tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81965817318690318012024-03-18T20:22:52.956+13:00stitchingfarmgirlRaewynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11123089629481933099noreply@blogger.comBlogger829125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8196581731869031801.post-60378957469263708182024-03-13T13:43:00.001+13:002024-03-15T06:32:21.093+13:00February and now March ---<div>I'm not sure where the months are going and I can't believe that I've gone nearly six weeks without blogging here...</div><div><br /></div><div>February was a busy month and there was also a bit of family stuff going on which threw me a bit.<br />[However, I have been keeping up with my one-photo-a-day challenge over *<a href="https://365daysofstitchingfarmgirl.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">here</a>* so I was pleased about that.]</div><div>At the beginning of March, <a href="https://thecountryyard.co.nz/" target="_blank">The Country Yard</a> had its annual launch of new projects and BOMs, etc. So most of my sewing in February focussed on that.</div><div>I didn't contribute as much as I would have liked, however these were my main projects —</div><div><br /></div><div>First up was our Starry Delight Mini quilt for our Mini Quilt Club —</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTckyu8m0X2afe9XI-srbFW1gCmMLzFKn5b3pFvFJRL0cS7S7D0jUyJQ4Hu5-2sjBHloV7zBtBEfFFUtzqB_EpJyT65EBGPhG_IhOJgzPt5RVZXWreT1ZCBgfW3ZDaVsMCSgQWzlybji0SY9vRTp0OvXZyigo2el1HD78ZCtY9u4AOkVF-RJLi3EAW1kov/s1278/Mini%20Club%20Starry%20Delight4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1278" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTckyu8m0X2afe9XI-srbFW1gCmMLzFKn5b3pFvFJRL0cS7S7D0jUyJQ4Hu5-2sjBHloV7zBtBEfFFUtzqB_EpJyT65EBGPhG_IhOJgzPt5RVZXWreT1ZCBgfW3ZDaVsMCSgQWzlybji0SY9vRTp0OvXZyigo2el1HD78ZCtY9u4AOkVF-RJLi3EAW1kov/w313-h400/Mini%20Club%20Starry%20Delight4.jpg" width="313" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">🠉<i>Oops slight error in my chain piecing!</i>🠉</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrATkQ3w_62Dmos5yiOBAEQXCa-dzOOIbQyVr8hBBPkDaJ92gcC7sj4Cs9r4Ma-mCIa80Y8HWwZlbeUhJQto1BO6R_078Mg3TYviAZAqwYaP2sbye0VxBlfpQgcghgIJc5zq_ekA4X8HFv7F9LBVoKZZrCnGMuas-iZFTgt4su9v1gWCNZly9BdK9V1vUY/s1525/Mini%20Club%20Starry%20Delight3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1525" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrATkQ3w_62Dmos5yiOBAEQXCa-dzOOIbQyVr8hBBPkDaJ92gcC7sj4Cs9r4Ma-mCIa80Y8HWwZlbeUhJQto1BO6R_078Mg3TYviAZAqwYaP2sbye0VxBlfpQgcghgIJc5zq_ekA4X8HFv7F9LBVoKZZrCnGMuas-iZFTgt4su9v1gWCNZly9BdK9V1vUY/w400-h210/Mini%20Club%20Starry%20Delight3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>My finished mini (20" square) —<br /><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHj4fxtzFQVY_qoQ8v0e8mOF5gW2U8MbMmwNo1cuiI5lpIy-oPIurDFrVes2H9szCB2JZlOTbQfaKqA-RUXx6aup30rHAuXUWAWQ4lujOHpbBpmPi-fktuluqtOI80PnDes0LpQK0y0jdMhKZcAU5fq18T_HibsCiTeYOOkT7jl9CaMqe3SWO-tiQxU950/s2104/Mini%20Club%20Starry%20Delight.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2055" data-original-width="2104" height="391" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHj4fxtzFQVY_qoQ8v0e8mOF5gW2U8MbMmwNo1cuiI5lpIy-oPIurDFrVes2H9szCB2JZlOTbQfaKqA-RUXx6aup30rHAuXUWAWQ4lujOHpbBpmPi-fktuluqtOI80PnDes0LpQK0y0jdMhKZcAU5fq18T_HibsCiTeYOOkT7jl9CaMqe3SWO-tiQxU950/w400-h391/Mini%20Club%20Starry%20Delight.jpg" width="400" /></a><br /></div></div><div>I folded a square into a triangle to form hanging corners —</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinasTdryodPK6ZExitHhGmMdIZiFlQENr1MmBI_Tu59ZdelTyCljjmv3KakQnesvn2AV0ckKfF_SwDmehP5lcqlRIp523gaG5VxqAglXp1GZULSr3YobPaiPktDJdaVDUd5fHopcvFOVmxn-PQTMp1xSjqTilgVQ72dy__XWz1643KSXla4xbsz7pUhBdT/s936/Mini%20Club%20Starry%20Delight7.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="936" data-original-width="750" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinasTdryodPK6ZExitHhGmMdIZiFlQENr1MmBI_Tu59ZdelTyCljjmv3KakQnesvn2AV0ckKfF_SwDmehP5lcqlRIp523gaG5VxqAglXp1GZULSr3YobPaiPktDJdaVDUd5fHopcvFOVmxn-PQTMp1xSjqTilgVQ72dy__XWz1643KSXla4xbsz7pUhBdT/w256-h320/Mini%20Club%20Starry%20Delight7.jpg" width="256" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />I've also been making some spool blocks for a SAL at the quilt shop. I chose to make mine from Tilda fabrics. I used a bundle which contained various ranges - I was a bit concerned initially about how they all sat with each other but in the end I was really pleased with how they turned out —</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic_tPZUIzyhQotD1Fyex482l-JSf8-onbKkQvsrWvVRjU4ouGFXw1UvvEGaQjl0AI9FGJKkKbzAWpolYcTWE1ieZhdj-zCBkIIpGhQchLKEGMVKFw0jU-Y24VNgmqnvgWAjM0Jax-H1hv5tAggzy9LpFrOtTI2124i2h_YEOzWFb3pEPUfe8VMNO0k8yQq/s1092/Feb%2013.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1092" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic_tPZUIzyhQotD1Fyex482l-JSf8-onbKkQvsrWvVRjU4ouGFXw1UvvEGaQjl0AI9FGJKkKbzAWpolYcTWE1ieZhdj-zCBkIIpGhQchLKEGMVKFw0jU-Y24VNgmqnvgWAjM0Jax-H1hv5tAggzy9LpFrOtTI2124i2h_YEOzWFb3pEPUfe8VMNO0k8yQq/w366-h400/Feb%2013.jpg" width="366" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-rnqdemyC94VaO6Zigp90NMWNfJ6VCaKqPx3JLZ-xlMfek7eYgUwRh1pO587NUNHoz4uxd4yaIGWy7zhszrD0EJheN33GKHeyuvuCKa39Unhk6-B63QZOV8MVf9yLIR1VShMHBh3n_B8zoy8TM7uN8Kr3sRcfUt7NmsC4WccRhrw2CxK4gQDqre5SF7pP/s761/Spool%20quilt2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="761" data-original-width="750" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-rnqdemyC94VaO6Zigp90NMWNfJ6VCaKqPx3JLZ-xlMfek7eYgUwRh1pO587NUNHoz4uxd4yaIGWy7zhszrD0EJheN33GKHeyuvuCKa39Unhk6-B63QZOV8MVf9yLIR1VShMHBh3n_B8zoy8TM7uN8Kr3sRcfUt7NmsC4WccRhrw2CxK4gQDqre5SF7pP/w394-h400/Spool%20quilt2.jpg" width="394" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9AUoovExYs7QqlIyL59-wI2vTe71ACfyr3LNwBJgX-ghY64ltksyccwVq9u_v_5oLj-I5dN1IXUOflqzdHhOWbbK_J96j0P3WQQin3ZxVdfK4KandG-Np5_E3jlPYeHvQq75_RyKnah3j3x8EH4LlefN6XwPvxVF0iXJkOVrE0I4BKVbEhctY4zpAUOcj/s750/Spool%20quilt.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="733" data-original-width="750" height="391" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9AUoovExYs7QqlIyL59-wI2vTe71ACfyr3LNwBJgX-ghY64ltksyccwVq9u_v_5oLj-I5dN1IXUOflqzdHhOWbbK_J96j0P3WQQin3ZxVdfK4KandG-Np5_E3jlPYeHvQq75_RyKnah3j3x8EH4LlefN6XwPvxVF0iXJkOVrE0I4BKVbEhctY4zpAUOcj/w400-h391/Spool%20quilt.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">I made use of some cute wooden pegs I found in a $2 shop - they have numbers on them which were handy when I was keeping track of the rows I was joining. (Usually I use scraps of paper plus pins to number my rows.)</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxz4s3Sr8BR_gnrj_bJ0ZqSRQF3O1_u_RtHARojfWCPja4oouu5sO3-tngccn5ptM6FOaI_V3ORFvjO3Lqq1wvROHYiq-KoEydT1ZXqLsimhVhJ7Eb5mkpRTn5vQMWhCJDcSfwSGr774A9zK6BM8hwgvD3xsc-wqYBxMG1zoygzPmuUJFYncMeAll7ZqZv/s1333/Spool%20quilt4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1333" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxz4s3Sr8BR_gnrj_bJ0ZqSRQF3O1_u_RtHARojfWCPja4oouu5sO3-tngccn5ptM6FOaI_V3ORFvjO3Lqq1wvROHYiq-KoEydT1ZXqLsimhVhJ7Eb5mkpRTn5vQMWhCJDcSfwSGr774A9zK6BM8hwgvD3xsc-wqYBxMG1zoygzPmuUJFYncMeAll7ZqZv/w400-h225/Spool%20quilt4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Tammy helped. Of course —<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkR0-59DuSOfQgrzYxy1zUcF7Bj-Ra2gcE5PjaLTOU_kbPLfy8BfyMWvQoBGg9jlw-kPAbneanMiH3O2TCcPvc2oV4INJ46fEWlT3Dy5FEIajOSwHX2UcyD7cz9ZOKgzFnIGIixrNaEjF3G325nIW-OpzYw2j61F7s4miyENON2shf9e75i0mWSpuZHH8f/s1422/Spool%20quilt5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1422" data-original-width="800" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkR0-59DuSOfQgrzYxy1zUcF7Bj-Ra2gcE5PjaLTOU_kbPLfy8BfyMWvQoBGg9jlw-kPAbneanMiH3O2TCcPvc2oV4INJ46fEWlT3Dy5FEIajOSwHX2UcyD7cz9ZOKgzFnIGIixrNaEjF3G325nIW-OpzYw2j61F7s4miyENON2shf9e75i0mWSpuZHH8f/w225-h400/Spool%20quilt5.jpg" width="225" /></a></div>I forgot to take a photo of the finished top (only, so far) before I took it into the shop so you have to put up with this inadequate one!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtp0HfUF4e7r_QSO-NxaNksimTSE-8-hycH0s0CQWGIwqjQH4kyqcP7QcxGRggEBJc3uELY4r4pkTt18eMIl9ng42PKMvr7WA4sbV0uMO6dPeP-PfTbR8MhXR0eE_ogo88cqp8f5qDAJblJwFF50MBDgSDuMfXfW0cSHSWRewN1XB7qJ_wQBBv_-hLIak8/s1179/Spool%20quilt7.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1179" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtp0HfUF4e7r_QSO-NxaNksimTSE-8-hycH0s0CQWGIwqjQH4kyqcP7QcxGRggEBJc3uELY4r4pkTt18eMIl9ng42PKMvr7WA4sbV0uMO6dPeP-PfTbR8MhXR0eE_ogo88cqp8f5qDAJblJwFF50MBDgSDuMfXfW0cSHSWRewN1XB7qJ_wQBBv_-hLIak8/w408-h640/Spool%20quilt7.jpg" width="408" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I chose to make just 2 of each block, and bordered it with strips of leftover fabrics.</div><br /></div>The launch at the shop went well. We spent the day before sprucing the shop up, hanging new quilts, moving others, moving fabrics, and displays and so on. I took a couple of photos just as we opened on Saturday morning. As you can see the place was looking nice and fresh.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPICypBQEYt-Yq48c-c8LjmKslUCBVKVV9SNkDqULq1D1PYG7vDNEAIEt2kN3iCNjoJhMoxnT6BfXdcTQiwDqzFUFnkEfJoYKbjDr_j_f7-3egKJVKbCe4eUh5ZaZqor50K1oycrnjfGtCMTbv6wbowqOCCiAxfVBnwyrCENz4tteDYuhDaTrqJl7hS0vP/s1200/TYC%20Launch.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="730" data-original-width="1200" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPICypBQEYt-Yq48c-c8LjmKslUCBVKVV9SNkDqULq1D1PYG7vDNEAIEt2kN3iCNjoJhMoxnT6BfXdcTQiwDqzFUFnkEfJoYKbjDr_j_f7-3egKJVKbCe4eUh5ZaZqor50K1oycrnjfGtCMTbv6wbowqOCCiAxfVBnwyrCENz4tteDYuhDaTrqJl7hS0vP/w400-h244/TYC%20Launch.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">We had a birthday in early February with youngest grandie Odie turning four. He had a low pressure birthday party with a couple of friends and his cousins to play with.</span></div></div><div>Odie and Lily relished getting totally soaked!<br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS_-uS9x4hy4RIuZiwhqU5DBpVEBdDpuxAwzCZ1087EpwDS-ao7UaM9Wad7bMcdeitU4nqcCEjqGIb_K11ZalTfbHTIEUI7nlsscUljvuKu0kFq66DKgP1HBzitZo7IV0Z-hbW-lUqetcqI7G1urLA7jgH6e6cCjg33vokCWGu36XIVmMcWqGqmCvona84/s1434/Feb%2011%20C.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1434" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS_-uS9x4hy4RIuZiwhqU5DBpVEBdDpuxAwzCZ1087EpwDS-ao7UaM9Wad7bMcdeitU4nqcCEjqGIb_K11ZalTfbHTIEUI7nlsscUljvuKu0kFq66DKgP1HBzitZo7IV0Z-hbW-lUqetcqI7G1urLA7jgH6e6cCjg33vokCWGu36XIVmMcWqGqmCvona84/w400-h224/Feb%2011%20C.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>YD made the cake - covering all of his requests nicely. He asked for dinosaurs, lollipops, trains and a volcano! —</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDz-DIHAeNoSZPMo9gtcsllPLgJfNMf49sz7iNoysn_owcwjS6p-4chlBRmZMNI7Uf263xgIrJvrD_4VgiH_IrLc9NCJB7gCX5xwPFASMlnuFjl3tijFHbokkhxlx7OGwKDdPzI_eXZZ1UWTvBIZL1Rb604DgB27IXLMXcdlM8bPe5RLVVZa7VJezLbIdp/s1334/Feb%2011%20B.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1334" data-original-width="800" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDz-DIHAeNoSZPMo9gtcsllPLgJfNMf49sz7iNoysn_owcwjS6p-4chlBRmZMNI7Uf263xgIrJvrD_4VgiH_IrLc9NCJB7gCX5xwPFASMlnuFjl3tijFHbokkhxlx7OGwKDdPzI_eXZZ1UWTvBIZL1Rb604DgB27IXLMXcdlM8bPe5RLVVZa7VJezLbIdp/w240-h400/Feb%2011%20B.jpg" width="240" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">An interactive cake!</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRq6DWLE6GIqShYLNwTHbi64oQTzrLs2RctivFM9xZ8qVkUdizAW0D-3KGey69FFBbXnGSpbp4SoPprgJ_vX2KKx-IofA9JSYxp8v_4RHb3dcmMHrYPVSh5Jjw6lCIjr6nPLEdgVW3d_TZzk6x5508Djcn_WcqmPVNCS_5f8-6w1O0xHNVB19yA9HqgQ3F/s1561/Feb%2011%20D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="850" data-original-width="1561" height="217" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRq6DWLE6GIqShYLNwTHbi64oQTzrLs2RctivFM9xZ8qVkUdizAW0D-3KGey69FFBbXnGSpbp4SoPprgJ_vX2KKx-IofA9JSYxp8v_4RHb3dcmMHrYPVSh5Jjw6lCIjr6nPLEdgVW3d_TZzk6x5508Djcn_WcqmPVNCS_5f8-6w1O0xHNVB19yA9HqgQ3F/w400-h217/Feb%2011%20D.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>Ok so that's probably enough for now.......<div>Apologies to those I haven't visited and replied to in recent times. I think I'm back on track now 😊</div><div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>'til next time, </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>happy stitches,</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="font-family: Dancing Script; font-size: x-large;">Raewyn</span></b></i></div></div></div>Raewynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11123089629481933099noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8196581731869031801.post-11104631281347184932024-01-31T19:10:00.001+13:002024-01-31T19:10:12.819+13:00January-------comes to an end.<div>While it seems such a long time since Christmas and the New Year, I can't quite believe we are one month into 2024 already.</div><div>January has been a mixed month. We've had some long hot days, the odd cooler day, a lot of humidity and then none. We had a little rain at the start of the month but have missed out on much of what has fallen in Northland lately - even though we are only 45-60 mins west OR east to the coast, we have quite a different climate at times - they've had a good amount of rain this month. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip97OL60cnXnOp9yuLmnqqcQDqBdSzkGSp7JxO5kpYpWGqSN1yg6i8-rdNop12pjMBJ6rZvTHhvk5eRUnT17lGoZcGQuzoMF0V1jkmVVxbP4r_z-LRvLhFprHhoZitsfK8JlnxuRZw8uwQUtk_AlnUVh0rohYklgNnix1rIaV5y4MwqKf_Zj3isFsPRQ1v/s1600/Jan%20herd.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip97OL60cnXnOp9yuLmnqqcQDqBdSzkGSp7JxO5kpYpWGqSN1yg6i8-rdNop12pjMBJ6rZvTHhvk5eRUnT17lGoZcGQuzoMF0V1jkmVVxbP4r_z-LRvLhFprHhoZitsfK8JlnxuRZw8uwQUtk_AlnUVh0rohYklgNnix1rIaV5y4MwqKf_Zj3isFsPRQ1v/w400-h225/Jan%20herd.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div>Which means things are drying out on the farm. The grass has changed and the MOML has started feeding out from our big stack of silage bales. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP6PCjSYvCiaMEvYbpEnBY7bUiv_HZSKzajwpSYJ7I3_D9GRCpymjDnPPWO3B-166UVp_rd0aEgU19w-sfKQ6Oz11iMU6jRuIAGdBukcbK1hOEBrscHETH-bJs7OIw0k3I1RWVtyea4e5NY6o1nFgpLVG_DWxC5E6xN2lEdCKZu05R8XcNfiIuUjoGhY0H/s1863/Jan%2003.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1863" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP6PCjSYvCiaMEvYbpEnBY7bUiv_HZSKzajwpSYJ7I3_D9GRCpymjDnPPWO3B-166UVp_rd0aEgU19w-sfKQ6Oz11iMU6jRuIAGdBukcbK1hOEBrscHETH-bJs7OIw0k3I1RWVtyea4e5NY6o1nFgpLVG_DWxC5E6xN2lEdCKZu05R8XcNfiIuUjoGhY0H/w215-h400/Jan%2003.jpg" width="215" /></a></div>(The kids have really discovered the bales this summer. The two older girls used to play on them a lot, singing, acting and dancing. The younger kids are now making their own games and fun on them.)<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz9_7RDfNjP72NEz9uckMnvvTLtWlFgDewISKy645-1RG4C85tVUsIJwDAJMRjv10T3eTnr5U_uWV1xBIXp2sWDZbwq-1RnQmwiTNVisZXbPDTxrZwm-1QIbWump6dVUzNdSmp0KWBH6i8vSYgVcjrcIvenUUxj7k-1wmHcfxVg00-L6Xh2mBc609rW60y/s1778/Jan%2024.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1778" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz9_7RDfNjP72NEz9uckMnvvTLtWlFgDewISKy645-1RG4C85tVUsIJwDAJMRjv10T3eTnr5U_uWV1xBIXp2sWDZbwq-1RnQmwiTNVisZXbPDTxrZwm-1QIbWump6dVUzNdSmp0KWBH6i8vSYgVcjrcIvenUUxj7k-1wmHcfxVg00-L6Xh2mBc609rW60y/w225-h400/Jan%2024.jpg" width="225" /></a></div>They'll be out of bounds soon as the bales will get moved around for the cows.<div>Soon the MOML will stop milking at night (just in the mornings) to reduce stress on the cows and the milker. Things change a lot in a month!</div><div><br /></div><div>It's been a month of family busy-ness with visits from relatives and close family. We've child minded when parents returned to work. And dog-sat while their family went to the beach for a week.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1RNQr8aVPyve-oKAAjIsegNeE8hj_O4IMQlcGN1v26JeSO2SHZwiAbvYSeJydrDGUb9nWNSBU9M3nudVbcnm8O0Q8jyAjiLqyQG6DjWHQ7pVWklWpsC-sqSpQy7qpkpXFAyKGtL6F0rEuPZOksKI-q2Fwokw3wtsKScF6VnEZEhwyR4zYbPdVGNgNcbia/s1600/Jan%20kids%20tree.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="900" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1RNQr8aVPyve-oKAAjIsegNeE8hj_O4IMQlcGN1v26JeSO2SHZwiAbvYSeJydrDGUb9nWNSBU9M3nudVbcnm8O0Q8jyAjiLqyQG6DjWHQ7pVWklWpsC-sqSpQy7qpkpXFAyKGtL6F0rEuPZOksKI-q2Fwokw3wtsKScF6VnEZEhwyR4zYbPdVGNgNcbia/w225-h400/Jan%20kids%20tree.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPrHGVjbDF1HFhhA1vWigShcOIQGSkO2v9zcPiE90E8mYUgQJsfC8XsFjV-li5RY-dtQHfhtquWSwsLV8L-_KgKhFIIRyVQkZvEIrT_-nOeCJKHu8qSwm0p4MRotBz6aKp5Xpp40yAITUemYGNC2ppqy07O2WwQL4kXc07XS0Olj3FdP3QG1b5Fp-VmtnF/s1600/jan%20kids.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPrHGVjbDF1HFhhA1vWigShcOIQGSkO2v9zcPiE90E8mYUgQJsfC8XsFjV-li5RY-dtQHfhtquWSwsLV8L-_KgKhFIIRyVQkZvEIrT_-nOeCJKHu8qSwm0p4MRotBz6aKp5Xpp40yAITUemYGNC2ppqy07O2WwQL4kXc07XS0Olj3FdP3QG1b5Fp-VmtnF/w400-h225/jan%20kids.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLKwvEP4R18Q9nr9u4bH_j6HS7-1Aq6W7yVM0_0gGhC_AjM3FjwO9KBRUUJP4qs5RT5H-Eh4jidykCF4nRRVQ1ALcUnQR7xIOWWWMvi6oLZByykDTuxBFF0fjdTVh60RNTy1k8aSLSXG7I95X6LjM1Uvc27mlYTJiZi5Rpdhw8yec4IbgrW6Mqq4Ephua3/s1600/Jan%20kids%20plums.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLKwvEP4R18Q9nr9u4bH_j6HS7-1Aq6W7yVM0_0gGhC_AjM3FjwO9KBRUUJP4qs5RT5H-Eh4jidykCF4nRRVQ1ALcUnQR7xIOWWWMvi6oLZByykDTuxBFF0fjdTVh60RNTy1k8aSLSXG7I95X6LjM1Uvc27mlYTJiZi5Rpdhw8yec4IbgrW6Mqq4Ephua3/w400-h225/Jan%20kids%20plums.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div>The plums are never-ending, although I think, after this morning's pick, there will be just one more big pick of the main tree for the freezer. Add in the courgettes, cucumbers and tomatoes and I've made jam, pickles and chutney. The windfall apples are starting, and the Damson plums are ready to pick.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgezn-Ne7_65H8EzxoVLuB1nyL2KHoAzg7pzaW7P0SF_fH9TkFarZT63Zw6IcFItxJky5q69n5bpk7Ipe91MamDFOETx_xSEXZobxPU2hX6rlBS4m5hFwApRQ4yxdkoW-0kwHL7Pz3UTnuy3UdP0wOl2psh8LJzV6VbI-7O2daCmAEuuMEbwZ2EPOe3lsBe/s1600/Jan%20jam.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgezn-Ne7_65H8EzxoVLuB1nyL2KHoAzg7pzaW7P0SF_fH9TkFarZT63Zw6IcFItxJky5q69n5bpk7Ipe91MamDFOETx_xSEXZobxPU2hX6rlBS4m5hFwApRQ4yxdkoW-0kwHL7Pz3UTnuy3UdP0wOl2psh8LJzV6VbI-7O2daCmAEuuMEbwZ2EPOe3lsBe/w400-h225/Jan%20jam.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div>I've continued on with my daily hill climbs, just missing three days in January, and this morning I clocked over the 100kms mark for this month! Almost one seventh of my goal for the year.</div><div>It's always rewarding to get to the top of the first hill to see these great views —</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVF8eYpYXVvQyqOGW_Ai1Cd5EPt5sKHdnF0C3OwU45dt5KYyB64JMQtXiyh8Y1B9hDlXosBl35kuQdN6fXqkhWH2UGMBsVxUDzvezRpp2t-UiV9R14BSFWUwmw-DK_pdsw8QMzxvc6ZVeKIPfleKvfN_gjEfxAGDFVFhq9rjBwa3d8UW-0uWxISv24EoCb/s1600/jan%20hills.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVF8eYpYXVvQyqOGW_Ai1Cd5EPt5sKHdnF0C3OwU45dt5KYyB64JMQtXiyh8Y1B9hDlXosBl35kuQdN6fXqkhWH2UGMBsVxUDzvezRpp2t-UiV9R14BSFWUwmw-DK_pdsw8QMzxvc6ZVeKIPfleKvfN_gjEfxAGDFVFhq9rjBwa3d8UW-0uWxISv24EoCb/w400-h225/jan%20hills.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcwPbx7jilwxllCuIhBToN5N_QsS9jZ4rGkQFJDynfuL7yd-hbtK8rV2XQX3v5c7e8ckTCGewTuQEzEknI9IdlsbGb8QBYddXMnTY6W8TUtQAeTo2z62aSc35sfopaWe00WSsxtwGmWYKlpPslJgMnFsgrUL6q_Shu03juzrCWWPqF1su5Hj2oSnZI0Vdm/s1600/Jan%20sunrise.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcwPbx7jilwxllCuIhBToN5N_QsS9jZ4rGkQFJDynfuL7yd-hbtK8rV2XQX3v5c7e8ckTCGewTuQEzEknI9IdlsbGb8QBYddXMnTY6W8TUtQAeTo2z62aSc35sfopaWe00WSsxtwGmWYKlpPslJgMnFsgrUL6q_Shu03juzrCWWPqF1su5Hj2oSnZI0Vdm/w400-h225/Jan%20sunrise.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>I've fought with wee Tammy in the evenings trying to do handwork but have managed a few wee finishes. (She is slowly learning to do the cat-thing and nap in my lap instead of scragging and playing with everything I try to do!)</div><div>I had started this<a href="https://stitchingfarmgirl.blogspot.com/2023/11/friday-night-stitching.html" target="_blank"> singlet back in November</a>. A group of the ladies who belong to the stitching group at work are making singlets for a premature baby unit. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju6K_nOO9O4-M1jTyjRY2K9KdyzLU-mVlly439e1Sb-ijtD7xbay4wNYXNa-sepy5xP-IPnk9W_GDgjGEjBeOKiPwKR7rau8ay5YOY9DX4RhyaeBQeZTNlII800DuyFGmd3aj5z0j6tVY2hq6zVOytX9Vs36I1UaAQo1lyTni9nqGdwoD7ElDd_liHoq8G/s1304/Jan%20prem%20vest%20.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1304" data-original-width="900" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju6K_nOO9O4-M1jTyjRY2K9KdyzLU-mVlly439e1Sb-ijtD7xbay4wNYXNa-sepy5xP-IPnk9W_GDgjGEjBeOKiPwKR7rau8ay5YOY9DX4RhyaeBQeZTNlII800DuyFGmd3aj5z0j6tVY2hq6zVOytX9Vs36I1UaAQo1lyTni9nqGdwoD7ElDd_liHoq8G/w276-h400/Jan%20prem%20vest%20.jpg" width="276" /></a></div><div>It is my second one, and I have enough wool left for another, plus some beanies.</div><div><br /></div><div>In my last post I shared that I started a wee Pin and Scissorkeep set, a pattern that I acquired up while at my Scrub Stitching retreat last April. I haven't yet made the scissor fob but when I get an empty night or two, I will 'whip it up' - it will be a fairly quick make.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggYTwX-1xda8YkEUaSusgEL7nKBNkGzaHhxFmGirT2EMXSo3yPBVKInDbdDxUubkFCTAnaVEt-Sw7yKGPdMgCjehauuP5h7XXGFjFapgWCyhIgjx2wK-lc03bTfPKjZBx4F0S4DEB3VqLoBvZeCN78AFbyFK5ai_dT_wChwFJRytHIK1Ll5MnDk9ERvmnu/s1152/January%20Chooky%20Pin%20and%20Scissor7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="900" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggYTwX-1xda8YkEUaSusgEL7nKBNkGzaHhxFmGirT2EMXSo3yPBVKInDbdDxUubkFCTAnaVEt-Sw7yKGPdMgCjehauuP5h7XXGFjFapgWCyhIgjx2wK-lc03bTfPKjZBx4F0S4DEB3VqLoBvZeCN78AFbyFK5ai_dT_wChwFJRytHIK1Ll5MnDk9ERvmnu/w313-h400/January%20Chooky%20Pin%20and%20Scissor7.jpg" width="313" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">My first make for this challenge was the pouch —</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4H_nrmqE4HYXuP8_fbJJS9Cn8fbOgLMD9mS2Xw7iuHi-mDyBkJQHbWb7XASdRQOoOZL36lH5MiyczuXNq1xoDaiJM-FKA1S2Es0rI5QLoV3qwxuxX1_cgX4Rj-bur64giQUpB5NSO2TtsZqfrf5aoWiF8AW_MJnmkd3LfqiF7CXNA1r4v0h_ZhVRxYNMS/s1334/January%20Chooky%20Pin%20and%20Scissor%20set.