Dahlias

It's that time of the year where I spot dahlias on sale at the market and cannot help myself! They are such beautiful flowers! For some reason, I am so drawn to its fractal nature.

More pretty flowers

Got these at the market today because I really liked one of the colours. Guess which one? :)
These flowers never cease to amaze me when I see how they develop.

Update:
Now I think these are dahlias, not chrysanthemums!

Fresh garlic

I've never seen garlic so fresh that there are green stalks attached so I got these at the market on Saturday.
They look good don't they?

Market flowers

Got a giant lot of nice flowers from the market on Sunday. Three large bunches for only $5! They smell great too!

Rainy market day

We had quite a tough day at the market today with the intermittent showers throughout the whole morning. It was plastic covers on and off so many times that I kind of lost count. But in the end, we still did ok.

One of the best things about today was that I spotted a guy with 2 beautiful Shiba Inu dogs. One black and one brown. I was so struck by how lovely the brown one looked that I went up and asked the guy about them and gave the dog a little head rub :) No pictures because it didn't even cross my mind then.

I do lots of dog spotting at the market - there are always many different ones around and it is fun to watch them greet and play with each other too.

Another hot hot day!

We've got another terribly hot day today. From the morning, the temperature has been climbing steadily up - it is now 45 degrees! Bobbers is in the cool safety of the toilet and we are holed up at home doing art and craft! Hehehe! We have our market stall tomorrow - luckily the temperature will be normal then.


"Lounges in Loo"


Pendants!

Update to weather: -
The temperature has dropped 15 degrees in less than half an hour! What exciting weather we have here! Strong winds around though.

Market day - December

We had our last market for this year on Sunday. The weather couldn't decide what season it was - it was not summery at all but rather cold. Which explains the cap and T-shirt and scarf.


I also found this nice vintage tablecloth there!

Bunny sculptures

We got these steel laser cut bunnies (complete with shadow) from the design market today. :) There were lots of nice things at the market. Very inspirational! Kind of wish that I would be able to do a proper stall with marketing and all but I just don't seem to have enough drive to do it.

Market day - March

We had our market day today. Our sales was ok...not fantastic but enough. My only purchase was something for Bobbers. :) She gets so much vegies sometimes they don't fit in her little Hello Kitty plate. That will now be for her apple treats.

My animal fix

Whenever I go to the market, I go to the pet shop for some cute animal therapy. There were quite a number yesterday. A teeny maltese-westie cross (what better combination could you have?), a ragdoll and a couple of beautiful tiffanies. This was the first time I was seeing such lovely cats in a pet shop. They had beautifully soft fur too! I wish I could have one of them.

Market day

Our first market day is over! It was quite a great experience. Going there in the dark and setting up our stall, selling our first item (a handphone case) and selling all sorts of odds and ends during the rest of the morning. The highlights for me were selling a bunch of my bunny softies to one person, finding a Figgjo Turi bowl and getting a set of retro vintage mounted pictures (and I resold one!! Hehehe!). I thought we did quite well on our first try. :)

We got there before 6am to set up our stall! It was still dark but there were buyers already lurking for valuable stuff.









Our stall when it got brighter













These were great! I kept the second and third ones.







One of the recent things I've been wanting. Now I have one!

Coming up!

Can't wait for the weekend! For a variety of reasons: -
1) I always look forward to weekends anyway
2) It's a long weekend with the Australia Day holiday on Monday (one less day to work! Woo hoo!)
3) We have our stall at the Camberwell Market on Sunday! How exciting! I hope we do extremely well...Hehehe! I think it will be fun. Hope for lovely weather though...:)

Market day

We went to the farmers' market at the Abbotsford Convent today. Did not buy much because we had already gone to the market yesterday and I did not want to carry foodstuff all around for the whole day. We got honey, raisins and almonds though. :D I always enjoy going to these markets not just for the food but also for the nice atmosphere.





There are always dogs of all shapes and sizes at these markets.