This weekend was a long weekend here in Australia as it was Anzac Day on Sunday. We had a lovely quiet weekend. On Saturday we visited a few Open Houses but we have decided against them, so the hunt for a new house continues.
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Catching Up ....
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
The last day of holidays.
Of course I opened it straight away and found this lovely mini quilt. It was inspired by our move over here and it represents the sand, surf and Sydney ! I love it. At the moment it is in the centre of my dining room table but will have a permanent place somewhere in our new house!
Thank-you Bec .... you are very kind to step in and make me a quilt. Plus thank-you for the extra fabric you sent me - one can never have enough fabric!
Monday, April 19, 2010
Crocheted Blanket.
Sunday, April 18, 2010
Saying Goodbye ...
We have had a lovely weekend, can not believe that it is school on Tuesday - Eater holidays have gone past soooooo quickly !
Chat soon XXXX
Saturday, April 17, 2010
Butternut.
We ate the last of our butternut last night - it was yummy. Very sweet.
I had to pick the melon too - as the plant had been eaten - it was too small to eat - but had a lot of seeds in so I have saved them for next season.
Today has been lovely - Anna-Kate and I sat out in the back garden - with the dog and cats. Luke played with the neighbours grandchildren and even went fishing with them.
Greg had to go and talk to banks - better to do this alone without the children. All good news - he even managed to pop into 2 houses today - the first one we are quite interested in but it involves total gutting and rearranging inside (eeekkk) but it is in a beautiful street so well worth it.
I am sat in the lounge while Greg is working on the canoe, Luke is still playing outside and Anna-Kate is walking the puppy.
No plans for tomorrow - Anna-Kate really wants to go to the library - but if the weather is this good we may go to the beach ....we will see !!
Monday, April 12, 2010
Sewing Again....
(I made a bag to match too!)
I dug out my sewing machine early Sunday morning and then we searched, and searched, and searched for any cotton fabric ! All I could find was flannel, jersey and fleece !! Finally in the last suitcase I found this cotton.
I realised how much I have missed sewing - so popped into a craft shop to buy good scissors (as I have not yet found my fabric scissors) and some more bobbins .... I did look for tracing paper to trace more patterns - but could not find any, so settled for baking paper.
Have been trying to knot socks this afternoon - but not getting anywhere fast LOL !
Sunday, April 11, 2010
Saturday - another busy day !
Saturday, April 10, 2010
The First Week of School Holidays...
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Anna-Kate posing for me early one morning this week. Funny Bunny.
Tikkie is not impressed with Kallie ... these two get on fairly well as long as Kallie does not push the boundaries too far - Sherry has none of it and sleeps on my bed!
Children swimming - they have been swimming all holiday - thank goodness Greg found a house with a pool to rent !!! Note the butternut plant growing on the wrong side of the pool fence.
Anna-Kate swimming while Kallie watches. Kallie was a little worried that it was a sea monster !
Kalli saying hello to the camera.
The butternut has not been eaten by possums ..... yet ..... keeping an eye on it. Not quite ready to pick yet as a little green - but as big as those you can buy in the supermarket !
Off on our long walk - to try and tire the dog out ! This is the view from the end of our road - I never tire of the view.
Luke ran ahead of me (giving me a heart attack) and waved at me from on top of the railway bridge - Anna-Kate stayed at home for this long walk.
Luke pointing at some big fish. We should have brought the fishing rod !
Luke and Kalli having a rest - we take about and hour and a half on this walk from home to the water front and the park and back .... being a black dog she gets hot very quickly!
Saturday, April 03, 2010
The Canoe.
Cockatoos ....
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