My life

Yesterday I spent the day with my daughter. Her girls were in day care

So it was just the two of us. 

This hasn’t happened since she was pregnant with her first baby so it was lovely to just spend the day 

And chat and laugh and not worry about looking after little girls. 

It was a special day for me 

My daughter in law takes her grandmother out one day a week and she comes and collects me as well 

This is also special and precious and such an honour to be included in her loving day for her Oma 

The down side is I always crash after a big day out 

I won’t stop going. I will not let my health issues rob me of special time spent

With the ones I love 

Especially after all the lockdowns, special time is precious and I will not miss a moment 

So today I had a sleep in 

I’ll go slow

And I will take care of my self 

Because I won’t lay down 

I won’t quit 

And I will get up again and go out with my family 

To laugh 

To enjoy 

And to make memories 

This is my personal battle 

And I’m determined to keep fighting it for as long as I can 

I hope you continue to fight and win your personal battles 

Stay safe 

See ya xx

And even more

I was reminded by a fellow blogger 

http://local-kiwi-alien.blogspot.com/

That I wanted to try and make some lemoncello 

I was going to go and buy some vodka but remembered I had a bottle of grappa someone

Had given me ages ago  

So I have used that to soak the lemon rinds in  it’s supposed to sit for three weeks 

So it’s been put away to do its thing and hopefully 

I’ll be able to make some lovely liquor to enjoy. 

I’ll let you know in another post if that works 

A swim friend suggested I make some lemon butter/ Curd 

So some of the skinned lemons were used to make this. 

It’s only three little jars but hubby had a taste test and said it was realllllly good 

I think I’ll get me a few more jars and make a second batch 

The a

Hardest part of making this is stirring for over ten minutes waiting for the mixture to cook and thicken 

I still had more lemons that I had skinned and more of the blood oranges 

So I made a big batch of orange/lemon cordial 

These are passata bottles  that I had washed and kept 

So two full bottles were made. They are in the drinks fridge 

To have once the weather warms up a tad 

So more of the produce has been used there is still a little left but honestly 

The amount now is negligible 

I’ll be able to use it in general cooking 

I do love abundance but seriously that was just way too much work 

I’m pooped! 

It’s cold again today 

The fog is thick 

So I think I’ll spend the day inside crocheting and bing watching something on the telly

Have a great day 

Stay safe 

See ya 

Lego play day

Melody loves lego

Tiny little lego 

So grandma bought some lego friends princess 

Sets. Here is grandpa helping get it all put together 

Melody is very good. She follows the instructions and pretty much was good on her own. Grandpa was definitely just the helper 

Brianna only wanted to play with the stickers, which are last to go on 
So she was busy showing grandma her games on the iPad 



We had a lovely couple of hours playing with the girls 

Had a laugh with our daughter and son in law, 

and now back home relaxing 

It’s really cold again today and a miserable grey outside 

We won’t be venturing far 

Hope your having a lovely day

Stay safe 

See ya xx

More!

Over the weekend my parents dropped off lemons, oranges and some mandarins 

From their trees 

The weekend before I received a heap of lemons from an aunt in coburg 

So I spent a day making marmalade 

I usually buy sugar with the pectin already in it 

But couldn’t find any so I added a couple of very green apples 

It’s not as firm as I’d like but I’m sure it takes ok 

I sent a heap of lemons and mandarins to the shed for the boys to eat and take home 

I’ve kept some lemons and oranges so I can make some cordial 

I love being gifted produce but seriously 

The amount has been staggering 

Got to love the abundance 

Stay safe 

See ya xx

Kindness

A lovely neighbour and customer of  ours made home made sausages 

And gave hubby some. He also gave him some of the left over mince and said. Just make some 

Hamburgers 

Well I decided I was going to make some sausage rolls 

I added some chopped up leek from my garden

Some kale, cabbage, carrot and beetroot from the refrigerator 

Some eggs to bind, no need for spices as he had already done that 

Defrosted sorry puff pastry sheets and 

Viola! 

Sausage rolls that smelled amazing 

And tasted even better 

I had two sheets of pastry left so I quickly broke up some feta, added eggs and got some 

Silverbeet from the garden that I chopped up finely and made a quick greek cheese and spinach pie 

Hubby them brought in more silverbeet, and leaves from beetroots and I’ve cooked them up 

To eat as a salad later 

So a big day of cooking 

Because a nice man kindly shared his abundance with us 

Might have to make him some thing nice for hubby to give him 

An apple pie perhaps? 

Stay safe

See ya xx

Requests

My sister gave me some fabric and asked for some bowl warmers, she wanted them bigger than a bowl warmer because she wanted to 

Be able to put bread in them for the table. 

So I made them 15 inches instead of ten 

They should do the trick. Well I hope so. 

She also requested some coasters so I used the left overs and made her half a dozen simple ones 

To match 

She also gave me yarn to make baby blankets 

She has started fostering and got her first baby and decide she would like to give each one a blanket to go home with 

I make one for the current baby very quickly as we didn’t know how long she would be there. 

She is only doing short term emergency fostering

But I’ve working on the the rest 

This should be ok for a while 

I’ll keep making them from my stash and add to her stash as they go 

My parents popped in today and as they live close to her I sent the lot home with them 

The weather is cold, very cold 

This is the current temp and it’s four in the afternoon 

So I’ll be inside taking it easy 

Hope you have a lovely weekend 

See ya xx

I’m still here

Hi all 

I know I’ve been missing in action. But it’s been kinda busy around here. Well for me

Anyway   One of my swim friends was diagnosed I with pancreatic cancer and she went down hill fast 

She had just started knitting her granddaughters some jumpers but only got half way through one 

Before she was unable to continue 

So she asked me to do it for her. 

Now I can knit. But I’m no knitter. So I enlisted the help of a knitting buddy 

And together we finished off the three jumpers 

I was able to deliver them to my friend in palliative care and she gave them to her granddaughters just before she passed 

I wa so happy I finished them before she died. I have to say a big thankyou to knitting buddy Barbra if it wasn’t for 

Her assistance id probably be still going. 

So after finally being able to say goodby to my swim friend Lyn 

The funeral was postponed due to lockdown, I kind felt flat and just didn’t do much at all 

I did make some crochet blankets that my sister asked for 

But I’ll show you those in another post 

I got pretty sick just after finishing the jumpers, I think it was the relief of getting them done 

So I did lots of resting 

I started to feel  better yesterday, lockdown was over and we were able to go swimming again on Monday 

A few weeks ago we had wild weather, trees came down everywhere and we lost power 

Two trees out front were damaged so they had to come down 

This one I use to hang my hose on so I didn’t want the stump removed 

But it was kinda ugly so yesterday I added some brackets and baskets 

To it to pretty it up a tad 

What do you think? 

I’m sure it will look better once the plants grow a bit. 

I still need something for the very top. I’m thinking a metal animal or bird 

I’m sure I’ll find something in my travels 

So that’s it. 

It’s been an emotional few months 

But we are getting through it 

Hope your all well and happy 

I’ll try and pop in more often in the future 

See ya xxx