The Ghost of Kitchens Past : Op-Shop Show-Off; February 11th, 2014

Welcome back to the second-hand-gadget-of-cooking show-off.


Miniature toilet brush in appearance, miniature broomstick in gait; utilitarian, actually cleanable (the little metal cap retracts) and bristle retaining pastry brush, welcome to my humble implement drawer. You take me back little brush, to home-ec. (aka school cooking class). To the Madame Trelawny-like teacher who always gave me an irritating sympathy/doomed looks when she saw me (a once competitive excuse maker, my " I have reoccurring nightmares about drowning and I was too tired to get up this morning Miss" was a big mistake. To the A grade because even though I burned my cake I gave a marvellous (also confabulated) critique as to why. From the best school lunch of the week (a Friday morning class). From the spacious, sunny classroom of messy, tasty fun past, to the current tiny kitchen of messy, tasty fun present (Claud and I just made pies), for all of 20c.

An InLinkz Link-up

6/52/14

Fin-The serious business of having fun.

Claud-The long wait over; watching his wings dry.



See you on Tuesday for the Op-Shop Show-Off.


Week six of the 2014 Portrait Project at Practising Simplicity.

5/52/14

Fin-Beseeching dad with his eyes to 'please push'!

Claud-New term, new shoes.


It's all go here. How is it with you?


Participating in the Portrait Project at Practising Simplicity.

Op-Shop Show_Off; January 28th, 2014

 

From my before-Christmas-$3-box-of-tricks. A small silver platter. Husband thinks it is silver plate though isn't hallmarked. In service, serving up Her Royal Claudness'es breakfast.

4/52/14 Portraits Of My Children

Fin-Scrumptious and serious.

Claud-Laughter on legs.


Week 4 of the Portrait project at Practising Simplicity.

Darn It! Op-Shop Show-Off; January 21st, 2014

Haberdashery. Great vintage word, great vintage stuff. Notions, lisle. Also lovely words. Ahh.

3/52/14 Portrait Project

Fin. Oh-ohh. You can't walk but you can climb?!!! Nothing. Safe.

Claud-Love the faraway look you get in your eyes when your thinking up something funny. (In this instance the knock-knees dance).

Week three with these two little loves in the Portrait Project at Practising Simplicity.

The Tea Towel Dress

I made Claud the Martha Stewart Tea Towel dress for her birthday, in stolen minutes here and there. Except it's the Max Bennett Tea Towel Dress because the Martha Steward dress pattern is in fact infant sized, despite the model standing and looking distinctly toddler-like in the photo. So I improvised. Quietly pleased I finally made Claud an item of clothing. Quietly pleased all the materials, fabric ribbon, buttons, linen tea towel and elastic were all op-shopped.

Show and Telling with Leonie an Co.

Clip-Clop: Op-Shop Show-Off; Tuesday Jan 14th, 2014

Claud was gifted this hobby horse recently by it's original owner who was given it as a child by her grandparents who bought it out from a London department store quite a few years ago. Claud imaginatively name it 'pony' and loves it to bits (literally, she chewed the ear, adding to it's, is-it's-eye-missing-or-is-it-winking, long-loved patina.

Portrait Project 2/52/14

Fin-Likes to play crawl-chase and busts in to peals of laughter when his family get down on all fours and say "chase me Fin, chase me".

Claud-Likes to skip everywhere, and breaks out in impromptu dance routines of her own devising when particularly happy.



Week 2/52 of the weekly Portrait Project at Practising Simplicity

*My favourite from last week was Leonie's lovelies

You are invited...

Dear Blogging Friends, Neighbours, Waimakariri-ans and indeed Cantabrians,

You are cordially invited to the January Rangiora Food Swap on Sunday January 19^th, 2014 at 2pm.

We are a newly forming social group of home growers and home-made food fans planning to meet on a monthly basis for a social exchange of home grown, unprocessed garden produce on a swap-barter basis.

Pre-registration is essential (so I can confidentially tell you where it is, keep an eye on numbers (ever the optimist!) and give you other necessary info)

To register to attend and/or get further details please email your contact details to: - msmaxbennett@gmail DOTcom.

On the day you would need to bring your home grown, unprocessed fruit and vegetables, flowers, plants or seeds to swap, as little or as much as you like; a little something towards a shared morning tea, and a small table and chair for your ‘stall’. (We will have a few tables and chairs available for those not able to transport their own).

This initial swap will be in a garden. The rain-postponement date is Sunday 26^th January at 2pm, though we hope to obtain a covered venue in the interim.

Looking forward to seeing you (and eating your stuff!),

Max x

For further updates:-

‘Like’ our FB page https://www.facebook.com/RangioraFoodSwap

For further info on the Food Swap movement, visit http://www.foodswapnetwork.com



Logo designed by the wonderful with a pencil Rosa-May Rutherford .

The Olivetti Valentine Typewriter: Op-Shop Show-Off, Jan 7th, 2014

Portraits of My Children: 1/52/14

Findlay-Film star good looks down the paddling pool.

Claudine-Awaiting the judge at the sandcastle contest today.


Week one of the 2014 Portrait Project at Practising Simplicity.


Happy New Year to you all. I trust your holidays were stupendous orgies of eating and relaxation, like ours.
I'm having another go at this blogging lark, including the 52 portraits. I may be sporadic. Back on Tuesday with the Op-shop Show-Off though, promise!