Sunday, June 21, 2026

Busy couple of days

​Friday went as Fridays go. 

Ana spent her day either watching telly 

Or dancing and doing whatever Danny go says. 

It’s her exercise during the winter. 

Georgia has now officially become a crawler. 

Keeping grandma on her toes 


And here is the little munchkin wearing her new warm vest. 

The arms are a tad tight. So I’m going to reposition the buttons, 

Never again will I just do what the patterns say. I’ll measure and make the button holes 

Where they will fit. 

Saturday the other two girls had their cheer competitions 

This year Melody has moved up a level so the girls comps 

We’re at different times. 

Briannas was at two while Melody had to wait until seven 

The awards were about two hours after each girl had performed. 

So for Melody they started at nine and went in until 

Almost ten, it was a very long day indeed 

But Brianna's team came in first. 


And Melody’s came second. 

That next level really went up a notch 

They were the littlest of that group. 

So coming second was a huge effort and hopefully next 

Year they’ll improve even more and maybe get a first. 

As well as the girls parents, their other grand parents were also 

In attendance.  So at least all that waiting went quickly, as we all 

Just chatted. We even went to the pub across the river 

To watch the football game. 

So after all that we got home just after eleven. 

And fell into bed. 

And finally today is the solstice 

The summer in the north and the winter in the South. 

From now on our days will grow longer and longer. 


Tuesday, June 16, 2026

Getting your art on

​today was moving day. I needed a couple of things and then I could move all my art paraphernalia. 

I had one rug that I washed and now is under the easel’s but I needed another. These rugs make the place feel comfortable but also protect the floor. 

A carpet is easier to replace. 

I also needed a couple of those wire shelves to keep everything right at hand 

The last thing I needed was a comfy chair, where I could sit and contemplate

The disaster I’ll be working on 



I’ve gone through my oils and kept any doubles for the room. I’m very also taken half the brushes. 

This has made a huge difference in weight 

I have purchased a set of oil paints so for now I have plenty to get on with. 

One side will be oils the other acrylic 

I still need to get those from out of the shed. 

I don’t have any black canvases which is why too finished paintings are on the 

Easels. 

So that’s where I’m at for now. 

As soon as I get those canvases I’ll be able to start painting. 

Hopefully this room will inspire me 


Monday, June 15, 2026

A new week begins

Buttons on. It was a difficult choice but in the end I went a little psychedelic 

They stand out that’s for sure. 


I’ve started on the dragonfly squares. 

The existing blankets have 11 rows by 9 squares 

This is ten. So I’ve only got 89 to go! 

Today is vacuuming and dusting day. I do one area then sit and rest. 

I won’t be breaking any speed records but it will be done by the end of the day 

If I get a chance I’ll start taking all my art  supplies to the new room. 

I hope your energy levels are higher than mine. If not just go with the flow. It’s not a race 

Saturday, June 13, 2026

At the nest

​well I finally finished the wool top for Georgia 


I did the bind off using the icord method 

It rolls and it’s stretchy so perfect for this top. 


I’ve got it back stretching it out. I’ve got these buttons out but I’m not sure 

I’ll think about it a bit and make up my mind. 

Now I needed a new yarn project.  I’ve still got the EPP. and I’m adding to it 

Constantly. But I do like having a yarn project going as well. 


Back when Carron cakes were all the go. I made three of these blankets

One for each granddaughter. But as we know. Life gave us a surprise and 

I needed another one of these. 

I looked everywhere for the graph I used to make the squares. Do you think I 

Could find it? No. So I just grabbed one and just recreated the square. 

I also wrote down what I did, and how many stitches I made on each row. 

I’ve almost finished the first square 

 But I was needed outside 

I had to help hubby place the new surprise in the perfect spot 


He worked the crane and I gave instructions. 

It took a little bit of time but now 


It’s on the ground and ready for me to kit out. 

