, apparently. Nanna was a little bit scary. Ridiculously independent. Bossy. She lived with Grandma sometime after George died. When my brother was a baby, if Mum or Dad told him off, Nanna would pick him up and tell him it was alright, then tell Mum and Dad off. Naughtiness!

I just bought their wedding certificate. If you take the registration number, it costs $17.50 and if they have to search it's $27.50. I mistakenly put Grandma's wedding year, but the correct reg. number, and the girl had to search for maybe 3 minutes (max) to discover my mistake and charged me $27.50 because she'd done a search!! I won't make that mistake again!

He lived until he was 64 and she 86. On the certificate, you find their mothers' maiden names. I knew Nanna's, but now I know the other (Elizabeth Shields).

"Bella" Collograph

Sixth Picture In The Sixth Folder (At Work, Anyway. Be different at home)

I want to play too!

Now I have to ask 6 people, but you can just take it on board if you like.

It's Late, I'm Tired, The Photo Is Out Of Focus

But you get the idea. The other one is done too...

The binding is from an old pair of boy's shorty pjama's. I've used them is so many things, I though they deserved to have the tag used as a thanks, of sorts. Endeavour.

It's still wet, by the way, from washing off the pencil marks (with a soaped-up toothbrush).

Here's the otherey. I scanned it and it (the program that I never use) decided to crop it and I'm too too tired to do it again properly. Sorry folks! I'm busting to do the next one now, but, I'd better knuckle down and study for now. Cert IV in Training & Assessment. Or, How to Bore Yourself to DEATH in 12 Easy Lessons.

P.S. Same exact template for the face.

Corners Of My Home

I look at this corner a lot. You can see the curtains through the hole in the wall. You can also see how the house needs re-blocking... and it will happen.

Playing Ninja

Step One for the binding.

I've left it uncropped in case you want to print it out... the size should be right. Not that it matters. This is for the previous one, obviously.