The things we do

I was using one pice of cardboard across the pattern 

But I was still getting confused are times and change over the row before 

The  you dont find out until the second or even the third line as you nave  double crochet over the row under the one your working on,and pick the base stitch from the row before to find out. 

So I made these 

Now the only line I’m working on is the only line I can see  

Now I have to work on lighting, the graphs are still smallish 

I  think remembered I had these 

Hang them around your neck adjust and off you go 

I’m really hope I’ll won’t be ripping it out any time soon  

Or  ever 

It’s definitely making this, a not so relaxing endeavour .

I’m ready to go again   But I’ve now just put it away and  concentrating  on watching hard quiz 

It always make me feel so much better. Especially when I’m yelling the correct answers 

I can pretend I’m very clever 

They were correct

https://youtu.be/2S__fbCGwOM?feature=shared

And today. Just for a change. 

It’s raining. 

I don’t mind too much , except for the fact that usually by now I can pack my clothes horses away. 

Yet again. They have been set out and are full of washing. 

Some did go out under the veranda. I’ll bring them in tonight and finish off drying them inside 

As I always say 

Trust the ants 

Melbourne cup

Here in Victoria we have the race that stops the nation. 

It’s always the first Tuesday in November and slowly it became 

A holiday  

Now being Aussies  we all just take Monday to off as well  

Monday night baby girl and son in law had a function so the girls were dropped off 

Here  

We had a movie night. They were all snuggly warm under blankets with their water and popcorn 

It’s so easy having them at this age. 

They go to bed when they’re tired.  Usually not late at all 

I don’t have to remind them to brush teeth or organise anything 

They have their toothbrushes that stay here, and they know they sleep in the double bed 

In the spare room. 

Today they slept in. Bonus 

Grandpa cooked them breakfast and they ate and did their thing. 

Obviously we had some painting time. 

And they also practice some cheerleading moves 

I did tell them that they were giving grandma a heart attack 

To which they replied that they did want to do that.

Brianna told me to not worry as they are professional cheerleaders 

They then asked me to video all their moves and send them to their mum  

Just after lunch their mummy and daddy arrived to pick them up  

Once they left, the house seems so quiet  

It always does when the grandchildren leave  

I hope they have fun while here and continue to want to come 

And stay, as they get older  

I didn’t have a flutter on the race. haven’t for years 

I’m sure I’m way in front, saving the money rather than gambling and hoping to win 

Potatoes, tomatoes

Well I asked the google machine and it said, no. 

I cannot plant tomatoes where I just harvested potatoes 

It also said that both those crops are big eaters

So after harvesting I added some of this 

I rarely use any fertiliser, but I do add some of this every other year 

I decided to plant corn. 

These are glass gems. They grow very colourful 

There wasn’t enough seeds for the bed so I did add some Hopi blue seeds 

Corn this year will be like a rainbow 

Planted , mulched, and covered. No birds eat my heritage seeds. 

I hope they sprout and grow. The girls will love them 

This is the last of the potatoes from this wicking bed. 

There’s a whole raised bed to harvest next 

Everybody’s getting spuds for Christmas this year lol 

Beltane

Yesterday was Beltane for us down south. 

Which means the growing season has now well and truly begun. 

I’ve planted butternut pumpkin seeds in here this morning. 

The cover will stay on until the seedlings are well on the way to growing. 

I’ll let the vines sprall everywhere.  It will help kill the weeds, and keep the ground cool.

That should hopefully help the fruit trees that have survived 

Next autumn I’ll plant the orange and lemon trees I saved and have been growing in the pots. 

Now I’ve got the extra protection from the rabbits  

This wicking bed had the potatoes 

I’ve half harvested so far.  I’ll harvest the rest when I’m ready to plant 

I think more tomatoes in this one. I’ll Google and see if it’s a good idea to plant 

Tomatoes in the same soil. 

They do come from the same group, so maybe not. 

This is all part of learning. Thank goodness for Google 

The weather today is lovely sunshine. 

Everyone is out mowing.  

More rain is predicted, and lots of places have been put 

On flood watch. 

I did have to get rid of ants in my kitchen yesterday, 

I believe them before I believe the weather man 

They have never been wrong. 

Finally sorted.

I have finally got the mosaic crochet working 

The graph with the complete photo is almost an A4 size and the little squares are tiny

So hard to read. 

So they also give you the graph in four sections  

These two are the first your suppose to use 

It’s the bottom half of the cow split into left and right  

I think that’s where my issues may have started  

I’ve got a stitch marker where the first complete pattern ends and the second starts  

I’m doing two cows next to one another  

I’ve also got these yellow stitch markers to show where the pages end  

So I have to work the two pages and then work them again  

I hope that makes sense 

It makes it Nice and wide.  

I think I might have to then do two more cows to make the blanket longer than it is wider  

But that’s an issue for later  

Right now I’ve progressed way further than I had before ripping it all out  

I’m not rushing, I’m going nice and slow with many breaks  

Just to keep me from zoning out

It helps that hubby isn’t here talking to me. 

Honestly. I’m sure he waits until I have to constantly count before he decides he

Wants to tell me all sorts of things I really have no interest in at all. 

Over the weekend it was the motor racing

I got to use my mum face lots of times while starting to yell out numbers 

It really is the most annoying thing. 

Back to school

After reading all about U3A. In 

https://sparklingmerlot.blogspot.com/?m=1

I decided I needed to do some research and discover if we had one here   

We do. I hopped into the website and found they had a calligraphy class

It’s on every second Tuesday

I filled in the form, paid my membership fee and yesterday had my first class

There really wasn’t enough students to warrant a class so the have extended it to encompass any craft or just come for. Chat. 

There was one calligraphy student but wasn’t present

So I got all the teacher’s attention 

My teacher is 90 years young. Her arthritic hands can’t write with the nib pen anymore so she uses a thin texta to show you. 

I picked up the pen and I was instantly back in primary school. This is the first pen I ever used. We had the ink well and blotter paper. 

I didn’t “ know” how to use it, but my hands and fingers did. 

It was quite a bizarre experience 

Anyway I got given practice pages 

The first two on each line is the example. The rest are mine 

She was very impressed with my A’s. 

I still to this day write my A’s like that. So they were really easy. 

I wasn’t learning.  I was remembering 

The two hours flew and it was time to finish before I even started to get bored with writing letters. Although the last few pages did have words to practice 

So now that I know I enjoy the class. I’ve ordered my own set of calligraphy pens and ink. 

Hopefully soon I’ll be able to write fancy messages on all my Christmas and birthday cards. 

Doing so much typing and so little actual writing these days , my hand writing has deteriorated. 

This should help reverse that.