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Monday, June 30, 2008

Modern Miniatures on Monday: Parade of Houses, Part Two (1967 Lundby)

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Ten years on from last week , we find ourselves in 1967. A year after I was born... And the Lundby house has changed to the roofline we all ...
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Sunday, June 29, 2008

Fiscal Fast Day Twenty Nine: I ran out of time

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Once again the list of things I wanted to achieve today was longer than the number of hours in the day. I hate it when that happens, especi...
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Fiscal Fast Day Twenty Eight: Accounting for Saturday

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It's almost the end of the financial year so once again it was all accounts all the time around here yesterday. Sadly, I rather enjoy t...
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Saturday, June 28, 2008

Fiscal Fast Day Twenty Seven: When life gives you lemons...

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and a (giant organic) onion... and a cask of wine... and a giant Freddo frog (which, oddly enough, didn't last very long)... and a selec...
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Friday, June 27, 2008

Fiscal Fast Day Twenty Six: with a big cheesy grin

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As promised, a photo of my belated birthday gifty from Taph (although I did try and tell her that since she brings me gifts all the time may...
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Thursday, June 26, 2008

Fiscal Fast Day Twenty Five: Feeling well looked after

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So I took the muffins in to work yesterday. They didn't last long at all (double batch next time, I think!) And the Karma Bank paid out ...
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Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Fiscal Fast Day Twenty Four: Simple pleasures.

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One of the things I appreciate (eventually) during the fiscal fasting process is a growing sense of... I don't quite know how to describ...
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Monday, June 23, 2008

Fiscal Fast: Days Twenty Two and Twenty Three

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The ol' Fiscal Fast is chugging towards the end quite happily. Rather boring, really. Perhaps I can spice things up over the final week....

Modern Miniatures on Monday: Parade of Houses, Part One (1950s Lundby)

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In the lead up to my exhibition  at Canberra Museum and Gallery,  I thought it would be a good idea to feature one house a week on here. Thi...
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Sunday, June 22, 2008

Day Twenty One: fifteen dollars and twenty cents

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That's how much a Fiscal Fast Get out of jail free card is worth around here. I was sorely tempted to throw caution to the wind yesterd...
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Saturday, June 21, 2008

Fiscal Fast Day Twenty: I had a dream

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Is it a sign when you start to dream about shopping? Seriously though, I was very lucky yesterday with colleagues covering all the important...
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Thursday, June 19, 2008

Fiscal Fast Day Nineteen: I need(ed) a house

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I just discovered this video (sorry about the lack of sync with the picture and soundtrack - if it's driving you nuts go watch a better ...
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Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Fiscal Fast Day Eighteen: Sick for toys

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Ohh! Look! I finally have photos of Choku Bai Jo! From the outside: doesn't look like much but inside... green signs mean organic (you m...
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Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Fiscal Fast Day Seventeen: Hey, big spender!

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No, not Rae Harvey, shown here presenting her Lucite Queen floortalk at CMAG this afternoon. I'm talking about me. I went wild and cra...
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Monday, June 16, 2008

Fiscal Fast Day Sixteen: a top day all round, really.

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Today I got top mail from Happy Spider : (Ohh... what's in that mysterious parcel on the right? cables and smellies - a perfect mix!)...
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Sunday, June 15, 2008

Fiscal Fast Day Fifteen: It's not easy being green.

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On the To Do List this morning was a trip to the Lyneham Laundromat/ Post Office to post a couple of eBay parcels and a Made It order (wo...
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Saturday, June 14, 2008

Fiscal Fast Day Fourteen: Mirror mirror on the wall, let me show my old toilet to you all!

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Way back in the mists of time (and in a country far far away) I bought a small wooden-framed mirror for maybe $20 at a craft fair in Upper H...
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