for your listening (and viewing) pleasure

I have uploaded a few photos from our trip up north to our flickr site. Just don't be expecting your usual touristy and family snaps, as you wont find them there. Whilst I was uploading and photoshopping I was listening to an album, by James Yuill. You should check his music out. I'm not good at musical descriptions so I won't try but here is a link to one on you tube. I have decided that now is the time to improve my feedback skills and linking to other people. I am hopeless at it. You should see how much feedback I have never left for ebay, etsy, comments on flickr etc. We receive many kind words, in person and via the web. So I actually emailed James Yuill, to tell him I liked his music and do you know what, he emailed back and said thankyou. So I would now like to thank everyone who visits us and leaves comments, we do appreciate it and may I also apologise to all the folk I've never feedbacked (except the ones who don't package things properly) and left nice comments on blogs I regularly read.

the big pineapple

Arthur and I snuck out of town, (while Nick manned the shop) on a wee break with my sister and her family. Hence the lack of Arthur's Circus internet ramblings. We stayed on the sunshine coast and of course had to visit the big pineapple. It has been a good 32 years since I was last there. It opened around 1971 I think and my sister and I went there as children, probably around the same age that our kids are. Nothing much has changed which is nice, but also highlights what was once a thriving tourist destination that the main motorway has now bypassed. No fancy amusement park rides here. A slow rickety pineapple express train and macadamia nut car is as good as it gets for thrills and spills. We loved it, although I was disappointed they didn't sell a giant pencil with a plastic pineapple on top anymore.

they're back

Vintage galaxy bottles have returned to the shop and about to head over online too. If you don't know the history, they are an original, old-stock glass bottle, designed for syrup - think sodastream here in Australia, but oh so much snazzier. Designed to turn into a money box after you've consumed all that sugary goodness. Unfortunately they went belly up before the bottles were used, which is good news for us, as it means we can enjoy or their vintage, mint condition loveliness.

how good is this box?

it's better than the game. I'm planning on framing this next week. I'd like to say it's for the shop, but I have a feeling this one may sneak upstairs for a wee bit.

as sweet as, sweet mama cotton candy

I have finally (well bigartel behaved itself) uploaded a few new items online, and thought I'd show you the other set of super sweet (and salty) letterpress prints from Yeehaw. I can't decide between careless love and salty tears, but I think the crying pretzel may just have it. They are all great.

yeehaw

how sweet is this set of prints...very I say. The set is called Jr Rangers - even more sweet. There's another set of yeehaw prints that arrived in the shop today called Careless Love, Salty Tears, Sweet Mama and Cold Turkey. They're just as ace. I'm putting some in the online shop today - once I figure my exchange rates.
On another note for the rest of June we are only going to be open in the real world on Fridays and Saturdays. You can call for an appointment still, but at the moment the climate both economically and meteorologically (is that a word?) - is a wee bit cold. So I'm taking a break and doing some personal photography instead. so 2 yeehaws it is for me today.

I speak, I laugh, I sing...

just at the twist of the handle...oh humpty if only it were that simple....and also you're broken...but I still love you.