Deb of Oz's Profile

no wonder they broke up

FREEZING GLASS !!!! A great way to get a freezer full of shards.

I use liquid candles in their own small glass cups in a pair of retro 'iceblock' style Czech candlesticks. Once the wax liquifies, it sends the light through the candlesticks, making them sparkle. By contrast, the flame on a regular candle is too high up. The candlesticks warm slightly just where the cup touches the glass.

The other bonus? Never having to do more than rinse the dust off the candlesticks. I soak the wax out of the cups in an old jam tin filled with warm to hot water, although most of the time the only residue is the little metal tag that held the wick.

I also use the cups with Ikea candle rings to turn anything into a candlestick.

Similar to Bridget Riley and of same generation of artists. I saw an exhibition of her works which included her detailed plans for them. The pencil work was just as stunning as the completed pieces. She also doesn't execute her works. The **precision** required for this cannot be underestimated.

I particularly like the sustained zebra roadkill on the floor. At least it wasn't killed by paint fumes. Maybe it munched recycled glass.

Well, Stoat. that's because Caroma is an Australian company!! Got mine almost 20 years ago, and the recent ones use even less water.

There's nothing magical about melaleuca, people. It is tea tree oil and we use it in Australia as an antiseptic. Buy it is the supermarket. Smells like eucalyptus - which is what most Aussie plants smell like. The thought of that smell as toothpaste makes me want to throw up.

For a more realistic view, check out wikipedia for tea tree oil and melaleuca.

(Sigh) the last post no-one will read.

I always thought it was a set - never occurred to me it was REAL. I'd buy it in a minute - just right for Sydney Harbour.

It was so yummy, and her house was so awful & tacky, I couldn't imagine them as a couple. The only worse set of homes & couples was When Harry Met Sally. Mismatched decorating must be the subtext of Rob Reiner movies. (Someone do a PhD thesis - quick)

Also loved the soundtrack.

should check speling - 'bad news' and 'carbon dioxide'.

Jute Zak is right.

My front fence is the only one for quite a distance people can sit on. The very young and the old often perch there to and from the shops. We let a shrub grown quite tall so the fence is shaded. It's like August in New York from Dec to Feb (although this year was coolest in 50 years - yay!).

When I broke my ankle, and the 12 minute walk became a 45 minute marathon, I became only too aware that once I left my home, there was NOWHERE to stop.

Street seating should be mandatory, even just single seats one at 45 cm high and the other at 60 cm because depending on your disability, getting up can be a challenge.

To answer gunstreetgirl
It's 78.96 square metres (or meters). Or a two bedroom apartment in Sydney Australia.

After so long in 46 sq m (495 sq ft) I'd probably get agrophobia in anything as large as this year's contest.