February Photo A Day Part 2

 Welcome back to my photos from Fat Mum Slim's "February Photo A Day". Here we go with the second instalment :)

Day 12 "Inside Your Closet"
My clothes closet is pretty ordinary. I tend to spend more money and time picking antiques and vintage bits and bobs than I do clothes. (I am my mothers only daughter...Such a disappointment ! ) This is a section of my linen closet. A tidy section.

Day 13 "Blue"
 It had to be Master Picket Fence's treasure. I waited a long time to buy blue :) Humour me.

 Day 14 " Heart"
On my Lounge room wall (I do love a pretty Dust Collector)

Day 15 " Phone"

 Day 16 "Something new"
As I mentioned. I bought a quilt.....

And here it is again. You can get one from Lazybones in Australia or Anthropologie in the USA

Day 17 "Time"
That's 0245hrs and I was at work..... sigh.

 Day 18 "Drink"
Chocolate milkshake in an old cream bottle. Tastes better this way.

 Day 19 "Something you hate to do"
I need a working dishwasher.
So thats it .....another little peek into my world. This list is good because it makes me photograph things that I'd  never think twice about. Next post will feature another simple project that  I finished this week. Always a triumph to finish something , no matter how small. I have a life long stock pile of projects. Do you ? Or are you more organised than me ? I'd love to hear xx

It might even look like this.

How to Hang a Mason Jar and Look Super Tricky

 If you haven't found Pinterest yet, then I'd have to demand you whizz down and have a look. It's a virtual pinboard...where you pin ideas and pictures that inspire you. If I have spare on line time, this is where I like to spend it. If you want an invite, then please email me... I'll happily send one out to you. You can also check out my boards by clicking on the Pinterest link on my sidebar  xx It was on Pinterest, that I saw the idea above....Its from The Created Home

O. K
A Mason Jar.
     Not tricky ....

 A Curtain Bracket....2 self tapping screws and a near 3 year old assistant.
Still not tricky :)

Extra wire ( because I'm fussy )
 And... just like that.... "Pow" .....you have a hanging Mason vase.
Which looks ....
tricky :)

Even decidedly tragic supermarket Tulips take on a new air here.....
 I love to look Tricky :)

 Maybe with a vase or too hanging around Mr Picket Fence might pick me some daisies ? Or, if you're  like me, you will pick them yourself :) Life's too short to wait for someone to bring you flowers. Go on, Check out Pinterest.....you need to do this ;) Soul therapy xx

Because I didn't get flowers, I bought a quilt....Sometimes love is made from Jersey cotton and comes delivered  ;)

February Photo A Day

 OK in case you weren't bored enough with January. I'm sharing my Photo a Day instagram shots for February.  Have you tried instagram ? It's seriously the most addictive little iPhone  app ever. It comes with amazing filters and is complete with its own community of photo crazy users ...some of whose photo's are seriously amazing.  Check it out. To find me ....look up @Picketfencefancy . If you don't have an iPhone,you can find me by clicking my followgram button ( under my twitter button on the sidebar ). I'd love to have you join me xx

Day 1 " Your view today"
 My town :)

Day 2 "Words"
This photo is part of an original bus destination roll given to me as a "friendship necklace"... My dear friend has half the roll and I have the other half. I treasure her friendship even more than the roll and boy do it treasure this piece of black and white industrial gorgeousness  ( feel free to tell me that there is no such word....the sentiment's there )

Day 3 "Hands" 

These are the hands of my colleagues in my "Not so Picket Fence job" I spend hours a week with these hands and I value them more than I sometimes tell them. I guess I do have a "Picket Fence kind of job" after all ! 

Day 4 " A stranger" 

Oh I found this so hard. I felt like a complete stalker. I will never be any kind of paparazzi :)

Day 5 "10am "

Another part of my precious town. 

Day 6 "Dinner"
I'd like to pretend I was cooler than this.
But....
I'm not .

 Day 7 "Button"
I do love my buttons.

