Crab Paintings and Thrift Shopping

This is the painting of the Australian crab I finished last night. I think its my favorite out of the works I've done while living down under.

Today I went to Salvos and found a few great things.

1. This watermelon spoon and fork set. I realize that they're a little broken, but nothing that sanding and care couldn't fix.

2. A beautiful patterned sundress. Also needs a little work. I've had to undo the straps from the back, and will be resewing them in an X to make them shorter.

3. I bought two books for the plane rides to Ayers Rock and back, and then the long 27 hour stint of flights and airports home to Jackson. Bridget Jones's Diary, and The Hound of Baskerville, neither of which have I read.

4. Lastly I found an art smock, with two big pockets on the front and a tie in the back. I've just washed it to get some of the sizing out of the fabric, but when its done airdrying I'll photograph it. I love it a lot. Just what I had wanted.