Winter

​the last few days we have had lovely weather. The nights and mornings were cold, and sometimes foggy. But the days have been full of sunshine. Getting up around 20 deg cel. 

Today that all went pear shaped. 

It’s dark with threatening clouds. 

The wind has really whipped up, and my phone has been going off with warnings. 

Especially around the farm. I have a separate zone for there. 

We have not had the fire going but I decided we needed it today. 

I cleaned it and hobbled down back to get the kindling. 

Once I had built the fire and lit it, I started bringing in the wood. 

That brown box is filled with firewood, and I also filled the plastic tubs. 

The all the wood left in the wheel barrels 

Got placed in one and the second is empty ready for me to fill  

Im having a little rest before I finish that  

I did vacuum all around the wood box and the rest of the room. 

If you look, you can see a dark area in the carpet  every time I vacuum I think to myself 

“ I really need to clean that”

But I get side tracked and forget  

I’m determined to do it today, so that it has time to dry completely before Friday  

What do you think are the chances of that happening?

I’ll let you know 

I’ve been trying to catch up with all your blogs. I’m think I’m almost there.  I’ll visit you all again very soon  

Busy week.

​on Tuesday my friend from Queensland was dropped off by her hubby 

For a sleep over. 

After she was settled in we headed off to go shopping 

I had to drive the big car as my car is too low to the ground for her to get in and out of. 

She has major back issues and uses two sticks to get around. 

I’m not confident in driving the big car anymore. Although I got more confident as

The day went on.  I even reversed parked into the car spot. 

We both bought a few things we needed. 

But we didn’t go overboard. Everything is getting so expensive 

Once we got home, we settled ourselves with our current WIP’s and watched 

Game of wool. It’s like the bake off, sewing bee and pottery throw. Only 

For knitting and crochet. 

Wednesday she was picked up and went back to her step daughters. 

She will be in VIC for another week and then they will head off back home. 

No matter where she is,  she goes back to the USA frequently to visit her daughter. 

She’s originally from Michigan,  we talk on messenger almost everyday. 

I didn’t do much after she left as I needed to rest for Friday. 

Friday arrived and so did the girls. 

Georgia now gets very excited when she sees me. 

Grandpa was once again here and between us we kept the girls busy. 

Or they kept us busy. Lol 

Georgie and grandpa looking at the little keyboard that comes off that walker. 

Her daddy plays the piano and it looks like she’s interested as well. 

We will see. I hope she does learn piano, then he has to listen to 

Gnomes marching constantly. It’s a song that uses all the keys, and is 

A more engaging way to practice scales 

I can happily live the rest of my life not ever hearing that again 

Grandma and Georgia like to bang things together to make sounds 

That’s the extent of my musical education 

Annie wanted a pj’s day. She was very quiet all day. 

I asked if she was feeling sick but no. She was just tired from a busy week 

She didn’t even want to do any craft.  So I let her just chill. 

They are both watching pepper pig here. 

You can see the new mat I purchased at panda mart. 

I got two. One to sit and play in front of the telly and one for under Georgias 

High chair. 

Helps cleaning crumbs much easier. 

Grandma then had a long soak in a hot bath, and went to bed. 

I really needed my sleep after all that.  

Progress and practice

​I laid out all the squares this morning to see if I had made enough 

Turns out I had made too many 

So now I need to make a few more to finish the extra row

I should be able to do that in one evening. 

And part one of this project will be done. 

Meanwhile I’m trying to straighten up the sides of the DPP Quilt top 

As you can see I’m trying to increase the shorter side to match it up. 

I still have a long way to go. But progress is happening even if it’s slowly 

I’ve been wanting to learn how to knit with two colours at the same time 

I’ve got a few patterns for jumpers, sweaters, that I want to make for hubby to 

Wear. 

I do need to practice a bit before starting a big project like a jumper. 

I got the big idea to knit a football player wearing my teams jumper. 

My team have black and white “ prison bars” and perfect to practice 

Knitting with two colours at the same time.

It was tricky just making sure I didn’t tangle myself into knots, but not too 

Much that I wanted to give up. 

I do need to work on my tent

 

This is why I started with something simple.  This is very messy 

I did use thicker needles than i probably should have.

But just for what I was making and for practice it was perfect 

The finished doll. 

I think I made his arms a tad thin. But I’m sure Ana won’t care 

She is definitely a one eye Maggie now and will love it. 

She’s just like her grandmother lol 

 It’s been very wet here the last few days. 

I’ve currently got an audiobook going, while I’m working on the EPP. 

I’ll head off into the kitchen to do same baking. 

I’ve got my friend from Queensland coming to visit tomorrow.  She will spend the 

Night and be picked up the next day. 

I need to have easy meals ready so we can spend the day going shopping. 

She’s a crafter and we actually meet at a knitting group many moons ago. 

She was the one who helped me with learning crochet 

We will visit the panda mart, she doesn’t have one near where she lives. 

And spotlight. They’re having a sale and we always need more pretty yarn. 

It’s going to be a fun couple of days. 

A little late

​I’m late updating you all on my Friday fun days. 

So here are some photos for you to enjoy. 

Ana with this weeks stitching.  It’s a baby chick. 

She wanted to do it in blue. Not sure why, I didn’t ask, I just threaded 

The needle with blue and let her go. 

She remembered, mostly, how to do it. 

She was so confident that she was laying down and humming a little tune while 

She worked. 

Meanwhile 

This cheeky monkey has started to pull herself up. 

These Fridays are going to only happen during school holidays next year. 

With Ana going to the same school her daddy went too 

I’ll miss her, although she will be here before and after school, it won’t be 

The same. 

On the flip side. It will be nice to have some quality one on one with Georgie 

Time keeps marching on, whether we want it too or not. 

On other news the weather has turned wet again. And we have been warned 

That we will be getting very cold winds from Antarctic 

So hubby spent today making sure we have enough wood all split and ready to use 

What ever the weather is currently happening at your place, 

Stay inside and stay safe. 

Wordless Wednesday

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Not so ancient wisdom

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I remember my grandmother having a mending basket that usually contained socks more than anything else. 

I too had one when first married. But clothes became so cheap, and nasty , that it just wasn’t worth mending. 

The kids usually outgrew them before they needed mending. 

But, as I now make socks myself, out of pure wool, they’re definitely worth mending 

I was inspired by Boud and her visible darning. I saw this little contraption somewhere on the interweb and decided to purchase it. 

Today I used it for the first time. 

As usual I watched a few YouTube tutorials and dove right in. 

Just setting it up was a challenge. 

The warp took me three try’s and it still wasn’t perfect. I just left them on after the third try and started weaving 

Again a challenge. I had to not pull to hard as the yarn gave way too easily 

But I persisted 

The photo is the final result. 

Definitely room for improvement. 

I’m sure, hope, that I will get better with practice. 

I added the little cow needle holder. 

I think he looks adorable 

Imbolic/ candlemas

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What AI has to say about the southern hemispheres festival 

Well today and yesterday were beautiful sunny days. 

If we had a groundhog it definitely would see his shadow. 

I’m thinking we are heading for more cold wintery days 

For our brothers and sisters in the north 

Have a blessed Lammas, I wish you bountiful harvests.