I'm not disappeared....

<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">....I'm only waiting to have the <span style="font-size: large;">internet connection</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">at my new home!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Mr. Telecom* has already arrived 2 times</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">just to say that they can't do anything</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">and they have to wait for another firm to come.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">And when will they come???</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">On November the 30th!!!!!!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">So, until then, I'm cut off the world!!!! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">POOR ME!!!! =(</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><em>Stò solo aspettando di avere <span style="font-size: large;">la connessione</span></em></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><em>nella casetta nuova!</em></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><em>Il sig. Telecom* è già venuto 2 volte solo</em></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><em>per dirmi che ci sono non so che problemi</em></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><em>e deve appoggiarsi ad una ditta esterna. </em></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><em>E quando verrà questa ditta esterna???</em></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><em>Il 30 Novembre!!!!!</em></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><em>Quindi, fino ad allora, sono tagliata fuori dal mondo!!!!!</em></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><em>POVERA ME!!!!! =(</em></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYt_fhgwE0MECVJhuaZBvS2kymCLj1tA1mde1jfrTZRfDrhbd1XbwKml6GDFWZpZFE0DAdIcKsJBNf9sDxUktWHbOL9VzN6mKW8Ncn18lF1osO4Sc7w7S9RnQUN8Hwi0pMEqf-ix-miZc/s1600/1290002916.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYt_fhgwE0MECVJhuaZBvS2kymCLj1tA1mde1jfrTZRfDrhbd1XbwKml6GDFWZpZFE0DAdIcKsJBNf9sDxUktWHbOL9VzN6mKW8Ncn18lF1osO4Sc7w7S9RnQUN8Hwi0pMEqf-ix-miZc/s640/1290002916.png" width="638" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9rei76YsXKNLFADWRWw3BSAeM07GrAsIEpoN9NavkZtlrV_TlZr0BpTheNytKFTTxsZNSk8w8-Mxumpd7ttK_h-fyqp-TmaHfEMjmVYomo61snrjdpDkI0zcd8icUAG7C55WvH9PzG3s/s1600/1290002943.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9rei76YsXKNLFADWRWw3BSAeM07GrAsIEpoN9NavkZtlrV_TlZr0BpTheNytKFTTxsZNSk8w8-Mxumpd7ttK_h-fyqp-TmaHfEMjmVYomo61snrjdpDkI0zcd8icUAG7C55WvH9PzG3s/s640/1290002943.png" width="636" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.skonahem.com/">credits</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">So I can't read all your fab blogs, I can't write comments...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">I <span style="font-size: large;">can't do anything</span>!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">I just can write a quick post (like this one) when I have a little </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">bit of time at the office!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><em>Per cui non posso leggere i vostri favolosi post, non posso scrivere commenti...</em></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><em><span style="font-size: large;">non posso fare niente</span>!!!!</em></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><em>Posso solo scrivere post veloci veloci (come questo) quando ho un po' di tempo in ufficio!!!!</em></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">I'm so sorry, ladies, I miss you all!!!!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Come mi dispiace!!!! Mi mancate tutte, tanto!!!!!</span></em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">* I have this strange habits: I call everything "Mr." and "Mrs."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">So, I love to say: "Tomorrow we are going to Mrs. Ikea's";</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> or: "Sofia, don't touch that book! Is Mrs. Public Library's!!!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">or: " Mr. Vodafone just told me I have no more money on my phone!"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><em>* Io ho questa strana abitudine: chiamo tutto "Sig." e "Sig.ra"</em></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><em>per cui amo dire: "Domani andiamo dalla signora Ikea"</em></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><em>oppure: "Sofia non toccare quel libro! E' della signora biblioteca!"</em></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><em>o ancora: "Il signor Vodafone mi ha appena detto che non ho più soldi nel cellulare!"</em></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vO05NP0X8es/TITTbYCWPNI/AAAAAAAACMg/mnCna-lIGws/s1600/firma.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" px="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vO05NP0X8es/TITTbYCWPNI/AAAAAAAACMg/mnCna-lIGws/s1600/firma.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

I'm not disappeared....

