I spent my Christmas in Sydney with my family and while sifting through the boxes of decorations at dad’s place, I found a nativity scene that I had painted many, many years ago.

Left – The Infant of Prague. My father gave me this statue years ago. It took pride of place in his workroom under the house for many years. As the story goes, the infant will never bring you riches but…

The things we keep! Mum and Dad went to a dinner years ago where Chelsea Clinton was the guest of honour. Everything had the Presidential seal on it including the M & M’s. I don’t know why I kept this…

Salt and Pepper shakers? No, they are the old insulators from power lines. They make  great paper weights. We found these on one of our country trips in an old barn.

Ethel Daisy Taylor’s brass bunny This is a little brass rabbit that was in my grandmothers belongings after she passed away at 81, twenty years ago.

I found a dark wood bookcase / cupboard in a second hand shop. It was in pretty bad repair so I added some paint, applied some stencils and placed in the nursery. My sons were too young to realise its…