The 2011 Season is about to Hit.
Roy Halladay is about to announce his presence with authority.
Friday is Opening Day of the 2011 season. The Phillies will host the Houston Astros for a 1 pm puckdrop at Citizens Bank Park. Roy Halladay will start the season for the second straight year, looking to continue his Undertaker-like undefeated streak. His opponent will be former Phillies (bar-fight) starter Brett Myers.
To get you hyped up for a game that will be over by the time you roll out of bed, our foreign correspondents have sent in the following photos from our Japan offices. They truly capture the support the Far East has been showing for a club that's been struggling a lot recently with injuries.
Here we see Phillies fans on vacation, keeping it real. The kid in the background must be tuckered from so many Jose Contreras vs Ryan Madson debates.
Speaking of the closer's role... The Japanese med-student in the background is praying to her cardboard cutout of Brad Lidge, hoping for a healthy recovery. Tough break, Brad.
The Japanese have also built a statue to honor Chase Utley, which they pray to five times a day.
Hooray for the Phillies 2011 Season! A special thanks to our Japanese correspondents for the pictures!
Go gett'em boys!
New Things
New Tables
New Paintings
New Blue and White Bone Inlay Boxes and Pink Inlay boxes too...
Another new painting
And another fabulous and very reasonably priced table
It really is like Christmas at Black & Spiro lately with all of the beautiful new things we have arriving from our overseas suppliers and also our wonderful Australian suppliers too. Here are a few things which just arrived in this week. I am finding it hard not to take things home. I whisked one of the new pink inlaid trays home with me yesterday and I am obsessed with it...almost as much as my garden!!!
Garden Pots Inside
After planting a few little pots for my garden table on the weekend I have been thinking I might do a few more so that I can bring some inside to put on the table in our lounge room or to place down the centre of the dining table when we have people over for dinner. I also love how they are placed on the bench in the bathroom I have posted above. I think it would be a nice idea to find an old rack with perforated shelves {like Brooke's} so that I can store lots of potted up succulents and also my potted bulbs and herbs in the garden near our garden shed. Lots to do!!
PS. If anyone is wanting to plant up some of these traditional little terracotta pots, I purchased mine from Bunnings. I think they were approximately $2.50 per pot. And if you live in Brisbane and want to purchase some bulbs then head to Bunnings as well. Bulbs can be a bit tricky to buy here in Brisbane due to them not really liking our climate. Oh and one more thing, if you want to plant some sweet peas you need to get them in this week if you live here!! Mine were planted yesterday. I can't wait to see them grow and flower over the coming weeks.
PPS. I only know these things about when to plant etc. thanks to Merve, Uncle Robbie, my mother, my grandmother and the lovely man at Bunnings who is my new best friend. What would I do without them!!
image 1 - via delight by design scanned from easy elegance, image 2 - http://brookegiannetti.typepad.com/ {thanks viera}
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