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..




Jun 28, 2009

I love these little white flowers that live on what is nearly a weed around here

i cannot get a decent pic of the lavender ....every one is wrong







Jun 27, 2009

some things from dog walks and from around the house



thunder egg after it was dusted


a thunder egg before it was dusted.
trying out my macro on the camera not so successfully really




some stone i bought in Port Macquarie a couple of years ago and rathe like



some bits lying around from sons hobby



grevillias

a neighbours tree


i loooooooove this iris photo . it is my favourite i think

Jun 21, 2009

some things were shiny today



reflection of my camera lens and i in the side of a tea pot


detail on a family teapot




reflection of camera and i ,when i realised that i was able to see myself in the back of a beaten up
stainless spoon just taken from the dishwasher and just sitting in the cutlery holder.
you can even see on the side, a few logs of soap that are there waiting to be cut.
the generic dishwashing stuff must work well because those spoons are very very very old and beaten up :-)



sons car has been rained on tonight




a family tea pot

some pancake and some soap



i messed with some photos of dog before i made the pancakes and while i was waiting for the soap to get released



these soapas are sort of damp and shiny because they have just come out of the freezer.
they are soaps where i have tested new fragrances and have used some old plastic moulds .
which need to be frozen to release the soap




i am on a pancake jag. havnt had any in ages . maple syrup !!!!!!!




Jun 19, 2009

A trip to Inner Mongolia from one of China's smaller cities where my sister is working

Buddha, Temple and Museum at  Hohut













Datong and its Hanging Monastry








The Grasslands of Inner Mongolia












Jun 12, 2009

some pages from my great great grandfathers day book

He was a surveyor in Derbyshire and the book records details of peoples crops,
measurements of fields, steps to a dance, maps of the local area and handy hints like waterproof for shoes and how to make tracing paper