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My ‘Inner Granny’ Returns

I haven’t sewn, quilted or stitched anything really since Ben has been born. I am not sure why ….. but I do plan to make up for it. I do recall I used to get the odd ribbing for sewing….a ‘oh you are such a Granny!!’ comment, but four years later it has become the modern thing to do!! I have a cupboard full of goodies and a whole room I can set up. Time to get sorted.

I thought this would be a great way to dust off the Bernina. Heather from Blessed Little Nest (in the USA) is hosting a Hoop Art Swap. Heather collected the names of people who wanted to participate through her blog, paired us up and we make a hoop art and swap it with them. Just a bit of fun. My partner is Sena from By the Bluegrass (Louisville, Kentucky USA).

I finished my hoop art last night. I made two because I liked it so much. One to keep and one to send to Sena. I think it is cute…. I hope Sena likes it. My inner Granny has returned…..

and surprise, surprise it has bunting on it…..

Oh Dear….. and YAY!!!

OH DEAR….. our little vegetable patch has seen better days. Something is eating our radishes. Our zucchinis and pumpkin have a ‘damp fungus’ and our beans look very sick. I clipped leaves off all of these plants and headed to our local nursary for a little help. Luckily nothing is very serious and all can be fixed with a little love and care. So with a few sprays and powders (natural of course) things should be back on track.

On a more exciting note ….. when I was watering the garden this evening I noticed WE HAVE TOMATOES……YAY!!! Ben wanted to pick them then and there. I think I convinced him that we need to wait until they change colour to red. I hope it happens quickly as he is busting and so am I. Home grown tomato on toast…… memories from my childhood xoxo.

Books by the Pallet! {visit 2}

Queensland Flood Recovery – Brassall State School

My second week volunteering at Brassall State School made the enormity of the task at hand very clear . The donations are still coming in…. with a pallet of books coming from Tasmania, a Brisbane high school making donations just to mention a few. People’s generosity is breath taking…….. so so so lovely. There is some extraordinary books – three quarters of the library is filled with boxes!! There is still no computer system…. which maybe is not such a bad thing as the books all have to be cleaned, sorted, stamped, covered, bar-coded and then cataloged. It is overwhelming to look at the sheer amount of books and resources ….. better to focus on one box at a time. Hopefully Mum and I can make a little difference.

Linking up with Blessed Little Nest – Life made lovely Monday

Colouring!

As an Early Childhood Teacher I have always thought ‘colouring’ to be developmentally a waste of time. But as a parent I have wished Ben would just sit still and colour even for a just five minutes! Well today we coloured with a purpose….. labels for our garden. Ben coloured in the labels for the vegetable patch. (oh and I am sorry about those finger nails – we had been digging in the garden!!)

What a champion…… however he did ask for the ipod when he had finished because he had done such hard work! My son the master manipulator!!

Books by the Pallet! {visit 1}

Queensland Flood Recovery – Brassall State School

Ipswich is still recovering from recent flooding. It will be for some time. I felt that I hadn’t really helped in the recovery enough. We had made donations when needed but that almost felt too easy considering what people were going through. So with Ben settled into Pre-Prep I have time on my hands to lend a hand. I signed Mum and I up at Brassall State School. The library lost everything! It is so uplifting to see the donations, from the public, publishers, church groups, other schools or community organisations. Books are coming from everywhere and by the pallet!! There is a huge job ahead to cover and process all the resources and this is where we can help. I will volunteer either on a Monday or Tuesday for the next…. however many weeks – covering books. Every hand makes a difference xoxo

Just Add Water and ……Presto!

We are amazed at our veggie patch…. it is actually growing. We don’t really know what we are doing, so we didn’t know what to expect. We are learning as we go. All we have really done is add water and ….. presto …….. veggie plants. We do consult with our only gardening book ‘Dig – Modern Australian Gardening’ by Meredith Kirton from time to time.

Here is an update of what has survived our questionable gardening talents, the magpies and the horrid scrub turkey – tomatoes {fabulously}, carrots {only three seedling have survived}, corn {most got pecked out}, beans {fabulously}, radishes {oh my goodness we are going to have dozens…. radish anyone?}, zucchini {fabulously until I transplanted three plants yesterday…. I think I killed them}, spring onions {most got pecked}, watermelon {only one plant left…does that mean only one watermelon?} pumpkin {two plants survived} and passion fruit {fabulously}. I think we are doing ok??

Ben is very keen to pull the carrots out!! It is taking some convincing to stop him from doing this. I am not sure he can wait any longer!! I am almost tempted to let him as I want to know what is going on under there as well…….. I am not known for my patience either!!

Will keep you posted on the carrots and other gardening adventures….