Made on the Left market

Hot on the heels of Perth Upmarket is the Made on the Left market and this market runs over two days at the Hyde Park Hotel. Now the difficulty is: which day shall I go?

What is Made On The Left? I'll let them tell you. (Text below taken from their website)

Made on the Left is a not-for-profit organization that was founded in 2008 by independent designers with the intention of supporting Western Australian creative talent. Our aim is to support all creative designers and events showcasing independent labels. Being on the left hand side of Australia no longer means you'll be at a disadvantage. We'll bring you all the information you need to know to make things happen!

Starting out young and quick review on the Toshiba Protege R400

Zach drawing on the Toshiba Protege R400

Our young Zach is proving to be a young technogeek. He is not three and half yet and has already mastered the basics of the iPhone (a testament to its ease of use). He knows how to change the brightness of the screen, turning it off and on as well as volume control. Then, the other day, Khoa allowed him to draw on his laptop and we were amazed that he instinctively knew how to change the pen size and colour. The image above captures him as he is about to tap one of the icons on the toolbar to change the pen properties. Never underestimate your children!

In case you are wondering, the laptop is a Toshiba Protege R400. It is a computer tablet which allows you to flip the screen to enable you to use the pen stylus on the screen. Overall, the performance of the laptop is pretty good. We've had it for more than 2 years and its biggest downfall is Windows Vista, which came as its operating system.

These trees are in full bloom...

...but I have no idea what they are called. There is a whole row of them lining Riverside Drive in Perth and I simply love it when they are in bloom. I find these trees absolutely elegant. The trunk leans ever so slightly and the branches all grow out in a certain way. The red blooms just top it all off.

If you know what they are called, could you please tell me?

Extraordinary Mondays - Our industrial past

If you told me ten years ago that I would love the look of rust and the aesthetics of machinery of the bygone years, I would have laughed and said that you really didn't know me at all. Well, how I have changed. I must say that the work I currently do has given me an appreciation for just that. An appreciation of a kind of industrial Australiana.

I thought I'd share with you a little of it.

The Blacksmith Shop at the Midland Railway Workshops.

The tools left hanging in the Blacksmith Shop.

Aqua and yellow machinery at Midland Railway Workshops.

More colourful machinery at Midland Railway Workshops.

Rusty farm equipment with the homestead in the background, Sutton's Farm, Mandurah.

Close up of old rusty farm equipment at Sutton's Farm, Mandurah.

There must be something about peacocks

I didn't think I liked peacocks very much but I guess I do judging from this and the previous post. SallyWag has this most beautiful decal of a peacock. Go check out her etsy shop.

Colour my world...

Image sourced from Geninne's Art Blog

If you have not been introduced to Geninne's Art Blog yet, you have been missing out! I really love this new painting of hers and the best news of all it is available at her etsy shop. Geninne Zlatkis lives in amongst such colour in Mexico and to top it all of, she lives in a beautiful house designed by her architect husband. See photos of her home over at her lovely photostream at flickr. Check it out here!

Amelia's monogram

Copyright 2009 Adelyn Siew

Now, I need to digitise the image above and this image so I can make Zach's and Amelia's t-shirts! Can't wait!