CHRISTMAS MAIL, ANOTHER BIRTHDAY & SPECIAL ART

The Christmas box is off to Canada,

to my daughter and her family.

It is such fun selecting lots of light-weight goodies,

packing it so there is not the tinest space left unfilled.

Can't reveal the contents - they might look at the blog.

These little ground cover gardenias are so sweet to look at

and sweetly scented.  Yet they are Really Tough, and survive anything.

Every year I grow pansies, in gardens and in pots,

and every year I try to keep them flowering until my birthday, the 29th November.

Which is today.

This is all that is left:

Bye til next year, my purple pansies.

I met my two sisters, aka The Two Bridesmaids, for lunch.

And lovely gifts and cards:

Yep, spoilt!

The summer heat continues unabated -

it's been around 34 degrees C. in our suburb this week.

I made a cool shift dress in white linen with a pale yellow rose design:

It looks nice with the RPE White Jewels necklace

and my Vintage Yellow Beads from Paddington Antiques:

My favourite Art Gallery these days is the fridge door:

Presenting works by two famous 2-year-olds,

the Red Cardinal grandsons:

(a)  Gestural, Expressionist work in bright acrylics, with a dash of blue.

(b) Collage of new mode stickers, with emphasis on noisy vehicles and farm animals.

The Matisse Show starts at GoMA this weekend -

Can't wait...