Anyone else been flu-ridden for weeks?

Not a lot going on around these parts as we're all still a bit poorly. Ridiculous, isn't it? It has been weeks and weeks of lurgi ping-pong.

We did manage to get away for a few days during the school holidays to gorgeous Tuross Head. Some dear old friends of ours have a rather lovely coast house there.

Look at Ziggy mocking my attempts at taking some artistic shots.

A bit of time was spent here:

We picked some lemons.

I hung out with my little chum, Bruno.

The big boys.

Fishing.

'Well, if no one will give me one of those silly fishing rods I'll find my own.'

'Good fishin'?' Bad fishin'. This little fella was returned after a quick photo (required evidence).

It was beautiful. I'll have more than one-word descriptions for you next time. Off to lie on the couch and feel sorry for myself.

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Clinky clink

I found this set of bark glass glasses, made of glass, at a newly-discovered ope shope the other day. I forced our fluey selves out of the house, as the sun was shining for the first time in a while, and I couldn't stand staring at the filthy floor any longer. (I'm starting to recover and vacuumed today, you'll be relieved to read.) 

The new ope shope is small and staffed by lovely old dears who are up for a chat. I asked how much they were asking for the set and one dear old lovely strode over to the shelf, picked up the glasses, marched back to the counter and proceeded to wrap them, all the while maintaining rather intense twinkly-eyed eye contact with me - like she was daring me to stop her.

'Um, how much did you say they are?' I asked, in a most respectful manner. 

'They're 20 cents each.' 

She made me laugh. She knew she'd make me laugh. We laughed together about this.

I saw similar glasses over at Brismod's: here and here. And was unaware until then, that this type of glass is called bark glass. Did you know that?

I have had these two (once were three) for a few years now. I take one to bed with me every night.

I found this set at the Daylesford markets. In the box. It shouts 'Mojito!' at me whenever I walk past.



Gloomy light in our house when I took that photo.

And these O Series Shiraz glasses! A recent find. I've wanted some of these for a while and they were six dollars, in the box, with their stickers still stuck on 'em.

Can't wait until I feel well enough for a glass of shiraz. Or pinot. Or anything alcoholic.

Salut!

Playing along with Sophie.

*NB - Brismod has just informed me they are Ravenhead Siesta glasses! Thanks, Brismod.

Ah-Choo!

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These are very cool. Crayon blocks. They're on our list. They're available from Third Drawer Down. Do you know this store? It's most excellent. They also sell this:

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I love this Alarm Dock.

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And this Giant Nose Shower Soap Dispenser. You can buy this from Third Drawer Down. I'm giving YOU this for your birthday.

We've been sick. Sick. Sick. Dude. Dreaded Lurgi ping pong. My face feels as though it's falling off my face. Or something. It's gone beyond tedious. Praps that is why I find jokes about snot hilarious. It's the delirium.

But, as a result of being housebound and ground down, I seem to have been doing a wee bit of online shopeing. Cashmere, books, ridiculous things we don't need (the delirium). I miss the ope shopes. Although I bet I wouldn't find a Giant Nose Shower Soap Dispenser at an ope shope.

Any online store favourites you'd care to recommend? Not necessarily ridiculous novelty gift stores...

I'm amazed I've managed to write some sentence things.

The world owes me a livin'

We've all succumbed to the Dreaded Lurgi here.  This sweet little fillum, 'The Water Babies', is keeping my snot babies happy.

What's that, you ask? How many times have we watched it? (On the iphone, MMMC.)

There are some classics in the Silly Symphony series.

  

Sassykah loves 'dah beeg BAAAD woof, Mummy'. We've deconstructed it together and I think she's across the inherent ideology of 'The Three Little Proponents of the Protestant Work Ethic and Dah Beeg Bad Woof'.

Zig has been singing the grasshopper song for years. He, as a three-year-old, gave his grandmama quite a shock the first time she heard him burst forth with the world owes me a livin' and started spittin' tubacky all over her loungeroom floor. I'm not sure he's really learnt anything from watching this though - he still won't clean his room.

And be warned - 'The Ugly Duckling' contains scenes some two-year-old viewers might find upsetting. I know that now...

My favourite part is when Father Duck accuses Mother Duck of shagging around.

Crazy to think this animation series is over seventy years old and its creation spanned the exact (more or less) same years as the Great Depression.

New hall table

We went to the tip shop today. 

We found an old desk, yay!

It's missing two of its legs, hey? 

But do we care? 

Nay.

We also found an easel.

('Saskia' could pass for a Liesel?)

Playing along with Sophie.