Ha! I love it when a plan comes together.  My sister just sent me these pictures of the eggplant seedlings I planted in Sydney, four months ago. There are five fruits on the little plants!

I planted it about four weeks before I left for Kuala Lumpur. I watered it everyday and fed it with seaweed fertiliser weekly and hoped for enough rain to sustain it after I left.

Really really pleased with the result, even though I will never get taste these vegetables.  Just goes to show what a little planning can achieve. I can see more flowers in one of the shots and I hope the little plants will keep producing more eggplants in the coming months.

PS In case anyone was wondering, that's pennyworth (and some weeds) growing in the background. I thought that patch had died off after the hailstorm that hit the inner west last April, but it looks as though it has come back with a vengeance. It's great in salads.

After the success of my first shirt transformation project, I'm looking forward to my second. I've been thinking about it for weeks and finally got my ideas together. It's going to need both a shirt and tie. I have chosen this pink shirt with a pink, purple and magenta silk tie. 

The first step is to unpick the seam on the tie and the seams holding the sleeves and pocket to the shirt. Sigh!...This is the part I hate the most. Let's get started then.

I'm making this for my mother, who loved the first shirt I made and straightaway put in an order for a shirt of her own. I'll post up pictures of my progress along the way.

This little bird has built her nest just outside our kitchen door and seems unfazed by people walking in and out, barking dogs and me using a zoom lens on her hideaway.  I hope I'll be able to catch a glimpse of her hatchlings when they are born

Have you seen collages of photos used to create a large image? This is a record of significant snapshots that make up the collage of my life. Starting today I'm going to post up a photo a day. Today's picture is of  a collection of  freshly restrung orchid pots waiting for their new home. Yes, these babies and I will be moving to a new home, once a thousand other details get sorted out.