Archive for the ‘random’ Category

• about this bubble blower…

  Date: 2008.07.29 | Category: random | Response: 0

  
  That green lion shape is a 2 streams of bubbles at a time bubble blower (you dip each nozzle into the little blue pot).

  Do they have these in Australia but I’ve never noticed? Perhaps I wasn’t looking for kids toys that blow bubbles…

  I know they don’t give out fans in Australia (see background). In Tokyo (and Kyoto, actually) in the Summer people give out fans near railway stations, advertising various things. In Spring, it was packets of tissues with advertising. Ah, dear, and the kids love collecting …

• Japanese sewing & craft books I’d like…

  Date: 2008.07.28 | Category: random | Response: 0

  
  When I see a book I like here in Tokyo, I’ve taken a photo so I can remember the title. I’ve already bought the red one, Essence of Sewing, I’ll review it for you soon…

  You can see the closeups in my flickr.

• study break…

  Date: 2008.07.05 | Category: random | Response: 0

  
  Let’s be honest, July is the month of assignments and exam study here in Japan … there won’t be much posting, even if I do hope for a little relaxation/sanity crafting.

  See you after the 25th!

• flickr meme, you know the one ; )

  Date: 2008.07.01 | Category: random | Response: 0

  
  meme, originally uploaded by redswirl.

  Because it’s so pretty, I tag myself

  1. What is your first name? I’m named for that lady, my Dad thought she looks like my Mum (she does)

  2. What is your favourite food? spaghetti … I’m totally editing this, that wasn’t the first one, but it was pretty

  3. What high school did you go to? Abbotsleigh, didn’t generally look like that

  4. What is your favorite color? red

  5. Who is your celebrity crush? don’t care (that’s what I searched for in flickr)

  6. Favorite drink? ice coffee … oh, yeah I forgot I’m in Japan, I actually hate coffee like this, shoulda said “iced latte”, I need the milk to make it drinkable, sugar too sometimes

  7. Dream vacation? Berlin, forever

  8. Favorite dessert? sticky toffee pudding, flickr couldn’t find “and ice cream”

  9. What you want to be when you grow up? happy, now too ;P

  10. What do you love most in life? my kids, searched for “no photo”, found Shibuya at night, so sorta appropriate

  11. One Word to describe you? confused (today)

  12. Your flickr name? red swirl

  Copying along with craftapalooza and oh, heaps of other people too

• this is … my best op shop find

  Date: 2008.06.30 | Category: random | Response: 0

  
  this is … a photo from my old house, wish we’d taken more … I always say that, never do. Lots of op shop and cheap treasures on those shelves, both mine & husband’s … maybe my memories are all the clearer ’cause the photos are a little dark, a little blurry?

  I wanted to show you the angry old lady doll with the fading blue hair and bright orange plastic dress, prim & proper with a white hand bag … but she’s really short and there’ll be no close ups ’till she comes out of storage … next year. She’s from Glebe Markets long, long ago when they had more weird stuff and I used to go for a look most Saturdays …

  Playing along with Lino Forest and THREE BUTTONS

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