....I'm only waiting to have the internet connection at my new home! Mr. Telecom* has already arrived 2 times just to say that they can...

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A not-so-welcome visitor

<div><br /></div><div>Those of you who follow me on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/driftwoodinteriors">Facebook</a> will already know this, but my plans for today's post have been thrown into disarray by a unexpected and totally unwelcome visitor. Last week, we met for what I hoped to be the first and last time, but alas - that wasn't the case. Here in Brisbane, particularly in acreage areas like ours, snakes are an unfortunate part of life. I have a healthy respect for them, and in fact, I've saved many from drowning in our pool. We've snakes of all shapes and sizes, including one huge carpet python, but up until recently I hadn't had the pleasure of a visitor like this:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgefn09LSiLd12Rcs0gp7qX3ItijC1ZyreBuhfQ7pHw0zt7gEEWsgAn8qMinCENYK5vrb-TmrGrgcJg0Z97uBes2CanF3FWbkPh-HtbkwiejMW1i_dZujjgtFEra0y18ZdX5WFbQ1EdxAQ/s1600/eastern+brown.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgefn09LSiLd12Rcs0gp7qX3ItijC1ZyreBuhfQ7pHw0zt7gEEWsgAn8qMinCENYK5vrb-TmrGrgcJg0Z97uBes2CanF3FWbkPh-HtbkwiejMW1i_dZujjgtFEra0y18ZdX5WFbQ1EdxAQ/s400/eastern+brown.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Eastern Brown Snake </div></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUrCdxuCZc78tT-IwnuFAuYHjFzTn1cV-VA5cTOzuaZuOaWthBjsTFugyez8KipvdvNpx3LH34Xr4OJ0t1rsHXoker4qCz8AJispmWrZ8KTJE-FcU1_Vfoso8iHAczsyqiqHEeH1vfMqE/s1600/coastal+taipan2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="277" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUrCdxuCZc78tT-IwnuFAuYHjFzTn1cV-VA5cTOzuaZuOaWthBjsTFugyez8KipvdvNpx3LH34Xr4OJ0t1rsHXoker4qCz8AJispmWrZ8KTJE-FcU1_Vfoso8iHAczsyqiqHEeH1vfMqE/s400/coastal+taipan2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Coastal Taipan<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Notice the smaller than usual pics - I didn't want to scare you too much :)</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Australia boasts nine out of ten of the world's most venomous snakes, and these guys are numbers two and three on that list. From the <a href="http://www.qm.qld.gov.au/Find+out+about/Animals+of+Queensland/Reptiles/Snakes/Common+and+dangerous+species/Coastal+Taipan">Queensland Museum's website</a>:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;">The Coastal Taipan is Australia's most dangerous land snake.</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;">Photograph by Angus Emmott.</span></div><h3 style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0em; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;">Danger:</span></h3><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;">This is a dangerously venomous species with strongly neurotoxic venom.  It possesses the third most toxic land snake venom known.  Many human deaths have resulted from bites by this species.  If bitten, apply first aid and seek urgent medical attention.  First aid procedure for any snakebite from the <a class="external-link" href="http://www.avru.org/firstaid/firstaid_snake.html" style="text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Australian Venom Research Unit</a><img alt="External link" class="external-link-icon" src="http://www.qm.qld.gov.au/images/template/icons/external.png" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-left: 3px;" />.</span></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13px;"><br /></div><div style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I was on the phone to mum yesterday, when I saw our pooch Darcy (who would have to be the world's most cowardly dog, or so I thought) frantically chasing something under our barbeque.Expecting it to be nothing more than a cane toad (yuk, I know!) you can imagine my shock when one of these fellas came shooting out, with the dog in hot pursuit. I had to risk life and limb to rescue both dog and snake, and after locking the dog inside, I called the snake catcher. He proceeded to tell me that unless I knew where it went, it was no use him coming out, and all I could do was lock the dog in and keep an eye out. He also thought it would be a good idea to let the snake take cover in our laundry so that we could contain it until he arrived with a nice big carpet snake, which would apparently fix the problem. Of course, why didn't I think of that?????? </span></div><div style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I'm still unsure whether it was a taipan or a brown snake, but neither option is particularly appealing. My daughter called this morning to say it was back again, so the time for fun and games are over! No more Mrs Nice Guy, I'm calling in the big guns - Steve's Wildlife Warriors are my next point of call. I'll let you know how I get on, so wish me luck!</span></div><div style="color: #333333;"><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/85794/shatay01/57292ae3db79c6d939a1f2a85508a076.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0 !important;" /></a></span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13px;"><br /></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13px;"><br /></div></div>

