Crafty

Have ya noticed?  There’s a distinct lack of craft on any Drewzelblog right now.  I first started my blog in early 2006, just for fun.  I was a crap blogger, I hardly posted, didn’t read anyone else’s much and didn’t really care.  Then I got really. involved. in. crafting. stuff.  Good ol’ craft as therapy.  So as I made stuff, I put pics on Flickr, wrote blog posts about it.  But now I feel like I done a circle and I’m back to non-crafting posts again.  Not because I don’t love craft or don’t make stuff.  Because I’m still going strong.  But it’s become so ingrained and a part of what I do with my time, that I don’t even consider it remarkable any more.  Does this mean the novelty has worn off?  Or have I achieved Granny craftdom, where all my friends and family know it’s just something I do, like the gardening, or cuddling doggies?  Super-creative types might think I’m stagnating, and not pushing myself to achieve more.  But I can say, that with my various exploits (thanks Pip for giving my bags a go, thanks Leeloo for believing in a Bird Mad Girl) I’m in a happy crafting place.  And I think that’s quite remarkable.

Chicken time

 

Fun in the post!

pressie from curly pops, originally uploaded by drewzel.

Recently, the gods smiled on me and I was first outta the sombrero over at Ms Curly Pops’ blog for a giveaway. Yesterday I checked my mail and a box full o’ booty was waiting for me… Behold!

Thank you thank you! There were buttons hiding in one bag pocket, and vintage rick rack in the other! And luverly fabric, and there was a Milky Bar choccy too but I scoffed that rather quickly.

Today I want to buy a goldfish

bill 1, originally uploaded by drewzel.

In our kitchen we used to have a tank filled with Swordtail fish, catfish and other fun finned friends. Until the great unexplained water poisoning of 2007, which left us with one Swordtail. So I bought lone Swordtail a couple of wee tiddlers to keep her company, and set everyone up in my crystal fruit bowl (sorry Mum).  Swordtail has gone now, and I’m just left with wee tiddlers x2.  So I think I might have to get a goldfish or two to fill the gap so to speak.

This post from this blog (found via Kirsty) reminded me of the simple joys of having a goldfish buddy.
The pic is of Bill, my work Betta, that hung out with me for a couple of years when I worked at Mornington. Alas, he’s gone to the great fishpond in the sky. But he was a cool dude.

By the way, WordPress is irking me. It will not let me upload and insert photos into posts using Internet Explorer (which is the only option I have where I am right now.) Big GRRRR.

PS.  The joys of blogging…world peace? political issues? important writings?  Nope, from me you get “today I want to buy a goldfish”.

Shakin’ the soap

Well I’m not really, but in the interests of putting something out into the universe and hoping that maybe someone has Nan’s old one they don’t use or comes across one at the oppy, I’m really after one of these:

 

Hearting YouTube

…just in case you hadn’t noticed from previous blog posts.  I was looking for a particular Tony Martin D-Gen sketch this morning (alas, couldn’t find the one I wanted) but of course, found other bits and pieces to amuse me inlcluding this chestnut, and this one, because we’ve all hung around a shopping centre during the school holidays:

 
‘The Late Show’ was one of the few good things about the 90’s.

 

This is…

shoes 1, originally uploaded by drewzel.

…my pair of shoes I would sleep in if I could. Or more correctly, this is my pair of shoes I would WEAR if I could. They’re thrifted, size 7 and way too small for my big hoofer feet.

I must confess though, while I love a pretty pair o’shoes as much as the next chick, I’m not a shoe person. The first thing I do when I get home is take my shoes off…and leave them off. I rarely wear closed shoes as I hate having hot feet, and I’d rather spend my money on a pedicure than a pair of expensive shoes. One of my favourite things in the world is a foot massage!

Ta for this week’s theme.

Australiana week : Friday - My Friend Skippy

I’m not sure which one of us kids the parents originally bought this EP for.  My guess is my brother.  But it now lives with me, hooray!  As you can see, it’s well loved, and features four Skippy-tastic tunes (one of which I hope to add in here later through the magic of mp3, but I have to play the rekkid and convert it first).  The song ‘My Pal Skippy’ sung by “Sonny Hammond” is particularly cringeworthy, but ‘Surf King’ by Eric Jupp is a fab mix of didgeridoos and twangy 60’s Shadow-esque geetars.  And we all know the theme song.

Of course you want to read the blurb on the back don’t you?

“The “Skippy” series is Australia’s outstanding contribution to world TV enteretainment.  It is showing in every continet and in a dozen languages.  In its homeland, Australia, the series appears on the nationwide Channel 9 Network.  “Skippy” is filmed in colour against the magnificant bushlands, waterways and mountains of Waratha National Park on the east coast of Austarlia.  Each episode is a complete story featuring the exciting adventures that occur from day to day in the Park, where Head Ranger Matt Hammond, Flight Ranger Jerry King, Matt’s boys Mark and Sonny (not to mention their pal Skippy), live and work among the splendours of the Australian bush with its colourful and exotic wild life.  “Skippy” was he first Australian colour TV series to be sold to the world market before full-scale production began.  The action-packed “pilot” episode along was enough to convince TV programme directors across the globe that here was a refreshingly new and different entertainment, with appeal to the whole family.”

Gotta love Skippy.

I notice there’s no mention of Clancy there, just thinking, I reckon “Clancy” is a fab name for a little girl.  I know lots of people out there collect the Skippy melamine dinner plates, mugs, etc.  Anyone out there still got theirs?

Hearty snack

kangaroo tail stew, originally uploaded by drewzel.

…for a rainy day.

Skippy would not be pleased.

Crayfish Bernard anyone?

crayfish bernard anyone?, originally uploaded by drewzel.

No Sherrin, I didn’t venture into “G’day, where’s the cheese?” (Ack, I just got the “egg ‘em on” jingle in my head now!) Anyone who saw TV cooking shows in the 70’s and 80’s will remember Bernard King. Is he still on the telly?

I thrifted this one as a pressie for a friend, and also it features one of my favourite things about Australia - yabbies.

[pic from here]