Cat friends & a few nice shots of NZ

This is Aboo, she comes to say hello everyday and brighten up my mornings. She is very friendly and playful, especially with the many white butterflies that come to visit Bev's garden (which is full of gorgeous flowers)

This is Lauren's cat but I didn't catch her name. She is so elegant, a British Blue (I thought it was a Russian cat?!), she is shy but once she gets confident, she lets you pat her and she has thick and soft fur. She looked so gorgeous on that sofa that I took numerous shots of her.

I wish I could transport the smell of this rose through the net! Is just sooooo amazing! sweet and intense but not in an overwhealming way, just beautiful! Bev usually has flowers in the house that she picks from her garden. They are all just stunning and is always nice to have fresh flowers around.

Updates

Been meaning to get updating here but having to resize pics and find the time to upload has hold me up... however, the time is here! I have mostly nice pics.. that I hope are inspiring..

I've had this massive collection of fabric samples.. and not known what to do with it.. so I started sewing, for the sake of it and this is what I came up with. A passport bag? or travelling jewelery bag? just experimenting..


During our holidays in Greece last August I started this scarf.. it was inspired by the colours of the sea there... I'm still working on it. Making the most of the sunny Autumn days, I jump in my bike for a work break and knit on the grass...

I suppose I should put a pic from Greece so that you can see what I was looking at whilst knitting...
And I think this inspired Talia to get on with knitting.. I've been preaching about it for so long now...

My friend Julia came to visit my flat.. as she hadn't been before, she brought house warming pressies.. how lucky am I?!!! Gorgeous lilies. Apparently she was looking for yellow and red to represent the Spanish flag but was disappointed for not finding them. However, she didn't realised that they are the Japanese flag's colours!! so well done!! She also gave me this gorgeous body cream that smells soooo yummy! And it came in this so-cute bag :-)


These red lilies were just stunning.. they seemed like made of plastic!! The colour was so intense.. (click to make bigger)
The contrast of colours was great :-)

And then.. to top this up.. I got last weekend another bunch of STUNNING flowers! the pics don't make justice and the scent... the most amazing sweet scent I've ever smelt coming from a rose! And the lilies were gigantic and the pink.. the fucsia I should say, was just unbereably gorgeous. But the delicacy of the roses, old style English roses.. wow..




And to finish.. quick recipe of salmon "cake": with mashed potatoes, plum tomatoes, spring onions and barely seared salmon with onion.. SERIOUSLY easy and tasty - was very succesful on the night :-)