Yarn along

Joining Ginny for Yarn Along...



Crocheting an edge around a knitted lap blanket for the charity knitting group...

Reading THIS book that I picked up at the local book exchange.  Interesting so far...

Last weekend we had a big music festival in Deloraine...STRINGFEST. 

I attended 3 concerts and bought 2 cd's from THIS group.  They were brilliant!!

Winter has arrived...even though we are only into autumn!  Have the wood heater going already and had to don coat, hat, scarf and gloves for my early morning walk...6'C!

 

The wind has just picked up, so I don't think I will be moving far from the fire :)

 

Keep warm...or cool...(depending where you live)...

 

xx

UVWXY and Z

U is for...  Un gateau!

Un 'orange and blueberry tea cake' gateau !!!  This was the cake Brenda made for her birthday luncheon.  She sent me the recipe and I made it.  It's delicious...especially served with whipped cream :)))

 

 

 

Here's the recipe...

(click on photo to enlarge)

 

 

 

 

 

V is for...   Vicky Christina Barcelona...the Woody Allen written and directed DVD I watched last night.  Don't enjoy all of his movies, but this one was good!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

W is for...   Walden by Henry David Thoreau.  Have never read it, even though it is a classic, so picked up this edition of the book recently, and it is on my 'to read' list (which seems to be getting ever longer!!)

 

 

 

 

 

X is for...   Xavier Rudd  

Heard his music in a shop I was in and asked who it was!! So have reserved some of his CD's from the library... 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Y is for...   Yarn Along

 

Joining in with Ginny on her blog!  Haven't been part of Yarn Along for awhile what with it being summer here, but as the days are getting shorter and cooler, it feels like time to get the wool and knitting needles out.  Have been sewing blanket squares together for our charity knitting group next week (we have been in recess over summer). 

 

I also want to knit up a sample beanie to show the ladies (and encourage them to knit also) at our meeting...

 

 

 

 

AND

 

 

 

Z is for...  The ZoZo Sisters (Linda Ronstadt and Ann Savoy) ... great Cajun music!!!

 

 

 

 

 

Thus endeth the alphabet posts!!!

 

I'm so glad that's out of the way!

 

Normal transmission will resume with next post :)))

 

Adieu!

 

xx

PQRST

P is for... Helena Frith Powell...  I'm reading her book Two Lipsticks and a Lover.  It's interesting, informative...and very funny!!

I'm in French mode at the moment (will do a separate post about it soon), reading lots of books about France/the French from the library, and will attempt to learn the language (or some of) this year.

And listening to my French CD by Carla Bruni...  No idea what she's singing, but lovely voice and music :))



Q is for...   quinoa breakfast. 

Which I have been eating...every morning... for the past 12 months!!

I wrote a post about it HERE.  It's still the same :))  although sometimes I also add stewed rhubarb or fresh blueberries!!



R is for...  road trip.

To my friend Brenda's...for her birthday luncheon!  Catching up with 'the girls' again, and meeting some new ones...

(the girls)

(the birthday girl Brenda)

We played 'pass the parcel' (as you do)...and guess who won!?!?

And look what I won!!  One of Brenda's miniature paintings!!!  The actual painting is only 2 1/2" x 2 1/2" and so pretty!  I have it hanging on the wall above my coffee machine, so I get to enjoy it 'up close' every day when I make my coffee...

(Spring in the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens)

 

 

 

S is for...   Soup...Lentil soup... which I've just made a big pot of...

 

(if you click on the photo it will bring it up larger and you should be able to read it)

 

 

T is for...  Trug...  given to me 20? years ago by my French friend Florence, when she and her family lived here in Tasmania...

seen here with some of my garden tools and the dirt I enjoy digging in :))

 

 

Au revoir mes amis!

 

xx

 

KLMNO

K is for Knitting...Charity Knitting.

Not that I've been doing any!  The group is in recess till March, but some of the ladies have been knitting at home...squares and rectangles for blankets.  I think we have enough squares for quite a few blankets, so will be enlisting the ladies to help sew them together...

L is for Lamott...Anne  Lamott.

My author 'of the moment'.  Read Travelling Mercies last year, and have almost finished Rosie (from the library)...it's sooo good!! 

Have the recently arrived Bird by Bird and Grace (Eventually) to read next (from Book Depository). 

Love her writings!!  Funny...serious...witty...deep...profound...and all things in between...



M is for Market...Farmer's Market.

After a bit of a glitch a few months ago, the fortnightly Farmers Market is getting back into full swing.

( Love getting my fresh vegies...and sourdough bread...)

N is for Love Nordic BlogSpot. 

My 'blog of the moment'...



O is for Ok...I can't really think of an O subject...

OR

Oh...I love this painting...that I bought recently...  Painted by Bec from Brush Rabbit...

(It's big...90cm x 120cm)

(Fits right in with my Nordic theme, and will look Oh so Nice in my new house...eventually...)

 

 

Off to bed...to read Rosie...

 

Night! Night!!

 

xx

 

FGHIJ

F is for Friday night jazz.

Joined the Deloraine Jazz Club and went to my first concert/dance Friday night.  It was fabulous!  I'd forgotten how good live music is.  Especially with such talented musicians and singer. Sorry...no photos, but will try and get some at the next event.


G is for Garden.

I have been digging up existing lawn/old garden beds...

 

 To look like this...



So I can plant these...

 

 And these...

(mostly herbs)

 

 

 

H is for Hayden.

 

Paul Hayden Desser  and his Elk Lake Serenade.  Great music!!!

 

 

 

 

I is for India.

 

Where my friend Debbie is living at the moment.  Check out her Postcards from... blog.

 

 

 

J is for Ida Jessen.

 

Reading her book The Children at the moment and really enjoying it...

 

 

That's it! 

 

 Off to bed to read!

 

Goodnight :))

 

xx

 

 

 

 

ABCDE

A

Marnie, Phil and Denver gave me a gift voucher for The Black Hen for Christmas.  Bought a wooden ampersand with it...

(Bet you didn't know that was what this symbol was called!)

B

Books from the library on the go...

(Beautiful houses in the wood book!)

C

Bought this coffee/cappuccino maker.  Now I have to work out how to use it...

(Made my first cup this morning...delish!)

D

Marnie and Denver have moved to Melbourne for a couple of years, so I have been busy de-cluttering and re-arranging furniture...

(Still a way to go...but getting there...)

E

Is for everything else...

Christmas Day I helped out (as I did the previous year) at the charity lunch held here in Deloraine.  Cooking, serving, washing dishes... It was fun, working with a nice bunch of people.  Hope to do it again next Christmas.

New Year was quiet...the way I like it :)

Keeping busy walking, weeding, mowing lawns, reading, getting back on track with blog entries...  Enjoying the solitude :))

Hope 2015 is a good one for you!!

 

xx

The B post

Picked up a bounty of books from the library today...

 

 

 This one I bought...from Book Depository

 

 

 Beautiful photos and really interesting (you thought I was going to say boring didn't you!!) text...

 

 

And these are my boys (grandboys) in Texas...

(Dylan, Oliver, Zak)

 

(Oliver, Dylan, not one of mine, Zak)

 

Had the bible study ladies here last week for our Christmas break up lunch...

 (Shirley, Jenny, Maree, Betty, Cherry, and half of Dora)

(Cherry, Dora, Valerie and Pat)

 

We are having (road kill) duck for dinner tonight thanks to Phil's driving skills (or lack thereof), cooked in the slow cooker with onion, red wine, rosemary, and orange.

 

bonne chère !!

 

xx