Mistakes.

Are not always a bad thing 

I’ve finished the blanket for the new grandbaby. 

One square is upside down 

Didn’t notice until I had almost finished 

I’ve just decided it can be my Amish bit. 

I’ve started the embroidery I traced out in February 

I know. 

I was stitching away and realised I had traced the picture on the wrong side 

Instead of undoing it all and starting again. I cut out all I could. Luckily I hadn’t started on the flowers. 

I thought you know. With the white it looks like a real spider’s web 

And so it stays 

Who said mistakes are bad?

Freshen up

I’m looking forward to the coming spring. 

Not that you could tell today. 

It’s a dark, cold windy day. The wind is coming straight form the Antarctic and it felt  like it. 

But I’m manifesting better weather. 

The hanging baskets needed their annual refresh. 

Hubby got them down for me and I started to carefully empty the pots. Weeded them and repotted with fresh potting mix 

They definitely look better. The weeds were starting to out shine that actual plants 

Any breakages were potted up in what ever pot I had that was empty. Hopefully they will take and I’ll get some free new plants 

I was going to start tending the pots under the veranda, but it just got too windy 

So I came  inside and enjoyed nice cup of tea in my favourite mug 



I’ll try to finish the rest of the  pots tomorrow. 

Product review

I got excited and purchased some self threading sewing needles. 

I thought what a great idea. You can see there is a gap with a little bit that hangs over. 

You pull the thread in that little gap down and then up. 

Easy right!

No. The thread comes off constantly 

I tried doing a little twist and then put thread in a second time to try and keep it on. 

Good idea right! 

No. It works like a knot and won’t come through the fabric. 

Then trying to push the needle back out, it acts like a fishing hook and that little barb prevents you pulling the needle back out 

Needless to say I do not recommend. 

It frustrated me to no end. 

I then went back to the nice normal sewing needle and the rest of the hand stitching progressed with no problems at all 

First quilt is done   The girls even used it as building materials for their houses. 

For further information refer to previous post 



I’m now finishing off the second quilt 

Machine sewing takes much less time. But 

It really doesn’t look as nice 



As you can see. I used different colours in the bobbin when quilting. 

I purchased extra bobbins and it said comes already with cotton on 

I’m very sure, but honestly who knows, that I ticked all white

Instead this arrived with the whole rainbow of colours 

So I had white on the top stitch and a coloured bobbin in the machine 

Quilting used so much thread I burned through them quickly. You can see the empties 

I’m also using it to hand stitch the binding, although I did choose a very pale yellow.  You can hardly see it 

So if you decide to try these newfangled sewing needles be warned. They will drive you drink! 

Girls day

It’s school holidays and that means granddaughter x3 

Here they are eating popcorn and discussing something or other. Melody in particular looks pensive. 

The two mischief  makers in the making are engrossed in Gabbys Dollhouse. 

Melody is just in front of me using the colouring in app on  my tablet 




Melody made a cubby house. But the other two wanted to come in. So she had to make it bigger. 

Grandpa is helping her.  I’m pretty sure he has never made a blanket fort in his whole life 



Here they all are. 

All snug as  bugs in rugs 



It was still squishy. They decided that the two little ones are visiting melody. 

They eventually all made “ homes “ and were neighbours 



Wonderson knew he had no hope of getting Ana home with “ her girls” here. So he rang his sister and they made a time to both come together. 

It’s nice to see them finally working together 

I’ve waited a long long time lol 

The days go by

My days are pretty much the same. 

Get up feed animals 

Feed mum and give her meds 

Spend the morning doing dressed housework 

Feed mum give her meds 

Afternoon is spent doing crafts. 

Today craft got interrupted when mum asked me to make her pjs fit her better. They were huge 

I’m now sitting getting the first quilt ready to hand sew the binding 

As promised here are the squares 

I’ve got 19.5 finished 

Once the last one is done I’ll join them 

Quilt is ready for me to sew 



Soon I’ll organise dinner. 

Hubby left to go to the farm Monday so I only 

Hand to feed me and mum. 

And give her meds. 

And tomorrow repeat 

Work and fun work

Remember when I said hubby went out to find something to do? 

Well he did. I had asked about the tree in the foreground. It was being attacked by something and it looked like it was dying. 

It started to grow back. I wanted to cut out the dead bits. 

After all this time, it’s been months, he decided now was the time. 

It’s not his fault. It’s been raining way too much. And while wonderson was recovering from his surgery he had to work long hours to keep up with the work that was booked in 

Here it is with its hair all cut off   Maybe in the spring it will take off 



The branches were put into the paddock where the stock dug in. 



The steer was first, the the alpaca and finally the sheep. 



Even the chickens wanted to get in on the action 




Today I made myself vacuum the living areas. 

I had put it off because the girls were coming. Kids just naturally make mess. I don’t care. They all had fun. But I couldn’t put it off any longer 

But once that was done I started to pin the quilts together ready to quilt 



I didn’t take a pic of the second one. But here they both are. 



I’m exhausted after all that. 

I’ve got frozen spaghetti sauce out of the freezer. All I need do for dinner is cook the pasta 

I’m still knitting the squares. I’ve only three more to do and then I can sew them together. I promise I’ll show you what it looks like soon. 

At least I can rest while knitting 

Fuller house

After a busy Friday, we woke to a cold but sunny day

Perfect for catching up on tasks that have been neglected 

The fruit is ripening and it’s definitely an orange tree

The little citrus next to it is a lemon 

Even though their both dwarfs, I think they will do better in the ground   Ill need help with that 

I pruned the mulberries. It doesn’t look like it, but I promise I did   I cut out the middle branches and any crossing. I also gave the tops a hair cut. It will be easier collecting the fruit 



Our apricot tree. When netted we get lots of fruit. 

This has been in the ground over ten years 



The plum trees. They got a hard prune last year so only a little off the sides needed 

They are prolific producers. Once again they need netting or all the birds party in my front yard 



The roses were pruned about a month ago. I didn’t do it this year. Hubby has a nice young man who brings in his car for a service. He’s not flushed with money so he does some gardening to “ pay” for his service 

He loves gardening but unfortunately he is his father’s carer so really doesn’t get to spend as much time out as he would like. 

Having a “small job” in our back yard keeps him happy as well as getting his car road safe 



Dobby has learnt, very quickly, that when we are outside he gets fed. So when ever he sees someone he comes running 






Hubby took full advantage of the nice day to mow the lawns they were getting a tad long 

The girls arrived in the afternoon for a sleep over while their parents went out to a birthday party 

Melody likes using my iPad to colour in pictures in an app I have.  Trixie was relaxing with her 



Brianna did some colouring in on my phone. It has tha same app. But she got bored with it and decided to go and play 



This morning they went out with grandpa to feed Dobby. They both decided to climb the tree and wanted their picture taken to send to their mum. 



They have now gone home. It’s just the three of us here now. 

Hubby had gone out to find something to do. There is always something to do 

It’s a bit too quiet now