Weekly Catch Up - Image Heavy Post !!

It seems that the last few weeks have just gone by in a flash and I seem to be getting nowhere fast. It is so close to christmas now which means that I still have lots to do. I have been buying a few gifts to go with handmade items and have arranged a shopping day with the girls next Saturday and then the retail part of Christmas should be over for me.

One of my gifts to myself arrived through the week. Remember when I was asking you all about a good stitching lamp? Well this is what I decided on. It is a Ott-Lite daylight lamp with a magnifying glass to put over your work to save those tired eyes. I have to admit that I haven't stitched very much all week so have not really tried it out much but I intend to overload it with work this week.

Yesterday Sam and I took Maddie and Tommy to "The Wiggles". Maddie enjoyed the first 10- minutes and then dropped off to sleep. Tommy on the other hand loved it.

He didn't take his eyes off them and danced and jigged for 1 and 1/2 hours. I have to admit I did sing along to a few tunes !!


Rod and I have spent the morning in the garden. With all of the rain we have had and then this lovely sunshine the growth has been amazing. Our paddocks are almost hip deep in feed. The vegetable garden is growing beautifully - Especially now that we have fenced it to keep the hens out. The plants actually stay in the ground now.

There is still a lot of weeding to be done. You can almost watch the weeds grow at the moment.

The Broad Beans are ready to be picked. I can see a lot of blanching and freezing going on here soon.

Our Stella Cherry Tree is in it's second year and has fruit ready to ripen.

And remember those Tayberries that I planted some months ago? They are really well fruited and beginning to ripen.

This is today's collection from the garden. Silverbeet, Rhubarb and Broad Beans. I have a few cake recipes using Rhubarb so I thought that I might try one.

I don't think that I have shown you our turning circle roses before? They are so pretty when they are all in bloom like this. They look like a big carpet.

The pink and white look so lovely together.

And white roses line the path to our front door.

This is the place to relax here in Summer with a nice ice cold drink. That thing in the left of the photograph (Stepper machine) has cobwebs on it - I use it for decoration only - Ha Ha !! So the morning has been spent in the garden and after lunch I will be spending a few hours up in the studio finishing off a recent design and of course the finishing touches to my swap gifts.

I will be back through the week to show you some of my finishes.

Have a great week.


HUGS,