A not-so-welcome visitor

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Hamptons Style Mark II

<div><br /></div><div>As a follow up to <a href="http://driftwood-interiors.blogspot.com/2010/11/hamptons-style-comes-to-brisbane.html">yesterday's post</a>, I thought you might like a little addition to the debate. This house is another Hamptons-inspired take on Queensland living, so let's take a tour and see what you think.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ43aaIjKn42Cxt-ljc7jLte0tuJYMo4fsixFBYHQp3xYF4lZYaxxZVds8a0e5_mreTA5NRXFkhTPpvqmJd70malBlLrJoyI1xzRiLu-A95r7lEKCJzo1I1rF8iLLit3J2IOFizrqHDtA/s1600/179+butterfield+st+herston+20101115100415.9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ43aaIjKn42Cxt-ljc7jLte0tuJYMo4fsixFBYHQp3xYF4lZYaxxZVds8a0e5_mreTA5NRXFkhTPpvqmJd70malBlLrJoyI1xzRiLu-A95r7lEKCJzo1I1rF8iLLit3J2IOFizrqHDtA/s640/179+butterfield+st+herston+20101115100415.9.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_UO7gwOjAQww_4Zihce4rGLub_ok6gH5o19XCifgm43denglomVpQAUI0imksmxWOvrGdx95gjAKyTlYlPGYNnSXCs1BPdNXpGz8JIPgQZBb7FoDLKAEUx_p8WtQXYF4tNfCtjWhssEA/s640/179+butterfield+st+herston20101115104336.1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfU2BVW0xLXepSZTD044Xu5XOfjwdvKSah4nrWsSJCq0xr9Sr3NWPFHn0OBgIJ9lNGj9-HBXsAguAe-wZCwqulR6R2LZFRTIlf0mGA48LOPZJhs4SuTqM87N3gC-HjRPZFa4AvYwNsSdE/s1600/179+butterfield+st+herston+20101115104336.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfU2BVW0xLXepSZTD044Xu5XOfjwdvKSah4nrWsSJCq0xr9Sr3NWPFHn0OBgIJ9lNGj9-HBXsAguAe-wZCwqulR6R2LZFRTIlf0mGA48LOPZJhs4SuTqM87N3gC-HjRPZFa4AvYwNsSdE/s640/179+butterfield+st+herston+20101115104336.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.realestate.com.au/property-house-qld-herston-106945224">realestate.com.au</a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Now, for those eagle-eyed readers out there (Jenny!) you've probably realised this home bears a remarkable similarity to the one I featured yesterday - and that's because they share the same designer. Yesterday's post sparked quite a debate on furnishing styles, and which, if either, best suited the house. Personally, neither style is what I'd choose, and although I absolutely love the bones of both houses, the furnishings seemed a little heavy. So, tomorrow I'll put together a post of the pieces <i>I'd</i> like to see in this style of home, and I'd love you to pop in, take a look, and discuss!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/85794/shatay01/57292ae3db79c6d939a1f2a85508a076.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0 !important;" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Hamptons Style Mark II

As a follow up to yesterday's post , I thought you might like a little addition to the debate. This house is another Hamptons-inspired t...

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