No more soap sales + being copied

I have discontinued soap sales, at least temporarily. I have had a lot of fun over 18 years making soap and meeting so many other interesting people. Thank you everyone .
Maybe I will get back to it again later, but meanwhile I will be making only for personal use and gifting..




Feb 18, 2018

I will make some soap soon for a fundraiser for the Golden Oldies Rescue at Mittagong . Gina and her team do an enormous job of saving old /older dogs. I have been fortunate to be able to foster the wonderful "Rocky" who needed quite  a bit of vet help before he could settle to his new life where he has decided he hates doors and cars . !
Which means he cannot easily get to the local dog park to meet other dogs which he is desperate to do.
I will probably advertise the soap here and on another couple of pages either with a buy now price or as an auction. Golden Oldies has an auction site so there is a choice

Hopefully the soap will be ready for Mothers Day at least .





 "Rocky" the dog who loves and wants friends


Jan 21, 2017

A new dog. A wonderful old soul . He  has been here now for 5 months and has gotten a lot smarter generally. "Ginger" is essentially 10 and is  another working dog cross  (is there any other kind ?!!) ...kelpie/cattle/rough collie. He loves his new home endlessly after way too long in rescue places.  He is both as rough as bags and as gentle as a baby. I guess his life has made him like that.  He has the saddest eyes and has vast amounts of fur to be removed for summer .  He loves and is loved





Sep 23, 2015

soap

This was made with yoghurt after discussions with other soapmakers.
It feels great actually.
One is the inevitable lavender. It is just plain blue /purple with gold mica on top.
 The other is the last of a fragrance oil called *strawberry and cream*.


Apr 26, 2015

My beautiful *Shadow * dog has died

After a relatively short time being picky about her food, then not eating much and then eating nothing really......tests showed acute renal failure, amongst other things.
I chose to let her go peacefully and her vet came to our home on 24 April and she died with my son and I beside her.
We are bereft to have lost this beautiful, intelligent, loving dog. She amused us with her tricks, she loved to *work* and I will miss her picking up things from the floor and handing them to me. It sure saved my poor sore back.
She was just that one special animal that some of us are fortunate to own or meet in a lifetime.
The stories about her are legion, the memories endless, warm  and beautiful .
 she lives on forever.

She had had months of pain after a neck injury in late August 2014. Not being able to walk and being able to do nothing but lie around.
I nearly had her put down then but she finally suddenly got better and had some good weeks before the kidney failure. She was slow walking in the park in the last weeks... but still loved her social activities and knew what time it was when I should be preparing to take her out

The weird thing about her food on the last day was that I was eating an Anzac biscuit when she sniffed it and looked interested. I offered her a bit and she loved it and had a bit more. When my son came by with his chicken and ham sandwiches not yet eaten....she asked for some of that and looooooved it.
She had refused proper chicken, tuna, turkey, beef and her usual beloved dry cat food for the previous 24 hours

Our thanks to Matt and his team at Normanhurst Vet Practice. They care




 Here she is ready to go shopping a about 2 weeks ago. Looking very well
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Wondering if I am ever coming back.



Here she is as she was recovering from the neck problems



Sitting with "her boy" waiting for the vet to arrive. 

Oct 5, 2014

crimson rosella

they are busy eating the seeds from some left over grass weeds in the back of the yard
and playing on a dead pulled out citrus tree 

one is feeding the other...... but i dont know the relationship between them






Jul 8, 2014

A park in Hornsby that I take dog to occasionally

the grounds are that of the home of one or our great explorers........

Sir Edgeworth  David 

after whom a street has been named. 
I think, perhaps, that  many do not appreciate where that street name comes from.

the photos are not wonderful but it is simply a glimpse or a cool
shady park in a highly populated area that offers escape 



random spider catching lunch























could not leave dog out of a blog entry......it was a cold and windy morning!!!







Jul 7, 2014

what i saw for Mothers Day back in May



all these rhinos were spread thro the shopping section of
Star City Casino.
Hate the casino looks and food options....but so glad the
rhino were there to make us all happy. They had all been
painted by various people and organizations and were for
auction shortly after I saw them....the money to go to a fund to 

save white rhinos

















Oct 18, 2013

fires/smoke on the great western highway today

Bells Line of Road