It’s my new art studio. Sounds more fancy than art room lol 

As you can see we moved the wicking beds to make room for it 

We can now put them back along the side of the very weed filled 

Rose garden. 

I’m very excited and hopeful I’ll be able to start painting at home again 

We will organise getting power to it. So I can have lights, heating and a fan for summer. 

No rush now. It’s here and it will be filled with my art paraphernalia in the next few days 

Right now it’s pouring rain. I’m going to wait for a nicer day. 

And finally yesterday he girls had a very calm relaxing day 


It has been a very busy week for the girls.  Georgia has been waking up 

At night due to more teeth and even though Annie doesn’t actually 

Wake up, she does stir.  

She wanted to lay on grandmas lap. And I was happy to have her there. 

Meanwhile I was trying to get Georgia to sleep somewhere other than

My arms. I came up with this 


The little pull out couch on the sofa and I was sitting right next to it. 

She did open her eyes a few times. But as she saw I was there went back to sleep 

Doesn’t she look relaxed.  Not a care in the world 

The big news of the day was she finally has started to crawl.

Her mummy was here picking her up when we finally got her to 

Move.  And I videotaped it. I’m glad she waited for her mother to be here 

Being a working mum she misses out on lots of firsts  

So your now up to date  

It’s been a very eventful few days. 

I’m exhausted, but very happy   

Even with all this rain 


Thursday, June 11, 2026

It’s worked

It’s looking like the photo, except the pattern is for 16ply and I used 8ply.  

It would have been too heavy for little Georgia. I’ve working on this off and on all day. I’m about half way done with the cowl. I’ll also change the pattern and bind off with an icord.  It’s really stretchy and it will make it easier to pull over her head. 

And then to sew the buttons on. 

That’s going to take the longest. Choosing the best buttons for the job. 

So there you have it. If you don’t understand or it’s not working, just do it your way. 

That applies to everything, especially life 

Wednesday, June 10, 2026

My way

​yesterday I was trying to knit the top of the front piece of the project I’m working on. 

The instructions, or as I call them destructions, were not written well at all. 

I was flummoxed and had no idea how or where I was going to get help clarifying it. 

So I’m finally got on chatGPT and asked it. 

It went through it all with me and I kinda understood 

But it just wouldn’t work 

I’m decided to just do it my way 

I cast off both pieces, and set about knitting the shoulders 


I made them using short rows. It should work. We will see. 

And I thought the cables would be the hard part. 

For now I’ll leave it here to get it all nice and flat. The cowl neck is the last part now, and hopefully it will come together and fit. 

I’v packed away all the paraphernalia to do with the knitting into the bag that sits by me chair and I’m back on the EPP. 


Progress is slow but consistent 

I’m trying to make it a square and I don’t know if it’s working. If I can’t I’ll just make it bigger and trim it off into a square or rectangle 

For now I’ll just keep sewing 

The sun has gone away today. It is windy. Hopefully it will dry the backyard enough for hubby to mow it. 

He tried but it was way too wet over the weekend 

Slow progress is annoying but it is still progress, fingers crossed we can get the back organised for the delivery of the new “ item”. 

No I’m still not  telling you until it’s here 

You will just have to wait 

Monday, June 8, 2026

Changes and surprises

​today was our kings birthday holiday. So we had an extra day of getting things done. Yesterday after the girls all went home we headed out back to continue removing the old small flower beds 


I rescued as many bulbs as I could find and a couple of the plants 


They were all planted in these pots 

I had to put all the plastic pots on the red bark so they could drain. They were in the concrete and with all that rain were a little too wet. Hopefully this will solve that problem 


Today hubby got this machine to move the large wicking beds 


Now we have a large empty space. 

We have something that will fill this space, but that’s for another post 

Meanwhile inside I finished cleaning, organising and putting away all the things the girls used. 

Folded dry laundry and put that away. 

Then I did three loads to hang on the newly empty clothes horses 

It’s never ending.