My Homelea Week: Red and Yellow

Hi! It’s lovely to see you at “my homelea week”. I love sharing the homelea-ness of my week with you.

When I looked back over my images from the last week it appears I’ve developed a subconscious love of yellow and red together. And I do like it! Perhaps this will become the inspiration for a crochet creation, it would look good in a chevron, perhaps matching cushions – one yellow and white and the other red and white . . . .

On Saturday morning we popped into Marburg to visit a favourite homelea store “Scotland Yard Antiques”. Hubby and I have been popping in now for a year or so, after deciding to drop by on a whim on a trip from Brisbane to Chinchilla. We’ve picked up some fabulous vintage things for our home. Out the front of the store there was a gorgeous yellow chair sitting beside an old style red telephone box – it made for a gorgeous colour combo.

I would have loved to have taken this chair home with me, I love it’s colour and design, and it would look funky and smart with a white cushion (or perhaps one of those red and white chevron cushions I’m dreaming about). This beauty would have fit into the back of the Prado for it’s trip to Homelea but unfortunately I’ve got no where to put it, Homelea is a little bit full of furniture at present. Oh well.

Did you see the dog in the background? He’s not a real dog, and he’s got a label around his neck that says “sorry I’m not for sale”. He is a cutie, and very lifelike.

After visiting Scotland Yard we popped by the Marburg Show, and it was a glorious day for the show! The sunny autumn skies make for beautiful photos. The bird pavilion with it’s red doors was striking against the blue sky. Watch out for a blog post during the week on our Marburg adventures, I’ve got some more fantastic images to share with you.

At present I’m finishing off a couple of crochet projects I’ve got on the go. This means I was sewing in ends left, right and centre. Even though it’s a time consuming task I still enjoy sewing in the loose ends. Seeing a project completed is satisfying, as is the repetitiveness of the task. This scarf is so lovely and soft, the organic cotton is lovely to feel and work with.

Once upon a time I used to cook stir-fries and noodles all the time, but I haven’t made one of these meals for ages. During the week I cooked up a vegie and prawn combo with flat egg noodles and it was healthy and tasty. I have vowed to cook this more often.

Ops, I almost forgot to tell you about Little Min’s newest discovery. This little dog has been a tv watcher ever since we got her and she’s now found her favourite show – Bondi Vet. A chilly evening snuggled up on the lounge watching Bondi Vet makes this little dog content.