Dear Readers, hml has been experiencing technical (not to mention emotional, financial, geographical and medical) difficulty this past week - hence the lack of posts. So to make up for our absence, today's missive will be jam packed with a weeks worth of pith and pictures. Plus we promise to be here same time same bat channel tomorrow!
Our show of the week is an unusual one but we thought you 'woodies' out there would appreciate the work of Phoenix born artist
Jennyfer Stratman on show this week at
Uber Gallery (no that is not a typo - that's how she spells her name). Her work is beautful and inspiring. The tree motif continues...
Our artwork of the week comes from our beloved Intern - now 13, who did this excellent painting for Ramona's birthday. Most impressive. We are constantly amazed at how skilled kids are at composition -free of the constraints passed on to us by sucky high school art teachers - the Intern is a talent to watch...
Meal of the week had to be the humble lemon birthday cake served as breakfast in bed. There is nothing better - especially when you know Chef has gone through not one not two but three White Wings packet mixes to get it right. Top Drawer Sir!
Image of the week comes direct from Western Australia where it is in fact Wildflower season. Masses of everlastings, strawflowers, wild freesias, daisies and even the evil but lovely Pattersons curse are just everywhere. The side of the highway never looked so good!
And finally a gentle reminder to all you handmadelifers - only 14 weeks til Christmas (holy jingle bells batman!)
so if your'e planning on crafting things for family and friends - trust us - now is the time to start.
Just when you thought we'd stop parading the spoils it seemed silly given the glove-themed week to not show you the lipstick pink leather gloves Ramona's mother bestowed upon her! they are truly excellent - soft buttery leather, very sweet and sassy. Wolfie would like them (see yesterdays entry).
And finally on the birthday front. Ramona's long distance deary didn't think about the consequences of buying this decoupage vintage glass plate - 4 hour plane ride home with that teetering on her lap - instead he fell in love with the 19th century engraving and the very flash velvet back. These lovely things come out of the studio of a New York artist John Derain. It's become the perfect repository for treasure - and leather gloves of course!
On Thursday night you can catch the HML staff at the opening of Jenny Bartholemew's new show Digitally Enhanced. Using found gloves Jenny has anthropomorphised these cast offs into strange creatures with the addition of stitching, adding and subtracting and intoducing all sorts of flotsam and jetsam. Jenny has a way with debris -you have to see it to believe it.
Famously crafty gals who are better known for wacked out toys and soft brooches Eternal External promises to 'capture mortality, to suspend, analyse and dissect specimens - the dark art of taxidermy with a playful twist'....sounds intriguing. And it's a good opprtunity to hit the arcade and see the new range at the 
However it was such a nice day we decided to go for a trip to Gertrude street... we tried to get to an exhibition at seventh gallery only to find it had already closed, so we made do with a wander around the streets drooling at the Spacecraft store, buying up the last copy of Selvedge from Artisan Books, wondering what body parts to sell to procure a pair of Preston Zly custom red buckle shoes from the Bereau and eating a most delectable lunch at Enotecha...
Ah spring... you have finally sprung!