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1334" data-original-width="900" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4H_nrmqE4HYXuP8_fbJJS9Cn8fbOgLMD9mS2Xw7iuHi-mDyBkJQHbWb7XASdRQOoOZL36lH5MiyczuXNq1xoDaiJM-FKA1S2Es0rI5QLoV3qwxuxX1_cgX4Rj-bur64giQUpB5NSO2TtsZqfrf5aoWiF8AW_MJnmkd3LfqiF7CXNA1r4v0h_ZhVRxYNMS/w270-h400/January%20Chooky%20Pin%20and%20Scissor%20set.jpg" width="270" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I had a big enough scrap left over from making the bag to line the scissor keep, so that was nice :-)</div></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxPfW_aJd6uUcRLZdoFpnz-2_16z8WxDqlLZclkmtMVBQN0Xo8zqB-kW1gEY_rAoGAFqf3Pzeigfm3qdTRu-UBr-mD-AtJ9AG1Qi2VOxUl4obuMRjLla4FR86tA3VCq_PY-KREs4LHZPvU_-IrQh_161RnlZJWLG_5l4y_TWPTZGadytzylvR_aL1ybeF9/s1261/January%20Chooky%20Pin%20and%20Scissor4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1261" data-original-width="900" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxPfW_aJd6uUcRLZdoFpnz-2_16z8WxDqlLZclkmtMVBQN0Xo8zqB-kW1gEY_rAoGAFqf3Pzeigfm3qdTRu-UBr-mD-AtJ9AG1Qi2VOxUl4obuMRjLla4FR86tA3VCq_PY-KREs4LHZPvU_-IrQh_161RnlZJWLG_5l4y_TWPTZGadytzylvR_aL1ybeF9/w285-h400/January%20Chooky%20Pin%20and%20Scissor4.jpg" width="285" /></a></div>The pins are poked into the 'gusset' of the pin keep as the stitcheries are gathered around cardboard circles. I've filled it with crushed walnut shell. Check out those tiny cute scissors!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDXnV8Bxnu9VLoGOVPhouEI5W53XhO6BFnZzAX4UhGNNVes7rHcYxosTZR37_aL2x1KMQsRa1byZcQw0hghX8dpyJ8n-DdfsyxS1cFbnM62qhWuL55m5oT-3duf3WQd3EDx11vhTeRbV8kBI_Fbz8JCJBOVJn-diZeSaIYpxmJ4MoFYMliCnCvszUUktcE/s1208/January%20Chooky%20Pin%20and%20Scissor5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1208" data-original-width="900" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDXnV8Bxnu9VLoGOVPhouEI5W53XhO6BFnZzAX4UhGNNVes7rHcYxosTZR37_aL2x1KMQsRa1byZcQw0hghX8dpyJ8n-DdfsyxS1cFbnM62qhWuL55m5oT-3duf3WQd3EDx11vhTeRbV8kBI_Fbz8JCJBOVJn-diZeSaIYpxmJ4MoFYMliCnCvszUUktcE/s320/January%20Chooky%20Pin%20and%20Scissor5.jpg" width="238" /></a></div><div>It was good to start the year well by meeting my Chookshed Chatterers challenge goal #6 of finishing these items.</div><div>I will link up with <a href="https://dreamworthyquilts.blogspot.com/2024/01/january-chookshed-challenge-6-is.html" target="_blank">Deana's end-of-month link-up</a> when I have posted this- there are a lot of people who have joined in so that's pretty exciting. </div><div><br /></div><div>There's been a bit of block sewing happening lately but I'll stop here as this is more than enough photos for one day!</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>'til next time,</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>happy stitches, <br /><b><span style="font-family: Dancing Script; font-size: x-large;">Raewyn</span></b></i></div>Raewynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11123089629481933099noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8196581731869031801.post-9350016195617360742024-01-21T18:48:00.002+13:002024-01-21T18:48:59.277+13:00January's FNSI Gosh, the weekend has really flown by and I'd best get myself organised to write a post... I signed up to take part in Friday Night Sew In with <a href="https://www.sugarlane-designs.com/" target="_blank">Wendy of Sugarlane Designs</a>...and part of the deal is, you write a post by the end of the weekend. There's also a Facebook option but, although I have FB, I'm not really active there and rarely post anything. So it's the (less instant) blog option for me!<div>Last post I mentioned that I was stitching a wee scissor keep set. So I continued on with that on Friday night —</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSjTg0dAMVSlfUMBgv9yVUcY4xHU1-7qPmDvgUCwK_pR63v61PUIN_nd7nwMLaFRmRInE2nMkWSgoBM5t1gcxXOj-Rk6NN4KDiavtAQb_pPN4y5jPyTkB9K9Vjw_oLhTrnqCaVXbwyNFE_xUHewSkLglTe_bBZiDToviUN1HVCc3pILTA0jhvvWyaG1ciD/s1205/January%20Chooky%20Pin%20and%20Scissor3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1205" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSjTg0dAMVSlfUMBgv9yVUcY4xHU1-7qPmDvgUCwK_pR63v61PUIN_nd7nwMLaFRmRInE2nMkWSgoBM5t1gcxXOj-Rk6NN4KDiavtAQb_pPN4y5jPyTkB9K9Vjw_oLhTrnqCaVXbwyNFE_xUHewSkLglTe_bBZiDToviUN1HVCc3pILTA0jhvvWyaG1ciD/w333-h400/January%20Chooky%20Pin%20and%20Scissor3.jpg" width="333" /></a></div></div><div>I suspect I should have used a single thread for my Xs but I'm not changing that now! </div><div>These are the pin keep stitcheries. The thread isn't as washed out looking in real life.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixbKZx7BgWLLaWzu1fmu7Ml1YBhMDl86Od2J3zfvt-3dWAXTGe6gLyDWcfJzAMZx8cvnu2Ct4NrVzvDkRv0N33shjRjlJunKyoZ7UdDPpGie28xGrZLkyscm8ddlguMQK23vGywdxMG70BAp7DyTmKQmHxqIGlxkUt-WvifUvExC4hL9qrLpcSw0ckmk6b/s1344/24%20days%20Christmas2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1344" data-original-width="900" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixbKZx7BgWLLaWzu1fmu7Ml1YBhMDl86Od2J3zfvt-3dWAXTGe6gLyDWcfJzAMZx8cvnu2Ct4NrVzvDkRv0N33shjRjlJunKyoZ7UdDPpGie28xGrZLkyscm8ddlguMQK23vGywdxMG70BAp7DyTmKQmHxqIGlxkUt-WvifUvExC4hL9qrLpcSw0ckmk6b/s320/24%20days%20Christmas2.jpg" width="214" /></a></div>I'll make these two items up and then stitch the third, the scissor fob.</div><div>Thank you Wendy for hosting us. Please visiting her blog *<a href="https://www.sugarlane-designs.com/2024/01/our-january-fnsi-get-together.html" target="_blank">here</a>* to see who else joined in.</div><div><br /></div><div>I realise I haven't shown the Hugs and Kisses stitcheries I was doing earlier in the month. It was suggested we stitch one-a-day during December but that didn't happen!</div><div>This was what I had done last time I shared.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiPEXHpLZiKt62b2rxtHesexDMtSI0y7tnCM34Ctxa56JYmY-arsMk-JYM3Ayuj_LN67iMYwYq-VYVz7iAoDoaDq5Mxxlc2rAdwHDos5Gf2TDdfFUKojHxST2dfK1NnsDrt0dVnO6okIc60n5LzKaINdM53Mb7bayE8eLuITeW-p6Ba318sKSbbTmoyxuxF" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="250" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiPEXHpLZiKt62b2rxtHesexDMtSI0y7tnCM34Ctxa56JYmY-arsMk-JYM3Ayuj_LN67iMYwYq-VYVz7iAoDoaDq5Mxxlc2rAdwHDos5Gf2TDdfFUKojHxST2dfK1NnsDrt0dVnO6okIc60n5LzKaINdM53Mb7bayE8eLuITeW-p6Ba318sKSbbTmoyxuxF=w250-h400" width="250" /></a></div>And this is where I am up to. I'll pick this up again when I've finished the blue stitcheries.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaBaRscjEPqvi5sXrjClC1T-_DUzJFH4X-OwSswfY6QmXwp67hMeTIqp_LerpRIhIg9NYxIpC7ICVsthqFAaQlMtReV92phoJn8ZWAoPYSS4c3p5Hmm5GAlsBbnuipn965-6H9wdRKPOvwkhxD5ULWPotZnTEMDCb8S1sPjtOQDJyXVew5QhmNoEG56hGn/s1362/24%20days%20Christmas.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1362" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaBaRscjEPqvi5sXrjClC1T-_DUzJFH4X-OwSswfY6QmXwp67hMeTIqp_LerpRIhIg9NYxIpC7ICVsthqFAaQlMtReV92phoJn8ZWAoPYSS4c3p5Hmm5GAlsBbnuipn965-6H9wdRKPOvwkhxD5ULWPotZnTEMDCb8S1sPjtOQDJyXVew5QhmNoEG56hGn/w400-h294/24%20days%20Christmas.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>In the same post I showed you the Loon that Mum was stitching while she was here. It was very fiddly as she was using a tiny weave, and there are lots of similar shades of colour use, plus lots of 3/4 stitches. However she made good progress and when she went home she'd done this much —</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFeS4iCowwAE9S7xFaMVrE6eTeV1xmfpRmd7EqvP3AGfRGFc_90pq7xjkUjXIvv54S4WW-7h6tWV2enGQxqRVeZuJ7jutqY-CPkwFc_NJl1FSOi5jn-SKTkdcEPaMT-MHdbMmkvJCL7QSjn8mK3vxZF0B0-MjLLDvEMv7IFqW76oceLpKmsD5NKdT04GaV/s1600/Mum's%20Loon.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFeS4iCowwAE9S7xFaMVrE6eTeV1xmfpRmd7EqvP3AGfRGFc_90pq7xjkUjXIvv54S4WW-7h6tWV2enGQxqRVeZuJ7jutqY-CPkwFc_NJl1FSOi5jn-SKTkdcEPaMT-MHdbMmkvJCL7QSjn8mK3vxZF0B0-MjLLDvEMv7IFqW76oceLpKmsD5NKdT04GaV/w400-h225/Mum's%20Loon.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Yesterday three of us had an extra day at work; it was sort of a sew day but turned into more of a planning day. I took, and set up, my machine but didn't sew a stitch! We had fabrics piled from one end of the work room to the other.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggsbdLXTFPLwg3z8qpmZPVqstJHGmm_kshk0MJSuGtBL09YZrm8z9onWkUHP0dSAu7ro_c8I6u3VjpQOFdlr4vScR5XD2WS_EqQc0wz2SkMe1JnlZU3hfbgl8ZBNMraiTBACDNy8xdAdqZHEVKNsbxyj66fZVodz8wMXpg16HODzrXJs_dpCtaqdBBmSso/s1600/TCY%20Jan.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggsbdLXTFPLwg3z8qpmZPVqstJHGmm_kshk0MJSuGtBL09YZrm8z9onWkUHP0dSAu7ro_c8I6u3VjpQOFdlr4vScR5XD2WS_EqQc0wz2SkMe1JnlZU3hfbgl8ZBNMraiTBACDNy8xdAdqZHEVKNsbxyj66fZVodz8wMXpg16HODzrXJs_dpCtaqdBBmSso/w400-h225/TCY%20Jan.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> It's always hard work going through shelves of fabric and dreaming of sewing, but it was a fun day! I came home with a new pile of fabric to sew, but that will have to wait for another post.<div><br /></div><div>It had been a busy week with two days of work, two days of children, and visitors for a day. So this morning I was quite happy to potter and catch up on washing, tidying, cleaning etc. I cooked up some plums, and some <strike>courgette</strike> marrow so felt quite happy with all that.</div><div>I wondered where wee Miss Tammy kitten had gotten to while I was busy and discovered her when I sat down after lunch to do the farm accounts —</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgshCUOfGE5OBUsm9gJmWc00nfnZdICNAzbEp8z_D30MgxCo9OdVCU8Ll04j_IEWfin_FJ9LAgSQQyByADCaQRsgeKs9iNHkBQqomAAoluDuajD8C3dRydojV3XOc8iXEtD-HDX96wnl9X5Q6Z8t_fU0xWXjGRnLQBRNjxndBlLz_659qLTd5Yy7AU1TJXj/s1442/Jan%20Tammy%20bills.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1442" data-original-width="900" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgshCUOfGE5OBUsm9gJmWc00nfnZdICNAzbEp8z_D30MgxCo9OdVCU8Ll04j_IEWfin_FJ9LAgSQQyByADCaQRsgeKs9iNHkBQqomAAoluDuajD8C3dRydojV3XOc8iXEtD-HDX96wnl9X5Q6Z8t_fU0xWXjGRnLQBRNjxndBlLz_659qLTd5Yy7AU1TJXj/w250-h400/Jan%20Tammy%20bills.jpg" width="250" /></a></div><div>Hmm shame she didn't pay them for me while she was there!</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>'til next time,</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>happy stitches,</i></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Dancing Script; font-size: x-large;"><b>Raewyn</b></span></i></div></div>Raewynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11123089629481933099noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8196581731869031801.post-72906093559993887602024-01-17T18:22:00.000+13:002024-01-17T18:22:04.200+13:00Now what?In spite of my flurry of my first (little) 2024 finish, I've still taken me a while to get myself sorted in The Palace. I've done some tidying, some sorting and some thinking.<div>How to decide where, what, how to start?!</div><div>I've decided to start with the decisions I have made already, and hopefully anything else will fall into place as time goes by ~</div><div>Firstly, my <a href="https://dreamworthyquilts.blogspot.com/2023/12/chookshed-stitchers-2024-challenge.html" target="_blank">Chookshed Chatterers 2024 Challenge</a>. Item #6 for this month. Done and Dusted :-) (Featured in *<a href="https://stitchingfarmgirl.blogspot.com/2024/01/the-first.html" target="_blank">this post</a>*.)</div><div>Deana has put a linky page up for a mid-month check in. Many of us were working on our Scrub Stitching Retreat bag but not everyone, so click *<a href="https://dreamworthyquilts.blogspot.com/2024/01/6-mid-month-linky-check-in-party.html" target="_blank">here</a>* to have a peek at what everyone is doing.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjUO7SjN_JskNpdPsGgYwRHluXuWcCxzUztOHCyyXX8WVFFCTYbbnNZ6VFL7vP4RSCOnGLhcF65rEHv4yP-S87BbKc-EHP3CNsrjGT0AfxLiykP3mw1GpqxlxZzpKd7u-Sw1_lKbhVwZb8HF88dx0PhmkICM4e1Ire36-EpWZE2UutOrU9pHzHydQInGzdi" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="398" data-original-width="266" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjUO7SjN_JskNpdPsGgYwRHluXuWcCxzUztOHCyyXX8WVFFCTYbbnNZ6VFL7vP4RSCOnGLhcF65rEHv4yP-S87BbKc-EHP3CNsrjGT0AfxLiykP3mw1GpqxlxZzpKd7u-Sw1_lKbhVwZb8HF88dx0PhmkICM4e1Ire36-EpWZE2UutOrU9pHzHydQInGzdi=w267-h400" width="267" /></a></div>However, I do have a couple of other Scrub Stitching projects that I'd like to do. So in the evenings I have been stitching this —</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgatxNE0-AmBTLN14Gz6HjNqQkR5tktqRUSsu13K0uz9xW9NE_0-IytQ9XUtNFnkO-xaFLAN4k7EzVWtJnMPHgR3ukK4i9bo_18JjD0SZUI6nC9MDDcuYzbiUhKkUGlRCLHm-c-9BvUhpENi4hhuRo2FDSsirZ5J140Jcmn3amhgrfL0VHrgLxeFf8jPRpO/s1389/January%20Chooky%20Pin%20and%20Scissor2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1389" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgatxNE0-AmBTLN14Gz6HjNqQkR5tktqRUSsu13K0uz9xW9NE_0-IytQ9XUtNFnkO-xaFLAN4k7EzVWtJnMPHgR3ukK4i9bo_18JjD0SZUI6nC9MDDcuYzbiUhKkUGlRCLHm-c-9BvUhpENi4hhuRo2FDSsirZ5J140Jcmn3amhgrfL0VHrgLxeFf8jPRpO/w288-h400/January%20Chooky%20Pin%20and%20Scissor2.jpg" width="288" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2o-rDx8uSrxRKqDWBkqV3NHNU0uEP3-dU27NhRFGZ3TrBz3iAWIFUJjAcFoPTBsqbrgjlqh1znRGxeFmwRfbzsDgcESPmDacYlpbEUzEU7s_n02MPHGxy_fbdtK0mJSUe8jB7_pkqWmFo0FjCweKhdNOZNf9uXhwfBQqSmuySyZDOf92dM5Y5ivmE4VxV/s1245/January%20Chooky%20Pin%20and%20Scissor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1245" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2o-rDx8uSrxRKqDWBkqV3NHNU0uEP3-dU27NhRFGZ3TrBz3iAWIFUJjAcFoPTBsqbrgjlqh1znRGxeFmwRfbzsDgcESPmDacYlpbEUzEU7s_n02MPHGxy_fbdtK0mJSUe8jB7_pkqWmFo0FjCweKhdNOZNf9uXhwfBQqSmuySyZDOf92dM5Y5ivmE4VxV/w321-h400/January%20Chooky%20Pin%20and%20Scissor.jpg" width="321" /></a></div>It is an older pattern but one I acquired last year when I was there. Pretty cute.</div><div><br /></div><div>So that's one thing. The next thing is a young child's quilt I am making for <a href="https://thecountryyard.co.nz/" target="_blank">the shop</a>. I've made a bit of a start this week.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiutatRlWJCGRfGxaTeR0cWRrTB3gi6cXSN0yYe63pCfJ3-t5Z8-rK2QB33c7iNShv2hpF9uoLXVYP5yrMHRDlO5NESI3u_pHzRkQqg-8A_zI-5xR5iTAbvkCTYed8_6916d0ZflDKV4ZN50vUDhqwGrvatJLSj8SSLxBbNOUFFzaKf_QeoiPCyHzB4Gu_G/s1660/First%20blocks%20Jan%2015.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1660" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiutatRlWJCGRfGxaTeR0cWRrTB3gi6cXSN0yYe63pCfJ3-t5Z8-rK2QB33c7iNShv2hpF9uoLXVYP5yrMHRDlO5NESI3u_pHzRkQqg-8A_zI-5xR5iTAbvkCTYed8_6916d0ZflDKV4ZN50vUDhqwGrvatJLSj8SSLxBbNOUFFzaKf_QeoiPCyHzB4Gu_G/w400-h241/First%20blocks%20Jan%2015.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Although I may swap the colours so that one has a blue centre and the other has the yellow centre?<div><br /></div><div>And I've decided on my (<b><i>two</i></b>) Leader-Ender projects for however long I need them.</div><div><br /></div><div>First is the Churndash (or is it Churn dash?) quilt I started in 2022.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYTU_euyx76sEp-Tal4vklRNHWv9Y9-7uqaxM1TVffuhpYTd9DPNEQw44s5mraL0Q5iLkdETA3uKw_GI8i_oYfCr7vvZ0qV4VUSKDItcHNvth3_5FvAVLxO4CP-PDgBADVJf2sPMDetiVgykAZDELiy6-zh4m-He4blERgtuAYG-TO7FP-2W9cIidIR49p/s640/Churndashes%20as%20at%20Jan%202024.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="422" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYTU_euyx76sEp-Tal4vklRNHWv9Y9-7uqaxM1TVffuhpYTd9DPNEQw44s5mraL0Q5iLkdETA3uKw_GI8i_oYfCr7vvZ0qV4VUSKDItcHNvth3_5FvAVLxO4CP-PDgBADVJf2sPMDetiVgykAZDELiy6-zh4m-He4blERgtuAYG-TO7FP-2W9cIidIR49p/w264-h400/Churndashes%20as%20at%20Jan%202024.jpg" width="264" /></a></div>I think most of the group who started a Churndash quilt at the same time have finished theirs. Quilted and Bound. But of course I chose a slightly more detailed design (<a href="https://justquiltin.wordpress.com/about-me/free-patterns-pdf-files/barn-dance-qal/" target="_blank">Barn Dance by Denise Russek</a>) which has been abandoned for a while.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9PLIwY7yd7IMulekAKNWv8OsNk7X7eBKnRgyeNT5JCexRuqgK3v_EYBT1nR242tcLjqPLLrv-dBYyzqQu-0aR4SRLnZAtZK-sO-fSvQstJYSK9IKH4pJL5Re27W8Mbq6cwwbTJ484D4FU0kPpWVogIEh8BGAkYdW0ztgSDYCbRqeIE-wWtw4IFjymEHnz/s399/Churndashes%20as%20at%20Jan%202024B.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="276" data-original-width="399" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9PLIwY7yd7IMulekAKNWv8OsNk7X7eBKnRgyeNT5JCexRuqgK3v_EYBT1nR242tcLjqPLLrv-dBYyzqQu-0aR4SRLnZAtZK-sO-fSvQstJYSK9IKH4pJL5Re27W8Mbq6cwwbTJ484D4FU0kPpWVogIEh8BGAkYdW0ztgSDYCbRqeIE-wWtw4IFjymEHnz/w400-h276/Churndashes%20as%20at%20Jan%202024B.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>I need to lay it all out on the spare bed and see where I'm at. I also have scraps from my 2023 projects which I'm happy to put into this quilt so that will be a win-win situation.<br /><div><br /></div><div>My second Leader-Ender project will be making the blocks for the QAL I sort of started last year through <a href="https://www.onwilliamsstreet.com/pages/2023-quilt-along-quilt-as-you-go" target="_blank">On Williams Street</a>. Each month we were to make an identical block, then a FMQ design was offered for it. By the end of the year there would be 12 uniquely quilted blocks which could be joined to make a quilt.</div><div>I got this far — </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPry5cn_hbf4v32fXx4YvaIFiLOtr6nn8EQKLZ00hW9Obc6hjbYGfwH1EpdJ87bBFQnD8KvFoUNT7JUXf3k-NWiIzTlVYchyUKW-kdeXm7BdxED5fRhXAv8XgHFwDG-cJeq2WIF-VAT_9gm7VxFz_C68he_rtG7ORlNyKfBxUvBLFmXWQbSI_jvMp6C6Bt/s400/On%20Williams%20Street%20from%202023.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="233" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPry5cn_hbf4v32fXx4YvaIFiLOtr6nn8EQKLZ00hW9Obc6hjbYGfwH1EpdJ87bBFQnD8KvFoUNT7JUXf3k-NWiIzTlVYchyUKW-kdeXm7BdxED5fRhXAv8XgHFwDG-cJeq2WIF-VAT_9gm7VxFz_C68he_rtG7ORlNyKfBxUvBLFmXWQbSI_jvMp6C6Bt/w233-h400/On%20Williams%20Street%20from%202023.jpg" width="233" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">(Not even quilted!)</div><div><br /></div><div>I'm slowly working away at updating my blog. I've changed my profile picture, swapping a February 2013 photo for a July 2023 one - keeping it real! And I've added another challenge to my sidebar.</div><div>I think I've said recently that I have started my hill climbs on the farm again. It is a great way to get fit. Anyway, I've decided to see if I can walk 732kms this year. That only averages out at 2kms a day, but I know I won't walk every day this year. It will be interesting to see if I can reach that goal!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzNEoMjgmv2EX8HURq-3ibuZGhmXVbQK6Oa52KM9PkDPC-QQxNyuxLXtq9eLtOIA3AfnoA7uBFp0z9POTTUd66O_hvjnm0esTAR3AsQ_z52CT8QAIVAOTbkD1Zj1jDKObUK6rMQtsz-8LCoJQwqvARYYQT-5wi66ygP9Txvg1DqeRP7uCjP5nr81WRq2iL/s1333/Jan%2017th%20Hill%20climb%20Logo%20Small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1333" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzNEoMjgmv2EX8HURq-3ibuZGhmXVbQK6Oa52KM9PkDPC-QQxNyuxLXtq9eLtOIA3AfnoA7uBFp0z9POTTUd66O_hvjnm0esTAR3AsQ_z52CT8QAIVAOTbkD1Zj1jDKObUK6rMQtsz-8LCoJQwqvARYYQT-5wi66ygP9Txvg1DqeRP7uCjP5nr81WRq2iL/w400-h225/Jan%2017th%20Hill%20climb%20Logo%20Small.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>At the moment I can't get the image where I want it; blogger won't let me put it further down on the sidebar. Maybe I'll wake up tomorrow morning and it will be where I want it!!<div><br /></div><div>And one more thing before I sign off. I've started doing my photo-a-day blog again. *<a href="https://365daysofstitchingfarmgirl.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Here</a>* is the link if you are interesting in having a look.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Ok, that will do,</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>'til next time,</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>happy stitches,</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="font-family: Dancing Script; font-size: x-large;">Raewyn</span></b></i></div>Raewynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11123089629481933099noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8196581731869031801.post-40637685041803347152024-01-06T20:25:00.001+13:002024-01-06T22:01:50.660+13:00The First...The first hugs of the year went to these two who decided that 4.26am on New Year's day would be a good time to wake up —<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaTOOqVpHjtTv8ebceMH5kQix4PpNBUOL5gcwhdwMpSP2iMsLymtbYfi8YebdGveFBMMl8eHm4NuFswliuXtseASVrVD1ROgH655m1PPgjxKYJmwcNGixFddp_09ZH8x5VWWqlSgstVpRmpELvPV8-1wHM-QbdstlrTN8xljzIFHyrvK_6ifmQb8vpeZ3q/s1302/Jan%2001.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1302" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaTOOqVpHjtTv8ebceMH5kQix4PpNBUOL5gcwhdwMpSP2iMsLymtbYfi8YebdGveFBMMl8eHm4NuFswliuXtseASVrVD1ROgH655m1PPgjxKYJmwcNGixFddp_09ZH8x5VWWqlSgstVpRmpELvPV8-1wHM-QbdstlrTN8xljzIFHyrvK_6ifmQb8vpeZ3q/w400-h276/Jan%2001.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div>(I told them Gandad wasn't even up to milk the cows yet and sent them back to bed. But it's too exciting being at Ganma's so they didn't last long!)</div><div><br /></div><div>First wearing of the year of my new (Christmas) t-shirt — </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-xPwct9LENXckSBZ2DAsC6CdbubfEcvgde6sxezyFqTi41FFQtzDnFEOe5zbWdHDLBywdsVHnREPd615bhffWqbcNGefogcDlGaRmblyB2r5GCHRxZrkT-Zf3HEZ6CXbpo_GvfuzQYMHdici1gkYOQHLVUfr6UTTsh5ZSIXjVKQMZdlJKZLmMGgPA6Gkn/s1305/shirt.