Family... and friend

Son Ben, daughter in law Hayley and their friend Scott are visiting from Queensland.  Had to make the obligatory scones and jam and cream for afternoon tea...

 Scott, Hayley, Ben

Hayley got baptised while they were here.  At Hawley Beach...

 a few of us gathered for the occasion

Dave (who married them 7 years ago) did the honours...

 asking the relevant questions

 She's under there somewhere

 All done!

Then we went back to Dave and Lisel's for afternoon tea :)


On the Yarn Along front...

 Trying a new beanie design and reading THIS delightful little book

And remember the swan sitting on the nest from a few posts back?  Well here she is...

Mother and babies all doing well

Hope all is well with you too :))

xx

Books and Beanies

Knitting beanies for Bec at The Brush Rabbit and browsing Kinfolk Home from the library...

Made even more enjoyable by the addition of coffee and sourdough...

Check out Yarn Along to see what others are making and reading!

Spring is officially still 5 days away, but...

 the wattle is flowering

 blossoms are blooming

 lambs are growing

 ducks are...being ducks

the grass has been mowed

And I'm off to plant an apple tree!!

xx

Progress...

...on the garage and woodshed...

 nearly finished

After much rain, and the river rising, the swan's nest was only just above water level...

 council workers raised the nest level with some hay

The river levels are down again now...

 see the eggs!!

On the Yarn Along front...

 hats for Haiti

Still reading The Girl Who Played With Fire (it's a big book...570 pages!!!)

Knitting beanies for Etsy and browsing my new mag from last week...

Spring is in the air!!

xx

Weekend Winter Walk

Morning!!

Saturday sunrise from my kitchen window

First up, a quick trip to the monthly market to stock up on vegies...

Then a walk around the river...

 taken from the footbridge over the river at the spillway

and from the footbridge at the caravan park

There is a black swan sitting on a nest...

 in a rather open and exposed position

Checking her eggs...

last count I could see 6!

Although it's winter, there is still a bit of colour about...

I can't resist the bare trees...

Back home for my well deserved morning coffee with toasted sourdough and blue vein cheese, and a browse through my new mag in a little patch of sunshine...

I hope you are enjoying your day :)) xx

Let it snow...let it snow...let it snow...

Last year was the first snowfall for Deloraine in about 20 years, and this winter we are getting another one, albeit much lighter...

 Our first snow flurries for the winter

Eldest daughter Natasha is here from Texas and requested my scones and jam and cream for afternoon tea on her day of arrival...

 Denver, Natasha and Marnie indulging

Her boys arrived to join her today.  They had a few extra days in Sydney with family before coming to Tassie...

Denver (Marnie's), Oli, Zak and Dylan (Natasha's) chilling out/warming up by the fire before heading out to the Mole Creek Wildlife Park.

A quick catch up from the winter wonderland :))

xx

Good morning world

:)) xx

Chop Chop Chop

Hired a trailer for the weekend to get rid of the two camellia trees I chopped down...

but will it all fit?

Spent 6 hours chop...chop...chopping...

Getting there...chop...chop...chop...

 more chop...chop...chop...

Nearly done...chop...chop...chop...

 Yes!!!!

and with room to spare...

Guess I didn't need to chop so small after all!!

It was quite therapeutic actually :))

And here's a shot of the sunrise from my kitchen window the other morning...

looks like a fire!!!

Raining here today, so no walkies.  About to have lunch and get some more squares knitted...

Enjoy your day!

xx