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Hope you have a fantabulous weekend!

Waiting for the rhubarb!

It all died down over winter but is growing at a great rate at the moment ... can't wait until we can pick some fresh, home grown rhubarb!

Jessie's been extruded!

Ok - having a bit of fun this afternoon. I took this photo of Jessie (one of our fur children) this morning then played around with it in Photoshop ... this is the end result!

Chocolate Shortbread

Had the urge to do some baking last night so I made some chocolate shortbread cookies ... found the recipe on Taste here: Chocolate Shortbread. I changed it slightly though and instead of caster sugar I use raw low gi sugar and instead of baking it all in one pan, I have a cookie press so I made between 50-60 cookies! It's a great recipe, easy to make, so I thought that I would share. What can I say other than yum!

Our Fur Children

Snapped a few shots of our fur children this week ... just wanted to share! The little one on the bike is Jessie, she's a character and a half! Black dog is Osten, the old and wise one and the ginger cat is Ginger Meggs ... he gets 2 shots as I just love "the look" ... he's so not like that! The 2nd shot of him is much more like him.

Getting up close & personal with nature

Ok ... I am SO loving the new lens for my camera! I've always had an interest in macro photography and this new lens is doing all the right things for me! As much as I don't 'do' spiders the lens is perfect for capturing them up close! This is one of many species currently occupying our house yard.

Kings Park Wildflowers

Well, for those of you that live in WA or at least near Perth there is the most magnificent display of wildflowers currently at Kings Park! I spent a bit of time there yesterday (took time out to smell the roses so to speak!) and wanted to share some of my photos with you all. Not sure what the insect was in the first shot - but it was huge!

Full Moon

Took this shot of the moon rising last night - only just getting the chance to post it here. You can just make out the power pole under the moon which show just how large the moon was!

Playing with photos

I spent a fair bit of time playing around with my camera and then the subsequent photos yesterday. I started off with this

which I managed to turn into this

Funky huh!

Perfectly formed honeycomb...

Had some bees move into a cupboard in one of our sheds the other day. After removing the bees, Brian saved me the honeycomb - minus the honey! I love it's perfectly formed little cells just waiting for that liquid gold.