Saturday, September 30, 2023

Special Times

I met this lovely man in 2002.

We married in 2005.

Labels: Paul, Special Times

Friday, September 22, 2023

Meet Poppy

Meeet Poppy

D.O.B. 3rd August 2023

She is our 5th Labrador Retriever since 1991.

Labels: Poppy

Thursday, September 21, 2023

Fog

When you live in an area where there are 300+ sunny days of the year,

it’s lovely to wake up to something different.

Labels: Around my garden, Brookfield, Simple Pleasures

Monday, September 18, 2023

Revamping Furniture

I have my ol’ man working. He’s as happy as can be!

He is resealing (sanding, staining & sealing) Janet’s old knitting machine table.

I just sealed my new sock machine table, but the colour Paul used looks so nice that I might sand & stain mine, too.

Oh how I love the smells of paints and varnish!

My Erlbacher sock machine table

Labels: Revamping

Knitting Workshop

I’m part of a sock knitting machine group.

Joining up with like-minded people is the only way I get any good at doing things.

Today 7 of us go together.

What an education!

What fun!

For more info about my crafty side, visit Blissxstitches …

Labels: Crank-In

Friday, September 15, 2023

Blast from the past - Settlement Day Memory from 2012

In WA, property settlement is one day & possession from noon the next. At 11am 10 years ago, we found ourselves at a Clivia Expo not far from our new home waiting that last very long hour. Having chosen a tray of seedlings (flowering plants are at least 3yrs old & quite expensive), I was talking too much (as usual) to a lady from the display & explaining how we had to leave all our beautiful pot plants (including our Clivia) in QLD due to WA's quarantine laws & that our new plants would be something special when she abruptly trotted off & returned with a gorgeous specimen, a house warming gift!

The Clivia, now in my Brisbane garden, is again in flower.