Things have been a little quiet here on the blog for a while, but my life has been very busy The second explains the first. If I try to share everything in one post you will be reading for days, so I thought I would start with some highlights.
Over the school holidays the chicks and I got stuck into our garden and created four vegetable patches – well, one herb garden and three vege patches. Between chickens, birds and possums we were quickly down to two vege patches and one herb garden, but they are thriving well. I was particularly proud of our efforts in recycling and repurposing in order to protect the gardens! (These are old junior hockey pop up goals).
A couple of weeks ago the chicks and I hosted some very long term friends for a weekend to experience Canberra as part of the Human Brochure. I will write in more detail soon, but can report that the weekend was more wonderful than any of us expected! Some photographic highlights to whet your appetite include:
Kids amazed that they can move a stone at Questacon
My boy tempting a giraffe at the National Zoo and Aquarium
Sienna feeding a lion – as you do – at the National Zoo and Aquarium
My parents came to visit for a week about three weeks ago and are still here. We decided that I needed to sell my house and move to somewhere that cost a little less to maintain, so have spent the last few weeks working flat out to spruce up the house. All those little jobs that I have been meaning to do for the last few years have been done and the house looks wonderful! At the time of writing we are re-thinking the decision to sell, so stand by for developments in that area over the next few months! If I stay it means that I get to enjoy all our hard work, which will be great!
I haven’t managed a large amount of sewing, with everything else that has been going on, but have been creative in other ways, including making some gifts for my guests using some great quotes from an article about Canberra.
This might be the briefest update in my blog’s history, especially given all that is going on, so I will have to provide more detail and more photos over the next couple of weeks. In the meantime I have to share my latest hair colouring adventure with you. My father asked me if it was ‘designed to attract or repel?’. When I responded that it was ‘to amuse’ he informed me that it had done it’s job!
I hope that you are all well, and being kind to yourselves!
First, like the hair and the anecdote about it gave me a big smile! Second, just found your blog and started following it right when it looks like you may be getting too busy to write. I hope not! I hope you’ll be able to pop back and resume but no pressure. I admire people who can write blogs and have a life but I cannot fathom how they do it. Third, and very important, I wanted to thank you, thank you, thank you for the lists of bag tutorials!!! You are an Angel! Magistra13 at yahoo dot com
Beth
Hello Beth!
Thank you for the lovely comments. I have neglected my blog a little in the last few months but am planning on reviving it over the next few weeks – I miss writing it! Your comments have made my day – thank you! Theresa
Theresa: just saw this. I think purple and green are the best possible colours for hair. And weddings! xx
Sarah – I just saw this – and agree!!