Willow basket

I have a real 'thing' for baskets. I don't have very many as I have no where to store them. I bought a picnic basket years ago with a 2 piece folding lid etc. I saw myself at lovely picnic spots with a basket full of goodies. Unfortunately it takes up a lot of room in the car boot and is horribly heavy and awkward to carry when full of food etc. It has only been used a couple of times but I can't bear to part with it.
I spent way too much time in Fortnam and Mason's in London drooling over their picnic baskets.

I have a large square rectangle basket with a handle that sits in the bottom of the wardrobe, 5 large baskets that go on top of the wardrobe full of bit and pieces. Another square basket with a handle sits on top of the kitchen cupboards that does get more use for carrying - as it is not as useless as the proper picnic basket.

On Friday I went to the Op Shop on Oxford Street and came away with a willow basket for carrying flowers. I have always had the romanic idea of picking flowers from my garden and placing them in a basket.

All ready to collect flowers

I have lovingly dusted, washed and oiled this - now where will it live? there is no room inside and it will get too much sun outside. I am still working on this.

Shelly Beach - Manly

I really love Shelly Beach at Manly in Sydney. It is a quiet cove just off the main manly Beach with no waves.
Just wonderful deep water and hardy anyone seems to swim there. Jonelle and I go there every time we visit Manly. We only managed one swim this visit because of the weather.

So quiet and peaceful

On the walk to the beach some lovely little art works have been attached to the rocks - I just love them.

I love this one

An octopus hiding on a ledge

Deep sea divers

The divers are a little hard to see. they actually sit in a depression in the rock that fills with water - so clever.

Sea snail

There are many more but some are hard to photograph because of the tiny size etc.