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1305" data-original-width="943" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-xPwct9LENXckSBZ2DAsC6CdbubfEcvgde6sxezyFqTi41FFQtzDnFEOe5zbWdHDLBywdsVHnREPd615bhffWqbcNGefogcDlGaRmblyB2r5GCHRxZrkT-Zf3HEZ6CXbpo_GvfuzQYMHdici1gkYOQHLVUfr6UTTsh5ZSIXjVKQMZdlJKZLmMGgPA6Gkn/w289-h400/shirt.jpg" width="289" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>First walk of the year —</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-AV9NfBSO1GDfjCIR0fbnND9UZypdc90GkeiwJTTN2Up0JtHUMDxo8g-b3xTawhlzPHelOXNjOSkbIkMnT1q-eD5eTQH5QVsL0ho8NchM0BRkIJEvixpAFynl3xEtmqvt4noTRiB-6HGRffUARZS9QqVUEAyISdyxVM9d3qDwq4eAHp3xa0NvY_pTwx5C/s1600/Jan%2002.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-AV9NfBSO1GDfjCIR0fbnND9UZypdc90GkeiwJTTN2Up0JtHUMDxo8g-b3xTawhlzPHelOXNjOSkbIkMnT1q-eD5eTQH5QVsL0ho8NchM0BRkIJEvixpAFynl3xEtmqvt4noTRiB-6HGRffUARZS9QqVUEAyISdyxVM9d3qDwq4eAHp3xa0NvY_pTwx5C/w400-h225/Jan%2002.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />First and most decent Fernbird (<span style="background-color: #ebebeb; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;">Mātātā)</span>) photo of the year (and ever). These little-known birds are pretty non-descript but are quite common in the bush areas around us (they're a wetland type bird, I think). They are easily identified by their straggly tail and they appear to struggle to fly and get a decent lift off. And hard to photograph. They have a very cool tk-tk noise which I always enjoy hearing —<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxbLrp7hkVvEteGxmOZSpW7G5lUAOOX69pM1Gvz8L-cezPwO7BC1AA-FanqG-R_NICiZ8iaLKUJ1TrpdIibmCMa5etZqig8xKLRS7M63hcTE_vN4R_2E5yPpKaJpZ1yP7egV-bMHKuaba1-DoceX5lmw8EvXKYxbQaV0yyQsPmu96WPR0620FW5E99bwfW/s2400/Jan%2003%20Fernbird.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2400" data-original-width="1350" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxbLrp7hkVvEteGxmOZSpW7G5lUAOOX69pM1Gvz8L-cezPwO7BC1AA-FanqG-R_NICiZ8iaLKUJ1TrpdIibmCMa5etZqig8xKLRS7M63hcTE_vN4R_2E5yPpKaJpZ1yP7egV-bMHKuaba1-DoceX5lmw8EvXKYxbQaV0yyQsPmu96WPR0620FW5E99bwfW/w225-h400/Jan%2003%20Fernbird.jpg" width="225" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><div>First bottling of the year. It's a case of Plums-Glorious Plums around here —<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFPFb2BdK0N67vKN6O3XunjO_THahMIuEvmcQR0PZj_DxbDzYpjUb_vJweZsjMuxmr-7SlWRHCCJCtTwwFHF_C4KIaXeDpno5Ctp2F-37giaAweC0qSWoDer9G9Qvh7Q1PTT5nOPqkqS5OxZL2y59FV4qi-yNkQLpxquumI8KYwCQWfkId0uwqwG6noy76/s1400/Jan%2002.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="788" data-original-width="1400" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFPFb2BdK0N67vKN6O3XunjO_THahMIuEvmcQR0PZj_DxbDzYpjUb_vJweZsjMuxmr-7SlWRHCCJCtTwwFHF_C4KIaXeDpno5Ctp2F-37giaAweC0qSWoDer9G9Qvh7Q1PTT5nOPqkqS5OxZL2y59FV4qi-yNkQLpxquumI8KYwCQWfkId0uwqwG6noy76/w400-h225/Jan%2002.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><div>First sewing of the year. Hmmmppfffrrr not so happy about this as it was mending!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjcbf3EHHZzdpRaKX9Yg2vMkwT6zUEW4eMnwbFjXzVSHrKKg0_ybwvF_K8Up73xRChfkLSttk2dOYlfyLRhrnhKfLZHahUB7v-KcluInjshneJiLtuIkETeIYqu2fBx4V68_AF5yH1VOodFXfkobMIvtmYbV98fsArt4GJK49m7CO_5eeFXXU8Ns5-kMNS/s1600/Jan%20mending.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="900" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjcbf3EHHZzdpRaKX9Yg2vMkwT6zUEW4eMnwbFjXzVSHrKKg0_ybwvF_K8Up73xRChfkLSttk2dOYlfyLRhrnhKfLZHahUB7v-KcluInjshneJiLtuIkETeIYqu2fBx4V68_AF5yH1VOodFXfkobMIvtmYbV98fsArt4GJK49m7CO_5eeFXXU8Ns5-kMNS/w225-h400/Jan%20mending.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><div>(Farm overalls are too expensive NOT to mend!) (No frills with my mending as they all get thrashed anyway. If I can, I match fabric. No quilting fabric is harmed in the mending of farm overalls!)</div><div><br /></div><div>First proper sewing of the year - </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhplk7ENF57o8E3J8a6BGE5LldqZV3lVor7LHcwFOrdDW25RY4GDLNqDXWQdKTNjP7Tmzanj3MAMNavnCI52VihV2eVM6pHr2YObzGHkL7kUdgyvl_05Ox14dTvgdg4UMGnFMrFaIvzc7kN5j4Tsqix1kMmcfJPzRw67CeUUvsVO3mkyh4sM7nU-X_CMDP0/s1399/January%20Pouch4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1399" data-original-width="893" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhplk7ENF57o8E3J8a6BGE5LldqZV3lVor7LHcwFOrdDW25RY4GDLNqDXWQdKTNjP7Tmzanj3MAMNavnCI52VihV2eVM6pHr2YObzGHkL7kUdgyvl_05Ox14dTvgdg4UMGnFMrFaIvzc7kN5j4Tsqix1kMmcfJPzRw67CeUUvsVO3mkyh4sM7nU-X_CMDP0/w255-h400/January%20Pouch4.jpg" width="255" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJVXtB_KcIAEgz-bF8XM6yDSB-nYXnrw6Y-jWjXYYeVQYuxNYtxb6oce7wzUQ1MC836MHqNyX10Pz7CgMZ7DLyxDZLCIh-sueTmmLdlRbv6ZOF3f6AA4YhD9RfPweY0W7K7XxANOG2TTPAF5AwzosqsiH-snVxW4Pavb5vEOMH1Xeq2M0uLikrd0B3WLWB/s1227/January%20Pouch3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1227" data-original-width="854" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJVXtB_KcIAEgz-bF8XM6yDSB-nYXnrw6Y-jWjXYYeVQYuxNYtxb6oce7wzUQ1MC836MHqNyX10Pz7CgMZ7DLyxDZLCIh-sueTmmLdlRbv6ZOF3f6AA4YhD9RfPweY0W7K7XxANOG2TTPAF5AwzosqsiH-snVxW4Pavb5vEOMH1Xeq2M0uLikrd0B3WLWB/w279-h400/January%20Pouch3.jpg" width="279" /></a></div><div>I'm pleased that the first drawing of the <a href="https://dreamworthyquilts.blogspot.com/2023/12/chookshed-stitchers-2024-challenge.html" target="_blank">Chookshed Stitchers 2024 Challenge</a> was #6 which was my Scrub stitching Retreat project. It's an ideal project to ease me back into my sewing. Plus I want it done before I attend Scrub Stitching again this year.</div><div><br /></div><div>AND First Finish Of The Year —</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigexByQw6QYbzahDWvB1oIDM6Xna1hZboKbnvSCGZQfB_TiNsofnAZp7M_lbs0yluik4sCa62GYQxebhMfg0gEWEfTBhPumKOLsIsgQ7cAPD3xbmsadJV34G_vu-YsCPNOubjsVHIhtXVSb6vOC1Njm7QkUUJ4eP1heJlzyg4tnXjUPXp82zJcpQJiX-lq/s1295/January%20Pouch7.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1295" data-original-width="864" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigexByQw6QYbzahDWvB1oIDM6Xna1hZboKbnvSCGZQfB_TiNsofnAZp7M_lbs0yluik4sCa62GYQxebhMfg0gEWEfTBhPumKOLsIsgQ7cAPD3xbmsadJV34G_vu-YsCPNOubjsVHIhtXVSb6vOC1Njm7QkUUJ4eP1heJlzyg4tnXjUPXp82zJcpQJiX-lq/w266-h400/January%20Pouch7.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This was a cute wee bag by Anni Downs of Hatched and Patched. She put together a kit for us - as you can see it was personalised with 'Scrub Stitching 2023'.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">There is no batting in this wee pouch but I decided to put a layer in the bottom to give it a little body. I looked around and saw, lying around, a test sample my Sewing Machine Man made when he serviced my Sweet 16. It just needed a little trimming, and then I inserted it between the main and the lining fabrics —</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLnQBLXpicbDkQ1YsxibiL6z14pg_GqYR6nu3xH0dyhJABvO7ksOrJnI0I3z_kcxpU7sXiVEKfYNnElkgwOcuWXOncD65P-P1Ppdf-1f9x3eGNOkPkTXFTSARvTShOUu47G_J4FyFg1ylq3wMiOuCkppgwqMTOYWg3H4eEp-4yDHkJpkkCo6oU5bEsvDvJ/s1301/January%20Pouch8.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1301" data-original-width="861" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLnQBLXpicbDkQ1YsxibiL6z14pg_GqYR6nu3xH0dyhJABvO7ksOrJnI0I3z_kcxpU7sXiVEKfYNnElkgwOcuWXOncD65P-P1Ppdf-1f9x3eGNOkPkTXFTSARvTShOUu47G_J4FyFg1ylq3wMiOuCkppgwqMTOYWg3H4eEp-4yDHkJpkkCo6oU5bEsvDvJ/w265-h400/January%20Pouch8.jpg" width="265" /></a></div>Which of course meant some extra stitches to hold it in place. I decided wee buttons would look cute —</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWr5UNNDRShmLY-2xmbE0FCt0H1FfCT54S1mUc3pmKPpFbiVLwsWHFiQyDs1aYa2TBDX92RSGQrKI9GIdwZ3wssxdHwVKgMApWXWHV5QKk1L3fNXQB4Tql-9KbJ-tE60dahNQ8ryVsc2a7gZ2hGRpALcM4_8gBbXcSejijp1GqNd1ZjU5TdCw2CbNxwD_m/s1172/January%20Pouch5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1172" data-original-width="898" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWr5UNNDRShmLY-2xmbE0FCt0H1FfCT54S1mUc3pmKPpFbiVLwsWHFiQyDs1aYa2TBDX92RSGQrKI9GIdwZ3wssxdHwVKgMApWXWHV5QKk1L3fNXQB4Tql-9KbJ-tE60dahNQ8ryVsc2a7gZ2hGRpALcM4_8gBbXcSejijp1GqNd1ZjU5TdCw2CbNxwD_m/w306-h400/January%20Pouch5.jpg" width="306" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>'til next time,</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i> happy stitches,</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="font-family: Dancing Script; font-size: x-large;">Raewyn</span></b></i></div>Raewynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11123089629481933099noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8196581731869031801.post-69221805703611226542023-12-31T14:30:00.002+13:002023-12-31T15:27:24.851+13:00December Day Thirty-One<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiITOi5HTxDjTpVNKsZcNP0Cl28lUfhC72BE_stPaiRuotME3N90AkvxLCfB8UEV5T7EyYyOCYRy4YIu6URk-diQIurukL1g7RqcwhFbCShC1QHfVnp2KPJyqsBWi8_xjO-mGNzawqCExbCRuBcIL54DqH4v1A6ttcxukpglr1y_7NfDBY-lOWSPxC932_P/s500/Chookshed%20stitchers%20badge%20final.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiITOi5HTxDjTpVNKsZcNP0Cl28lUfhC72BE_stPaiRuotME3N90AkvxLCfB8UEV5T7EyYyOCYRy4YIu6URk-diQIurukL1g7RqcwhFbCShC1QHfVnp2KPJyqsBWi8_xjO-mGNzawqCExbCRuBcIL54DqH4v1A6ttcxukpglr1y_7NfDBY-lOWSPxC932_P/s320/Chookshed%20stitchers%20badge%20final.png" width="320" /></a></div>2024 will start with a hiss and a bang with the introduction of the Chookshed Stitchers 2024 Challenge. This challenge came about the other day when a group of Chookshed Chatterers (as I like to call them) were zooming and chatting. Thank you <a href="https://dreamworthyquilts.blogspot.com/2023/12/chookshed-stitchers-2024-challenge.html" target="_blank">Deanna</a> for creating the logo and volunteering to be She Who Keeps Us on Track. I understand there are several who are standing on the side lines who have been appointed Cheerleaders.<div>The Challenge follows a tried and true format. We list (and number) the 10 UFOs/projects we'd like to make progress on in 2024. Deanna rolls the dice at the start of each month and that is the number we work on.</div><div><br /></div><div>Without further ado, here is my list (ahem, some of these have appeared on lists in the past!! Maybe this will be their year!)</div><div><br /></div><div>1. <a href="https://stitchingfarmgirl.blogspot.com/2019/09/international-ladies.html" target="_blank">International Sisters</a> </div><div>These were started in 2019 after <a href="https://sewpreetiquilts.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Preeti</a> shared a tutorial for the block. I think there is just joining the blocks to do.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJe_Meb8iS6MJXjSgdqIvlh_BUdwZo4BAZWdtdxTQnYCRIWMnNgqkr8bwgbQc8sQ941TxPuaZc9U-8OFBwkQadZHPnxGXxaVZ_e4VsG0xr2Mr5OG9NI8E4XPS29r97NJkcfK-a8BLPTfoWLGoU6tx-aAL5m6OS5yrhmhK2P9VBrpX6CGjGFiYQnL1dtQUM/s400/International%20sisters.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="400" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJe_Meb8iS6MJXjSgdqIvlh_BUdwZo4BAZWdtdxTQnYCRIWMnNgqkr8bwgbQc8sQ941TxPuaZc9U-8OFBwkQadZHPnxGXxaVZ_e4VsG0xr2Mr5OG9NI8E4XPS29r97NJkcfK-a8BLPTfoWLGoU6tx-aAL5m6OS5yrhmhK2P9VBrpX6CGjGFiYQnL1dtQUM/w400-h300/International%20sisters.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>I see I have interchanged International Sisters and International ladies throughout my blog. I quite like the name 'Sisters' as a few of us were making them and sharing fabrics at the time and there was a nice bit of comradery going on with them!<div><br /></div><div>2. Antarctic Quilt. </div><div>I believe I have never shared the startings of my Antarctica Quilt. As with so many of my projects, this started with a test-block I sewed for <a href="https://tartankiwidesigns.com/" target="_blank">Juliet of Tartankiwi</a>. Our son was in Antarctica at the time (and is back there now) so a quilt commemorating that makes sense.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_vN6hFylRk7eB3YT0fM9EzjMz9MKxkbeX8FsX69vVJS-INA-XH5Ey_9L-22NdtPYsFbcr4PHljH5RqUIQiZYoKOik53rsNyUzLWx4-XmKZZcrwtKcCA7NwgTwECPd7KbKwicBQ0v7BwREornlK6AZnfpnUKgoDymg5udXyOuziqUz2_1xt7yX0TpZ88EH/s1087/Antarctica-Seal%20Quilt.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1087" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_vN6hFylRk7eB3YT0fM9EzjMz9MKxkbeX8FsX69vVJS-INA-XH5Ey_9L-22NdtPYsFbcr4PHljH5RqUIQiZYoKOik53rsNyUzLWx4-XmKZZcrwtKcCA7NwgTwECPd7KbKwicBQ0v7BwREornlK6AZnfpnUKgoDymg5udXyOuziqUz2_1xt7yX0TpZ88EH/w368-h400/Antarctica-Seal%20Quilt.jpg" width="368" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>3. <a href="https://stitchingfarmgirl.blogspot.com/2022/10/september-stocktake.html" target="_blank">Wings and Pretty Things</a>. <div>This is a lovely design <a href="https://michelleridgwaydesigns1.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Michelle of Rag-Tag Stitching</a> kindly shared with me, and I haven't done it (and her) justice by finishing it in a timely manner. I have a couple of applique blocks to do, plus some EPP borders.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7VOxibsREzUAMXOFC6OTQoC1Kdx_sG3hvJjd0JNYE78iGZHtmGgo8Y9IG82qLX6jc0oXpASRJoATDZoH9xdridkxBN5XIgjU2NL1mSgMEIiqlVn1qjOC8uhlaY59F5A7h92gycYlRXRWAOIyD9p74Oq5ic4CZ8OC6HK5Hj3ffNoIqQhRYjFtIZoWHWBBx/s400/Wings%20and%20Pretty%20Things.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="340" data-original-width="400" height="340" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7VOxibsREzUAMXOFC6OTQoC1Kdx_sG3hvJjd0JNYE78iGZHtmGgo8Y9IG82qLX6jc0oXpASRJoATDZoH9xdridkxBN5XIgjU2NL1mSgMEIiqlVn1qjOC8uhlaY59F5A7h92gycYlRXRWAOIyD9p74Oq5ic4CZ8OC6HK5Hj3ffNoIqQhRYjFtIZoWHWBBx/w400-h340/Wings%20and%20Pretty%20Things.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>4. Birds on a Wire.<div>This is another project that started life as some pattern testing for Juliet of Tartankiwi designs. This has been on my radar for quite some time. I had a plan of how I was finishing this but I think I have probably forgotten all my clever ideas so will have to start again with the design process!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0Xn7l6pYuIM6GmzpdvcgLMaTnIjdddKwgVvkFPxBPUPM30XNVd1UxOllsaBxW522o5nV3Zd7HBtO03R7tOKU_HSfM-l1aePKeca3tZM3kB4pCbjQiZlY0aaFOvphpvCbUJzjoBFu47CZ4zJ3-3uVjAiSvuKj-Mg7ooGJ4AuVgnJaDH8_dljKMFDTpQ5VB/s400/Birds%20On%20a%20Wire.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="170" data-original-width="400" height="170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0Xn7l6pYuIM6GmzpdvcgLMaTnIjdddKwgVvkFPxBPUPM30XNVd1UxOllsaBxW522o5nV3Zd7HBtO03R7tOKU_HSfM-l1aePKeca3tZM3kB4pCbjQiZlY0aaFOvphpvCbUJzjoBFu47CZ4zJ3-3uVjAiSvuKj-Mg7ooGJ4AuVgnJaDH8_dljKMFDTpQ5VB/w400-h170/Birds%20On%20a%20Wire.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>5.<a href="https://www.laundrybasketquilts.com/blog/categories/mystery-quilt-2021" target="_blank"> Laundry Basket Quilts 2021 Mystery.</a> This is another one I'd dearly love to finish - it takes up a lot of room (more than my little design wall) and to sort my colours/fabrics, I really need it all laid out.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguvXUT6O_O2P4jJJ7GHGpJ3SOd71ixn_aXxDRnRA5eNVkeTYVE5Ay-mXcE06bFwL9ctBzLyi80MpDO3vR7wQStcyZzEIMmmEvV-1fhokzqJDMyDOGUerI8mJ9Zg1oY8krjczAd2hoapD9lQodq5luabzUdFDt0bZOnq6zSMa7ue-VKagVHFex4h-ml4JLN/s400/LBQ%202021%20Mystery.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="365" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguvXUT6O_O2P4jJJ7GHGpJ3SOd71ixn_aXxDRnRA5eNVkeTYVE5Ay-mXcE06bFwL9ctBzLyi80MpDO3vR7wQStcyZzEIMmmEvV-1fhokzqJDMyDOGUerI8mJ9Zg1oY8krjczAd2hoapD9lQodq5luabzUdFDt0bZOnq6zSMa7ue-VKagVHFex4h-ml4JLN/w365-h400/LBQ%202021%20Mystery.jpg" width="365" /></a></div>My thought is, if I can get this finished I'll be 'able' to take part in another of her mysteries!!<div><br /></div><div>6. My Scrub Stitching Bag.</div><div>I'm in two minds about putting this on the list as I'd really like to get this wee bag finished BEFORE the next Scrub Stitching retreat in April. </div><div>If it is already done, I'm sure there will be another Scrub Stitching project I can put on this list instead.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgti60_3u5gLJhlzBuEXQTAosT0lpK1xFOOtFe55_Sr_Qso-DjLFBE9wHNvRTIvM221jv19JbINUPb8a72xpkV8hKaS8JCSqSsDbqerjeZ94N44TS5B95dgOxy8hzeF8oMPi9UL6F6qHJ4cjgo-O2KL8c1q76NRBiE42T1QMnc3-Qz2flXP6nCMYzWNMvUc/s352/Scrub%20Stitching%20Bag.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="257" data-original-width="352" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgti60_3u5gLJhlzBuEXQTAosT0lpK1xFOOtFe55_Sr_Qso-DjLFBE9wHNvRTIvM221jv19JbINUPb8a72xpkV8hKaS8JCSqSsDbqerjeZ94N44TS5B95dgOxy8hzeF8oMPi9UL6F6qHJ4cjgo-O2KL8c1q76NRBiE42T1QMnc3-Qz2flXP6nCMYzWNMvUc/w400-h293/Scrub%20Stitching%20Bag.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>I have completed the front panel and just need to assemble the bag so that shouldn't take too long.<div><br /></div><div>7. Snowflake Land. </div><div>I have accumulated a few Christmas UFOs but Snowflake Land is the first of them, started in 2016. This is a Quiltmania design and has been on a list before. I think there are only two blocks left to do.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisEZYcdJRLoTDS-0aCni0zVkSpSfj_AOXk3usfl6j8riXo03q4etCAkAMxCGFbltR3uQ138ctF3tw4Ofa__00nRN3T0ocuDVNL3L0miT6Y0Pv5AU4K9BF0qIK3sfLab4uHr3wGJMJmDQDrjcR04O1OBf-zP5XOhT8EpuUKaFYuYXzHgq1hWk8tZaBPPlY2/s400/Snowflake%20Land.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="324" data-original-width="400" height="324" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisEZYcdJRLoTDS-0aCni0zVkSpSfj_AOXk3usfl6j8riXo03q4etCAkAMxCGFbltR3uQ138ctF3tw4Ofa__00nRN3T0ocuDVNL3L0miT6Y0Pv5AU4K9BF0qIK3sfLab4uHr3wGJMJmDQDrjcR04O1OBf-zP5XOhT8EpuUKaFYuYXzHgq1hWk8tZaBPPlY2/w400-h324/Snowflake%20Land.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div>8.Gingerbread Wallhanging.</div><div>This is a very recent UFO but I don't want to get to next Christmas and discover that I haven't finished it!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv6i1fkvzzi9ZWVqR9oaRt138l5mN-aSdS8rxEczOUWI15z2LN0_eCgjYZIjwIKcpIJDtibptIN_mS4290psL37ELYb_TzyD4Qu20Vj7kS-lHrQU0iTrunfySSdyfJpqOf_C0a9zg92uJj1ht0QRgXsmZ2GB6x06yAwIrLb0p9g1xp3s5DPQPRZb5kJnkV/s400/Gingerbread%20hanging.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="230" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv6i1fkvzzi9ZWVqR9oaRt138l5mN-aSdS8rxEczOUWI15z2LN0_eCgjYZIjwIKcpIJDtibptIN_mS4290psL37ELYb_TzyD4Qu20Vj7kS-lHrQU0iTrunfySSdyfJpqOf_C0a9zg92uJj1ht0QRgXsmZ2GB6x06yAwIrLb0p9g1xp3s5DPQPRZb5kJnkV/w230-h400/Gingerbread%20hanging.jpg" width="230" /></a></div><div>This won't take me long to finish so if it's a month where I get lots of sewing time, I will make some fabric Christmas gift bags as well.</div><div><br /><div>9. Mod Bear Paw.</div><div>This quilt by <a href="https://sewfreshquilts.blogspot.com/p/modernitional-mod-bear-paw-quilt-along.html" target="_blank">Lorna of Sew Fresh Quilts</a> just needs a pieced outer border. This is another 2016 project!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2I3l5du3sdHC4YBMtC1aPimPYcfrXX3Yr-yPcFdmzo87EGjEb5UiDnFiE7-OA8pkPDExO9Tn9c_OxRjX2ehDaYi4eusmu6SXXibj3RqNT376V6olC3fTzrNP6CPouCbemKRlWxi-QLjXVYP-CfL7lBYssWoXvjjNY2osuRh7Dmvyzq9TDSBxNTLGy3-Dm/s400/Mod%20Bears%20Paw.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="373" data-original-width="400" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2I3l5du3sdHC4YBMtC1aPimPYcfrXX3Yr-yPcFdmzo87EGjEb5UiDnFiE7-OA8pkPDExO9Tn9c_OxRjX2ehDaYi4eusmu6SXXibj3RqNT376V6olC3fTzrNP6CPouCbemKRlWxi-QLjXVYP-CfL7lBYssWoXvjjNY2osuRh7Dmvyzq9TDSBxNTLGy3-Dm/s320/Mod%20Bears%20Paw.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>10. <a href="https://stitchingfarmgirl.blogspot.com/2021/07/rain-and-stars.html" target="_blank">The Scrappy Star Quilt Adventure</a>.</div><div>This was a QAL I led for the shop back in 2021. I made all my blocks but didn't get them assembled. At the time the important thing was coming up with the block designs and letting participants be guided by their own creativity in how they used them.</div><div>However mine need something doing to them!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzIGKMSgN3V93psve1PrGZZejSqFQKDws7ZmMitRsGIPpZPxu51C8LfvBR2iqv-2yQCdky19hZxh3Av2Fz97mJQQhbaUabMm8NXMXRTkVHY1b_0m0tjC6uA9ab5DdTO-xU8OWiM9tOVnEaxIW9Sll_a5XF0vyOduZqI3F3hcyEUvavTb6HfIl6I72PpY5j/s400/The%20Scrappy%20Star%20Quilt%20Adventure.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="239" data-original-width="400" height="191" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzIGKMSgN3V93psve1PrGZZejSqFQKDws7ZmMitRsGIPpZPxu51C8LfvBR2iqv-2yQCdky19hZxh3Av2Fz97mJQQhbaUabMm8NXMXRTkVHY1b_0m0tjC6uA9ab5DdTO-xU8OWiM9tOVnEaxIW9Sll_a5XF0vyOduZqI3F3hcyEUvavTb6HfIl6I72PpY5j/s320/The%20Scrappy%20Star%20Quilt%20Adventure.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>What a lot of fun sewing I have ahead of me!!!!</div><div>I am also starting to compile a list of the tops that need quilting. That's not a list I'm going to share right now as it's still a work in progress. But it will be a pretty scary one as there are so many tops that need finishing!!!!</div><div><br /></div><div>And so this is my last post for 2023 and also my last post for my December post-a-day challenge! Thank you to all of those who have followed along, and to those who have commented. I appreciated your input, which of course helped to keep me going. I think I have covered most of the things I felt I hadn't blogged about during the year!</div><div>Some said I was brave doing it in a busy month - however it was the only month of the year left and I felt that it was Now Or Never!!! <br /><div><br /></div><div>New Year's Eve for us will be fairly low-key. We have children overnight while their parents welcome in the New Year. We'll try and do something fun with them. But there will be cows to be milked in the morning so no late night hi jinx for us!!</div><div><br /></div><div>Wishing you all a very Happy 2024. I hope the year is full of love and happiness and creativity.