It's OK to eat cake for breakfast....

...when it's your birthday!
Naughty, huh, but oh so good!!
(warning photo heavy post)

YD cooked dinner for me the night before my birthday (near the start of July), which I decided was a really good idea as it meant that I was able to have cake for breakfast ON my birthday!! One time during the year when you can get away with something like that!
Here's another delicious pic... it is a luscious lemon cake with lemon curd filling, I still drool thinking about it and highly recommend it :-)

Selfie of mother and daughter while out one night.

In amongst the lovely thoughtful pressies I recieved for my birthday, there were a few handmade goodies;
Leeanne created this 'pin cushion' - a high end model I reckon —

...and Barb made me this cutie; now this is embarassing, as I'm not sure what it is called, but it hangs around your neck, with the pin cushion/ needlecase at one end of the tape and the scissors at the other end - both are within easy reach and saves time hunting for them —

And finally, this beautiful shawl came from Joanne. Delicious knitted lace with beads knitted in throughout.

Thank you lovely ladies, I love them all :-)

Also on the home front, and to change topics completely, last week was a wild, windy and wet one for our region, Northland, the northern end of New Zealand. Damage everywhere, people without power for days, flooding and roads closed everywhere. Because the rain went on all week, the accumulative effect of so much water was devastating for many.

I always like to dress up dry and go for a walk, see what's been happening!

We have a river running through our farm, and this came up and went down like a yo-yo. Here are some pictures (and apologies to those of you who have already seen them (or similar) on facebook or my photo blog.)
All our stock were on high ground so were all safe.

Wednesday

Thursday

Saturday - this was the worst flood.

Showing that the house and buildings are high and dry.

There's no way we can get over the bridge (not seen for days) to any pastures that may be there!

Great if you are a duck, and fun if you are a dog!

And after the water is gone, there is the mess to clean up!

Fencelines full of debris, wires everywhere, broken posts!

This paddock WAS full of lovely feed, ready for calving. Now it is covered in silt,
too dirty to be palatable.

So it has been an interesting time! Being shut inside in the warm and dry (we didn't lose our power for too long) meant a bit of sewing time :-) but I think I will save that for another day!
Thank you for visiting. Have a happy weekend and I hope you find some stitching time,

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