51/366 ginger beer starter

Going to make some ginger beer following this recipe. Now we have to wait 4 weeks until it is ready.

50/366 instant sprinkler

We haven't had much rain this past week and I have had to water my garden. The hot weather has cause my hose to spring a leak. The more I turned up the pressure the bigger the hole became and now I have a new sprinkler that follows me around while I water the garden.

49/366 scrappin with my bestys

At the last minute two of my dear friends and I decided to attend a scrapbooking afternoon. The funny part was we all made the decision seperately because as working mothers we know that it was important to take time out and have 'me time'. The fact that all three of us seperately booked into this scrapbooking day without consulting each other, just goes to show how busy we are and how much this mini break was needed. Was a wonderful afternoon and afterwards I felt refreshed and ready to face another week/month of my busy life.

48/366 Rhino beetle

As a kid I loved these Rhinoceros Beetles.

47/366 grass-head

At school the kids are making grass head... This one will need a little TLC.

46/366 commute

Commuting to work has been my way of life for the last couple of years. Never in my wildest dreams when thinking of my working career did I imagine commuting. It can be the biggest pain when all goes wrong, here are some of useless pieces of information that I have learnt about commuting.

No matter what train your catching the next one going in the direction you want is called 'my train'. Three minutes delayed in traffic while driving my car, means I miss my train and will have to wait an 15 - 30 minutes for the next one to show up. The 9am train is always late and over crowded and arrives at my station at 9.08am. The next train which is 9.15am arrives on time and I see the same people on it year in and year out but we don't talk and have never introduced ourselves.

It quickest I have ever filled up my petrol tank in my car is 4 minutes. That was pulling straight up to a pump, filling up from bone dry, paying at the register and driving away.

All the time I leave things to the last minute which is why I miss my train all the time.

It takes me 4 minutes to leave platfrom 5 use the bathroom and be back in time to catch my train at central station.

People stand in unmarked spots on the platform where the train pulls up and opens the doors. Even if you are the first person to stand on the magical spot, waiting for the train to arrive this doesn't mean you will be the first on the train. There will be a crowd waiting on the magic spot by the time the train arrives and once the doors open, it is every man for himself.

When doors of the train open, do not stand directly infront of the doors because you will block the people getting off the train. Yes people must exit the train before you try and enter, just like when using a lift. Don't get me started with lift etiquette.

When there are people on the train that don't commute everyday, they always end up chatting to me, it is a country people thing. In a city with over 2 million people it is the out of towners, country people that find me sitting on a train commuting into the CBD and we chat about the weather and what brings them to the big smoke.

The best part of commuting on the train, it is 30 minutes in my day where I can crochet or read a book or catch up on facebook or chat about the weather with a complete stranger.

45/366 I am always watching

Can you see the eyes following you?

44/366 weird rainbow

This afternoon we had another storm and this weird rainbow peeked through. I have never seen a rainbow that had light going in both directions.

43/366 love my friends

Great days are spent hanging out with great friends. Technically I didn't take this photo but it was taken on my iphone so it can count towards my 366 project.

42/366 storm or not to storm?

We have been having lovely blue clear skys and by the afternoon storms roll in.