with this thing i thee wed

vic registry

• BYO witnesses


• fees, midweek $250 (up to 8 people attending, Thomas Hyde room) - up to 30 minutes


• book it!


• notice of intent to marry - must be lodged 1 month ahead


• registry booking form

rings!? bangles? necklaces!? keyrings...

honeymoon?

give me the wood and i'll build you a cabinet*

VWA school of woodcraft runs classes on saturday mornings...
class flyer
term 4 - 10 october - 12 december, 10 weeks, 9-noon, $450 per term
make furniture or art... 5 tyrone st, north melbourne
hmm
enrolments peter stansfield, 0402 258 341 e: vwa@vwa.org.au

learn to make tables, boxes
bed frames with gallahs on the posts...
here's a nice box

nmit - basic carpentry short course

nmit - furniture making

ooh, cae
FURNITURE MAKING FOR BEGINNERS
7 sessions:
Monday 12/10/09: 6.00PM-8.00PM
Mondays 6.00PM-8.30PM: 19/10/09 to 26/10/09, 09/11/09 to 30/11/09
Venue: Thornbury, Thornbury (local!)
Teacher: John Coles
Fee: $440.00 - Code: HVT29602

*with thanks to finger lickin' beastie boys

taking things littorally

while i don't want to live in an octupuss's garden, i would dearly love to hang out by the sea
well, it's practically unaustralian not to have seachange longings.
my practical brain says: if you don't live somewhere permanently, it means you can stay at lots of different places and explore a lot.

here is a place which i think would be wonderful to get to know better

broulee
10 wirrunna st (holiday rental) - between broulee island and the south beach









there is another house just around the corner that looks a bit fancy, too
suits my down-at-heel aesthetic!
cool house in mossy point where we have stayed, down the street from the muffin shop - very good place with secondhand paperback books, good coffee, ace atmosphere
town of manyana, just north of mollymook, in the middle of state forest
"classic beach bungalow"
and ooh, another swanky place in manyana, this one's for sale...
(and also for holiday rental)
probably ain't called manyana for nothin'...





surf story in the smh, them's the breaks
There's more quality surf up the road at Green Island, north of Ulladulla. This spot was the first big surf discovery south of Sydney and was once considered the best left-hander in the country. The growth in short boards has taken the gloss off its reputation but the wave is still rewarding.
Nearby towns such as Manyana and Bendalong are in classic NSW surf settings, with lively sand-bottomed waves on beaches nestled between wooded headlands dotted with beach shacks. You won't find solitude but you'll be far enough away from the hustle and bustle to make surfing here on a longboard rewarding

build me up

green joinery
cantilever in brunswick - they use recycled or "sustainably harvested" wood - not sure if i like their actual work though
timber trip -

hmm, directory of designers & architects
construction queen
P 03 9383 1412 F 03 9383 1413 E info@constructionqueen.com 496 Lygon St, East Brunswick 3057

third ecology
t +61 3 5229 8361 e info@thirdecology.com.au p PO Box 7176, Geelong West Victoria AUSTRALIA 3218

g-spot

gravelly paths and bits for the backyard
but i'd rather not having anything too sharp underfoot because i like to wander barefoot and i'm a big wuss
i found this mob who reckon they do "rounded gravel" - stoneset - but they do permeable "resin-set" gravel - good surface for driveways but i'd prefer loose paths
these are two of the products they use
5 mm cowra quartz (benedict)
3 mm cumborah bronz (austone)

this place is at least almost local
rocknstone in malvern - pebble ampyang mix - river grey pebbles, quail egg pebbles...
decor stone,
84-90 Highbury Road Burwood, VIC 3125, ph 9888.9888
8.30am-5.00pm Mon-Fri - 9.00am-1.00pm Sat
Email: sales@decorstone.com.au
Australian Natural Garden Stones & Pebbles range Iwith images and prices (crazy idea!)
buffalo brown stone - brown stone with darker shades. Very popular for seeded exposed aggregate projects due to the size and variety of colours. 10-14mm - $102 per ½ m³ / $170 per 1 m³

Delatite - earthy colour - mixture of round and flat pebbles smooth, tumbled aggregate. ideal to complement any landscaping designs providing a multitude of different earthy colours. 8-20 mm; 30-50 mm; 50-200 - $116 per ½ m³ / $192 per 1 m³

Granite - White Speckled Screenings - Chiselled stone effect. 20 mm - $63 per ½ m³ / $105 per 1 m³

pebble directory

that's insulation

never been much of a paul weller fan but this song's okay, the jam, with that's entertainment

something to listen to while researching insulation...

• solartex - foil insulation specialists - includes information on foil blinds, and solartubes (skylights)
• technical manual 4.7 - insulation - the hows, whys, etc
• greenstuf insulation, including product information
  
• just in case the government agrees to kick some money in!

a rose is a rose is a radish

some information about how to know what you've planted
a whole blog about it, here
Birdie plant markers from The Modern Gardener. various vegie markers - by esther coombs - etsy and elsewhere

i am robot

etsy has got so much of this stuff

birdie - not so much a plant stake as an ornament

bit unweildy to order in from overseas

A green bum

while it's true I am missing a green thumb, there is no rule (of thumb) to say I can't have a green bum
that's the thinking with this dual-flushed with grey water toilet

and unlike most stuff pinched from other sites (like inhabitat) this time it's available in australian and NOWHERE else YET yey us!!

it's the Profile Smart 305 Round Front Plus - or something, and it's terrible looking.

now this poo into energy dunny looks far cooler!

a new beginning...

i saw this movie when it was just "star wars"

it was sublime and brave, and sure it was silly but it captured my heart and attention.

i need to remember what it is to be inspired and overwhelmed by life and my interests

this is my collecting space for developing interests, ideas and carrying them with me

ideas about the house, holidays, the garden

food and exercise and health

and - the big one - where my amoebic forays into creativity and design, art and making can hatch and grow

it's my working diary, as opposed to my random thoughts

an experiment

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