Tasty: I can still remember the first time I tasted pizza! Winter 1970! My brother had ventured into the world of Italian food as he was studying Italian 1 at uni. We bought a large with  Italian salami at 'Reginaldo's Pizzeria' on Lyons Road at Five Dock. The shop lasted until quite recently. My taste buds were awakened to Italian cuisine and it has been an adventure ever since. In 1998, David and I were in Bologna and asked in a menswear shop where we could have a very good ragu bolognese. It was only a few doors down and the meal was memorable: tagliatelle al ragù bolognese.

                                                       

The restaurant is still there so when you are next in Bologna, I can recommend 

'La Cesarina' for its wonderful traditional food.

Via Santo Stefano, 19, 40125 Bologna, Italy 

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Tiny,  I am not .... at 175cm! 

However, my first name, 'Pauline' means 'small'! My second name is Therese.

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Threads: if you sew you have to love them. I love cotton thread and like to find it in Op shops.  The large cotton spools in the tin came from a bag at a market. The bargain bag at the rear is full of poly for the overlocker. I love it because there are 19 cones in 9 colours + white for $2.Darning thread is hard to find and the little bag of darning wool for $1 will not go to waste. I just need more moss green, khaki and dark beige socks! Then there's always the colours of mercerised and Perle. 

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TERRIFY: 

If I were a tick or a thrip in my garden, I would be terrified of the resident reptiles. 

BEANS et al.

Tonight's dinner will be our fourth to include Phaseolus Vulgaris, which loosely translates as 'common beans', giving them no credit whatsoever for the effort they and the sun expended in making them green first and then converting them to purple. The two on the far right are victims of the birds so I'll dry them out and use the seeds next season.
Their taste is nuttier than a phaseolus vulgaris viridis. 








Their tiny flowers are a beautiful, pinky  violet.



The spinach is thriving and will probably appear in tomorrow night's salad. some parsley and possible thyme seeds have sprouted and will need thinning. A capsicum seed has found its way into the middle of the mix along with 'what I thought was going to be sage' but is a mystery plant with purple flowers.

Tomorrow I am enrolled in a Shibori class at North Sydney Community Centre so I have found a variety of fabrics to take along and inject with another life.

The eight white napkins might end up in a quilt. 

The blue silk?????

The remaining pieces are calico and homespun.