Family Fun

A visit from family for the weekend...

son Jefferson and partner Anushka from Canberra

So we did a road trip to Sheffield...

on the road to Mt Roland/Sheffield area

Then on to Devonport for lunch at Drift Restaurant...

Mersey Bluff Reserve - Devonport

And back to Deloraine for dinner at the Empire Hotel...

Jefferson, Anushka, Adrian, Marnie, Denver

A good day was had by all...

But so much food!!!

xx

June Yarn Along

Joining Ginny and others at  Yarn Along

And for those who visit from there, and haven't seen my finished India Blanket, here it is...

Now I've resurrected this unfinished project...

80 squares in natural coloured wool

The edging row is a dusty pink (and not as bright as it looks in the photo), but not 'natural' coloured wool, so I think I'll undo it on all 80 squares (sigh!) and edge them in some dark brown natural I have.

Then I thought, to brighten it a bit, I'd add some random squares with cream centres...

And in between all that, I'm reading The Pyramid (which is a prequel to the later Wallander books), about his early days in the police department...

And binging out on Justified.

Winter is here...

But it's fine by me!

xx

Weekend Words

 A Winter Walk 

It is not easy to walk alone in the country without musing upon something. ~Charles Dickens

Me thinks that the moment my legs begin to move, my thoughts begin to flow. ~Henry David Thoreau

       An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day. - Henry David Thoreau

If you are seeking creative ideas, go out walking. Angels whisper to a man when he goes for a walk. -Raymond Inmon

 There is nothing like walking to get the feel of a country. A fine landscape is like a piece of music; it must be taken at the right tempo. Even a bicycle goes too fast. -Paul Scott Mowrer

If I could not walk far and fast, I think I should just explode and perish. -Charles Dickens

 My father considered a walk among the mountains as the equivalent of churchgoing. -Aldous Huxley

But the beauty is in the walking – we are betrayed by destinations. -Gwyn Thomas

“[Walking] is the perfect way of moving if you want to see into the life of things. It is the one way of freedom. If you go to a place on anything but your own feet you are taken there too fast, and miss a thousand delicate joys that were waiting for you by the wayside.”
― Elizabeth von Arnim, The Adventures of Elizabeth in Rügen

Well...what are you waiting for???

Get out and walk!!!!

xx

Back...

...feeling much better...still coughing a bit...but ready for a catch up...

Last week I made a big pot of chicken soup (the magic cure all)...

 garlic, onion, leek, celery, carrot, chicken drumsticks (skin removed), barley, brown rice, a piece of ginger and a bay leaf (for flavouring and removed after cooking), salt, pepper, and lots of chopped parsley added just before serving.

Also did quite a bit of this...

as well as sleeping

But when I was feeling up to more, I read...

 Reading People - very interesting and challenging, but not a relaxing bed time read

So at night I read Anxious for Nothing - very 'Max' if you've read any of his other books.

Watched and listened...

Finished Series 1 - 4 of Longmire (as recommended by Marnie and Denver).   Really enjoyed it...need to get Series 5!

Have now started Justified (as recommended by Ben and Hayley). I seem to be in cowboy/sheriff  mode, and think I will like this series too, although it's a bit 'quirkier' than Longmire (think Coen Brothers).

And picked up this Van Morrison Duets CD at the library.  Good, good!!

Something to fill in the long winter evenings :)

And (wait for it!!!) I've finished my India Blanket...

 Ta Da!!!

Hey Debbie...bet you thought I'd never get it finished :)) 

And speaking of Debbie, she crocheted these lovely baby blankets for me to mail off to one of the charities I support.  So today, they went in the mail to KOGO...

Thanks Debbie!

Ok...time to light the wood heater for the night, soup (this week it's lamb and veg) for dinner, then some knitting while watching an episode of Justified.

And tomorrow I must get back to my river walks!!

Hope your day is full of good things...for body, mind and soul...

xx

Woe is me

Down with the flu...

Hopefully I'll be back soon...

xx

Weekend Words

A Tale of Two Babies

In a mother’s womb were two babies.
One asked the other: “Do you believe in life after delivery?”
The other replied, “Why, of course. There has to be something after delivery. Maybe we are here to prepare ourselves for what we will be later.”
“Nonsense” said the first. “There is no life after delivery. What kind of life would that be?”
The second said, “I don’t know, but there will be more light than here. Maybe we will walk with our legs and eat from our mouths. Maybe we will have other senses that we can’t understand now.”
The first replied, “That is absurd. Walking is impossible. And eating with our mouths? Ridiculous! The umbilical cord supplies nutrition and everything we need. But the umbilical cord is so short. Life after delivery is to be logically excluded.”
The second insisted, “Well I think there is something and maybe it’s different than it is here. Maybe we won’t need this physical cord anymore.”
The first replied, “Nonsense. And moreover if there is life, then why has no one ever come back from there? Delivery is the end of life, and in the after-delivery there is nothing but darkness and silence and oblivion. It takes us nowhere.”
“Well, I don’t know,” said the second, “but certainly we will meet Mother and she will take care of us.”
The first replied “Mother? You actually believe in Mother? That’s laughable. If Mother exists then where is She now?”
The second said, “She is all around us. We are surrounded by her. We are of Her. It is in Her that we live. Without Her this world would not and could not exist.”
Said the first: “Well I don’t see Her, so it is only logical that She doesn’t exist.”
To which the second replied, “Sometimes, when you’re in silence and you focus and you really listen, you can perceive Her presence, and you can hear Her loving voice, calling down from above.” 

- Útmutató a Léleknek

 

Days of...

early morning winter light...

on the river

coffee buying...

 On a recent trip to my fav coffee outlet: http://leapinggoat.com.au/about-us/

drinking said coffee...

and browsing the latest Aust Country Style mag

colour in the winter garden...

crocheting...reading...

binge watching Longmire

chilling at a local Jazz Concert...

great music at the Empire Hotel Deloraine

And a bit of inspiration from Ralph, to carry with you into a new day...

Be you!!

It's who you are meant to be.

xx