</div><div>As always I value your friendship and my time spent in blogland. Thank you for the inspiration you all give me.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>'til next time,</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>happy stitches,</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="font-family: Dancing Script; font-size: x-large;">Raewyn</span></b></i></div></div>Raewynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11123089629481933099noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8196581731869031801.post-42369876964598155582023-12-30T22:39:00.003+13:002023-12-30T22:39:40.678+13:00December Day ThirtyI've started my daily(ish) hill climbs again. I haven't walked since March when I broke one of my toes. I hobbled around and 5-6 weeks later stumbled and broke a second bone in the same toe. Luckily they were both healed in time for me to put my dancing shoes on for <a href="https://stitchingfarmgirl.blogspot.com/2023/07/a-fabulous-time.html" target="_blank">my party</a>, and then my gumboots on for calving.<div>With things quietening down on the farm for me, and rapidly losing my fitness, I thought I'd better start up again. I did a few walks in November, when the mornings were misty and the Manuka was just starting to flower</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbWJdiZX6Ped1p9MQoxtZqc-SsTkUC8o_DVKyXpeH5EmfG3xeVWTkiEx1EU1k-UEWjwuqns_8Iu32_78u8WXJaO5fMKnmmD4pvAuDcdAs31MSAUL1DWJsROYAJeq4lCgHji7KFH8uzfJ3GzLymi-LHj2KJ_Tmwp_HuwSLMQ48-A0BIS66UrHkI49skWRvN/s1600/manuka.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="900" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbWJdiZX6Ped1p9MQoxtZqc-SsTkUC8o_DVKyXpeH5EmfG3xeVWTkiEx1EU1k-UEWjwuqns_8Iu32_78u8WXJaO5fMKnmmD4pvAuDcdAs31MSAUL1DWJsROYAJeq4lCgHji7KFH8uzfJ3GzLymi-LHj2KJ_Tmwp_HuwSLMQ48-A0BIS66UrHkI49skWRvN/w225-h400/manuka.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhANIB7jAUv4xDq4ZDCdRSrTbnVA5Ob5pXmNlu4HC3-fil2rWRDuYGLwEpZTLQCKsgZtmKQnKldNHeP-78U7uFB0iDSOhjAjcGA39KMmr3hjdoPJfX747VOAtsTpjUBfQzIoiP9xCiXhIu36iOqBDhC6bn79ttcsenhorVtsVYSTKZPO9ozlitUBdwed5PC/s1446/Manuka3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1446" data-original-width="850" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhANIB7jAUv4xDq4ZDCdRSrTbnVA5Ob5pXmNlu4HC3-fil2rWRDuYGLwEpZTLQCKsgZtmKQnKldNHeP-78U7uFB0iDSOhjAjcGA39KMmr3hjdoPJfX747VOAtsTpjUBfQzIoiP9xCiXhIu36iOqBDhC6bn79ttcsenhorVtsVYSTKZPO9ozlitUBdwed5PC/w235-h400/Manuka3.jpg" width="235" /></a></div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSI5bhEh0RGgWlvmtDD8-WBBDSBjTWnLjl9-F1fMnZggKCgxx5ITVAWdl5cszLacYfu_kr7x13ze-tptbBZ-MjvjYexvybfT5rQLHaYZyjGbvbfDVfEwnJhwlmI9dmtTlIpQSYrOTyDALQEEq6oiXAgWtJo4Wn-41JqqiicuR2iVH0hltRTQfDwuxqWm-F/s1175/manuka1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1175" data-original-width="854" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSI5bhEh0RGgWlvmtDD8-WBBDSBjTWnLjl9-F1fMnZggKCgxx5ITVAWdl5cszLacYfu_kr7x13ze-tptbBZ-MjvjYexvybfT5rQLHaYZyjGbvbfDVfEwnJhwlmI9dmtTlIpQSYrOTyDALQEEq6oiXAgWtJo4Wn-41JqqiicuR2iVH0hltRTQfDwuxqWm-F/w291-h400/manuka1.jpg" width="291" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMIlSQH-ETxu0WahEq_7Qbx5NOuzhLxbQr4ZKuVKM2EO9Vdmb0TrfUmORXRKBJDg_2k4KI0MdmfKiUtqWQiS9CsF2g_iwU-BoekT9WW_6twMHlb1DV49DfIai5kjtAWXeeSFFk0BywFWwoLbXN2B284HDINBhOV8iq0il0kDMVIFNvgJQlzFFVBbWixbc_/s1441/Manuka4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1441" data-original-width="873" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMIlSQH-ETxu0WahEq_7Qbx5NOuzhLxbQr4ZKuVKM2EO9Vdmb0TrfUmORXRKBJDg_2k4KI0MdmfKiUtqWQiS9CsF2g_iwU-BoekT9WW_6twMHlb1DV49DfIai5kjtAWXeeSFFk0BywFWwoLbXN2B284HDINBhOV8iq0il0kDMVIFNvgJQlzFFVBbWixbc_/w242-h400/Manuka4.jpg" width="242" /></a></div>This was a gorgeous morning —<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitWydur7N6dE38lmDuvtxK2ORDxSiYqvWN4UI-wMPNd9H9w-eXlgmeIh61h3QiLXXfnMhL3b5T__fPMnIwU7kn_oHUYYuO-VZitltIM6GLq80GN8MbR5jwPsh1-QlbvygyXwyks3QENruoxOvJZRy1w3Kcv_tyaslMqkldcFp9BlIptckXIUXrRSnUAkoX/s1600/November.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitWydur7N6dE38lmDuvtxK2ORDxSiYqvWN4UI-wMPNd9H9w-eXlgmeIh61h3QiLXXfnMhL3b5T__fPMnIwU7kn_oHUYYuO-VZitltIM6GLq80GN8MbR5jwPsh1-QlbvygyXwyks3QENruoxOvJZRy1w3Kcv_tyaslMqkldcFp9BlIptckXIUXrRSnUAkoX/w400-h225/November.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div>I stopped for about 3 weeks. Now, with the longer days and summer weather, I'm not getting the same misty views—</div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHMmqNyyYj48WgIPfBO_83v5BOVwleSw6L7nwJkirKo6QGifxlEaeoBDRtsupBfEy936sSl4d5FibFg1eKiKpvtB1ay0w7wrKnmuSzDy_AQsVEolr02QpvnjAljslrrGqJD-F7fWnA-MGC1ECeN7oiNMhtM7Ahvho6DjHrqVBUAJYBMzqVDgzb5xrplifO/s1600/dec30.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHMmqNyyYj48WgIPfBO_83v5BOVwleSw6L7nwJkirKo6QGifxlEaeoBDRtsupBfEy936sSl4d5FibFg1eKiKpvtB1ay0w7wrKnmuSzDy_AQsVEolr02QpvnjAljslrrGqJD-F7fWnA-MGC1ECeN7oiNMhtM7Ahvho6DjHrqVBUAJYBMzqVDgzb5xrplifO/w400-h225/dec30.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div><div>The knob below is what I call 'Burnt Sign Hill' (long story but dating back to the fire that went through about 10 years ago). When I feel energetic I climb it (It's approx. a 3.5km walk depending on my route if I get as far as this point) —</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWr-jpa9-gt0TVsXQHhyphenhyphenE9rvVNMB0WO5C-XumXhzoNIWm2ffd99ctkNKz8xvBtu_68OQmxsC8CQ4_WNzstDZWLLj2S63Jh0zYql6faAS1aXx6PIjgzaZOLo0WTeHfu0rPQf0t-mLoni3kv4c7UCa9pRzJVeSCV6IHHmjL7rHwyrXVl91Y1LoftYI3PFtFV/s1416/burntsign%20hill.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1416" data-original-width="849" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWr-jpa9-gt0TVsXQHhyphenhyphenE9rvVNMB0WO5C-XumXhzoNIWm2ffd99ctkNKz8xvBtu_68OQmxsC8CQ4_WNzstDZWLLj2S63Jh0zYql6faAS1aXx6PIjgzaZOLo0WTeHfu0rPQf0t-mLoni3kv4c7UCa9pRzJVeSCV6IHHmjL7rHwyrXVl91Y1LoftYI3PFtFV/w240-h400/burntsign%20hill.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj87h7IxUn3NFVQ5YxYu41cdMDOyRHVFWuf2q27R5uRDyMZlFqIfZUt9L4pVgJGJ3DYRF9pD_6uVcR99eo1vmcSGvCS-KW4dGiFFVr8GmlqDLKTej57ZfSjiwzdiBFIEqt-8K97i87k1k54gkZPBoWo-vm-S1I0LiwXg5URWV5DUKexQY3l5NUpkn-SgN9n/s1600/burnt.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="900" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj87h7IxUn3NFVQ5YxYu41cdMDOyRHVFWuf2q27R5uRDyMZlFqIfZUt9L4pVgJGJ3DYRF9pD_6uVcR99eo1vmcSGvCS-KW4dGiFFVr8GmlqDLKTej57ZfSjiwzdiBFIEqt-8K97i87k1k54gkZPBoWo-vm-S1I0LiwXg5URWV5DUKexQY3l5NUpkn-SgN9n/w225-h400/burnt.jpg" width="225" /></a></div>These are from up the top of Burnt Sign Hill, showing some of the track I walk on —<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZYF0lNuinI5z5egyNGLPoGOLWftujoHx8oNa42GZUqibQHZJJ4jwXi4-hFRd-Iilxt4-zFE51ZFcA9fkX-abTjB8_aX4zfxJhYXBEjeDThoxcqZMk4lpeaxM2SnO6rrh5kAa9XN4wJb3C53S20XL7d6z3S5yZyQeVWY-8HUn2rgeAex3ka9rY-wHON_xd/s1600/burntsign.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZYF0lNuinI5z5egyNGLPoGOLWftujoHx8oNa42GZUqibQHZJJ4jwXi4-hFRd-Iilxt4-zFE51ZFcA9fkX-abTjB8_aX4zfxJhYXBEjeDThoxcqZMk4lpeaxM2SnO6rrh5kAa9XN4wJb3C53S20XL7d6z3S5yZyQeVWY-8HUn2rgeAex3ka9rY-wHON_xd/w400-h225/burntsign.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvuzen4L1WVqebEL4DlaO48LfowGONGHdGCupgxDdweRPHqnkNlx-B8_FY2bUJP_fhsyqFduCpap_oKozZCmZ2E4zHPkt6VVf8Xz2G5XvoufV7bTgSZfcTQdSr5NGuLnzk0pxxXke8r3QuwgBBOpMGqQECrqpjrZZLOEt90Gi0nzWh2pnoULAqhTlF0OMn/s3470/burntsignhill.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3470" data-original-width="2160" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvuzen4L1WVqebEL4DlaO48LfowGONGHdGCupgxDdweRPHqnkNlx-B8_FY2bUJP_fhsyqFduCpap_oKozZCmZ2E4zHPkt6VVf8Xz2G5XvoufV7bTgSZfcTQdSr5NGuLnzk0pxxXke8r3QuwgBBOpMGqQECrqpjrZZLOEt90Gi0nzWh2pnoULAqhTlF0OMn/w249-h400/burntsignhill.jpg" width="249" /></a></div></div>This morning when I crossed the road to get to the hill track, I saw the MOML was crossing the cows over to a fresh paddock of grass. He was still in the shed, milking - you can do this in the weekend when there is no traffic!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh_2Uyu4rCft0tauz_tMmFwizLkKdZ3w9BtkWBI6W-P_vBnrXoO8dkCGgMiZTshhedqfyGDt6UniWQI4ruqTunfTR-HH037nACYXeSGm0P1hGfDKYiOcsgHV4r5iBdHEd9hMXvB4iVgD2_4ZNeabOMbitYeGjDfMtTw_tk_edrCHuRJimefBfHXAgRh_zx/s1403/cows.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1403" data-original-width="813" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh_2Uyu4rCft0tauz_tMmFwizLkKdZ3w9BtkWBI6W-P_vBnrXoO8dkCGgMiZTshhedqfyGDt6UniWQI4ruqTunfTR-HH037nACYXeSGm0P1hGfDKYiOcsgHV4r5iBdHEd9hMXvB4iVgD2_4ZNeabOMbitYeGjDfMtTw_tk_edrCHuRJimefBfHXAgRh_zx/w231-h400/cows.jpg" width="231" /></a></div>It was actually a peaceful day here today, with all our little families at various beaches around the county-side. YD's dogs are having a sleepover for a few nights.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>First thing in the morning toilet break —<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj94zIEVu3x6w4mD58j66R6FUWn6swQPMMR4soPA9IxIq3NojBOgrgV52WiWnc5_Io5hgEidUvsX5jbPkLiqFUXyLduQ1nTYzk13xDMki-TRB5clSh5-gZAUM5WcIvLyCjplkhbrnHahROjDEoud9FA1Wrj0tCZrNWmhskJulHlwhRJozWB8kYAE18u3Q5X/s1546/dogboys.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1546" height="233" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj94zIEVu3x6w4mD58j66R6FUWn6swQPMMR4soPA9IxIq3NojBOgrgV52WiWnc5_Io5hgEidUvsX5jbPkLiqFUXyLduQ1nTYzk13xDMki-TRB5clSh5-gZAUM5WcIvLyCjplkhbrnHahROjDEoud9FA1Wrj0tCZrNWmhskJulHlwhRJozWB8kYAE18u3Q5X/w400-h233/dogboys.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Afternoon swim —</div><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk4eS0ooJt2TpLse50qq5Q-bigIQjsnXh6YcutulSk6Ld9h7jdUBLj2Kul8-PPwxJTLAZZ2jSGOsNYxA_3UhM12w3pbE9y14gPkmxFEElniO2_bATn5KAyhHD_upMNlM-deb_pOCczyb35ISydR3eOXZRswuAD-0GxoG8QUwvRJ29OdyKVNLgOB4IHu2HB/w400-h225/dogboys2.jpg" width="400" /></div>(A couple of poplars fell over in one of our wet weather events over the year. We're waiting for the water to come down a little more so we can tidy them up.)<br />The water is beautiful and clear at the moment and the boys had a ball.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyCt5-aW7zVriiPOZ6JPnQkAARBJktvVCxtrZw9KZwWqOase3-0aL0-p6CpdFMRXQg9DBzwAywGV9pQ5xum87w_8gp8gSSR2Div5kFk8FdVfFac8LdkO_pflLskmPRNlx3_lRneOYWEwzzowF29diX-rJaUZOYJZsvPe_4f_z0o5LVK6PRnYE7-bIO0NCJ/s1600/dogboy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="900" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyCt5-aW7zVriiPOZ6JPnQkAARBJktvVCxtrZw9KZwWqOase3-0aL0-p6CpdFMRXQg9DBzwAywGV9pQ5xum87w_8gp8gSSR2Div5kFk8FdVfFac8LdkO_pflLskmPRNlx3_lRneOYWEwzzowF29diX-rJaUZOYJZsvPe_4f_z0o5LVK6PRnYE7-bIO0NCJ/w225-h400/dogboy.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Dinner tonight was delicious, using some more of my glut of zucchini. Mum thought I had used fancy yellow bowls but it was two of the yellow giants with a mince mixture inside. Yummy.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgksdSV7BTRetxCYgmAFw2JarGvFbVoP185ggjRddxGsEuktLvBNuU_TwqQZfQSFIz49ckmK5qDUB2wg5wNB__ic0M-G1AyKwgSDEooKq4gwJmFMxGBemdX4PF3RzR4Qe71PVwL8mjPmm3n4K4jnJ1MVWLPok1tE7TFXNnbFTXz_wMFwD2U04K5AjTjr3a9/s1118/glut.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1118" data-original-width="900" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgksdSV7BTRetxCYgmAFw2JarGvFbVoP185ggjRddxGsEuktLvBNuU_TwqQZfQSFIz49ckmK5qDUB2wg5wNB__ic0M-G1AyKwgSDEooKq4gwJmFMxGBemdX4PF3RzR4Qe71PVwL8mjPmm3n4K4jnJ1MVWLPok1tE7TFXNnbFTXz_wMFwD2U04K5AjTjr3a9/s320/glut.jpg" width="258" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><i>'til next time.,</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>happy stitches,</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="font-family: Dancing Script; font-size: x-large;">Raewyn</span></b></i></div>Raewynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11123089629481933099noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8196581731869031801.post-87007880818812643782023-12-29T22:52:00.001+13:002023-12-29T22:52:28.595+13:00December Day Twenty-NineI think I've finally crashed. It's been go-go-go here for Months and today my brain is telling me there's no room for anything more.<div>I arranged a date in The Palace (aka my sewing room) this afternoon and had absolutely no idea where to start. No it's not the messiness that slowed me down but a total lack of direction. </div><div>I looked through my blog to see what I've been working on this year that I can easily pick up and play with - it seems most things have become tops - which I guess is a good thing but they need quilting, and that's not what I feel like doing just now.</div><div>I have no current Leader-Ender project which is often a good pick-me-up.</div><div>I have a quilt for the shop I need to start but that needs more thinking before I can sew.</div><div><br /></div><div>I guess it's post-Christmas holiday mode!</div><div>The Chookshed Chatterers are doing a wee challenge this year to help us work through our UFOs (etc). We make a list of 10 projects to work on and each month one is randomly chosen to work on. So I got thinking and started my list, then went and joined Mum upstairs. She's been doing some cross stitch. A Loon design she bought as a souvenir when she was in Canada. There are lots of different shades of grey and it's going to be quite stunning when done —</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoWO0bOZ-300V-LWcIKMixMHqGl3hXBMxvJTgMvbyQaUUmomg4BXwvh2pjp9C7h2I85JscbbTxxuGwhJeAIV6xH0nA1wxZMhLumOiwAwSZQefxRREffZA2uqJIwlcDnpjnRErxSxgLUhWpepdMd6KRdvvzzg0jJKEUruLw6_1eTUzp51-IrM_MUk6JZ4lJ/s1328/Dec%2029th%20Loon.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="849" data-original-width="1328" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoWO0bOZ-300V-LWcIKMixMHqGl3hXBMxvJTgMvbyQaUUmomg4BXwvh2pjp9C7h2I85JscbbTxxuGwhJeAIV6xH0nA1wxZMhLumOiwAwSZQefxRREffZA2uqJIwlcDnpjnRErxSxgLUhWpepdMd6KRdvvzzg0jJKEUruLw6_1eTUzp51-IrM_MUk6JZ4lJ/w400-h256/Dec%2029th%20Loon.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div>I attempted some stitching but Miss Tammy wasn't having a bar of it. I had to shut her out of the room!!</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG1lzx4_M72oDltGPEeSn4i7OmGCueEQ_5ilUzrl9tnRrNWBwQjRHyH-5ZckLlhViYI9tCnQ7rzjkOY1erAziY8rdgdjajp9scJMxXsQiN2z05QU7kuHs013jTe4pTy5WdjAti3xL3pCcDM4IuUTW6-ifnBORdzk21dyTAlcSnW1HHHGtAdNg1OCKWlyJ5/s1600/25%20days%20Christmas.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="900" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG1lzx4_M72oDltGPEeSn4i7OmGCueEQ_5ilUzrl9tnRrNWBwQjRHyH-5ZckLlhViYI9tCnQ7rzjkOY1erAziY8rdgdjajp9scJMxXsQiN2z05QU7kuHs013jTe4pTy5WdjAti3xL3pCcDM4IuUTW6-ifnBORdzk21dyTAlcSnW1HHHGtAdNg1OCKWlyJ5/w225-h400/25%20days%20Christmas.jpg" width="225" /></a></div></div><div>Tonight she snuggled down and let me stitch and I finished another design on my new Christmas project —<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4pG3_VdzOKvcmSOfhTfZIOiVhC85FFAFRlU7asA8r-ROHCP0vp3MBSuMWrfIzE7D_NcsvNBBOxEJM9JDgvD4tqlbmEH11_rshn_2ptFgEMmPeiEp7E1r3o3_DB1fkTGtsSX8TTnJPUBThea1o6bmeBk1iETdrkGiQPGD5Uf1EzMOyPs1hvPuQf1yWBBKb/s1439/25%20days%20Christmas2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1439" data-original-width="900" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4pG3_VdzOKvcmSOfhTfZIOiVhC85FFAFRlU7asA8r-ROHCP0vp3MBSuMWrfIzE7D_NcsvNBBOxEJM9JDgvD4tqlbmEH11_rshn_2ptFgEMmPeiEp7E1r3o3_DB1fkTGtsSX8TTnJPUBThea1o6bmeBk1iETdrkGiQPGD5Uf1EzMOyPs1hvPuQf1yWBBKb/w250-h400/25%20days%20Christmas2.jpg" width="250" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(Haha Mum's is definitely the more sophisticated stitching!)</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0W4w11Dk4UMRuK1LA-eWfx5yL6uiRfc6Yfn7mNn4zWUHFyI62jX_33NiOo1FecX0YvkYS18m87TSeV5kCrzw97ys6hX-jynRvbVTxRV403j0pDqbvwexbDJ0bXDhSuNLi6wVYHudr6dsfB-4cRm0dvZyedzHHAFAuT0S_ev_8GV4vvhwumwmvn-C-gXVf/s1600/25%20days%20Christmas3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="900" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0W4w11Dk4UMRuK1LA-eWfx5yL6uiRfc6Yfn7mNn4zWUHFyI62jX_33NiOo1FecX0YvkYS18m87TSeV5kCrzw97ys6hX-jynRvbVTxRV403j0pDqbvwexbDJ0bXDhSuNLi6wVYHudr6dsfB-4cRm0dvZyedzHHAFAuT0S_ev_8GV4vvhwumwmvn-C-gXVf/w225-h400/25%20days%20Christmas3.jpg" width="225" /></a></div></div><div>ED and family came out again today to get some calf shed shavings for their garden. Vinnie the Greyhound came for a drive too - we kept him outside. Here are he and Tammy meeting each other.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfDnAeCQtgqiE_dZ8yCMYL1kucW2u82hHNQVeWW2u6DTAOKDlzb6rXWd-UqaXXCheHrQqRlBOTnmyw3XKqa3fAE19Wvwb42gAcGAa8wDq14ThAFPCsDpzJbA2uhsbOkvSsp76NEH6t4ctX8ltaKMvTIhirgK6-xwwgUvjo3pBpDmfrhhktev_d3ku_0w-U/s1423/Tammy%20vs%20Vinnie.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1423" data-original-width="900" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfDnAeCQtgqiE_dZ8yCMYL1kucW2u82hHNQVeWW2u6DTAOKDlzb6rXWd-UqaXXCheHrQqRlBOTnmyw3XKqa3fAE19Wvwb42gAcGAa8wDq14ThAFPCsDpzJbA2uhsbOkvSsp76NEH6t4ctX8ltaKMvTIhirgK6-xwwgUvjo3pBpDmfrhhktev_d3ku_0w-U/w253-h400/Tammy%20vs%20Vinnie.jpg" width="253" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM8yZyBAlvrs-VftTR0bNc3IgrH9go0rMwQvRpCwZSgWbn4TygSnIXwQHNsUCqgNAd1AG42xvhWCcrDAxLT-brVlLuEZFX4oej2JL-ub0TLS78V2Zcq3fJPohgrUn15IexiBr-x3a1z_QdGnNPbrAkGboSNHmt9M4wKNJGFO4ZKfkFqRqcs3DssqhM4Z07/s1307/Tammy%20vs%20Vinnie2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1307" data-original-width="766" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM8yZyBAlvrs-VftTR0bNc3IgrH9go0rMwQvRpCwZSgWbn4TygSnIXwQHNsUCqgNAd1AG42xvhWCcrDAxLT-brVlLuEZFX4oej2JL-ub0TLS78V2Zcq3fJPohgrUn15IexiBr-x3a1z_QdGnNPbrAkGboSNHmt9M4wKNJGFO4ZKfkFqRqcs3DssqhM4Z07/w235-h400/Tammy%20vs%20Vinnie2.jpg" width="235" /></a></div><div>I'm pleased there is a pane of glass between them; he was a little too alert at times.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>'til next time,</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>happy stitches,</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="font-family: Dancing Script; font-size: x-large;">Raewyn</span></b></i></div>Raewynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11123089629481933099noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8196581731869031801.post-30414507744833892962023-12-28T21:46:00.000+13:002023-12-28T21:46:30.136+13:00December Day Twenty-Eight<div>The day ended nicely with a Pizza Party at ED's place - </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHObbg_rK_eI75V7BZWskjWWAdZ2TjFO48pFbjnpYhq9qpaQfxiWIe42d3Xh4fPx6lQdQ2juKMJV-bfTZOGPxsNCZTILbLlgdCZ7ulAzxX-Fe5vn1xyvaqBaweOJq1ZvQBb_ttNSGqhrXSr6WtfRwrw_0ffm3We1-ipJSjsjGwsX2GQXeIA4XnpcwiZv-i/s1427/20231228_170448.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="737" data-original-width="1427" height="206" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHObbg_rK_eI75V7BZWskjWWAdZ2TjFO48pFbjnpYhq9qpaQfxiWIe42d3Xh4fPx6lQdQ2juKMJV-bfTZOGPxsNCZTILbLlgdCZ7ulAzxX-Fe5vn1xyvaqBaweOJq1ZvQBb_ttNSGqhrXSr6WtfRwrw_0ffm3We1-ipJSjsjGwsX2GQXeIA4XnpcwiZv-i/w400-h206/20231228_170448.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Pizza Party Ganma Great Granny Gandad. Thank you for coming.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvphqKrCGHsSgCn03yqmak5j4pcxY1NX108RruhO9DZvBbIjvYycoLDI0IeRQsWGUN8f0SKf9KVKJyeXgQafO7SOb4UJSX_r6OiUgmZXEHHJfRCW72ycCwGWHAQtroL1rxsggbULjJpTEsg_NX2P7Eqt5KsMN2a3xWkI10h69EM_Ct9AEuQVmYJUsGQjY4/s1112/20231228_174827.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1112" data-original-width="900" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvphqKrCGHsSgCn03yqmak5j4pcxY1NX108RruhO9DZvBbIjvYycoLDI0IeRQsWGUN8f0SKf9KVKJyeXgQafO7SOb4UJSX_r6OiUgmZXEHHJfRCW72ycCwGWHAQtroL1rxsggbULjJpTEsg_NX2P7Eqt5KsMN2a3xWkI10h69EM_Ct9AEuQVmYJUsGQjY4/w324-h400/20231228_174827.jpg" width="324" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyNs5G65y-tlCu8k0-UXRTLypItKIQAfn-QDn3qKtvsJIwCOhupcgXNKM3tZx4lIxTFnkNFXN_TnEv3SXI65XwfBiARPWZHXvQPbFjuCu9tp14rcPCASfNiydc94hmZoZC4JmmJGSZadsMzxSheOCu4O1Lm8nxkaPtCoYIiliK0KnNsZ46IfX8sKvFRDHj/s1244/20231228_181921.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="784" data-original-width="1244" height="253" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyNs5G65y-tlCu8k0-UXRTLypItKIQAfn-QDn3qKtvsJIwCOhupcgXNKM3tZx4lIxTFnkNFXN_TnEv3SXI65XwfBiARPWZHXvQPbFjuCu9tp14rcPCASfNiydc94hmZoZC4JmmJGSZadsMzxSheOCu4O1Lm8nxkaPtCoYIiliK0KnNsZ46IfX8sKvFRDHj/w400-h253/20231228_181921.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Earlier in the day, the MOML took Mum for a tiki tour around the farm-<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiya9lcP-oVHMW_YGTBz2732_pMyylHKqvrz6rQJP13wIKAO9tFHrOQwqiVPP8UGyW3rTydiu-rQT-FOx2Qp41VYugL1zXqQkXf5vwWNWQS_MODb4mXi6Q7xQp_2yBJRQwAQDOnvS0fF4NrMhoeiSnwvYEYDTSAsj3bNaBXpSd3dr6rB2PkGpR9u6dbwci7/s3178/20231228_101515.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3178" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiya9lcP-oVHMW_YGTBz2732_pMyylHKqvrz6rQJP13wIKAO9tFHrOQwqiVPP8UGyW3rTydiu-rQT-FOx2Qp41VYugL1zXqQkXf5vwWNWQS_MODb4mXi6Q7xQp_2yBJRQwAQDOnvS0fF4NrMhoeiSnwvYEYDTSAsj3bNaBXpSd3dr6rB2PkGpR9u6dbwci7/w258-h400/20231228_101515.jpg" width="258" /></a></div><div>And then YD and I took her up to our Ramble Patch and showed her our planting there - </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyBT3JO4MUCuC0JVb5rueg8lJ0_AHtsUVQFiBoIhqe_uN6CSrY29U-I1t_uSa_LGJqBXUjhNCGgjyoZm7wfnZhvIHOTcm2UMvNgde8BUQ9volCGqZxSjZSD32deSoQYpxfZv1Qw6t-HgK-mXrsQE3ll6ecQMkwODqvRdQvRo0cElsmMXz1PnBPwYF5hq8I/s1600/20231228_113644.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="900" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyBT3JO4MUCuC0JVb5rueg8lJ0_AHtsUVQFiBoIhqe_uN6CSrY29U-I1t_uSa_LGJqBXUjhNCGgjyoZm7wfnZhvIHOTcm2UMvNgde8BUQ9volCGqZxSjZSD32deSoQYpxfZv1Qw6t-HgK-mXrsQE3ll6ecQMkwODqvRdQvRo0cElsmMXz1PnBPwYF5hq8I/w225-h400/20231228_113644.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><div>This photo was too lovely not to share!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDCej3ZYr-H-RTTflhgM33T6-BxqbUUQAzcrIeVxvrSYBuuV_qcRc5UGfj5AZpNcnHT1iI2T4ZOU7YEoq-JTiHdAAT8qZv4aPXHDy03VMRTmIamsCHwYHO17jJD7gZErsPNSesffJVypyYoUP6aATQcRVodRleGoARqgXxDYUnaBou7MQN5W1VOV2SYzhr/s2400/20231228_113521.