MKR ... my latest addiction

... usually after dinner I clean up and head to the office or studio .. BUT ... this year we've all been totally addicted to watching MKR {my Kitchen Rules} and it's all because of Jac and Shaz - 2 ladies from Mt Isa!!   Mt Isa is only about 5 hours from us and even though I don't know Jac and Shaz ... they come across on TV as being fabulously funny, down to earth and of course awesome cooks.

We're so excited ... tonight they won the 'cook off' against Eva and Debra - another lovely couple of girls from Western Australia, so that means tomorrow night is GRAND FINAL night !!

Woohoo ... we can't wait to see if the girls can do it .... come on Jac and Shaz !

our favourite girls on MKR !! Jac and Shaz ♥

The original group we started watching ...

... then another group came along ...

...and another !  

... and now after MANY nights of watching these teams cook up amazing meals ... deliver nice as well as nasty comments to each other and  hearing tough as well as fabulous critiques from the judges, tonight Jac and Shaz beat Eva and Debra  so now they're into the GRAND FINALS tomorrow night !!!

... will they be able to beat 'The Boys' ???  Will and Steve ????

Hope so  ...  go Jac and Shaz !!!

... all images via Google Images

vintage decorative pins

Do you pin ??? I do ... a LOT and I love finding gorgeous ways to decorate with vintage pieces .. check these out ...  find the pins on my 'Vintage' or  'Vintage Decoration' boards on Pinterest !  

... and finishing with possibly the cutest egg holder I've EVER Seen !

~ happy weekend ~  ♥

Easter ... Birthdays ... Holidays ... busy times

Every time I think about blogging lately ... I just don't seem to get around to it - which is pretty slack for me.  Here's what's been happening since I last blogged ...

finished a new photo frame ... now for sale !  $120 plus postage

Poor Tango had a 'visitor' circling his cage at 4am ... we put him INSIDE because we were worried about snakes, but looks like this python was determined to get inside!  Mr Python is now 'relocated' ...

Yours truly had a birthday so whipped up my fave cheesecake!!

Had a go at making my Aunty's caramel slice ... 

yummmm ....

Easter was fun - went to a 21st to go to ... waterskiing the next day and then came home again to find LOTS of  easter eggs ...

One of my precious birthday presents ... ♥

someone got a little too close to our burner ... 

Blackberry !!! almost became lamb chops ...

Richard had his birthday 2 days after mine !!!  10 this year - can't believe it ...

Watchdog Tango ...

yikes !  Huge sand goannas all over the garden lately ... digging it up  ... grrr   where ARE you Tango ???

We've been totally addicted to watching MKR (My Kitchen Rules) every night ... we've got our fingers crossed Jac and Shaz will win !! They're from Mt Isa and are awesome ♥

showing off my pink gloriosa lily ♥♥

... and again ...

my fabulous woodstove that's been in the garden forever ...

close up !

hopefully the last of the grasshoppers ... this one now living in the vacuum cleaner !

time to throw this one out ... 

and in with the New - well vintage new that is ... 

ready to plant my nasturtiums ...

so glad to see things starting to grow back after the grasshopper plague ate so much out of the garden ... 

'nature's first green is GOLD' ♥

flowers too !!!

still feeding our poddy calf Jesus ♥  he's off milk now but onto weaner meal - happy boy ...

made some fabric embellishments ... 

now listed in my Etsy store ...

Tango - 'flat out' ... 

... his fave spot at the back of the house ...

Kids and Tango mustering some cattle into another paddock that actually HAS grass ... 

more mustering ... 

Richard mustering on his Kawasaki ... great help to dad ...

New pot !

... and another ... 

so there you have it ... wishing the school holidays were another week so we don't have to send Eliza back to boarding school so soon ...


~  enjoy life ~