A day at the aquarium

Today was a rare day when we had nothing to do but just to 

head out and enjoy a favourite family outing - the Melbourne Aquarium

Must admit I was smitten with the cheeky penguins so much so that

I managed to get left behind by everyone at the penguins! 

 Finally I did find the rest of the bunch and was chastised accordingly 

for wasting their time looking for me! My how the tables have turned, he kids 

looking for me!

I grabbed this photo opportunity thinking it was "so cute, just like when they

were little, all lined up" - afterwards I was horrified to discover it was the shark 

tank and they had been baiting the sharks with their hands! Ahhh!

Martha is soooo shy! ha ha.

Beautiful Jelly Fish

A little more paper craft

Miss M went to birthday party, she tells me John (the birthday boy)

loves bugs, that John is "hilarious", that he is her friend. He makes her laugh.

Miss M stamped the bag herself but charged me with the card and tag.

And just a simple bit of apple freshness.

Finally i can show you

And I am back again. My computer has been in the shop and I couldn't blog.

I didn't like that very much, especially when I have things to show!

 Miss M made these lovely pencil holders, one will take pride of place

on my desk at work next week

I am making my first quilt, well second really I made a lovely one 

for Miss M's cot many years ago, in fact she still sleeps with it. This one

is a basic square patch, and I am using up just scraps from previous projects.

It really is hard work though, trying to get the squares to match up, I am surprised to find this.

Any tips on making this quilt less labour intensive will be most appreciate!

Things I am loving

Linking in with Paisley Jade...

Loving that our range of organic buys is growing by the week and 

our staples have been replaced with organics. loving that it didn't break the

bank.

Loving some not so organic treats from the USA. 

These marshmallows are colossal! So good I can't even 

consider buying Australian ones ever again!

Loving that I can bribe my kids with USA sodas...I can almost

achieve anything from them!

Loving instagram...ok so I am the last one on the planet to 

start using it, but i am loving it!!

Loving these felt stockings I picked up at Coles for 25cents each.
Miss M and I are going to collect things throughout the year for a local charity.
This will be one of our community projects for our family to do this year.

Playing with instagram and the Vic Arts Centre

Waiting in the foyer for Angelina Ballerina the Ballet to commence

Fabulous costumes that belong to the Fabulous Reg Livermore

A collection of Fabulous posters from Reg shows

Fabulously sweet Miss M

The Party is Over girlfriend!

January has been such a lazy time for me, we I we have been enjoying balmy evenings by our pool and have most certainly partaken in a few sherbs to cool the blood....As you might not know Miss Prudence is partial to a sherry or two, maybe a glass of bubbles with the girls in the summer, party time season. But all good things must come to an end....so it is with great pleasure my liver announces that I am doing Feb fast.  That is correct, indeed it is, Miss Prudence is swaying off the sherry for a whole month.

Febfast  is a wonderful opportunity for any "social" creature to get themselves back on track after the festive season that seems to run for months in Australia.  You probably recall that I am a Drug and Alcohol worker and a Mental Health worker so I see the effects of alcohol abuse frequently.  Not pretty. And it is so wide spread in our community, in fact I believe many people have issues with alcohol and do not realise they do, they just see it as "something I do" ...Aussies are BIG binge drinkers, we really need to look how we use alcohol and why we use it.  Anyway, enough with the lectures, watch this and perhaps you might join too or maybe sponsor someone, maybe even sponsor Miss Prudence!

A day at home

Yesterday we went to the beach, the real beach with waves. I am a Sydney girl originally and when we moved to Melbourne all those years ago I nearly choked at what a pitiful sight it was when I laid eyes on St Kilda beach - I mean really, a beach has waves and vast quantities of sand, golden sand.  St Kilda, no matter how charming it is, is just a sandy bank around a bay...Anyway, we drove an hour and a half and spent the day on a surf beach and loved it. We swam, played beach cricket, we swam, we laid in the sun (with adequate sun protection of course!). We drove home and crashed.

So today was a "lay around the house day"today. And some crafting and cooking was done.

I made some coasters

Cooked some veggie fritters, everyone has their own version and 

below I have shared mine with you.

And something lovely. Our Ballerina apple tree that has been potted for 7 years 

and finally annoyed me so much I stuck it in the front yard and just months 

later we have our very first apples!!!! I am told by the nibbler they are good!

Veggie Fritters 

by 

Miss Prudence

You will need: 

4 egg whites (I use the egg yolks for biscuits)

salt and pepper 

approx 1/2 cup SR flour ( I rarely measure this, just chuck it in)

2 cups of grated veggies ( e.g. zuchinni, carrott, ripped up spinach, beetroot)

a chunk of fetta cheese

oil (I use spray olive oil in my hand pumped bottle) 

Dressing: finely chopped mint, natural yogurt, salt.

Whip the egg whites until peaks are formed.  In another bowl grate veggies, fold in seasoning and flour. Crumble fetta in and then gently fold in egg whites.   Heat oil and drop spoonfuls - just use a dessert spoon. Cook on a medium heat until golden brown on both sides.....Blend mint into natural yogurt. 

Serve with salad and dressing...yum!

Now go bake cookies with the yolks!