Shoes!! *happy sigh*

So the quarterly Senso Sample Sale (Yes it need the capitals to emphasise the sibilance- i'm such an English nerd) was on this past Thursday-Saturday. Of course i went...twice, and wound up buying 2 pairs of heels, a pair of flats and a pair of boots. Haven't photographed the flats as they need a bit of fixing. Do tell me what you think of the rest though.

I just could not resist this cherry red summery pair of heels.
And for $50 they were a bargain!

Although these have a broken buckle they were well worth the $30
i paid for them as they fit like a glove and are SO comfortable.

BOOTS! You just don't find boots this soft, gorgeous or well made.
It almost makes me a little sad that i have to wait so long
until next winter. Well worth the $250.

I've also made some recent etsy purchases, which is naughty cause i am trying not to spend money, but i needed them i swear. I'll post them as soon as i have had a chance to take some piccies.

Petunia

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YUM!

Sadly i have no photos to go along with this recipe, but my goodness i don't think it needs any. I was experimenting in the kitchen, as i often do, and i came up with this tasty recipe for an Asian inspired broth. I hope you love it as much as my mom and i did.

Ingredients for stock:

6 cups of water
6 chicken/vegetable stock cubes
1 large mild red chilli (de-seeded and sliced in half)
A few stalks of corriander from the roots to just before the leaves begin.
6 large slices of ginger
2 large garlic cloves (chopped)
1 palm length of lemon grass (chopped into 1 inch pieces)
A few lime leaves
1 large chopped spring onion (chopped roughly)
Chicken frame general chicken pieces

Ingredients for later on:

Decent bunch of corriander leaves (chopped finely)
Chilli (if you want additional heat)
1 big spring onion (chopped finely)
A few cherry tomatoes (5 per serving)

Place the stock ingredients in a pot and bring to the boil. Turn down to a simmer and simmer for 30-40 minutes. Strain stock and place back on the heat. Add the corriander leaves, spring onion and cherry tomatoes. If you have added chicken pieces you may add them now, they are not essential. Remove the pieces of ginger,  lemon grass and lime leaves from the discarded stock and place back in the soup (it's nice to chew on the fragrant bits and pieces while you drink the soup). Optional additions include Chinese broccoli  and noodles. Personally i like egg noodles, but thin rice noodles work nicely too. And my mom added a small slosh of coconut milk and fresh lime juice, was actually quite a nice addition.

Let me know what you think.

Petunia
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Sydney weather has been less than co-operative lately. But in between the showers and hail, by some small miracle, we have been blessed with a few sunny days. So, of course, my crazy but loveable mother decided we needed some brightness in our garden and so instead of bring meat home one afternoon we arrived back with a boot-full of flowers.

Naturally the cats did very little to assist in the planting process. Guess the option to laze in the sun and explore the garden was too tantalizing.

Couldn't resist taking a snap of my mom struggling with the weeds in the unkempt flower bed. Oh and the stunning Jasmine that has filled my courtyard with the smell of spring.

The icing on the cake that is my now bright and bubbly garden, are these lovely little petunias! But luckily these petunias are not lonesome, nor are they stuck in a garden bed with onions. They are a little bedraggled at the moment, simply because we've had far too much rain lately for their liking.

Petunia

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Time is ticking

Ever sine i was a child i've had a fascination with clocks and watches. I like the noises they make, the way their hands move, the fact that you can actually see time ticking by and disappearing. I still have most of my childhood watch faces, and over the years i have been adding to the little collection. A few days ago i introduced two gorgeous vintage watches to the collection, take a look.

Gorgeous wind up clock. All i need is a long gold chain so i can hang it around my neck.

Isn't the cuckoo clock charm adorable, also a necklace style clock. The love the way the numbers are arranged so they face the wearer, very clever. They are both from the wonderful White Bird Design.

I must say i have some favourites out of the bunch. The one beside the butterfly is a watch i wore as a kid. It has a cat in the middle, and the second hand is a little black mouse. I always loved how it looked like the cat was eyeing the mouse as it moved around the clock face. My other favourite is what i call my Alice in Wonderland watch. It's the green, pink and purple one. Has a cute little love heart on the face, and a button that lights it up.

Petunia x

Happy belated Halloween!

Halloween is one of my favourite times of the year. I have a morbid fascination with all things horror. Can't help it, been that way since i was a little kiddlet. I really won't be surprised if i become a forensic psychologist. Anyway, this Halloween was really great. I got to dress up twice, in two different, but both equally fantastic, costumes. I already mentioned that cat Astin is on Ellen's blog, but here you can see possessed ragdoll Astin.

The little boy ragdoll attached to me is of course my undead husband Jason. Isn't he gorgeous? my great gran knitted him, and one day decided to give him to me before i immigrated to Australia. He was the first thing i wanted to play with when i visited her house.

Hope you all had a grisly, ghoul filled night.

Petunia

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