
6am this morning – Scarborough Beach.

6am this morning – Scarborough Beach.

Today’s jogography instalment: I ran all the way up to the Reabold Hill Summit – what an amazing early morning view of the city! Next, a sadly deflated Santa (or maybe just a big night).
We’re still excited about our unexpected win at the AGDA Quiz Night on Friday, as part of the formidable Lost&Found team (rebranded Sloshed&Found for Quiz Night purposes). Thanks Dan & Bec for inviting us! That’s Ash & David hogging the winning stash. (Funnily enough ‘carburetor’ was the answer to one question, which of course Paul knew!)
Yesterday was our annual Tbird Christmas Breakfast at Floreat Beach… pics here. We had a great turnout – lovely to see old friends and new faces too. Note our matching ‘Hawaiian Honeymoon’ outfits… well you can hardly miss them! Who would have thought Dorothy Lamour’s curtains would look so good? Actually this beautiful fabric is from Tessuti’s online store.

If Rob Frith is my most-mentioned (& oft-quoted) photography reference, it’s because he is the mostest!

A daunting project for any upholsterer, but John (of Modern & Antique Furniture Upholstery) rose to the challenge of restoring a mass of chewed-over, shredded fibres back to a fantastic Featherston Dining Chair (the 1953 A310H, to be exact).

Sewing Diversion: some months back I joined in Gertie’s Sew Retro online course at Craftsy: Perfect Fit Bombshell Dress. I drafted my own 50s-style petal bodice – the lined ‘petals’ turn up or down, depending on your whim…


TOP L: Vintage foot-powered horses from Atlantic City Pier (via Modern Mechanix).

Those great guys from The Kiosk have taken over South City Kiosk at City Beach ~ the retro concrete structure right on the sand, south of the Surf Club.