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="2400" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDCej3ZYr-H-RTTflhgM33T6-BxqbUUQAzcrIeVxvrSYBuuV_qcRc5UGfj5AZpNcnHT1iI2T4ZOU7YEoq-JTiHdAAT8qZv4aPXHDy03VMRTmIamsCHwYHO17jJD7gZErsPNSesffJVypyYoUP6aATQcRVodRleGoARqgXxDYUnaBou7MQN5W1VOV2SYzhr/w400-h225/20231228_113521.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div>Sewing today was fixing up a duvet for Odie; it needed a layer of cotton fabric put in the inside as the polyester body was too slippery and wouldn't hold an inner - and YD isn't quite ready to get rid of it yet. I had a piece of lawn that was the EXACT right length.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkHxM163XgqYuLJZRiK9KxSgAbHEAa67YJThFPaqGyZXmUG2lRPWEQvuaE95-qvlrn-eWHdihCiChqrIClKhmeVhAufJ0xQIk1M_tKm3hgdso0mSnA8iNor0CAePsrBQ5x-A5myg5McCJKIZb1cHbfxN4EdYIhibsid2gI9711z4TlQds2rtE1MNGpeMtC/s1293/20231228_133112.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1293" data-original-width="821" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkHxM163XgqYuLJZRiK9KxSgAbHEAa67YJThFPaqGyZXmUG2lRPWEQvuaE95-qvlrn-eWHdihCiChqrIClKhmeVhAufJ0xQIk1M_tKm3hgdso0mSnA8iNor0CAePsrBQ5x-A5myg5McCJKIZb1cHbfxN4EdYIhibsid2gI9711z4TlQds2rtE1MNGpeMtC/s320/20231228_133112.jpg" width="203" /></a></div><div>Naturally I had help when I laid it out to try and get the layers nice and flat - </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoxc5b8ofAjTBVJ1RjJI5kTufETpGJ1kBs18dfShLFPsok0JTo2W4VzLtIqu_ih3t8pjoaFggiqvePuNPZWhdLPYHOkTm-ju9hWdEa6JcXVTDcLY6iXxOBo1bZkvEvrvfWo_tQMBVvB6iLHDpZcVuM6YfRFqIRRBDN0M6Y5JaXSflidbFNPFd4a_PwX9jN/s1219/20231228_133025.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1219" data-original-width="772" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoxc5b8ofAjTBVJ1RjJI5kTufETpGJ1kBs18dfShLFPsok0JTo2W4VzLtIqu_ih3t8pjoaFggiqvePuNPZWhdLPYHOkTm-ju9hWdEa6JcXVTDcLY6iXxOBo1bZkvEvrvfWo_tQMBVvB6iLHDpZcVuM6YfRFqIRRBDN0M6Y5JaXSflidbFNPFd4a_PwX9jN/s320/20231228_133025.jpg" width="203" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>'til next time,</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>happy stitches,</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Dancing Script; font-size: x-large;"><b>Raewyn</b></span></i></div>Raewynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11123089629481933099noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8196581731869031801.post-27976862228123246392023-12-27T22:34:00.002+13:002023-12-27T22:34:31.739+13:00December Day Twenty-SevenAnother one of those cruise-y holiday mode days, with leftovers to eat and the Christmas rush behind us.<div>ED and Lily came for a visit this morning; I took them up to the Ramble Block where YD and I have been planting and they inspected the dahlias and the kumara and jumped from the stumps onto weeds, just to help me out.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj14mBoDPmVcMawO8fOhUOgU7-ex3Hgwd3GLPUH_QHcG4xGB_zEpceIsTJOKkfXPX9Zd6XBoNOw5rZbO7Uqwbh8lGuP_fE3Mq0udGUdY5TG6DoGiAqOoxl-RP8cG1-NvkudWXybTiWCkhYBDjMbZ6BA4RWbWhyphenhypheneTQB_L4h87kIrRL1JYuRfrJb6zQWb66DK/s1505/Dec%2027E.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="848" data-original-width="1505" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj14mBoDPmVcMawO8fOhUOgU7-ex3Hgwd3GLPUH_QHcG4xGB_zEpceIsTJOKkfXPX9Zd6XBoNOw5rZbO7Uqwbh8lGuP_fE3Mq0udGUdY5TG6DoGiAqOoxl-RP8cG1-NvkudWXybTiWCkhYBDjMbZ6BA4RWbWhyphenhypheneTQB_L4h87kIrRL1JYuRfrJb6zQWb66DK/w400-h225/Dec%2027E.jpg" width="400" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkNqT4OAh-GY8Fa8H5Hk22Is2RcNOcoLxlCu_7j6A8sXyA0YG8HUdpVlQi8AwoUK5D1hoxs4S7_3yGoCdWqy7dPq4FvOKZaluVHU7LrmLxtMHNg96QX7Xnavxl26BLtqK7026foqVaivkuFj0ltgf36EfaJC_gaahbcxU7gqGi6yl4-uOA3VdxcwAYWr8u/s1336/Dec%2027F.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1336" data-original-width="1002" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkNqT4OAh-GY8Fa8H5Hk22Is2RcNOcoLxlCu_7j6A8sXyA0YG8HUdpVlQi8AwoUK5D1hoxs4S7_3yGoCdWqy7dPq4FvOKZaluVHU7LrmLxtMHNg96QX7Xnavxl26BLtqK7026foqVaivkuFj0ltgf36EfaJC_gaahbcxU7gqGi6yl4-uOA3VdxcwAYWr8u/w300-h400/Dec%2027F.jpg" width="300" /></a></div></div></div><div>We've had over an inch of rain in the last few days, which was very welcome - unfortunately it's not just the plants we want that have had a great growing burst.....the waist high weeds are now chest height...!!</div><div><br /></div><div>I had a bit of Zoom time today with the Chookshed Chatterers. It's the first time I've been on for a while so it was nice to catch up. I knitted a little - I haven't touched this prem baby singlet for a month and it grew nicely while I was chattering.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD5ZnlJ0F6PzPbrK9YQ_7HKjnOXGSAO8DWLi-6Mbkm_nwrdM17LQyK8jgVEBxU5_mjzFBwnynoZOJrVWrkr30_-kiHJPJkPcaPi83xPquaYEEhGIpHeL9GKoWGyfJOkwvsAeCde6tIiLZxA5xp4HTPuj7FdS7LbjKbjRany3KaX6Ges2eIxF6X-a9cD2BL/s1332/Dec%2027thB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1332" data-original-width="894" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD5ZnlJ0F6PzPbrK9YQ_7HKjnOXGSAO8DWLi-6Mbkm_nwrdM17LQyK8jgVEBxU5_mjzFBwnynoZOJrVWrkr30_-kiHJPJkPcaPi83xPquaYEEhGIpHeL9GKoWGyfJOkwvsAeCde6tIiLZxA5xp4HTPuj7FdS7LbjKbjRany3KaX6Ges2eIxF6X-a9cD2BL/w269-h400/Dec%2027thB.jpg" width="269" /></a></div><div>I've been turning a blind eye to 'things' taking over my vege garden but this afternoon I had to face reality and stop ignoring the giants within —<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRD8XkZvUg792RsX-df7_rzO_Lgy3MAi1MYHQVTsPzzRU4csKu2EmeSFsX_wvG6HA74Z3IwL-hFxcteDQXArcVXEc69iL-yvbPii4wToFqUFfc8oUgeUgG4ePnjLajgf8FUAlBJbsiQEG58Jk5_mCBF0RWoZG43sX3LBxfb9JxpXrXQMf26QD6P6UmGn3K/s1198/Dec%2027C.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1198" data-original-width="875" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRD8XkZvUg792RsX-df7_rzO_Lgy3MAi1MYHQVTsPzzRU4csKu2EmeSFsX_wvG6HA74Z3IwL-hFxcteDQXArcVXEc69iL-yvbPii4wToFqUFfc8oUgeUgG4ePnjLajgf8FUAlBJbsiQEG58Jk5_mCBF0RWoZG43sX3LBxfb9JxpXrXQMf26QD6P6UmGn3K/w293-h400/Dec%2027C.jpg" width="293" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzwJW4aX-wepdohMm-wJvN635stBhNLXoohYSrIDVYJSDif3c34z3h51QXOe1CWhpiowEc-LrHYkjTa-HQY0ch2uO2Oq8QMtfDbgxl6AlgkgNPy7QoxsfKvcNRBHXeUHLQlZ-b_INzb4RTsLw3zm39Tn1Pcb_UoImRfktH0uOaJSgA3iksykxCrllNw5t6/s1316/Dec%2027B.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1316" data-original-width="877" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzwJW4aX-wepdohMm-wJvN635stBhNLXoohYSrIDVYJSDif3c34z3h51QXOe1CWhpiowEc-LrHYkjTa-HQY0ch2uO2Oq8QMtfDbgxl6AlgkgNPy7QoxsfKvcNRBHXeUHLQlZ-b_INzb4RTsLw3zm39Tn1Pcb_UoImRfktH0uOaJSgA3iksykxCrllNw5t6/w266-h400/Dec%2027B.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4ZbIg2v2BsoEil81SQvmGpOHAYo3lP-8gGB0AGN1IbRCf5ueinlBY8qXfUelwi2cg9fkQUirFSCxCQDhE73tTd8O9DXZdtYh9a4l4dNuLG0GCA6gu8brRCT6rLT5jc6UXszcVpvo3PehpqHpxKawDb9QtIKk2sl6EBMg1og9QQnIyIshn9SEUU3eTFFhs/s1466/Dec%2027D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1466" height="245" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4ZbIg2v2BsoEil81SQvmGpOHAYo3lP-8gGB0AGN1IbRCf5ueinlBY8qXfUelwi2cg9fkQUirFSCxCQDhE73tTd8O9DXZdtYh9a4l4dNuLG0GCA6gu8brRCT6rLT5jc6UXszcVpvo3PehpqHpxKawDb9QtIKk2sl6EBMg1og9QQnIyIshn9SEUU3eTFFhs/w400-h245/Dec%2027D.jpg" width="400" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfaZJw-NM5d3A-st5Yrgi-1fm3cT4sA86NxwgIX5cDzO6Gr0oWhIBcZzd8NdeBQWVxaLaAbmCKRLMuF7BBj3__lzJ-Hp7JAoAd_TmQly_0i2nzMfMQ0p5SqUdTnnaCX5-VKjBNyZUKEJv5mimcFMrYQHoXlomKzaE4hMEViXrv6OItdtfFq_cvlefDh4hF/s1491/Dec%2027A.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1491" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfaZJw-NM5d3A-st5Yrgi-1fm3cT4sA86NxwgIX5cDzO6Gr0oWhIBcZzd8NdeBQWVxaLaAbmCKRLMuF7BBj3__lzJ-Hp7JAoAd_TmQly_0i2nzMfMQ0p5SqUdTnnaCX5-VKjBNyZUKEJv5mimcFMrYQHoXlomKzaE4hMEViXrv6OItdtfFq_cvlefDh4hF/w400-h241/Dec%2027A.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div></div><div>An hour or so later I'd made some yummy zuchinni pickle - I used only a fifth of what I harvested as I ran out of vinegar. I might chop some of the zucchini and freeze them for soups etc.</div><div><br /></div><div>I've made a start on a Christmas stitchery I signed up for at the start of December through Hugs and Kisses. Each day we were sent one Christmas design to fill in a square with. I marked out all the different sized squares last night and started stitching tonight.</div><div>Who knows, I may have this done by next Christmas!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJt-HpNGTiNby-K9hGR331NC8nXmCNILBomGLeXQiWGWPq0K3fqPki-Bbb37nMtUvhziB577Yq01pF8HO1QjxkUM8WCiJ_hwSxLS4DXZD6Aph0wjANLo9CDj2u1pfF3GqP7q52w3CP3bvkS7iAe3gTlmQbq0VM9x867vfWQzSnQxBVpP3I6X1WaVgpntCY/s1479/Dec%2027thA.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1479" data-original-width="900" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJt-HpNGTiNby-K9hGR331NC8nXmCNILBomGLeXQiWGWPq0K3fqPki-Bbb37nMtUvhziB577Yq01pF8HO1QjxkUM8WCiJ_hwSxLS4DXZD6Aph0wjANLo9CDj2u1pfF3GqP7q52w3CP3bvkS7iAe3gTlmQbq0VM9x867vfWQzSnQxBVpP3I6X1WaVgpntCY/w244-h400/Dec%2027thA.jpg" width="244" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>'til next time,</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>happy stitches,</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="font-family: Dancing Script; font-size: x-large;">Raewyn</span></b></i></div>Raewynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11123089629481933099noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8196581731869031801.post-88356084179359771522023-12-26T22:55:00.004+13:002023-12-27T05:45:47.976+13:00December Day Twenty-SixI didn't do very much sewing for Christmas gifts this year. My main achievement was making <a href="https://stitchingfarmgirl.blogspot.com/2023/12/december-day-seventeen.html" target="_blank">'reading cushions</a>' for all the (younger) grandies.<div>These mostly all started life as <a href="https://stitchingfarmgirl.blogspot.com/2023/12/december-day-sixteen.html" target="_blank">test blocks</a> for <a href="https://www.instagram.com/tartankiwidesigns/" target="_blank">Juliet of Tartankiwi</a> when she was designing her "Grumpy series".</div><div>Here is the completed line-up —</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgG4E2CFMf3fd2WlQd2W7xf7yQtc0yVI7QnvK6ewg0x50X2Jlt3Se1_ytPgwNXCwSVMzcT0ukAvXf5l3C3nkx1FZfXfcjz0lQ5jb7Mt1nfcB19SJTX_hWJfEwgNDa25vvD7GDFf5nYnRICCERA2UAQAFuLjuO26ak70bwOhKM8DBJS9IGTgRGLC5nHTyZG/s1532/Cushions.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="774" data-original-width="1532" height="203" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgG4E2CFMf3fd2WlQd2W7xf7yQtc0yVI7QnvK6ewg0x50X2Jlt3Se1_ytPgwNXCwSVMzcT0ukAvXf5l3C3nkx1FZfXfcjz0lQ5jb7Mt1nfcB19SJTX_hWJfEwgNDa25vvD7GDFf5nYnRICCERA2UAQAFuLjuO26ak70bwOhKM8DBJS9IGTgRGLC5nHTyZG/w400-h203/Cushions.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div>And the backs —<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrLa3taz5emuM0oBUURnOFRnaUXhSgK2j_tFdwh1iNW_5Da3Tx5vxS21O-v0UuVhQfMrdcaEUk4KDh7i2p05I_3S3yPhhiCB7LUis4v8jijFvZ9o2PrLCJNhRKYoQah_Moa_LhyphenhyphenS0XVxGqh4AfGUznELqvgnLX2y-GWQr5VrnisgWLm4-mfsWvm9xI01YB/s1511/Cushions%20back.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="838" data-original-width="1511" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrLa3taz5emuM0oBUURnOFRnaUXhSgK2j_tFdwh1iNW_5Da3Tx5vxS21O-v0UuVhQfMrdcaEUk4KDh7i2p05I_3S3yPhhiCB7LUis4v8jijFvZ9o2PrLCJNhRKYoQah_Moa_LhyphenhyphenS0XVxGqh4AfGUznELqvgnLX2y-GWQr5VrnisgWLm4-mfsWvm9xI01YB/w400-h221/Cushions%20back.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">(I put the pockets on the backs of these as I didn't want to cover up the blocks on the front! I also concealed a zip just below where the pocket came up to, to make laundering easy.)</div></div><div><br /></div><div>Miss Tammy is still learning how to be the perfect photo bomber for me. Just two weeks into life with us, she hasn't quite got the knack yet.</div><div>I didn't ask her to stand right in front of them —</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3DYISzwpjtNHPKFABfR34sQXTn3m-FvnxwNFB2jrgTXnwF8txA-bOehStzy5Lw9IeZsrSrRLA90bqrazKzWo22cUSxiE3peoWM8mt_5BeloAJoEpcfvYvv6ZlT6dHtvNH-h41hNw2iKqmUoKrX0qmUfyTOPQPLi_unF3YGvBBwJnjAJgXTuhBNCd3or2r/s1453/Cushions%20Tammy2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="744" data-original-width="1453" height="205" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3DYISzwpjtNHPKFABfR34sQXTn3m-FvnxwNFB2jrgTXnwF8txA-bOehStzy5Lw9IeZsrSrRLA90bqrazKzWo22cUSxiE3peoWM8mt_5BeloAJoEpcfvYvv6ZlT6dHtvNH-h41hNw2iKqmUoKrX0qmUfyTOPQPLi_unF3YGvBBwJnjAJgXTuhBNCd3or2r/w400-h205/Cushions%20Tammy2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div>Nor do the paw-test —<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPOUqWrgzhSa5YeEOxRcAxiXkLC0W2FQpr4KR4Zb0Aybzh16XqOOPosLsmvmnbajnGUgbFgkE1neeqnUElxtNpzTmTF7JbESqxWKIzaGuHccJaybeK-HsqWRFoWfPHRnyE4eN6DQBLSBvy5eHObtDVrCM-YlxDeaSA9gKGMYlpp8tUw_Gy1hg4Cy2YXU1T/s1476/Cushions%20Tammy1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="767" data-original-width="1476" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPOUqWrgzhSa5YeEOxRcAxiXkLC0W2FQpr4KR4Zb0Aybzh16XqOOPosLsmvmnbajnGUgbFgkE1neeqnUElxtNpzTmTF7JbESqxWKIzaGuHccJaybeK-HsqWRFoWfPHRnyE4eN6DQBLSBvy5eHObtDVrCM-YlxDeaSA9gKGMYlpp8tUw_Gy1hg4Cy2YXU1T/w400-h208/Cushions%20Tammy1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And when I decided they <i>might</i> look quite cool as a cushion stack —</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnhyphenhyphenuXPfxiWCM7u4UM1W14iqEY-wSeM0a_qUjCivZVTMchMYWy0vXQnT-ArYAIEFEVD2_-DT8H8vaiidr1EutM2zJIDmHOld_b5D2lPngpyzYVK1SZ8YSQmZnM8hCaRBUIl41ZjY_q7VfPSQ5h0BM5KE6cLpWKTunm1CGrAQd31CprTWZ2pLkryXIcNtNV/s1421/Cushions%20Tammy5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1421" data-original-width="830" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnhyphenhyphenuXPfxiWCM7u4UM1W14iqEY-wSeM0a_qUjCivZVTMchMYWy0vXQnT-ArYAIEFEVD2_-DT8H8vaiidr1EutM2zJIDmHOld_b5D2lPngpyzYVK1SZ8YSQmZnM8hCaRBUIl41ZjY_q7VfPSQ5h0BM5KE6cLpWKTunm1CGrAQd31CprTWZ2pLkryXIcNtNV/w234-h400/Cushions%20Tammy5.jpg" width="234" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">She decided to be in the wrong place at the wrong time —</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlHs0YYVputr3dWwecBNbD-FFkJexcug2hH5ReQumsJfPcWMrmipoR183YGssHpJrKz4TKrTvhJj1oW9MbL_QSZJdvEBZ8vzQ8d9EeCBkjcKp58tNGoeRPuXVbdkMNunrxYADE82R1gkgLYTDORsfdbl7bF9Pl7uV0I99pquesPnPGJp0a9I9cwwTwuIAE/s1384/Cushions%20Tammy4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1384" data-original-width="897" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlHs0YYVputr3dWwecBNbD-FFkJexcug2hH5ReQumsJfPcWMrmipoR183YGssHpJrKz4TKrTvhJj1oW9MbL_QSZJdvEBZ8vzQ8d9EeCBkjcKp58tNGoeRPuXVbdkMNunrxYADE82R1gkgLYTDORsfdbl7bF9Pl7uV0I99pquesPnPGJp0a9I9cwwTwuIAE/w259-h400/Cushions%20Tammy4.jpg" width="259" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFbgEw-w_os7U-GXZkvKm9piCBz8KNo1A6gyv7y6dfSlU63IkpfyHzgDB3UCtZ5820yTATlTWYS1G936F8bK2HS5cXum7RhuoztjF1T535vwzFfY2dKiBmjrDSUcevYp9j4jZAFgCBmMGjNPA6V9CNa4e6zblk8PaZmaQAztxG-q40Sk3rWFuZb5lX9XVF/s1472/Cushions%20Tammy3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1472" data-original-width="785" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFbgEw-w_os7U-GXZkvKm9piCBz8KNo1A6gyv7y6dfSlU63IkpfyHzgDB3UCtZ5820yTATlTWYS1G936F8bK2HS5cXum7RhuoztjF1T535vwzFfY2dKiBmjrDSUcevYp9j4jZAFgCBmMGjNPA6V9CNa4e6zblk8PaZmaQAztxG-q40Sk3rWFuZb5lX9XVF/w214-h400/Cushions%20Tammy3.jpg" width="214" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">In other news, we weaned <a href="https://stitchingfarmgirl.blogspot.com/2023/12/theres-been-lack-of.html" target="_blank">the last three calves today</a>!!!!!!!!!!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The last few mornings, they have been very slow to come over for their morning feed. So we decided today was the day. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">They had their last feed, received their vaccinations and a drench, were loaded into the trailer....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieeV7YyVhTVlczNiWZ2ep_qa6uymUaMOK0AhbDdsrcSSTMSmhdhIgRLcMklrqqtr0AL14JzerQiaglj-WArmgSRYCTMznpWyj30GvOGpzbmdCPJC9VYsEVM5h9DNuihiG7StpvhwxqHosJfuui0neMdwJhZHp_YMmbsxPGThEVMAgH46J-wZNDxFnZa6Sp/s1315/Dec%2026%20th.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1315" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieeV7YyVhTVlczNiWZ2ep_qa6uymUaMOK0AhbDdsrcSSTMSmhdhIgRLcMklrqqtr0AL14JzerQiaglj-WArmgSRYCTMznpWyj30GvOGpzbmdCPJC9VYsEVM5h9DNuihiG7StpvhwxqHosJfuui0neMdwJhZHp_YMmbsxPGThEVMAgH46J-wZNDxFnZa6Sp/w304-h400/Dec%2026%20th.jpg" width="304" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA_tE-ezhEWb89i5ItR1Vjz1xMjSGHqhncZ5tuBuiuXo9-N5LWREV3lovVpwjqxg5SEGaF5eFv09AEY5BN6mxLhVAAdhG_VeapwaYjnQOcTaSsDCJE5_fjCBu2sjzA1bucpHFUnxi1R4UZe-hQ2_m0WksggXtdcw3uRA3s5ZcHin1UTuHsaaCOUmIb3zqs/s1189/Dec%2026thBlindy-Boy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1189" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA_tE-ezhEWb89i5ItR1Vjz1xMjSGHqhncZ5tuBuiuXo9-N5LWREV3lovVpwjqxg5SEGaF5eFv09AEY5BN6mxLhVAAdhG_VeapwaYjnQOcTaSsDCJE5_fjCBu2sjzA1bucpHFUnxi1R4UZe-hQ2_m0WksggXtdcw3uRA3s5ZcHin1UTuHsaaCOUmIb3zqs/w336-h400/Dec%2026thBlindy-Boy.jpg" width="336" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">(Yes, that's <a href="https://stitchingfarmgirl.blogspot.com/2023/12/theres-been-lack-of.html" target="_blank">blindy-boy</a> closest to us)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">and toddled off down the drive....—</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAbaAUwsb_ucP5f6YmLmjtxPPZPl17g4OiytSF7NUhpZT5AkmigkkLcCq74J1dEip8SeAmNlsfmFdicFxG3pCP-RszJ0duBZ0rqmcvU0Sz7WfGUM5l5Pmma28uhc_CLajhTh-rQgkVgqhGZds64YLticYKeVs9aYaqgGVS89hybS3K1RzZ3lphyphenhyphenD9YYPL_/s1236/Dec%2026th.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1236" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAbaAUwsb_ucP5f6YmLmjtxPPZPl17g4OiytSF7NUhpZT5AkmigkkLcCq74J1dEip8SeAmNlsfmFdicFxG3pCP-RszJ0duBZ0rqmcvU0Sz7WfGUM5l5Pmma28uhc_CLajhTh-rQgkVgqhGZds64YLticYKeVs9aYaqgGVS89hybS3K1RzZ3lphyphenhyphenD9YYPL_/w324-h400/Dec%2026th.jpg" width="324" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">The MOML took them to the small paddocks next door by our son's house. There are a few other calves there and next week we'll get them in again and take them to various locations. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>'til next time,</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>happy stitches,</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="font-family: Dancing Script; font-size: x-large;">Raewyn</span></b></i></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Raewynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11123089629481933099noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8196581731869031801.post-59715158451796410552023-12-25T23:12:00.000+13:002023-12-25T23:12:03.046+13:00December Day Twenty-FiveWe had a lovely Christmas Day today, with excited children, good company and good food. <div>We spent yesterday chopping, cooking and slicing so that the only cooking today was too glaze the ham, and simple tasks like assembling salads and whipping cream.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS5ngBVeRgyFBR7KGCd6ITHu8bqhzkMkaum4M4j1REW61sibWCCMBm8RDxjRvlf-fNQKd3W2FXji82xYYPQQB8a6h_KdV9f0yQQBrSllinva3DZVq0sXyVOx9KlwnwQP5w5w8Lmk3cP187YI0yD2Ap11bFrQ3d1CJfciFKIwiTihw3iHs3zqb1U46UbLIc/s1458/20231225_150146.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1458" data-original-width="900" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS5ngBVeRgyFBR7KGCd6ITHu8bqhzkMkaum4M4j1REW61sibWCCMBm8RDxjRvlf-fNQKd3W2FXji82xYYPQQB8a6h_KdV9f0yQQBrSllinva3DZVq0sXyVOx9KlwnwQP5w5w8Lmk3cP187YI0yD2Ap11bFrQ3d1CJfciFKIwiTihw3iHs3zqb1U46UbLIc/w248-h400/20231225_150146.jpg" width="248" /></a></div>The MOML's parents joined us, so with Mum here as well, we had three great-grandparents in residence. </div><div>Not many photos were taken, a group one would have been nice but there was too much playing, too much eating and too much talking to get around to that!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6K9DxE4R0mZxQWaz4Si8Q2NfMtN-ORda1R6FjADIGREZTOs1nQ-YJYLVBiJSDkVD8jCkfNCs-swlD_4EqQeCD1QkZcEKafR_mRVwsYwCxuZIcS0tUZyiZdAd6MlerMY032y6Fh6NuEbiDojDK4mZhDD0VePubMhvP2XTg03rkmkLBUlPECzO362CQMuTS/s1279/mess.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1279" data-original-width="1201" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6K9DxE4R0mZxQWaz4Si8Q2NfMtN-ORda1R6FjADIGREZTOs1nQ-YJYLVBiJSDkVD8jCkfNCs-swlD_4EqQeCD1QkZcEKafR_mRVwsYwCxuZIcS0tUZyiZdAd6MlerMY032y6Fh6NuEbiDojDK4mZhDD0VePubMhvP2XTg03rkmkLBUlPECzO362CQMuTS/w375-h400/mess.jpg" width="375" /></a></div><div>The icing on the cake today was our son-in-law milking tonight - giving the MOML the first milking off on Christmas Day EVER!</div><div>Oh and the second layer of icing on the cake was what every farmer dreams of at Christmas; a nice bit of late afternoon rain. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>'til next time,</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>happy stitches,</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="font-family: Dancing Script; font-size: x-large;">Raewyn</span></b></i></div>Raewynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11123089629481933099noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8196581731869031801.post-30280309614996135802023-12-24T23:50:00.000+13:002023-12-24T23:50:00.189+13:00December Day Twenty-Four<div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQPGa-H-VkNHxh07fammtN5ofKoLwr-kOdLgw_q5LECb7aLoVDJ1avb0Vjg00AT4lcHIEE6Ud82mPEcxg1W7rCUoDQfXY1VIt4ip6CaSqZiSBJLjkjcjEI1SaIq6ObCcLug31VPRq_I8nOLHnSZOWZnbNVAu6oQCMhHWrtCsqbb7FSQDWgbSsjy4ppYi1S/s2297/Xmaseve.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2297" data-original-width="1350" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQPGa-H-VkNHxh07fammtN5ofKoLwr-kOdLgw_q5LECb7aLoVDJ1avb0Vjg00AT4lcHIEE6Ud82mPEcxg1W7rCUoDQfXY1VIt4ip6CaSqZiSBJLjkjcjEI1SaIq6ObCcLug31VPRq_I8nOLHnSZOWZnbNVAu6oQCMhHWrtCsqbb7FSQDWgbSsjy4ppYi1S/w376-h640/Xmaseve.jpg" width="376" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Dancing Script; font-size: large;">Merry Christmas!