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Our Seventies House: October 2011
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A blog by P. and M. about the restoration of our house—our little 70s shoebox—and establishing a native garden, on the outskirts of Melbourne near the Dandenong Ranges. UPDATE 30 Dec 2011:. UPDATE 19 Jan 2012:. Who Wants a Naked Phone? And Milstar wants us to have a decently-clothed phone too. In fact, they want to make everyone's phone "just about the most fashionable item in [the] home"—just about. So get a 70s "Dress-a-phone" today! Tardis and Guide-dog required). The Nesting Magpies Show. I wondered ...
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Our Seventies House: December 2011
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A blog by P. and M. about the restoration of our house—our little 70s shoebox—and establishing a native garden, on the outskirts of Melbourne near the Dandenong Ranges. Back Garden Plan No.3. Actually, first is weed (again) and mulch. *sigh*. Midsummer Eve has come and gone, but tonight is the night for food and wine, family and festivities. With this in mind, here is a Christmas photo for everyone featuring our favourite avian friends! And yes, that is the 2011 fledgling on the top of the Christmas tree!
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Our Seventies House: Progress on Vegie Box 1
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A blog by P. and M. about the restoration of our house—our little 70s shoebox—and establishing a native garden, on the outskirts of Melbourne near the Dandenong Ranges. Progress on Vegie Box 1. I haven't been blogging much lately. Summer seems to be the season for labouring in the garden, rather than reflecting on your labours. M and I have been working hard on aspect of the plan for the back garden: slaving in fact, because unbearable heat usually comes with the dry sunny weather. BTW: This is only one ...
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Our Seventies House: Our Fallow Period
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A blog by P. and M. about the restoration of our house—our little 70s shoebox—and establishing a native garden, on the outskirts of Melbourne near the Dandenong Ranges. I have added a few links to local fruit-tree suppliers and will say something about these in the coming weeks. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. Feral Fruit Trees Melbourne. Daleys Fruit Tree Nursery. Le Divan Fumoir Bohémien. Darren Brown and mid-century modern. Wreckorated: Hooper House II.
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Our Seventies House: August 2011
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A blog by P. and M. about the restoration of our house—our little 70s shoebox—and establishing a native garden, on the outskirts of Melbourne near the Dandenong Ranges. This is the crimson wattle M. planted about 6 months ago: it is over a metre high now and it has bloomed almost exactly a year from when we first moved in. We are looking forward to putting in even more of these. Arrow pointing to the tip of the boulder-iceberg]. Where we want to plant a flowering gum (where the number 5 is on the plantin...
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Our Seventies House: April 2012
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A blog by P. and M. about the restoration of our house—our little 70s shoebox—and establishing a native garden, on the outskirts of Melbourne near the Dandenong Ranges. Bench and Outside Storage. This is another summer project that is not quite. Finished. I have been putting off posting about until it was finished, but I sort-of included it in my last post … and I may not ever finish it (for reasons I explain below), so I may as well post some more pix of it now. 8230;and thus …. Work had to stop a while...
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Our Seventies House: September 2012
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A blog by P. and M. about the restoration of our house—our little 70s shoebox—and establishing a native garden, on the outskirts of Melbourne near the Dandenong Ranges. I have added a few links to local fruit-tree suppliers and will say something about these in the coming weeks. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile. Feral Fruit Trees Melbourne. Daleys Fruit Tree Nursery. Le Divan Fumoir Bohémien. Darren Brown and mid-century modern. Wreckorated: Hooper House II.
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Our Seventies House: February 2012
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A blog by P. and M. about the restoration of our house—our little 70s shoebox—and establishing a native garden, on the outskirts of Melbourne near the Dandenong Ranges. Maine Coon vs Airedale. The only creature that Chewie has any respect for is Piper the beautiful Maine Coon. Or to those that know her and are just a little bit afraid - SHE who must be obeyed. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile. Maine Coon vs Airedale. Feral Fruit Trees Melbourne. Daleys Fruit Tree Nursery.
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Our Seventies House: January 2012
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A blog by P. and M. about the restoration of our house—our little 70s shoebox—and establishing a native garden, on the outskirts of Melbourne near the Dandenong Ranges. The progress of our Hornsea collecting bug. A story in the HPC&RS Newsletter. About lost and broken lots bought off eBay prompted me to write in with our own sad story, which was duly published in the next issue (#77). In my email I explained the difficulty we have had with one item in particular: a margarine container. I have checked my ...
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Our Seventies House: Nothing new...
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A blog by P. and M. about the restoration of our house—our little 70s shoebox—and establishing a native garden, on the outskirts of Melbourne near the Dandenong Ranges. We picked up a batch of magazines from the local market about a month ago. An American travel magazine, Sunset: The Magazine of Western Living. These are a few things I just have to share. I was struck by the fantastic house designs in the classifieds sections. It made me wonder why Grand Designs think boxes on boxes style of housing ...
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