That's nyoice, that's different, that's unewesyewl!

I wasn't going to play the My Place and Yours game this week. I only joined in last time because my gorgeous daughter Kate was theme queen. I found I was a bit distracted all week, constantly looking at what other people had posted, dying to see how other bloggers had interpreted the theme. But then Pip chose me as one of her favourite collections of the week! My very first attempt! And then I found Toni's choice of theme for this week quite irresistible.

The thing about our house that I find unusual is that we don't have a front door. It's not unusual in the country to use the back door, but we don't have any choice in the matter: there simply isn't a front door to use if we wanted to.

It's our own fault. We built this house and we just didn't include one. We forgot. So all our guests come in through the laundry. I just have to make an effort to hide the dirty underwear.

The thing that most visitors find unusual about our house is that we don't have curtains or blinds. That's because the eaves keep unwanted sun out, and with a 1-kilometre driveway we have no need to protect our privacy.

Thanks, Toni, for the interesting and unewesyewel theme. I'm sure I'll waste a lot of time this week dropping by Meet Me At Mike's to see what everyone else is confessing to.

My Collection

This week my daughter K is the theme queen for the My Place and Yours game. The theme she has chosen is My Collection.

I have collected many things in my life - beginning with swap cards and marbles and books - but my favourite collection is my family: Farmdoc and my four beautiful daughters.

For today I have chosen some of the stuff I display on my dressers.

To be included, an item should be old, preferably made in Australia (even better, made in Tasmania), made by a friend, or passed down through the family.


Some of what I see here are kitchen utensils I inherited from my mother in law; plates painted by my friend, the artist, Judy Holding; bottles found at Albert Park; Farmdoc's old toys and baby shoes; and some gorgeous Campbell's pottery.

Thanks so much, Kate, for inviting me to join in. I can't wait to drop by Meet Me At Mike's to see what everyone else is collecting.