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Dancing Script; font-size: large;">Wishing you all a Very Merry Christmas ♥</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Dancing Script; font-size: large;">I hope you are able to spend the day with people you love doing things you love,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Dancing Script; font-size: large;">Best Wishes,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Dancing Script; font-size: large;">Raewyn</span></div>Raewynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11123089629481933099noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8196581731869031801.post-74071784132572309082023-12-23T22:20:00.002+13:002023-12-23T22:20:46.977+13:00December Day Twenty-ThreeAnd then there were six!<div>After a trip to town this morning, I had some time to sew this afternoon.</div><div>And I completed the cushion I started yesterday :-)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggWlwa7OxCW_ODo5MX0w7MKkbSrvw_hYex6IyjMPm0F8X_YEfzyaQavJs75-y-HIRz5xwT0TwbKD83zmCnQ8RhVkvfUkPsjykSCKo7gkx7sYE-TATD2njfiAr6zXTzk7Lo0nFBeHe7IYvSL0sfjNwcM-lzq4TLccyv0p4R86SUrhE1kPP6sB1x53c8rRR9/s2518/20231223_204045.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2518" data-original-width="2250" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggWlwa7OxCW_ODo5MX0w7MKkbSrvw_hYex6IyjMPm0F8X_YEfzyaQavJs75-y-HIRz5xwT0TwbKD83zmCnQ8RhVkvfUkPsjykSCKo7gkx7sYE-TATD2njfiAr6zXTzk7Lo0nFBeHe7IYvSL0sfjNwcM-lzq4TLccyv0p4R86SUrhE1kPP6sB1x53c8rRR9/w358-h400/20231223_204045.jpg" width="358" /></a></div>I didn't spend a huge amount of time hunting through my fabrics but I think it came up pretty well.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1KJty2_xDxectRjxA7NEjJMqaA4zB_UonFEnNFthpG2fqK73v85iJkoAi5JJu3LOPk6mXltwFriBmbVLOA28vVld90LAG8DEp-WvOZCzsZBSk2h7FOOTSjQyqQd0RnXIdR3tpc_IhjqQ6_47jOjGzvqlCgOaBX0Wzfb0w421Rm5chUPh4RcDMtRQ0Po4e/s931/20231223_204102.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="931" data-original-width="900" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1KJty2_xDxectRjxA7NEjJMqaA4zB_UonFEnNFthpG2fqK73v85iJkoAi5JJu3LOPk6mXltwFriBmbVLOA28vVld90LAG8DEp-WvOZCzsZBSk2h7FOOTSjQyqQd0RnXIdR3tpc_IhjqQ6_47jOjGzvqlCgOaBX0Wzfb0w421Rm5chUPh4RcDMtRQ0Po4e/w386-h400/20231223_204102.jpg" width="386" /></a></div>And managed to find a recycled zip to use- it's probably one Mum unpicked out of a dress Years Ago!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHCJx93v_X4zDHXI5qgONy8guVVfjtXNelkzLAiit9y6KLWwcHSzue-jj22duXqIamgOe-DTyi2cpKm_b_AwP2xIPDKZQmuLKcfrjE9eQl7vLkrovysyw9p_RugznH129XswJXVJLx1tkH_O5r0-VS2FQwm3LTOM3UVTqSD066ly0-5S3Hd-xMs5xj0R07/s1379/20231223_204119.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1379" data-original-width="900" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHCJx93v_X4zDHXI5qgONy8guVVfjtXNelkzLAiit9y6KLWwcHSzue-jj22duXqIamgOe-DTyi2cpKm_b_AwP2xIPDKZQmuLKcfrjE9eQl7vLkrovysyw9p_RugznH129XswJXVJLx1tkH_O5r0-VS2FQwm3LTOM3UVTqSD066ly0-5S3Hd-xMs5xj0R07/w261-h400/20231223_204119.jpg" width="261" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWECluN_1YEAmi9nTyCTWcpXDm0sRshLYQXTemi_KcPcil-UWDmWXsKUXjrJY37x8rzejvmgOJk2F8JXq4PzTOKci6CGhc6zARh7z8gZ2e-2NurQOmirpGdt2WddZPTYh3zz6TNB4n-8_HMVip1waaKoHToBnh36cgPKvhramKp2yrpexbyac5PzhkVI25/s1277/20231223_204238.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1277" data-original-width="875" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWECluN_1YEAmi9nTyCTWcpXDm0sRshLYQXTemi_KcPcil-UWDmWXsKUXjrJY37x8rzejvmgOJk2F8JXq4PzTOKci6CGhc6zARh7z8gZ2e-2NurQOmirpGdt2WddZPTYh3zz6TNB4n-8_HMVip1waaKoHToBnh36cgPKvhramKp2yrpexbyac5PzhkVI25/w274-h400/20231223_204238.jpg" width="274" /></a></div><div>I inspected the old plum tree again this morning hoping for some fruit for breakfast - it's laden this year. In spite of the splashes of red everywhere, I couldn't find a single ripe one!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjRwJsH28Esw4PkgDJzr0fuhQG0Hrm1xatEMulIA-J4I3IMnXLa8TRferk52gvfOJDaoTZowFBtWnCNpNFtOlYnJMLGHPsxMNb3yKDg_qvf92UxnJFNhZfsiAj7Nu3V_CnhSxCWXISSquurZqgK9oPwEgQWKQRIjEWq-DXb2oLlZ3cJIxXUmwoqcyCt82r/s1600/plums.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="900" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjRwJsH28Esw4PkgDJzr0fuhQG0Hrm1xatEMulIA-J4I3IMnXLa8TRferk52gvfOJDaoTZowFBtWnCNpNFtOlYnJMLGHPsxMNb3yKDg_qvf92UxnJFNhZfsiAj7Nu3V_CnhSxCWXISSquurZqgK9oPwEgQWKQRIjEWq-DXb2oLlZ3cJIxXUmwoqcyCt82r/w225-h400/plums.jpg" width="225" /></a></div></div><div>Wee Tammy is doing well. She's making herself at home.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsel2lmaY8gQJpqA8kOjVszkmFXeyboC4yLFeBI5fRrmGp86xNmur7f3nCVM1E9fwgVF4tBNws9yj9q_jN3Iiic_UbKryhXuiNUWWnXGmBpZu0Cto5w9DyOSbkjk7mmBNEG9K6v3FTBUHtfCDqxrLbxJ80APRkmYi4u2nk2vFTQtDWaSXVZ90dmuQrO6Wc/s1423/20231223_070114.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="856" data-original-width="1423" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsel2lmaY8gQJpqA8kOjVszkmFXeyboC4yLFeBI5fRrmGp86xNmur7f3nCVM1E9fwgVF4tBNws9yj9q_jN3Iiic_UbKryhXuiNUWWnXGmBpZu0Cto5w9DyOSbkjk7mmBNEG9K6v3FTBUHtfCDqxrLbxJ80APRkmYi4u2nk2vFTQtDWaSXVZ90dmuQrO6Wc/w400-h240/20231223_070114.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXBkJ17NSsm1y_Q-oGsqFkI-u0DPA6MeqkgK264RhArAL5TdnUFoTZqgVOUD4PW7yodeqWPKunTOK59J9SNo5U4FOxUBgejYKQSwdH8NwDuv_Zj-X67F8VNVnYnAxLJXIrreKculuUinAuNkGi-g5Nyu5k4kmp1dt0Sy-66SRsPLNPbvLtan5j5ql2OKn0/s1390/20231223_161412.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1169" data-original-width="1390" height="336" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXBkJ17NSsm1y_Q-oGsqFkI-u0DPA6MeqkgK264RhArAL5TdnUFoTZqgVOUD4PW7yodeqWPKunTOK59J9SNo5U4FOxUBgejYKQSwdH8NwDuv_Zj-X67F8VNVnYnAxLJXIrreKculuUinAuNkGi-g5Nyu5k4kmp1dt0Sy-66SRsPLNPbvLtan5j5ql2OKn0/w400-h336/20231223_161412.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>'til next time,</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>happy stitches,</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Dancing Script; font-size: x-large;"><b>Raewyn</b></span></i></div>Raewynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11123089629481933099noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8196581731869031801.post-35550523310032833962023-12-22T23:32:00.002+13:002023-12-22T23:32:46.002+13:00December Day Twenty-TwoI did something today that I vowed and declared I wouldn't!!!!!<div>I decided I needed to make ONE more <a href="https://stitchingfarmgirl.blogspot.com/2023/12/december-day-seventeen.html" target="_blank">reading cushion</a> (for Christmas!).</div><div>I decided I couldn't miss Odie out even though I had thought he wouldn't be too worried.</div><div>He Loves his books and Loves keeping up with his older cousins.</div><div>Last minute sewing is not what I wanted. Mum didn't discourage me.</div><div>Cutting before dinner—</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSjc4jA6PGNqLMOUQPK3FJhUQMwa4mxEKyAwZumgzdDJ1QhPvtF795U2sIJOtLV0_gDT1SOu4L3xq2w4uC5Mw7XupdEYxfrpOuCbzWseT0QUGBNdNzdNQA_POYwiqRsmuNxEmhdV1YSf3Svu6Vj6tmVMfdkicnZe_0g1kva1Cn1V8gATJ4EAa7FEScLrVg/s1226/hedgehog.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1226" data-original-width="839" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSjc4jA6PGNqLMOUQPK3FJhUQMwa4mxEKyAwZumgzdDJ1QhPvtF795U2sIJOtLV0_gDT1SOu4L3xq2w4uC5Mw7XupdEYxfrpOuCbzWseT0QUGBNdNzdNQA_POYwiqRsmuNxEmhdV1YSf3Svu6Vj6tmVMfdkicnZe_0g1kva1Cn1V8gATJ4EAa7FEScLrVg/w274-h400/hedgehog.jpg" width="274" /></a></div>Sewing after dinner —</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe2mptI-bwoD7QFm95vSBVJ2HPyLj43mRaFcJASRb5n2L4nlgAE9ki-i9mscT7azKip5m5gIRt5xBbZFNRcX-KyooD3dQl2j2EuBggy-LpekDAOMSeMVOBJveDiuYbEDjsuZC0Rs4SSmZ8Njqlp9W9pd_VZBy1zTNdNgYNuacw7RRZe98AafhczTRxSQjb/s1395/hedge.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1395" data-original-width="1138" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe2mptI-bwoD7QFm95vSBVJ2HPyLj43mRaFcJASRb5n2L4nlgAE9ki-i9mscT7azKip5m5gIRt5xBbZFNRcX-KyooD3dQl2j2EuBggy-LpekDAOMSeMVOBJveDiuYbEDjsuZC0Rs4SSmZ8Njqlp9W9pd_VZBy1zTNdNgYNuacw7RRZe98AafhczTRxSQjb/w326-h400/hedge.jpg" width="326" /></a></div>The pattern is Harriet the Hedgie by <a href="https://flamingotoes.com/harriet-the-hedgie-free-hedgehog-pillow-pattern/" target="_blank">Beverley McCoullough of Flamingo Toes</a>.<br />Here's to smooth sewing tomorrow!<div style="text-align: center;"><i>'til next time,</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>happy stitches,</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="font-family: Dancing Script; font-size: x-large;">Raewyn</span></b></i></div>Raewynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11123089629481933099noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8196581731869031801.post-43352274972107471122023-12-21T22:55:00.001+13:002023-12-21T22:55:42.779+13:00December Day Twenty-OneThis is one of my favourite ornaments. It was my grandmother's and is starting to look a little battered.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrExj2vxu2qJ5dpW6wtFXS5nanm4lKj_lEgRqxWhK1FrWDbQssKxzFoxjwdhg7VQOeopozlouhKTecitQfjfdr8vkstCTxMWJShCbfoFEjINSJkc03p0Cs-WElQeoRfZHX6e0q0IHWaV9MfuryBUEGK5A2Eaep4cFNxTREn_7CvntgsEipB1RVDuqXjQ2D/s1267/decorations.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1267" data-original-width="900" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrExj2vxu2qJ5dpW6wtFXS5nanm4lKj_lEgRqxWhK1FrWDbQssKxzFoxjwdhg7VQOeopozlouhKTecitQfjfdr8vkstCTxMWJShCbfoFEjINSJkc03p0Cs-WElQeoRfZHX6e0q0IHWaV9MfuryBUEGK5A2Eaep4cFNxTREn_7CvntgsEipB1RVDuqXjQ2D/s320/decorations.jpg" width="227" /></a></div><div><div>I think it's possibly 'just' a red wreath behind the reindeer but I like to think it's a Pohutakawa flower.</div><div>The Pohutakawa tree in flower is a sure sign that Christmas - and summer - is on the way here in New Zealand. They are appearing around the countryside now.</div></div><div>Ours has started flowering. Clay soil probably isn't the best for these trees but finally this tree is looking like it's established. It was planted about 15 years ago!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBoE2fm-1dPPaFOQ_HE2ze9T6s7IKURcG1iWUl6UWWrF9ro-nJQ324ZSjZs0Emgcnejb7oH_yvuc1iYJv4c4DTOESkybQOochTDHwvewXMJtjEv7aech68awj-3izVdpTinC62rukhd28mNe8jcZNuuEIjl_zLcZNzeMhnYEIWdaPPlt5Amk7rFdbzvAbe/s1600/pohutakawa.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="900" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBoE2fm-1dPPaFOQ_HE2ze9T6s7IKURcG1iWUl6UWWrF9ro-nJQ324ZSjZs0Emgcnejb7oH_yvuc1iYJv4c4DTOESkybQOochTDHwvewXMJtjEv7aech68awj-3izVdpTinC62rukhd28mNe8jcZNuuEIjl_zLcZNzeMhnYEIWdaPPlt5Amk7rFdbzvAbe/w225-h400/pohutakawa.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP3A_1_RjjJwgqmA4NmG7c7dkqViqi-fL5oOACxnuQB82F6yXO06rC3zWeLHZFOulG0F3bYs12giMzDH6_O1vVQbnTbhUzfGICBMOEOAOTZH4MXhXihy7rEUZU8UorlATfkrUeSLst2Oyt3CvqCad55zrrQioMoyHUebDWZfRfwvine3yMI86H9VJOIybv/s1375/flower.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1375" data-original-width="900" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP3A_1_RjjJwgqmA4NmG7c7dkqViqi-fL5oOACxnuQB82F6yXO06rC3zWeLHZFOulG0F3bYs12giMzDH6_O1vVQbnTbhUzfGICBMOEOAOTZH4MXhXihy7rEUZU8UorlATfkrUeSLst2Oyt3CvqCad55zrrQioMoyHUebDWZfRfwvine3yMI86H9VJOIybv/w261-h400/flower.jpg" width="261" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Below you can see the big stack of wrapped silage bales we have, in preparation for the El Nino drought we're supposed to be getting this summer. We're hoping we don't have to use them but it's a lot less stressful to be prepared! They'll keep if we don't need them just yet.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_EmDV7dIq3QkCH-_9Ly59dO-BvhLig4yzp7VBEZDODt67ldHVhPPJ-AVnxXlTogw2VDLef0wZ4vgbW5MckFz8ALQCC-7YNZU-8nuJ-ezaF3k6uVHJaa6Jm8Kla2nFy6_ORRJuWoCT9xzubUTQQOOGLhAyieIpI4wCiwxFmdUlCMZd1TCKsxzLqiwt6-nD/s1585/bales.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1585" data-original-width="1111" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_EmDV7dIq3QkCH-_9Ly59dO-BvhLig4yzp7VBEZDODt67ldHVhPPJ-AVnxXlTogw2VDLef0wZ4vgbW5MckFz8ALQCC-7YNZU-8nuJ-ezaF3k6uVHJaa6Jm8Kla2nFy6_ORRJuWoCT9xzubUTQQOOGLhAyieIpI4wCiwxFmdUlCMZd1TCKsxzLqiwt6-nD/w280-h400/bales.jpg" width="280" /></a></div><div><br /></div>I did a spot of marmalade making this morning. It's the first time I've made marmalade but Mum enjoys it so here we are. It's set rather well as YD visited while I was at the crucial boiling stage and I got distracted! I think it's likely that a spoon will stand up by itself when put in the jar. Tastes good though.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGjb-EDXhrJPoX0e1J61HvKCm3z1ic5uBJlBwnIqIFUp6cB9D4C9DgOk88mzOrQWfjts5fqt9DvIL4URMOAIhwIPDkQIuUF7SE5KjZfO_sueFINgPgiN1JO2_qcpI_e_3s_d6cS8mRuByC5b_XTg49TEN6_srxBxS0ymJWz5zIb_NbXU2mtjV4HdCkbqG0/s1424/marmalade.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1424" height="253" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGjb-EDXhrJPoX0e1J61HvKCm3z1ic5uBJlBwnIqIFUp6cB9D4C9DgOk88mzOrQWfjts5fqt9DvIL4URMOAIhwIPDkQIuUF7SE5KjZfO_sueFINgPgiN1JO2_qcpI_e_3s_d6cS8mRuByC5b_XTg49TEN6_srxBxS0ymJWz5zIb_NbXU2mtjV4HdCkbqG0/w400-h253/marmalade.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Thanks to the kindness of a friend who needed to go to Auckland for the day, Mum is now here. My friend met my sister (and mum) and transferred bags from one vehicle to another and brought her up north. While I missed seeing my sister (this time) it gave me an extra day at home to sort my Christmas things out!<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><i>'til next time,</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Happy stitching,</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="font-family: Dancing Script; font-size: x-large;">Raewyn</span></b></i></div>Raewynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11123089629481933099noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8196581731869031801.post-27189845470528722922023-12-20T23:15:00.000+13:002023-12-20T23:15:10.269+13:00December Day TwentyIt was a kids-kids-kids day today.<div>As happens in December when school has finished for the year, Ganma got called upon so that two sets of parents could go to work.</div><div>And so the cousins got to play together ♥</div><div>The two younger ones and I picked the older ones up in the buggy and I took them straight down to the stream. </div><div>A gorgeous spot in summer. So cool and peaceful.</div><div>Walking to the stream —</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2nSl8Ns0tbqxKVzfH2thM9S7jus5nlTRcGPiD1byuaY99Dhs5NZgZrR9SbbRlhRqwZ0dKaAo6c1EO8tA3QnxNUVjiZBT41Lid7vqcJ5a1AP4Y5D8JK__pFfpEuk8PvI94KpJ_3EQZbUpsXxX2avXwWWOUO4G1-1sGq8ajJul829trmMWypF1C1kVccRZ8/s1318/kids%20andstream.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1318" data-original-width="896" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2nSl8Ns0tbqxKVzfH2thM9S7jus5nlTRcGPiD1byuaY99Dhs5NZgZrR9SbbRlhRqwZ0dKaAo6c1EO8tA3QnxNUVjiZBT41Lid7vqcJ5a1AP4Y5D8JK__pFfpEuk8PvI94KpJ_3EQZbUpsXxX2avXwWWOUO4G1-1sGq8ajJul829trmMWypF1C1kVccRZ8/w273-h400/kids%20andstream.jpg" width="273" /></a></div>Throwing stones into the stream. I got them to all line up to throw as the stones were going in all directions!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQWiQ15HVHYSK3C6wwOYO9VmWjOtnpuiHV-neKUp1ThswZmX3xe1eGbukKpyQtMEDR5dwStmcamztN8tzdp4yPxjZWUhdHetB0-9hmJEnAaqN0MQeRLktpxSfn4GetazUYg5MxehPDWxA4K4vIYqhTaDGoj9AJPAMdu6bNs8i66wy49xyk3fEPYUDGdIzP/s1600/kidsandstream5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="900" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQWiQ15HVHYSK3C6wwOYO9VmWjOtnpuiHV-neKUp1ThswZmX3xe1eGbukKpyQtMEDR5dwStmcamztN8tzdp4yPxjZWUhdHetB0-9hmJEnAaqN0MQeRLktpxSfn4GetazUYg5MxehPDWxA4K4vIYqhTaDGoj9AJPAMdu6bNs8i66wy49xyk3fEPYUDGdIzP/w225-h400/kidsandstream5.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyV49fXiyBO9AdBGb2h8D1W2IWh2Xtm4veFhTC4UIQ6tVJq6N8U7N8His0sE5uVsMhGsKPqTAe7DkdO-IdkDKLnCHn3f4903Mcpm0MxzqpKp42CmHK1hggKej-bY97yOeJJH1kTNhCbpUkisFbDXK9DCZ5z-AukASd2dLKjYVKY-tyivrYb_n3-otlxDtm/s1600/kids%20and%20stream7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: left;">Looking for an eel (he and his father caught one here a few months ago) —</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr_K7YtL7zP9Q43mgvaYYz9M1KvzRgPT1ekPA6OzKC9onq-3BJzEcxekOiQ3pyNOVKeve7rMN_zpbYOPyosURz7BaXkLtG6WwxY2IhaRSWlHq-xo2-VL4dyzrntUS_Wprd8sY2u6Qfi1pTh6OLGbzjLEXddqqVZL7fy_f5D7nD7hZoYlSjn5QMvuShCiLs/s1600/kidsandstream8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="900" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr_K7YtL7zP9Q43mgvaYYz9M1KvzRgPT1ekPA6OzKC9onq-3BJzEcxekOiQ3pyNOVKeve7rMN_zpbYOPyosURz7BaXkLtG6WwxY2IhaRSWlHq-xo2-VL4dyzrntUS_Wprd8sY2u6Qfi1pTh6OLGbzjLEXddqqVZL7fy_f5D7nD7hZoYlSjn5QMvuShCiLs/w225-h400/kidsandstream8.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">We saw sign that wild pigs had been about (digging up the ground) so the boys went looking for them (so brave, and they knew they weren't allowed out of my sight) 🤣—</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijkPB6bDlv3CbBp6bj08gwTmd_jsN7lNWwEowaYMaJBMLXPLujLrN0rGFN9IKDepVXIQFxHqy6SuSgw7iNoyptnQydFdro3raWZN2bTxJwKN9z_qWbrtLwVPIqSJRLeEorf2jU4BnCEsZgJk54ByOv1BsoBuJEadbfitaa28MfvMR5uTFRW6x858SDVG-v/s1600/kidsandstream2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">Back to the buggy —</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6d3w4FINF8i0FWM0hmJBbS5DaRrz0pgNQmyEOH5vwNhFWzBQ4HyCkEGc7meXsXF0Qokl5V0TnJaIk59YmFs31p98hHR76p05WEL2GOvyFItDomnQcxf4KZ1YAZU358jCcquajgkL8a1KSbboqdvSpu1YHn-eN46Bj1-QqeAfWCpK_RQYKXriFyDQpIp2g/s1282/kidsto%20buggy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1282" data-original-width="815" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6d3w4FINF8i0FWM0hmJBbS5DaRrz0pgNQmyEOH5vwNhFWzBQ4HyCkEGc7meXsXF0Qokl5V0TnJaIk59YmFs31p98hHR76p05WEL2GOvyFItDomnQcxf4KZ1YAZU358jCcquajgkL8a1KSbboqdvSpu1YHn-eN46Bj1-QqeAfWCpK_RQYKXriFyDQpIp2g/w254-h400/kidsto%20buggy.jpg" width="254" /></a></div></div><br />Back at the house, they decorated the tree for me. We've had one sitting in a bucket of water for a few days now, finally it is looking a bit more Christmassy —<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnbUeaHyR5kO8rtsop4AID_17Gv9Uff5inqlGn6DMPSC_cV94QK5xDQsrDHeWDT51lCaA6zTyxbsmlIqClhQgYrTH5TZSunGaDsRCYxLq9MYFshT7lFLA9rcw39fqB957mWwzeiilRYDEX14SJw5xDZxaIfoxgEzPLGYdMdH1ftG0LIGp7cgxYvG7-S8e9/s1417/Christmastree.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1417" data-original-width="900" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnbUeaHyR5kO8rtsop4AID_17Gv9Uff5inqlGn6DMPSC_cV94QK5xDQsrDHeWDT51lCaA6zTyxbsmlIqClhQgYrTH5TZSunGaDsRCYxLq9MYFshT7lFLA9rcw39fqB957mWwzeiilRYDEX14SJw5xDZxaIfoxgEzPLGYdMdH1ftG0LIGp7cgxYvG7-S8e9/w254-h400/Christmastree.jpg" width="254" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">(It will need sorting out but at least the decorations are out!) Actually it was quite fun decorating with them; they kept on asking the origins of the decorations and it was neat to be able to tell them that their great-great-nana made this one, or great-granny made that, or one of my friends made another and so on.</div></div><br /><div>The older kids went home about lunchtime....the other two still had plenty of energy.</div><div>Hide-and-seek in the Plum tree. It's a little early for the plums but they found the odd one to eat —</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi18v751ss1jti6BpVR5ZjsPvq2W3hx734ut1blDdMy1PhLiGpfvs8PAvwX85CNKuvkAwFyL9Oaz_JCz1FzpHkE_OCJl0o1mBGqtaqOgAdEiw9DfE-T0HhyqyG5ftpBmBiIQDYaK2S1c560JTdg_pME0F8kvoJ16zEXs1cJdecpkPwOh1k26EB1szUQDi1v/s1313/Kidsandplums.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1313" data-original-width="856" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi18v751ss1jti6BpVR5ZjsPvq2W3hx734ut1blDdMy1PhLiGpfvs8PAvwX85CNKuvkAwFyL9Oaz_JCz1FzpHkE_OCJl0o1mBGqtaqOgAdEiw9DfE-T0HhyqyG5ftpBmBiIQDYaK2S1c560JTdg_pME0F8kvoJ16zEXs1cJdecpkPwOh1k26EB1szUQDi1v/w261-h400/Kidsandplums.jpg" width="261" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2dZ2T5HcMjvMDN6nQsS7W_ae3Ol46Xehe6YW-LkGbF7GsUetzyaGY4VE6k2Vu04sGOLcdJP0uhBwglFVdV7Y8zEmF9FBPFQ8qqZerkWZaA2Iy_vJI9EmRCEGydYdCYbgO1D_HFgRDgyaWSUT8NJ76G4jUxGSKFx1r6J_8_rPU5p_ZnI_4uR2LCCUsV19C/s1600/kidsandplumtree.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="900" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2dZ2T5HcMjvMDN6nQsS7W_ae3Ol46Xehe6YW-LkGbF7GsUetzyaGY4VE6k2Vu04sGOLcdJP0uhBwglFVdV7Y8zEmF9FBPFQ8qqZerkWZaA2Iy_vJI9EmRCEGydYdCYbgO1D_HFgRDgyaWSUT8NJ76G4jUxGSKFx1r6J_8_rPU5p_ZnI_4uR2LCCUsV19C/w225-h400/kidsandplumtree.jpg" width="225" /></a></div></div>Wee Tammy was amazing with five children all wanting to pet her and play. She had plenty of places she could hide if she needed to, but kept coming out to play.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_XPRU5TCtSpptKJB2lyDBvxv6jSlSN7SP8M_k92FY8QioAI0-kt0iLyaazYfpkidBG_5qpPHMbf2k8cmwZ5H5kreV7gUOUvJ_XvtHy7rRaRJgIBLtMv3B0_V5tqD7VniYjybJ6iZxuy6QpiVkadiHZnietJB_HvR_83n_u27W4BRbYF_ZM5zVq9pnIT1S/s1399/kids%20and%20tam.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1399" data-original-width="900" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_XPRU5TCtSpptKJB2lyDBvxv6jSlSN7SP8M_k92FY8QioAI0-kt0iLyaazYfpkidBG_5qpPHMbf2k8cmwZ5H5kreV7gUOUvJ_XvtHy7rRaRJgIBLtMv3B0_V5tqD7VniYjybJ6iZxuy6QpiVkadiHZnietJB_HvR_83n_u27W4BRbYF_ZM5zVq9pnIT1S/w258-h400/kids%20and%20tam.jpg" width="258" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWziXMC0LA0duPwp6WaRBA9XicB6GG-hW9tHQKDbV_6jxyamIn2SKqj3jqC-ugt8t2h6DwuZlpYUThSwirnTebyyZGlHKDHs1oO-_Hf4YMO7FxSCyLFR_rZ7fB4zL2LFhFDzOejp7TomqceS3DP3BXlOn2gzWXhG4s4xAnqeLC1LceNdjfUE6YtDOBi4YG/s1515/kids%20and%20Tammy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1515" data-original-width="900" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWziXMC0LA0duPwp6WaRBA9XicB6GG-hW9tHQKDbV_6jxyamIn2SKqj3jqC-ugt8t2h6DwuZlpYUThSwirnTebyyZGlHKDHs1oO-_Hf4YMO7FxSCyLFR_rZ7fB4zL2LFhFDzOejp7TomqceS3DP3BXlOn2gzWXhG4s4xAnqeLC1LceNdjfUE6YtDOBi4YG/w238-h400/kids%20and%20Tammy.jpg" width="238" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>'til next time,</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>happy stitches,</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Dancing Script; font-size: x-large;">Raewyn</span></i></div>Raewynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11123089629481933099noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8196581731869031801.post-69236409656880579292023-12-19T22:10:00.001+13:002023-12-19T22:10:59.939+13:00December Day NineteenMy flower garden is very much like my sewing room.