Day 8 " Sun"
And right on cue...
It rained ;)

 Day 9 " Front Door"
This is my huge lead light front door.  to cut a long story short...I have to thank Mr Picket Fence for his patience here. I bought it as a bargain and a soul choice. The head choice should have probably jumped in because it was much bigger than our original door and we had to seriously renovate the entrance to make it fit. It was worth it. I love you Mr PF xx

 Day 10 " Self Portrait"
You know how I feel about these....I nearly drew one instead. I am less artistic than I am shy.... I am  horribly shy and as artistic as a house brick ...hence you get a photo.

Day 11 " Makes You happy"

Living here makes me happy :) Oh yes sir indeed,  I know how lucky I am ... I pinch myself every day.

Well it's the weekend . I hope you have a wonderful time. In a moment of madness I agreed to go with Mr Picket Fence and the children to the Speedway this Sunday....ahem.... so not me... however a girl's got to do what a girl's got to do. Mr PF used to be a racing car driver, so this is kind of his thing, in a big way  ...think of me and send me car appreciation vibes xx

Wondering why this photo  is here? I love my iPhone but was feeling DSLR guilt . Master Picket Fence and I spent a morning playing with my Canon EOS. ( It's like having two boyfriends...camera love, spoilt for choice)  

Poppy

 Here at the Picket Fence house, life is always a little chaotic. Mr Picket Fence and I are big believers in learning through play, dirty hands and joyful hearts .We believe that life is better experienced than viewed and that simple pleasures, family based activities, make great platforms for the learning of solid values. We had the opportunity to welcome a new puppy into the fold and in a heart-beat  knew that this little girl was the perfect fit for our family. So now...we are a family of six humans, 2 cats, 2 dogs, 9 chooks and two gorgeous ducks.  Eleven weeks old....This is " Poppy"

 Sleepy in the sunshine.

Happy to bounce with a little boy.

 Perplexed by the said little boys "flight"

 Absolutely gorgeous and loveable

 Not adverse to a scratch in just the right spot

We are all so happy that Poppy has come to live with us. She feels like a perfect fit.

 We really need to thank her foster parents Tim and Kesh Coulson as without them we would never have met her. Check out Tim's pictures of Poppy here.

See you soon with this weeks  photos of my February photo a day challenge. Todays subject is "The sun" and its missing .....today is  grey and overcast..... I might have to think more broadly! Fingers crossed for inspiration xx

January Photo A Day Round up

 Better late than never :) here is the final week of my Photo a Day challenge for January. I've decided to do February as well . Jump on board it's so much fun.  Thank you Fat Mum Slim for putting it all together!

Day 22 " Your shoes" 

Yes it's true  ...in total I own 3 pairs of shoes. My blundstone boots aren't in the photo...they are far  too grubby . I'm not a "shoe girl "

Day 23 " Something Old" 

I found this one tricky. So many things in our house are varying degrees of old. This is my Mattei Bros church statue, chippy, tall and wonderful she is a definite contender in my favourite old thing stakes !

Day 24 " Guilty Pleasure" 

Um ... I Love Lollies....way too often  :) 

Day 25 "Something you made" 

This is a quilt I made when Miss Teen Picket Fence was only 3. The hearts are from the dresses she wore and grew out of that year. It makes me very sentimental...time rushes by so quickly.....

Day 26 "Colour"

We have a lot of colour  in our house which I am trying to rein in....we are aiming for white walls with splashes of vintage colour .

Day 27 "Lunch"

Day 28 "Light" 

Through my front window where a basket chandelier hangs.

Day 29 "My Fridge"
The clean part :)

 Day 30 "Nature"
Buddlia in my kitchen.

Day 31 "You again" 

Gah....how I dislike photo's of me....here it is regardless :)

This week I was featured on an amazing American Blog  I've had so many lovely emails from this and it feels pretty awesome. I love my American friends...you guys seriously know how to make an Aussie feel loved ! Thank you :)  Pop on over and check out Brenda's blog  http://www.cozylittlehouse.com/...it is the real deal ...just gorgeous. 

Anyway next post is going to be about our most recent addition  to the Picket Fence House.... she has 4 legs    and is super cute....she's not the cat pictured below with Master Picket Fence ( our elderly and most patient Tom "BJ " )  We're excited :)  Can't wait to see you then xx