Australia Day.

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It’s a contentious day today. 

I understand both sides of the story 

But the one thing we can all agree on is our abundance of 

Animals that will kill you. 

Gotta love straya 

Ticked off the to do list

I have wanted to make a cover for the sewing machine for a long time 

I mean a long long time. 

The cover that came with the machine had  perished and was no longer usable 

I finally decided that today I’d get to work 

I found fabric that would do the job 

I wanted to make it a quilted cover so I also needed a backing fabric 

I found a green to match, but unfortunately it was all in scraps. 

They were large scraps, so I needed to sew them together to get the sizes I needed 

I did the measuring 

I worked out the math 

And I started to cut and sew 

I quilted all the panels 

And sewed them all together. I decided to use binding on the edges as they were 

Too thick to just sew and turn 

The finished product 

I even added a pocket on one side 



It took longer than I had anticipated. But I kept going until it was done 

I think it looks ok. And it definitely does the job 

No more  having to dust the machine everytime I wanted to use it. 

Well I hope I won’t have too. 

One last time

Well for a while anyway 

All three girls were here. School starts next Tuesday so it will be a while before the older girls will be here

Yesterday I bought new colouring books and pencils. 

All three enjoyed colouring and chatting 

Brianna is such a mummy. She is constantly helping and teaching Ana all sorts of things 



They had so much energy. They were running and playing hide and seek in the house. So i took them outside to play chasey 

It worked a treat. They burned off lots of energy 



Once inside. After visiting the animals, the two younger girls were playing in their room. Melody was happy to help me cook. 

She is stirring the Greek three cheese pie while I got the trays ready 

I learnt to cook these from my grandmother, so it was special teaching my granddaughter 

after lunch. We settled down for some quiet time watching a kids movie 

Little Ana and fell asleep. It was a big day 



All three girls have now gone home 

It’s always so quit once they go. 

I’ll miss the bigger two and will look forward to the next school holidays. I’m absolutely positive Ana will miss them too 

A Quickie

I’m not sure what I want to make right now. 

But I do need something to keep me busy and out of the kitchen. 

It’s too hot to be outside, so no joy there. 

I decided to knit a pair of socks 

One day it will be cold again and they will be needed to keep my tootsies warm 

Hopefully by the time I’m done a project will present itself 

Paying it forward

My Fellow art student wanted to learn how to crochet 

Her grandmother had taught her to do granny squares, but she hadn’t really done much more since 

Since someone had spent time teaching me I happily told her I’d teach her 

So she came over with her supplies and we began 

We decided to just make the pattern on the inside of the label that goes round the ball. It was a cute bag

I showed her how to read the pattern. 

How the same stitch gets called different because of uk and USA terminology 

And away she went 

I began to crochet with her to show how to do the stitches and once she left I went back to my knitting project 

Today I finished the bag 

I kept the second yarn label to continue to follow the pattern. 

It’s a cute bag, perfect to carry yarn in 

I’m very sure it will get used frequently 

Now the knowledge has been passed forward I’m sure one day she will teach someone and the craft will live on 

Garden feast

No not feasting in the garden. Bringing all the garden abundance into the kitchen for our dinner 

I made some vegetable fritters 

I grated zucchini, potatoes, onion, and a little capsicum that was sitting in the fridge   Mixed it with eggs and a couple of tablespoons of flour. I found a bag of 00 flour with just enough flour to add into the mix 

Fry them up by dropping spoonfuls into the pan 



Served with a salad of tomatoes, cucumber and some feta cheese. 

The cheese didn’t come from here. It’s my contribution to the economy 




It was very lovely indeed. Even if I do say so myself 

There are fritters left for the boys to have for lunch tomorrow 

I think I need  to  grocery shop tomorrow   

Which is perfect timing as I’m meeting the girls for a coffee in the  morning 

Slow start

This morning hubby and I had a big sleep in 

We probably would of slept even longer but a phone call woke us up 

First week back at work and the place was rammed with vehicles. Hubby worked late every day! 

Except yesterday, he came over to spend some time with the girls 

Here they are feeding Dobby the donkey. He actually comes running now. Which is quiet funny to see 

The bucket I use to bring the feed was more fun for the two littlest 



These two are a cracker together. They get on so well. 

They’re definitely going to keep us all on our toes lol 




I asked them to pose so I could take a photo 



We let the chickens out. Now that Pendles has gone to the great chicken coop in the sky, I’m not so anxious when we go out back. 

Pendles would of seriously hurt the girls if he had decided to protect his girls 




The girls asked if they could go and pick all the red tomatoes. They’re definitely free range children foraging for their food 





Melody found a huge zucchini. Which was fed to the steer. 



Brianna said she didn’t like tomatoes but liked picking them 



And little Ana found lots of strawberries which both she and Brianna harvested. 

Not many made it into the kitchen 



By the end of the day. When all the girls went home grandma was happily exhausted 

It will be a while now before the three will be together on a Friday as the two older girls go back to school 

Ana will miss them