<div>It can be rambly (Spellcheck tells me that's not a word, but I think it is), it can be disorganised and at times doesn't make sense at all but it also has moments of brilliance.</div><div>The roses bloomed beautifully this spring. We start with this unknown rambler, which comes up everywhere. It's a gorgeous colour and very prolific. It just flowers once, and is best cut right back once that has happened. If you have the time.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM4dq-vCcpesBUTWAjPqy04JI20GfgMr7sA2LiuXUj2YmIPAUqSeogNZ2sOS1UvhiKTKEpOfAyJma3y3Kyolf1P8I0XPkbIwnr9KnKFJ4WHJacEXWh6KA0FsdxGIZaqV65gQxz52Cu0QrG_cvKl7476zALdaUyESB00VaKYGTrELRsAGqHQ25DF50qYTnG/s1337/rose5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1337" data-original-width="884" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM4dq-vCcpesBUTWAjPqy04JI20GfgMr7sA2LiuXUj2YmIPAUqSeogNZ2sOS1UvhiKTKEpOfAyJma3y3Kyolf1P8I0XPkbIwnr9KnKFJ4WHJacEXWh6KA0FsdxGIZaqV65gQxz52Cu0QrG_cvKl7476zALdaUyESB00VaKYGTrELRsAGqHQ25DF50qYTnG/w265-h400/rose5.jpg" width="265" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">I was so excited the first time I grew this rose from a cutting - about 30 years ago. Little did I realise at the time that this rose doesn't need help to grow. It just does it itself!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg8hLnP1QEqZ_GIjcsLqnqpihMDE-re6UNAQzI_M_SNcLnHqNhXs20nc_hsn-O7VECF57VP9eWLglvop1oXEgLm3fFUXH7CzsHV0Iop5BcrLtIy4LJ2fj44bk0xeXEzZJEgR3_GTftrEFxQB1iLzCriLj6wutunt48NvGL1r9R7puGJk7nfgltlN3i7SMl/s4000/rose2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2250" data-original-width="4000" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg8hLnP1QEqZ_GIjcsLqnqpihMDE-re6UNAQzI_M_SNcLnHqNhXs20nc_hsn-O7VECF57VP9eWLglvop1oXEgLm3fFUXH7CzsHV0Iop5BcrLtIy4LJ2fj44bk0xeXEzZJEgR3_GTftrEFxQB1iLzCriLj6wutunt48NvGL1r9R7puGJk7nfgltlN3i7SMl/w400-h225/rose2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5tmlA6OWBivN3bDzH6D__R2u-S-f0oPYhSNhJyVZq9gmf0Gq-n0RMdiWyLsGCpPHO0ESed8XBW39CN1ljFPEtO7O9ovXogqdUSvNPELA1ZeprPkZtQkFti3OLDgTlnj83OdXyO3oJhvVMdF7yssp3NG5qoruCkIc0dbJYK5EWkcHJb3QKKXlGkxBSupky/s1600/roses6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5tmlA6OWBivN3bDzH6D__R2u-S-f0oPYhSNhJyVZq9gmf0Gq-n0RMdiWyLsGCpPHO0ESed8XBW39CN1ljFPEtO7O9ovXogqdUSvNPELA1ZeprPkZtQkFti3OLDgTlnj83OdXyO3oJhvVMdF7yssp3NG5qoruCkIc0dbJYK5EWkcHJb3QKKXlGkxBSupky/w400-h225/roses6.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">More roses come after that. They need to be hardy to be in my garden and most of them hold their own pretty well.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW3ufdyF1PgcteKL-i59UuV4UEDK8CvMgYxU_6HIVI7Bacx_-W-0NA6pLdt3WLiXJb8xCHgdVrN7B61_yy-t-S90OHCFmigv7mXcSjj6bFejlx4IWZgK5lDn-Vioh7C5E4Z3c_n_CFEmWXhyphenhyphenDKATtUjCn39Yicb9O5tUU_YF-dtfMqcGKLY566_P0lYXd9/s1683/roose.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1683" data-original-width="1065" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW3ufdyF1PgcteKL-i59UuV4UEDK8CvMgYxU_6HIVI7Bacx_-W-0NA6pLdt3WLiXJb8xCHgdVrN7B61_yy-t-S90OHCFmigv7mXcSjj6bFejlx4IWZgK5lDn-Vioh7C5E4Z3c_n_CFEmWXhyphenhyphenDKATtUjCn39Yicb9O5tUU_YF-dtfMqcGKLY566_P0lYXd9/w253-h400/roose.jpg" width="253" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I'd love to be a better rose gardener but I do my best!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">My 'border' of my main flower bed is probably 30 metres long and at least 3 metres wide so keeping the bigger weeds at bay, and allowing lots of self seeding is the key to sanity.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Below is a wider part of the bed; Frangipani tree, hydrangeas, Agapanthus, Jasmine, Violets, as well as that pretty rambling rose, grow prolifically!</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtn6n9POVWzudTqtTyT8nE4z0L7ws0T1nBti824URhxsGNI4hEebSuhtgOQMweHZltC485sOLF20S6yyRy05sc2OtE9Uhk9lM5tBbmGJ4DaCEBXTE-d33JCBeEZBGO3rlxOrMy9n6m5CxIAz5J0IYpiJh9Y1anjGeXr_DxYI2xBk9PJDTY0VKlC5gslskp/s1600/rose8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="891" data-original-width="1600" height="357" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtn6n9POVWzudTqtTyT8nE4z0L7ws0T1nBti824URhxsGNI4hEebSuhtgOQMweHZltC485sOLF20S6yyRy05sc2OtE9Uhk9lM5tBbmGJ4DaCEBXTE-d33JCBeEZBGO3rlxOrMy9n6m5CxIAz5J0IYpiJh9Y1anjGeXr_DxYI2xBk9PJDTY0VKlC5gslskp/w640-h357/rose8.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The purple is Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow — <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtoCXtWxBLIRnq-M5pmf9j8oRJll9TbpfjiuuJXn4-QgNKx5O1cVQWv_a8WSC25RBCLP2HwD2nmUtXHOKvmfrgmT8QAXR7mfOnCZjCunF-NKlsw_IBlKNFl_rCkv_S-8OjnL0mLVsSIFHhIvJ4mL0fi79WxaiZmoUGDqDkC24Q4hSrsy-VIHUXw-WuHYbF/s1600/roses11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtoCXtWxBLIRnq-M5pmf9j8oRJll9TbpfjiuuJXn4-QgNKx5O1cVQWv_a8WSC25RBCLP2HwD2nmUtXHOKvmfrgmT8QAXR7mfOnCZjCunF-NKlsw_IBlKNFl_rCkv_S-8OjnL0mLVsSIFHhIvJ4mL0fi79WxaiZmoUGDqDkC24Q4hSrsy-VIHUXw-WuHYbF/w640-h360/roses11.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIU0YCBhs_QNw02mWNDSUYrgMYqy30MlLbk8j91OeqhoWUrr2PO1slrsvOtMpBnBr_AOLEneC76ruXu9G6QVEEqQWUfYiHgnIhfPCtX7dndbKqXZ0nntipXDcyJUFNGpjZvJ3FDL0tllXy1MwhyphenhyphenuYhKeuFtIfMdkYCbBbGcvW26uEGClTNVLSRXCX8JUNf/s1387/roses12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1387" data-original-width="832" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIU0YCBhs_QNw02mWNDSUYrgMYqy30MlLbk8j91OeqhoWUrr2PO1slrsvOtMpBnBr_AOLEneC76ruXu9G6QVEEqQWUfYiHgnIhfPCtX7dndbKqXZ0nntipXDcyJUFNGpjZvJ3FDL0tllXy1MwhyphenhyphenuYhKeuFtIfMdkYCbBbGcvW26uEGClTNVLSRXCX8JUNf/w240-h400/roses12.jpg" width="240" /></a></div></div>I found this fun photo when I went through my phone. As a teacher used to say, "Small things amuse small minds..."<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiraNBrJ4Df9keuIhihBkHktX2nD42gaH-TN96lExaohqNytjrNvKRXSfwa4cir3T2fTpat5q9MKpJPx3b8HBN_C4uwujSTZjV9JbX_vdDy5_mreFcQ2YXNDOXMdPkL7gAWPIjBA6c-Sxn2QoXZxqyO4E3UryZ70pZHuVogYcEuwrT-aCfEDi9w1zYX0du8/s1323/rosecup.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1323" data-original-width="906" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiraNBrJ4Df9keuIhihBkHktX2nD42gaH-TN96lExaohqNytjrNvKRXSfwa4cir3T2fTpat5q9MKpJPx3b8HBN_C4uwujSTZjV9JbX_vdDy5_mreFcQ2YXNDOXMdPkL7gAWPIjBA6c-Sxn2QoXZxqyO4E3UryZ70pZHuVogYcEuwrT-aCfEDi9w1zYX0du8/w274-h400/rosecup.jpg" width="274" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>'til next time,</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Happy stitches,</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Dancing Script; font-size: x-large;"><b>Raewyn</b></span></i></div>Raewynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11123089629481933099noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8196581731869031801.post-50828069005755199212023-12-18T22:17:00.000+13:002023-12-18T22:17:26.795+13:00December Day Eighteen <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRCo6hCvXGl1INIuR0rKJZNImaVHVlqte0ZEQVg3v2iox0UoYNJioPNABTOJ-pm2iNs36YrPg4vh8pBAkOQE72zDKZEyRwpcp418FFEaaxmGJfpY_Vza6XuVL07o1CdToU3UELd8cl8b0qRrFOD1VA53ZxB5Dw58WfEULdc9yCD6NNV_iFqFlzTGIBNFU8/s1600/20231218_220220.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="900" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRCo6hCvXGl1INIuR0rKJZNImaVHVlqte0ZEQVg3v2iox0UoYNJioPNABTOJ-pm2iNs36YrPg4vh8pBAkOQE72zDKZEyRwpcp418FFEaaxmGJfpY_Vza6XuVL07o1CdToU3UELd8cl8b0qRrFOD1VA53ZxB5Dw58WfEULdc9yCD6NNV_iFqFlzTGIBNFU8/w225-h400/20231218_220220.jpg" width="225" /></a></div>Tonight I finished the stitchery on this piece.<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLOzE-Ys0yexqL6Bkny1oUGiMBOb4R5Zbn5AnoTtr0EqVHMIsaLOe1INQ_3M6Ew7UkxKWWFpHIjeF4ImT0A5WAkj6j_yEm7qMpQdE6E22mRAvCS8UAvcyjQPC5tBZo2YRawjx5EBot4o2wfCzqkGPgDTKFU_6ZHEeI_ZK2bvBdTOxjQtT0qfEU8glfC8bA/s1396/20231218_220228.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1396" data-original-width="804" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLOzE-Ys0yexqL6Bkny1oUGiMBOb4R5Zbn5AnoTtr0EqVHMIsaLOe1INQ_3M6Ew7UkxKWWFpHIjeF4ImT0A5WAkj6j_yEm7qMpQdE6E22mRAvCS8UAvcyjQPC5tBZo2YRawjx5EBot4o2wfCzqkGPgDTKFU_6ZHEeI_ZK2bvBdTOxjQtT0qfEU8glfC8bA/w230-h400/20231218_220228.jpg" width="230" /></a></div><div>I had hoped to have this completed well before now so that Odie could enjoy it before Christmas. Looks like he will have to wait till next Christmas to enjoy it!!</div><div>These are wall hangings I made for the other families in previous years. </div></div><div>2022 —</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHW7kArxVt7ywTUvlvfTiaFmIjeTEdt7FD-Cpn1lLx5LCOwj4CpFQ6Dmsg705yQHVJajDC1Odk7DddRJBYbno4l2q_uEgh3itvk0hxUpAeTeOYWvURwrySogNSLGPlEPrOXn7oNsEod_eBB-G3OfiUeJabWthxM28ZjIeQIQ1Zn_6BcqsefnZLvrJYEqUq/s1793/TCYSanta's%20Workshop.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1793" data-original-width="950" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHW7kArxVt7ywTUvlvfTiaFmIjeTEdt7FD-Cpn1lLx5LCOwj4CpFQ6Dmsg705yQHVJajDC1Odk7DddRJBYbno4l2q_uEgh3itvk0hxUpAeTeOYWvURwrySogNSLGPlEPrOXn7oNsEod_eBB-G3OfiUeJabWthxM28ZjIeQIQ1Zn_6BcqsefnZLvrJYEqUq/w213-h400/TCYSanta's%20Workshop.jpg" width="213" /></a></div>2021 —<br /><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCUyOGaLGo8vdZHi9dwPRQVBty0Nmn55Fke1Tx1z8YoJO9ys-JcWmrhhxeT0_rIm99GayzR9nfPg7uDyRPulV2PjIGfURdfnigVncRO5SWFxWRWDy7cgwr9zkM5Dzoj4TTtnFWHasn1NuaI0Sgd_AxGDSwBoQSmyDQ8cNyliCu7vQg3Dlw7H1Qf5ELMHM7/s1679/ChristmasPenguin6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1679" data-original-width="900" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCUyOGaLGo8vdZHi9dwPRQVBty0Nmn55Fke1Tx1z8YoJO9ys-JcWmrhhxeT0_rIm99GayzR9nfPg7uDyRPulV2PjIGfURdfnigVncRO5SWFxWRWDy7cgwr9zkM5Dzoj4TTtnFWHasn1NuaI0Sgd_AxGDSwBoQSmyDQ8cNyliCu7vQg3Dlw7H1Qf5ELMHM7/w215-h400/ChristmasPenguin6.jpg" width="215" /></a></div>(Can you guess this one went to the family whose Dad was at Antarctica for Christmas?!!)<div style="text-align: center;"><i>'til next time,</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>happy stitches,</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Dancing Script; font-size: x-large;"><b>Raewyn</b></span></i></div>Raewynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11123089629481933099noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8196581731869031801.post-38526017005605075992023-12-17T21:44:00.001+13:002023-12-17T21:44:33.905+13:00December Day SeventeenHere is what I have been doing with the <a href="https://stitchingfarmgirl.blogspot.com/2023/12/december-day-sixteen.html" target="_blank">Grumpy blocks</a>. <div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif20loj5SoqXE6xllMmjkefYUA4Jt7U_4YBfJ65KzQwngpJ-Q7HPGZDFp7nNkpz1tQET-PbJ19exUNhVRgY6b0mlVPPVx6oTrry7POcAmaoX_y_K954ywi0v-zwaJCyMvSrVE21uxNqNoRB1NfbQI895CAgxmST3DUXepdRCDKODYMVTKGAoUWY9FGKRjv/s1136/grumpy1back.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1136" data-original-width="811" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif20loj5SoqXE6xllMmjkefYUA4Jt7U_4YBfJ65KzQwngpJ-Q7HPGZDFp7nNkpz1tQET-PbJ19exUNhVRgY6b0mlVPPVx6oTrry7POcAmaoX_y_K954ywi0v-zwaJCyMvSrVE21uxNqNoRB1NfbQI895CAgxmST3DUXepdRCDKODYMVTKGAoUWY9FGKRjv/w285-h400/grumpy1back.jpg" width="285" /></a></div>(I had to put that photo first otherwise it would look like yesterday's post all over again!)</div><div>I am making them into cushions for the kids.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqdjGrhDmj6h-z_QKp_cNBVacDiyKQIhBHjybUVZdNKpYNWGnO8ILzco2Kz6AA3cy5LcZ4Is6gOOniGeTO2b1l0CEkhQWr8-fF6mydJRLqwGH20JEM9CsTOqA_HrZkKU0J8m65pIahvTzOmqsEvqRu3gaUI0fk8VXKx58XdzAuRcwD6v1L5lqLKW0a3TKi/s1386/grumpy1%20front.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1386" data-original-width="1332" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqdjGrhDmj6h-z_QKp_cNBVacDiyKQIhBHjybUVZdNKpYNWGnO8ILzco2Kz6AA3cy5LcZ4Is6gOOniGeTO2b1l0CEkhQWr8-fF6mydJRLqwGH20JEM9CsTOqA_HrZkKU0J8m65pIahvTzOmqsEvqRu3gaUI0fk8VXKx58XdzAuRcwD6v1L5lqLKW0a3TKi/w385-h400/grumpy1%20front.jpg" width="385" /></a></div>I have put a pocket on the back and inserted a zip just below the top of the pocket. That way it stays hidden.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyH1q7MlMNC4nQuvuynzq4IRK1cOzUI4-VE5t5qioVE1lQYbi141aFEfFD10DPmL08MQzyvo6cIKgfp_XINsWUSYm2S7Z80zAPmPVYODVYdZZ0cUKfLiU8ptL9ZaOvbvBi5DN03_ksVG3S1qZHbunp6zR0yBJ6ubc4-9gDV_dKiegMuejEaIl2hvyHbuLj/s1600/grumpy1back2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="900" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyH1q7MlMNC4nQuvuynzq4IRK1cOzUI4-VE5t5qioVE1lQYbi141aFEfFD10DPmL08MQzyvo6cIKgfp_XINsWUSYm2S7Z80zAPmPVYODVYdZZ0cUKfLiU8ptL9ZaOvbvBi5DN03_ksVG3S1qZHbunp6zR0yBJ6ubc4-9gDV_dKiegMuejEaIl2hvyHbuLj/w225-h400/grumpy1back2.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The pocket is deeper than it looks in the photo below, it comes halfway up the cushion.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis9wxny3Cb6JhXvgmVvecAzVidT6ir5tcCTrUzrfaiJDlxMb8wz2Ujw_H-dUhTD_kt6gNRx_CQ-m8xT13g7RrX3JLg95uKYtkQusjmSC-R1V-wRzmiET5QPmE_6Vx3h7PdYoWbZ93meCEfcGDCLNszYQuOZ7yK094hg9xM1a9ovTh5yJPGp8D6meICzftV/s1050/grumpy1cushion2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1050" data-original-width="862" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis9wxny3Cb6JhXvgmVvecAzVidT6ir5tcCTrUzrfaiJDlxMb8wz2Ujw_H-dUhTD_kt6gNRx_CQ-m8xT13g7RrX3JLg95uKYtkQusjmSC-R1V-wRzmiET5QPmE_6Vx3h7PdYoWbZ93meCEfcGDCLNszYQuOZ7yK094hg9xM1a9ovTh5yJPGp8D6meICzftV/s320/grumpy1cushion2.jpg" width="263" /></a></div>I've always wanted to make reading pillows for the kids so when these set of blocks came along I used fabrics that would be suitable for them. Most reading pillows have the pockets on the front but I didn't want to cover the Grumpies! It might be more of a hiding place for wee treasures, etc!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGje6nA3311S-8WBYftfOTQ3xK2zmLbs9RxT7jmOVW0SDm3vmzqnJiteM8nHL_CDpfoPoeJmIfgDlATASogtanxRUN9feQm5sUahVSLqGPA-HIEyu5W1W2ImndSfOf-xKFP02VRLpfOSocW48kfwU-pgZzZBoWxMAI5siXpnpP-IcgZ47is0ynjRW5W7Cg/s1316/grumpy1cushion.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1316" data-original-width="900" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGje6nA3311S-8WBYftfOTQ3xK2zmLbs9RxT7jmOVW0SDm3vmzqnJiteM8nHL_CDpfoPoeJmIfgDlATASogtanxRUN9feQm5sUahVSLqGPA-HIEyu5W1W2ImndSfOf-xKFP02VRLpfOSocW48kfwU-pgZzZBoWxMAI5siXpnpP-IcgZ47is0ynjRW5W7Cg/w274-h400/grumpy1cushion.jpg" width="274" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">I'm sort of going strong with my post a day - just finding the time to write them is the difficulty!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>'til next time,</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>happy stitches,</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="font-family: Dancing Script; font-size: x-large;">Raewyn</span></b></i></div>Raewynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11123089629481933099noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8196581731869031801.post-40037671210945885132023-12-16T22:28:00.000+13:002023-12-16T22:28:55.734+13:00December Day SixteenEarlier this year, I did some pattern testing for <a href="https://www.instagram.com/tartankiwidesigns/" target="_blank">Juliet of Tartankiwi</a>. I pulled the blocks out recently as I have plans for them. And realise that I haven't shared them all.<div>So first of all we had Grumpy Cat, of which I made two —</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk0x_gKkcYa_lcpnh0tkRzni0VSX_ilqCDSQYyCa3O7lLtq6NvaI1d5NxsiS06o-53moLdWPAI8p0SmlsFlH_cQuPYImyI3TLAj6iAytnpBu86Z5c4gR1uT3rB6WKrA24Q6_069jRd-9vSrrHXLDxqcwyMxAitJxAcbTsZJJPVMOnIkOPe3kKBWrfhLko_/s1021/Grumpy%20cat6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1021" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk0x_gKkcYa_lcpnh0tkRzni0VSX_ilqCDSQYyCa3O7lLtq6NvaI1d5NxsiS06o-53moLdWPAI8p0SmlsFlH_cQuPYImyI3TLAj6iAytnpBu86Z5c4gR1uT3rB6WKrA24Q6_069jRd-9vSrrHXLDxqcwyMxAitJxAcbTsZJJPVMOnIkOPe3kKBWrfhLko_/w391-h400/Grumpy%20cat6.jpg" width="391" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiprjUhWP4zKPYZXnTFX94vtf7H1n0f0NuIpLxrwfw-4l5Md1eYihqSIeH5GzFcELlJVwC5putihgSEH_qlvBytCT9vQeyopTIltl2crMW2cleH4OZbLyXiv3sc5br20YiKxOaJcrCmKOEJLVLKUiVFpXpssiHy1_Sow9GLwS31pNPYbIVri6slYibkQUPg/s1000/Grumpy%20cat8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="996" data-original-width="1000" height="399" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiprjUhWP4zKPYZXnTFX94vtf7H1n0f0NuIpLxrwfw-4l5Md1eYihqSIeH5GzFcELlJVwC5putihgSEH_qlvBytCT9vQeyopTIltl2crMW2cleH4OZbLyXiv3sc5br20YiKxOaJcrCmKOEJLVLKUiVFpXpssiHy1_Sow9GLwS31pNPYbIVri6slYibkQUPg/w400-h399/Grumpy%20cat8.jpg" width="400" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">Next was Grumpy Bunny —</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibkiaf9JRaU2-A4cm-yEdDxeEITJUVVXBnIG9eozNp7WJ6YlkVpuaKHTePrMUibgaE8GqX0-iGxGKwagxj4-DtUcjJugxX6XbhC31yGSzz4ivipNs2ulktfOl58WWByAMCjeq8Z3QaLMSfVCgNGpkXFVCdXIANvyXKQQzIEH4rART-pV-8tCUm7PkLiWlH/s1000/Grumpy%20Bun%20small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="991" data-original-width="1000" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibkiaf9JRaU2-A4cm-yEdDxeEITJUVVXBnIG9eozNp7WJ6YlkVpuaKHTePrMUibgaE8GqX0-iGxGKwagxj4-DtUcjJugxX6XbhC31yGSzz4ivipNs2ulktfOl58WWByAMCjeq8Z3QaLMSfVCgNGpkXFVCdXIANvyXKQQzIEH4rART-pV-8tCUm7PkLiWlH/w400-h396/Grumpy%20Bun%20small.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div>Then Grumpy Old Dog —<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQX5sjwSY4HaLwCBCaQfc6dvDkL8TaY-3bXhslbntaWwgHVWcrNidfSa_p-PyObw41sz6ACZvyo_CJq2GzKpZNhHQXp5I4WSSPoEFKB7HpuJZ_HzW4jYYI0vIp56iPr3TFZdC8gv4GWcN6RsM2FIFNOk895m67zRON7g4f7mrrcZ2VeddZzniDxEybCgHH/s1000/Grumpy%20Dog.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="981" data-original-width="1000" height="393" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQX5sjwSY4HaLwCBCaQfc6dvDkL8TaY-3bXhslbntaWwgHVWcrNidfSa_p-PyObw41sz6ACZvyo_CJq2GzKpZNhHQXp5I4WSSPoEFKB7HpuJZ_HzW4jYYI0vIp56iPr3TFZdC8gv4GWcN6RsM2FIFNOk895m67zRON7g4f7mrrcZ2VeddZzniDxEybCgHH/w400-h393/Grumpy%20Dog.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Finally Grumpy Guinea Pig —<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMAqJzrGZxmbN3bXYwsKJIW1o8AmMjwES_pZLh8GOz_QrKWSvJB4nBVsEWpBwdVZ0Up_T-fqzOxUVQN543wcFWP394xx6l6fGh-79kKXkC2sdtMMa_7pSJ2RwTmD3i8lkxd5nq4uB4uofBVKTIe7aqWyu6GH-xhG3igOvns7zbs-Vc9EQtUPp-SyaUx5SS/s2578/guineapig6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2578" data-original-width="2172" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMAqJzrGZxmbN3bXYwsKJIW1o8AmMjwES_pZLh8GOz_QrKWSvJB4nBVsEWpBwdVZ0Up_T-fqzOxUVQN543wcFWP394xx6l6fGh-79kKXkC2sdtMMa_7pSJ2RwTmD3i8lkxd5nq4uB4uofBVKTIe7aqWyu6GH-xhG3igOvns7zbs-Vc9EQtUPp-SyaUx5SS/w338-h400/guineapig6.jpg" width="338" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I had fun and games with the eyes for this one. I fussy cut some fabric that I thought would be cool.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">But it made her look like she at at some wild party (or something) —</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9GJNOnt78cGFvgx4-QxqDZKEPgt9vbsjyykoGs_MuS-dHA8164LRL1KZo28xnAtxKyc4Knfjb5gNoOzgrlRD_kzHGHeVhV88G7oV7_C-Mr3kBrSMYfL4QcNfQ661S1mJwrwuPga8hgTeJ0UBKMWh9ni6l1wA3E2YuN0LOrbnM0rkeCNuXZ5rGEZFgXoT5/s1137/guineapig3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1137" data-original-width="1102" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9GJNOnt78cGFvgx4-QxqDZKEPgt9vbsjyykoGs_MuS-dHA8164LRL1KZo28xnAtxKyc4Knfjb5gNoOzgrlRD_kzHGHeVhV88G7oV7_C-Mr3kBrSMYfL4QcNfQ661S1mJwrwuPga8hgTeJ0UBKMWh9ni6l1wA3E2YuN0LOrbnM0rkeCNuXZ5rGEZFgXoT5/w388-h400/guineapig3.jpg" width="388" /></a></div>The look Juliet was going for was Grumpy not Wired so I played around a bit.<div>Below I cut a circle of black and pinned it on top of the original eye. Whew, she'd calmed down a lot, so I decided to hand sew it in place.....<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6gRg9U7c1ETOZQMGvY2MKsERS371V2hYA7IPDFlMvk1D-2p-iSHFO_filWheA-XtN7xF2p06795peOskAIi7emA7dnewYw5QoZAp2-SgSN57YNyTpysbttUV_2nvdBX9I9UIsELiWqw8u0-VX0vjRFEwDnKWUEtkzETOHi-cX9o81h_3qZnOkrYkDUHrD/s1600/guineapig.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="900" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6gRg9U7c1ETOZQMGvY2MKsERS371V2hYA7IPDFlMvk1D-2p-iSHFO_filWheA-XtN7xF2p06795peOskAIi7emA7dnewYw5QoZAp2-SgSN57YNyTpysbttUV_2nvdBX9I9UIsELiWqw8u0-VX0vjRFEwDnKWUEtkzETOHi-cX9o81h_3qZnOkrYkDUHrD/w225-h400/guineapig.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><div>But then had a lightbulb moment and coloured the crazy in with a pigma pen, which worked pretty well.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3P5ZvxFlOYgDG6rSZpaIRsr2i9Z0IU6OAGEe2JnLJhUbwgrOLyXGnh1ejD3J0KYNTxjSK-1FhKGWUoefMALzoqFJWumYEpnEtY14YcRNq6rHE1g_QxsTQObFyu_xmTIoKh9G7GWPLuXXLb8F75N0E0ERdop_t32eFh5n4FInHg1TGXh3jBCfo3gaQid0i/s1312/guineapig6closeup.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1126" data-original-width="1312" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3P5ZvxFlOYgDG6rSZpaIRsr2i9Z0IU6OAGEe2JnLJhUbwgrOLyXGnh1ejD3J0KYNTxjSK-1FhKGWUoefMALzoqFJWumYEpnEtY14YcRNq6rHE1g_QxsTQObFyu_xmTIoKh9G7GWPLuXXLb8F75N0E0ERdop_t32eFh5n4FInHg1TGXh3jBCfo3gaQid0i/s320/guineapig6closeup.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Hopefully tomorrow, I'll be able to show you what I am doing with these.