Garden update!!

Just a quick one.

Here is a pineapple that is ready for harvest. We have harvested two others this past week and BOY were they sweet and juicy...After eating, I always dry out and re plant the top part of the pineapple.
Gotta have pineapples growing in the garden in the Tropics!!

Over the last two days, the kids and I have been preparing the veggie gardens for planting. There are 4 gardens here and the kids have called them summer, autumn, winter and spring.
In the tropics, you tend to plant after the wet season, but I might try some corn soon. I got corn through Cyclone Larry so as long as I heavily fertilise and mulch, we should be ok.
The lonely one plant in the first garden is ginger, there should be a lovely big chunk buried in there.

Next: our passionfruit vine. It is growing on a trellis on the Western wall of the house. It is doing a great job of protecting that wall (our bedroom) from the sun.

and see our lovely watertank!!

And our dog.....

Close up of the fruit....might go and pick some now, they are making my mouth water!!

For our bickie boy!

Lucas would eat biscuits (savoury ones) day and night if I let him. I wanted to come up with a homemade alternative.
So here it is, homebaked bread sticks. I keep them in this container on the bench and he snacks on them during the day. He loves his carbohydrates!!

All they are is a wholemeal bread dough, rolled into small logs and slowly baked in the oven. They are dried out so they are crunchy like a biscuit.
If he would eat hommus, I would have some of that on hand as a dip too but he wouldn't eat it, BUT I would ALL day if I could.

Valeska for me!!

This skirt pattern called Valeska was such a fun skirt to make. It came together really quick and easily..one of those that it took longer to decide on the embellishments then it did to sew it up.

I made it front white safari dill, hand dyed it purple and then added the purple ric rac and the embroidery.

There is a girl version that I have nearly finished for Mollie. You will have to have your sunglasses ready as her favourite colour in yellow and she hand dyed it herself.....it is VERY bright lol....

LORE for Mollie!

After being inspired by Lisa's and Sara's farbenmix LORE outfits, I really wanted to make a set for Mollie. Yesterday morning, Mollie woke up to put it straight on.
Sorry about the bed hair, and the 'Mum, I have just woke up' look on her face.
She wore it to homeschooling group yesterday and got lots of lovely comments!!



Detail on the pocket..farbenmix ribbons!

I am tackling a Tini.

Our day in London

Back to our holiday.
On day three, we caught the train from Datchet train station into Waterloo (London) for the day. We had booked our tickets with the Red Bus company which we boarded at Trafalgar Square.
Here is Mollie on the bus!


We were on the bus crossing the London Bridge here, looking up (or was it down) the Thames to the Tower of London.


We had lunch by the Tower...yep chips..yum... This was after Dave decided to buy a hot dog from a stand right near the Tower. He nearly keeled over when the lady charged him 4 pounds for the hot dog, yes 8 aussie dollars. The game of converting everything to Aussie dollars had to stop or we weren't going to buy anything lol
After lunch we went for a boat ride on the River Thames.
And me, photo taken from the other direction. That is the London bridge in the distance.
see Mums black wool coat I have on....hardly ever took it off lol..

More photos soon. I have to load then from the laptop!

Last of the Miniland photos

Stonehedge

Opening bridge - yes ALL lego

Cricket Match

Busy harbour

Brighton Pier!!

What an amazing place...even for ADULTS!!

LEGOLAND : miniland

This was my favourite area of Legoland. The whole area was filled with lego structures and scenes. We spent ages looking at them all!

Market scene

Ferris Wheel

Construction site

Buildings

I have heaps more to show!!

Stay tuned.......