</div><div><br /></div><div>Miss Tammy kept me company in The Palace today. I can see I'm going to have to have a big tidy up so that she doesn't end up in all-sorts-of-things —</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-EgfR67Fp8Y97mppCsQccUDtgXpZ_AO3H-MwWXQwN6BwnbVtr9oyjemjyA6bGxlLj1My-1LL52Uu7UhvaNHp8ef1fUVyIARTFY_d10z9bSj97PcVftjybemNr2-rv2gtGIQoy2V-dv1k-kQs8YaAlEPc0yVmQTsqEkpmtQfUHsmypMJxED3XLnywsq5Fr/s1350/tammy2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1291" data-original-width="1350" height="383" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-EgfR67Fp8Y97mppCsQccUDtgXpZ_AO3H-MwWXQwN6BwnbVtr9oyjemjyA6bGxlLj1My-1LL52Uu7UhvaNHp8ef1fUVyIARTFY_d10z9bSj97PcVftjybemNr2-rv2gtGIQoy2V-dv1k-kQs8YaAlEPc0yVmQTsqEkpmtQfUHsmypMJxED3XLnywsq5Fr/w400-h383/tammy2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>But she did wear herself out and found a nice sunny spot to sleep. She looks so innocent in this photo!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXVHvi7vWvFcLERHrF0nQBIioef57Y1YXYh39UixOdSVTSPY68P5otL3rdy16LikiG3EFsPZDsMw3bnMVlWYZnkVsOW7W3n5E5ZWDFKjMz2Kil97Zo4NpQ57TM2JASH6tIZmHnSGAYiZhZ8lTjwmC2dxahD2Zq8HAaSdtgwCnCHbOV3Q9Qg65ZjVGTgNPc/s1600/tammy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXVHvi7vWvFcLERHrF0nQBIioef57Y1YXYh39UixOdSVTSPY68P5otL3rdy16LikiG3EFsPZDsMw3bnMVlWYZnkVsOW7W3n5E5ZWDFKjMz2Kil97Zo4NpQ57TM2JASH6tIZmHnSGAYiZhZ8lTjwmC2dxahD2Zq8HAaSdtgwCnCHbOV3Q9Qg65ZjVGTgNPc/w400-h225/tammy.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><i>'til next time,</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>happy stitches,</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="font-family: Dancing Script; font-size: x-large;">Raewyn.</span></b></i></div>Raewynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11123089629481933099noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8196581731869031801.post-22501552927374922752023-12-15T22:22:00.001+13:002023-12-16T08:03:24.094+13:00December Day FifteenJust a quick one tonight.<div>I'm down to three calves to feed in the mornings now; it takes all of five minutes or so. I haven't had three calves to feed since July 12th!!</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT6tOVc_7eEoTB4uOBHXpY_fWkfF2mVDoGRUf1bLloaJZCWevt2hNOd5BxF3BpJ2eAfvel1q8PSLv8z2yn-nZ05Jx5JrWvUrfTJJOwZJzjgQQXcPn5TJUblVHMbbrmQD3sv38ZzqPvcwqSL5sjxcgzLaeCy0s7MwjleFPMeheeJqtnQaWpN93G1_itkrm1/s1289/calves.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="713" data-original-width="1289" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT6tOVc_7eEoTB4uOBHXpY_fWkfF2mVDoGRUf1bLloaJZCWevt2hNOd5BxF3BpJ2eAfvel1q8PSLv8z2yn-nZ05Jx5JrWvUrfTJJOwZJzjgQQXcPn5TJUblVHMbbrmQD3sv38ZzqPvcwqSL5sjxcgzLaeCy0s7MwjleFPMeheeJqtnQaWpN93G1_itkrm1/w400-h221/calves.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">EDIT: I've popped back to add a couple of extra photos. Here are the three calves feeding this morning. <a href="https://stitchingfarmgirl.blogspot.com/2023/12/theres-been-lack-of.html" target="_blank">Blindy-boy</a> is on the left. You may remember that he was dropped off here by the neighbour after his mother abandoned him. He is a pure-bred Angus, while all of ours are from a purebred bull over dairy cows, so a 50:50 cross.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_ug97p19YR_RNH4sH5i3S-Whc7q1Z-WmUJg__NIykeVwzwjvU4vJCvn9tuq-2bTjphoDxvHitUoY_jdCKimfeJflFUxJ6o1TqJrJ7bIlA5kP_7oQnyvE3i22CkCk729qIifvBEL2LUItM9i4NhgcmZvyzK-b_E8drsltxL3Rp0RBYXcxIEd2yREGpN3BG/s1295/beef.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1295" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_ug97p19YR_RNH4sH5i3S-Whc7q1Z-WmUJg__NIykeVwzwjvU4vJCvn9tuq-2bTjphoDxvHitUoY_jdCKimfeJflFUxJ6o1TqJrJ7bIlA5kP_7oQnyvE3i22CkCk729qIifvBEL2LUItM9i4NhgcmZvyzK-b_E8drsltxL3Rp0RBYXcxIEd2yREGpN3BG/w400-h278/beef.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">If you look at his back legs you can see the purebred effect showing through - the double muscling is really starting to happen compared to the crossbred ones. He's got quite a different back end. And his shoulders are starting to change too.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1bXwK6k9pt5_io2hKx1tEUaW3Wljxr80DTB9deuh-5hEH_193p8sMNERZFMGaKli6eHaQWE0WESlAxy_QyHDwS1Gqf9z9LzhNOhACZu4UpIFMpSTqf7wnO_TZY_IvfTQnzYzb57Y7Y1lGw-knRPQfcO8S4XyGSXmWlduEdjOwV6EfNsJLvcbPSSejw4O4/s1600/beef2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1bXwK6k9pt5_io2hKx1tEUaW3Wljxr80DTB9deuh-5hEH_193p8sMNERZFMGaKli6eHaQWE0WESlAxy_QyHDwS1Gqf9z9LzhNOhACZu4UpIFMpSTqf7wnO_TZY_IvfTQnzYzb57Y7Y1lGw-knRPQfcO8S4XyGSXmWlduEdjOwV6EfNsJLvcbPSSejw4O4/w400-h225/beef2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>There's nothing wrong with our half bred calves as beef animals though!! Just interesting to see the difference.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>After a day at work (at the quilt shop) today I raced home to get ready for a dinner outing, celebrating the eldest grand-daughter's 17th birthday (which is next week).</div><div>We were seated outside which was perfect. While we waited for our meal, the older kids could ride the e-scooters and the younger one could gaze in wonder at the Christmas tree (and growl at the seagulls that got too close to the tables).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0YQ59jdewTPMypDga-twmvsq8di7DgdWjEloU2b_HS9yec_or9Mz7zNUOBc_BFAKJWk-mts7ELZVzCun5vy2tFs-Ze2KUrlaLQL54nwiwf84jz7vVsxXwjRko9-oZyHC80CkLMoVAx4siBQ1dCftUdQRlmSEa0oiGi_VVoNeCWq8KAPmBYvaF_zVyBaQm/s1370/tree.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1370" data-original-width="797" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0YQ59jdewTPMypDga-twmvsq8di7DgdWjEloU2b_HS9yec_or9Mz7zNUOBc_BFAKJWk-mts7ELZVzCun5vy2tFs-Ze2KUrlaLQL54nwiwf84jz7vVsxXwjRko9-oZyHC80CkLMoVAx4siBQ1dCftUdQRlmSEa0oiGi_VVoNeCWq8KAPmBYvaF_zVyBaQm/w233-h400/tree.jpg" width="233" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr8uY8Fyga_MSI5DjUrGi6wqW3o98gLTevsl5t7ODKZmbGhJuqNuVVcPksJ3GXJeiR6gZWgJNyKIX0AtT1rzj6Ytuc2Mi23wB01np6NVlG7_1OZhlfra15xJTM2OvBR5ln8zlrNq-VDaGY_LRPirNIFxpOklFdXIfwBcE9r6-w8dCNaX8ne_EKS7tF6opu/s1408/dinner.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1408" data-original-width="900" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr8uY8Fyga_MSI5DjUrGi6wqW3o98gLTevsl5t7ODKZmbGhJuqNuVVcPksJ3GXJeiR6gZWgJNyKIX0AtT1rzj6Ytuc2Mi23wB01np6NVlG7_1OZhlfra15xJTM2OvBR5ln8zlrNq-VDaGY_LRPirNIFxpOklFdXIfwBcE9r6-w8dCNaX8ne_EKS7tF6opu/w256-h400/dinner.jpg" width="256" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxw36w5lmsLUC6eTBIdsXzMkEQu0_Q496Yr9Ti6dYoGFBXPLUkAz4azGV8XNLsE2G5nuvbbULQNN9Uf1bljNBfamD32qxjPIX1okk9bR43S6J0FwN4GoZxlY3cofrln4MaIDKTYGBSWCcq00rToHR1oTsGVYFejajPmEQdTsPTIWtGKs6O_ZunY2O8pPNI/s1470/Odie.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1470" data-original-width="957" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxw36w5lmsLUC6eTBIdsXzMkEQu0_Q496Yr9Ti6dYoGFBXPLUkAz4azGV8XNLsE2G5nuvbbULQNN9Uf1bljNBfamD32qxjPIX1okk9bR43S6J0FwN4GoZxlY3cofrln4MaIDKTYGBSWCcq00rToHR1oTsGVYFejajPmEQdTsPTIWtGKs6O_ZunY2O8pPNI/w260-h400/Odie.jpg" width="260" /></a></div><div>A lovely meal and a pleasant evening.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>'til next time,</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>happy stitches, </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Dancing Script; font-size: x-large;"><b>Raewyn.</b></span></i></div>Raewynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11123089629481933099noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8196581731869031801.post-67388114657398491102023-12-14T20:21:00.005+13:002023-12-14T20:21:26.318+13:00December Day Fourteen<div>(Warning, photo heavy.)</div>I hinted a few days ago that there was a story behind our <a href="https://stitchingfarmgirl.blogspot.com/2023/12/december-day-eleven.html" target="_blank">dahlia patch</a>.<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8z30iFvrGOM4BqTr4V8POgGGJ8FVYvAT6AlQ1sgfJieaY4OSRrQPxEEgpHO0eBSKpN09hUttJCgNnm4wmvwzuuUY_vgXL-QjKPR6tLBf7m_ScQzerDqMBLa8fS5tMeKavWorMm4jJGGEqkLDFi862cG1xaHzO5bpJJDgOOmGzd-ZuInTgIcIsnEIWnphw/s1511/logs8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1060" data-original-width="1511" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8z30iFvrGOM4BqTr4V8POgGGJ8FVYvAT6AlQ1sgfJieaY4OSRrQPxEEgpHO0eBSKpN09hUttJCgNnm4wmvwzuuUY_vgXL-QjKPR6tLBf7m_ScQzerDqMBLa8fS5tMeKavWorMm4jJGGEqkLDFi862cG1xaHzO5bpJJDgOOmGzd-ZuInTgIcIsnEIWnphw/s320/logs8.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>At the end of last year we started felling the pine trees on a hillside paddock. They were 40 years old and at the age where they would start dying and falling. Although the wood price wasn't too flash, we decided it was now or never. And we found someone who was happy to harvest small blocks like ours.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkt36vfrjbXSzUauiW0uw9a49wGQhbazfgbwkkmtLEa-ZcgMM123MYnVolBHbeK5dbCeKoQ4CA3ZT1lkIYFy_K9YjiImr0FNmAZ744j3sOCSeypNOW1x92i4Z4v0xjHkcUoV8ljYy-rTfEf85jy9XDww5r66l49ensbq_A-CMXOWaAWIwAXzuPASzB3rTp/s1372/logs7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="992" data-original-width="1372" height="231" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkt36vfrjbXSzUauiW0uw9a49wGQhbazfgbwkkmtLEa-ZcgMM123MYnVolBHbeK5dbCeKoQ4CA3ZT1lkIYFy_K9YjiImr0FNmAZ744j3sOCSeypNOW1x92i4Z4v0xjHkcUoV8ljYy-rTfEf85jy9XDww5r66l49ensbq_A-CMXOWaAWIwAXzuPASzB3rTp/s320/logs7.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div>It was pretty exciting, seeing the piles of logs heap up —</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpx621EiHgrqlnhQ2kOke11Uz6IcmJ8JSuqAgCJteCpAX8rEcI6cxqcnbPBazuwoNmWi3X3QQ10jV5INcB88qUN7TE7rrWKh1cTe2utQUZMC3c5vuy4Hd733cgaYWloSxfnqcFjCFwhECDEHYF6WycdzMnuDLSvNoiA4tOP-3DEXCzf3YgSocmilwh1dfX/s320/logs6.jpg" width="320" /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM7lrjrZ159P8ScyGvwvn-dSYKNoimEGXMJl1zD_qXiaAVfDdA6jUsOYx73xJHp31wuSuC8Kd9An9VvwCnAmWtpoVJ2EjdEkOvkh9MuJUzuVbDbGxiO89h-02gexKvZDiv6oZeuo9whdqIZBA6oSELUu35Flh2rV2aCcNCebim9a8P8aQf4HBxsnte69_R/s1600/logs2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM7lrjrZ159P8ScyGvwvn-dSYKNoimEGXMJl1zD_qXiaAVfDdA6jUsOYx73xJHp31wuSuC8Kd9An9VvwCnAmWtpoVJ2EjdEkOvkh9MuJUzuVbDbGxiO89h-02gexKvZDiv6oZeuo9whdqIZBA6oSELUu35Flh2rV2aCcNCebim9a8P8aQf4HBxsnte69_R/s320/logs2.jpg" width="320" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGaJPaz7XH6HPz4dl67Br9Cd_Ixce3SX7NynEAuXEJ_PtfV_kVbYAF00_sj84W929mj0QJ-2xkNqUT5c4-_Q-hKKfqIdh4zpd8hPXb9t6TV2hCAF4K84mquB7EabT9ahK15NVygYmH5Bp7ZORAsMdvWNgS8H_8L2LlefYQW8N9sivkZa9EQP4Gk1pd03ET/s1600/logs.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGaJPaz7XH6HPz4dl67Br9Cd_Ixce3SX7NynEAuXEJ_PtfV_kVbYAF00_sj84W929mj0QJ-2xkNqUT5c4-_Q-hKKfqIdh4zpd8hPXb9t6TV2hCAF4K84mquB7EabT9ahK15NVygYmH5Bp7ZORAsMdvWNgS8H_8L2LlefYQW8N9sivkZa9EQP4Gk1pd03ET/s320/logs.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div></div><div>And to see the logging trucks taking them away.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghzmZr90QSW_-kgKcWHGPIY-5-SxYSIxiT4T2kyyfD2nfd6WEi2ZvCpTm-KLTM1578Z3cDV2aVJZxF2nYIlBJ1ogQjQTX0oAK4eNNqoEcTYFmFMqTNFeX_R5DBoICBTkti9CjsblE4IOO8nUghMr4udb0O3snrPRwNgt5V7erlL8ly8QP8bkddiBYRuUEa/s1600/logs3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghzmZr90QSW_-kgKcWHGPIY-5-SxYSIxiT4T2kyyfD2nfd6WEi2ZvCpTm-KLTM1578Z3cDV2aVJZxF2nYIlBJ1ogQjQTX0oAK4eNNqoEcTYFmFMqTNFeX_R5DBoICBTkti9CjsblE4IOO8nUghMr4udb0O3snrPRwNgt5V7erlL8ly8QP8bkddiBYRuUEa/s320/logs3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMD-J18XgNuOE_CfWfWYtSWV8E9ehwyicTxepn65Y74hNwLInMmxVLkjiTlfQDqjL6mwHvTBTkdQZG67vNER01ZBBE5GCze6FHYokgh7bFvr9hlpBCZ3oGybZZLDbaQccj1Owi8RfVcWYTocPJAXU5WhpV_MQacnE2mHEUDMgtD9C7x4_Ek-Zqf3fLsSRZ/s1488/logs4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="998" data-original-width="1488" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMD-J18XgNuOE_CfWfWYtSWV8E9ehwyicTxepn65Y74hNwLInMmxVLkjiTlfQDqjL6mwHvTBTkdQZG67vNER01ZBBE5GCze6FHYokgh7bFvr9hlpBCZ3oGybZZLDbaQccj1Owi8RfVcWYTocPJAXU5WhpV_MQacnE2mHEUDMgtD9C7x4_Ek-Zqf3fLsSRZ/s320/logs4.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div>Of course we were left with a huge mess. The contractors had made piles of the scraps/rubbish which our men burnt but there is still debris everywhere. Logs, stumps, pinecones, branches. It didn't look too bad initially - </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv9I_59AhpLqyT2410cBtIHpO2EtHSMqS1LrZsyIc9qRls1ioI6PeCEZeIvgXaYmdza9OucmiKhTbQ_9IycsGQRAaQ4_P9tr-2JwiCDkaKewdUX1Y43hmOyleNu1cbSWQo8d_03VrU-U6kgaQD4FkNPwpviPCPH63ei8pWWFv_VOfudJltoOLujsSiFX_7/s1600/march2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv9I_59AhpLqyT2410cBtIHpO2EtHSMqS1LrZsyIc9qRls1ioI6PeCEZeIvgXaYmdza9OucmiKhTbQ_9IycsGQRAaQ4_P9tr-2JwiCDkaKewdUX1Y43hmOyleNu1cbSWQo8d_03VrU-U6kgaQD4FkNPwpviPCPH63ei8pWWFv_VOfudJltoOLujsSiFX_7/s320/march2.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2qNw9WbnUK7-R0DY0JTOnR7x1-xPJARpJ17jD7FOgnOcdZ12H0gIWDH4qmHSPqRcECYsbpUY1Dvnh7NUWHTdXcN9f7807pqerHWELO_XO-T7vd4VqDnPeZwWpUuxABXueNvRbP5UPcptCMx8zaOQm8f1668EdVAGSS3G8yAsxHJ6GPQTKtHCcYMFIhU7e/s1600/Ramble%20April.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="900" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2qNw9WbnUK7-R0DY0JTOnR7x1-xPJARpJ17jD7FOgnOcdZ12H0gIWDH4qmHSPqRcECYsbpUY1Dvnh7NUWHTdXcN9f7807pqerHWELO_XO-T7vd4VqDnPeZwWpUuxABXueNvRbP5UPcptCMx8zaOQm8f1668EdVAGSS3G8yAsxHJ6GPQTKtHCcYMFIhU7e/s320/Ramble%20April.jpg" width="180" /></a></div>But of course by now there are weeds everywhere.<div>Over the years, waste silage bales were put under the trees (if the plastic wrap around the silage bale gets a hole in it, water gets in and they rot, and are no good for stock feed). A lot of them have rotted down, and combined with the ash, we have ended up with some nice areas of soil, despite the fact that pine tree areas can be very acidic.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2ttWl-eJkyl3XSynj3Pmb6bqqRjz1Lh5EpR2pZrjgyMPrRPkJGpWTJmNgxNcmuJTBj48jMyLsG5WlBI9PYK1QiWiYjbDZ4pPwuIu97fNYQaAI_dpzDL7wOCJgI7S5frqfbr1snIMato4amwK9vmjGQOQ3VAdUvKNjFX_We6ERLqicy4qp5WD0JeXPITOY/s1600/Ramblejuly.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="900" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2ttWl-eJkyl3XSynj3Pmb6bqqRjz1Lh5EpR2pZrjgyMPrRPkJGpWTJmNgxNcmuJTBj48jMyLsG5WlBI9PYK1QiWiYjbDZ4pPwuIu97fNYQaAI_dpzDL7wOCJgI7S5frqfbr1snIMato4amwK9vmjGQOQ3VAdUvKNjFX_We6ERLqicy4qp5WD0JeXPITOY/s320/Ramblejuly.jpg" width="180" /></a></div><div>YD and I decided early on that we were going to re-plant this area how WE wanted it. Fruit trees and gardens, a nice hedgerow, a native area, specimen trees and so on. And anything that we felt we could get to grow.</div><div>We've been growing seedlings for a while, or potting up plants that sprout up, and buying cheap plants from the <i>'rescue me'</i> areas in plant shops.</div><div>Our first planting, in March, was a banana sucker that had come up in the wrong place. We decided it warranted a selfie moment —</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWQNnMmC05a9SO0DKDVDrG287fMj_U0y0XnQh9zH9jye8nypUZgAsBClPdGW0mswWF8vEaTrCnF7jbjwiZzwmAzvubbBBF9c8lgcoZvdYMHAJZ0-7ishpcZN7nmuGMyDPIpTra4mTXHsqap0DWdjT7KFW9xSjSq4EsS4EZBwGDtSXNiInTslkzVA_x84g9/s1354/march.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1354" data-original-width="1107" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWQNnMmC05a9SO0DKDVDrG287fMj_U0y0XnQh9zH9jye8nypUZgAsBClPdGW0mswWF8vEaTrCnF7jbjwiZzwmAzvubbBBF9c8lgcoZvdYMHAJZ0-7ishpcZN7nmuGMyDPIpTra4mTXHsqap0DWdjT7KFW9xSjSq4EsS4EZBwGDtSXNiInTslkzVA_x84g9/s320/march.jpg" width="262" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCSg2EidyG7fAzA7TqGuqnu-R226vclHbv40nvk5WORnVqU8MnVnEqXIxqy45cKqrQ7XIRrf3llTEEiGRRloIAB68e5uHJvWDb2VjvD6Jm5-LTuVEoltkP-6u2u-EdL-9QasYyinrKwLJ-n1egrjcYReGaViebd8eRrQWLO2Q8gH4hvCO57sg1JY-Cx8L7/s1600/april.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="900" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCSg2EidyG7fAzA7TqGuqnu-R226vclHbv40nvk5WORnVqU8MnVnEqXIxqy45cKqrQ7XIRrf3llTEEiGRRloIAB68e5uHJvWDb2VjvD6Jm5-LTuVEoltkP-6u2u-EdL-9QasYyinrKwLJ-n1egrjcYReGaViebd8eRrQWLO2Q8gH4hvCO57sg1JY-Cx8L7/w225-h400/april.jpg" width="225" /></a></div></div><div>We've been gradually planting this spring. There's a lot of work clearing an area of logs and weeds. We mostly just throw it all down hill, and figure that by the time we plant down there, some of it will be rotted or we'll just face those challenges when we get to them. </div><div>We planted the dahlia patch early on as YD had dug up all her favourite bulbs (she will be moving house soon) and they needed a home. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP4hvmiZMBBTZmtiL6PD6Nlm66HhBRuKq83hK0XX8_hzvDksuNo_3vGvRifJcMt8xoQUZfnreQZ7ZXicVVJtSQapYMbuQ6DJ3EWUUTsLOyLdL47oaUa3c74yUGWmfRcOKp2LQjVdGce-RlHP0gg1TzC4AhSaYOytM9eGbN6SeCfvJAyKFMmri43btTVGCh/s1141/dahliasOct.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="890" data-original-width="1141" height="313" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP4hvmiZMBBTZmtiL6PD6Nlm66HhBRuKq83hK0XX8_hzvDksuNo_3vGvRifJcMt8xoQUZfnreQZ7ZXicVVJtSQapYMbuQ6DJ3EWUUTsLOyLdL47oaUa3c74yUGWmfRcOKp2LQjVdGce-RlHP0gg1TzC4AhSaYOytM9eGbN6SeCfvJAyKFMmri43btTVGCh/w400-h313/dahliasOct.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU0uCxmeRL7Pmv7NxRK26mryfy9fFOY1nYksvVeahl2CBl_ndcwQ7mLo9eCycK_Bjoa8SwDWKKn_TWxTZIMVVQ2pdMtkXndrCwizmaEj5oa_gtHNspxthCE1g07Xu_k6JP9jmcKN6ETkRE73jZjoZ21HqNIkCECCB8xMkOUcdVayWX6GBLbhFkY2kCy02d/s1600/dahlia6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="900" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU0uCxmeRL7Pmv7NxRK26mryfy9fFOY1nYksvVeahl2CBl_ndcwQ7mLo9eCycK_Bjoa8SwDWKKn_TWxTZIMVVQ2pdMtkXndrCwizmaEj5oa_gtHNspxthCE1g07Xu_k6JP9jmcKN6ETkRE73jZjoZ21HqNIkCECCB8xMkOUcdVayWX6GBLbhFkY2kCy02d/w225-h400/dahlia6.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUBco6-GZ-8Bovtg0psblfDzA3Mo9eiQzzYRb6yClo2_X1Fcgn4tWe9P1qsmEzaB91bwy0Fd6f46jzL9mpFcsvDgyO27W1LBGoKRfpUZfQAjhozUpe-L7tOFGvih8hDCcgNglhI-45IFsVrljcDwQTMSARX2rSz8-HGc81ZsGTEXzNlYs8WtjM_dqkWSDH/s1600/dahlia7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="900" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUBco6-GZ-8Bovtg0psblfDzA3Mo9eiQzzYRb6yClo2_X1Fcgn4tWe9P1qsmEzaB91bwy0Fd6f46jzL9mpFcsvDgyO27W1LBGoKRfpUZfQAjhozUpe-L7tOFGvih8hDCcgNglhI-45IFsVrljcDwQTMSARX2rSz8-HGc81ZsGTEXzNlYs8WtjM_dqkWSDH/w225-h400/dahlia7.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwvWlqOyUJPhOdiQCbv5t71P0xgVTCoVsd2EupZVLbGZOuqIupjpsWLpeybgNzBGMP8J3ipeEza1sadnHty7jnEgxjNAg6oPSZvt76S60Vm0Sol-ikrNHoysXskgv-PHNibMBCbrCqSrRMrYimNDtNnhJyRDbSKtoR4MunLuDgjcp_CF62wEWLvEAOp1JZ/s1600/dahlia8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="900" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwvWlqOyUJPhOdiQCbv5t71P0xgVTCoVsd2EupZVLbGZOuqIupjpsWLpeybgNzBGMP8J3ipeEza1sadnHty7jnEgxjNAg6oPSZvt76S60Vm0Sol-ikrNHoysXskgv-PHNibMBCbrCqSrRMrYimNDtNnhJyRDbSKtoR4MunLuDgjcp_CF62wEWLvEAOp1JZ/w225-h400/dahlia8.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">(My daughters are the dahlia experts, they know all the varieties. I just go along with them!)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjii0UQAgIh_2P-XIJIRRZ9uG_84-Hz5vFbi4eVV5j61uLOy9vLzH80dH_RQ_1O0bd_wNQ0OgeGfCAVV8eiuXb-d237BT4YJgF35dbZuW8XYIbcy5sHhQo-T38zseHnGGNWYaLFmC3R3D_5kmNa9EBCTJRkrb3hp_aZfJSnjEZgtgM52h6JUx3OZUTF13BU/s1600/d%20patch2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjii0UQAgIh_2P-XIJIRRZ9uG_84-Hz5vFbi4eVV5j61uLOy9vLzH80dH_RQ_1O0bd_wNQ0OgeGfCAVV8eiuXb-d237BT4YJgF35dbZuW8XYIbcy5sHhQo-T38zseHnGGNWYaLFmC3R3D_5kmNa9EBCTJRkrb3hp_aZfJSnjEZgtgM52h6JUx3OZUTF13BU/w400-h225/d%20patch2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div>This is an apple tree she grew from seed. Two ways of looking at it. It's sheltered by the weeds, or in danger of being overgrown (!) —</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnXrdiydhrM21tsnALjlOKovWGvz2Nakl_lAXgZ3z-Avp4BOLuoBdY_j4rueQGYQz1-7FaMoJ1nCE39_qdCUhuW64Ta8rOa4NlXDyKUtitAFu8PrY1RJWC8xlE_K9dCu2tv2c72dWlKmu3wRbE8ROEWp01SiLd50_WOzaX7OJyxu2Uo77iRAa3jCuAxzK1/s1382/apple%20November.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1382" data-original-width="818" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnXrdiydhrM21tsnALjlOKovWGvz2Nakl_lAXgZ3z-Avp4BOLuoBdY_j4rueQGYQz1-7FaMoJ1nCE39_qdCUhuW64Ta8rOa4NlXDyKUtitAFu8PrY1RJWC8xlE_K9dCu2tv2c72dWlKmu3wRbE8ROEWp01SiLd50_WOzaX7OJyxu2Uo77iRAa3jCuAxzK1/w236-h400/apple%20November.jpg" width="236" /></a></div><div>We've planted plums, peach, loquat, avocado, passionfruit, pohutakawa. </div><div>This is our 'hedgerow along the fenceline; odds and sods of shrubs and bushes —<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjelscSWBJy9KXMFGsbcgTfoY-uJpOa3Y_D40vebqs8aQTZp-JZR-JqYm_eon_m8PpmCB9TG6lrRfv3RO6Igjkf70nA0dFp2DQFbkrM30UxIjHg2vT4vmx0nOmdiq2j8sbaE_0l9DwhEz7J11f-xyA5w1EJtrNyhTIBBdCCAl4aDIBBvtftJaEll5KhZ0wW/s1600/November.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="900" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjelscSWBJy9KXMFGsbcgTfoY-uJpOa3Y_D40vebqs8aQTZp-JZR-JqYm_eon_m8PpmCB9TG6lrRfv3RO6Igjkf70nA0dFp2DQFbkrM30UxIjHg2vT4vmx0nOmdiq2j8sbaE_0l9DwhEz7J11f-xyA5w1EJtrNyhTIBBdCCAl4aDIBBvtftJaEll5KhZ0wW/w225-h400/November.jpg" width="225" /></a></div></div>Sweetcorn —<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWrj2H-hJ1occpbMfnNRnTUB0nIJQfVCP5BkEcl7YCWF8YGfSl2uuO5wfKpulouN827GwXJvNLixAEsyJ4mldI7ej5IGXGOZjLOivDUjc7JP3RAfOoPci91MHi6Lih3R6pio8TPykbFvRQJ_SLjpgJ8PaPn58CDxW56RtWBO4Z92wpIP3G3EoiFCw5bIf2/s1600/corn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="900" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWrj2H-hJ1occpbMfnNRnTUB0nIJQfVCP5BkEcl7YCWF8YGfSl2uuO5wfKpulouN827GwXJvNLixAEsyJ4mldI7ej5IGXGOZjLOivDUjc7JP3RAfOoPci91MHi6Lih3R6pio8TPykbFvRQJ_SLjpgJ8PaPn58CDxW56RtWBO4Z92wpIP3G3EoiFCw5bIf2/w225-h400/corn.jpg" width="225" /></a></div>Kumara —<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinp3XI5pWj9bBJgUzQhhlfDVk9K5PxF9zSvvh7Oz0qVZWH5GMo0zdawxrjPn8Xa0cwZTvcRfTTSer5L3HfobIewZYOlHkRyDrA22nlgGJDCZi4LiwYWGr3bSaDtoPBKwcOLgbIsqePVoNBOBBc9c_uM4wBkQ8Yan9LqtgeCivYQ07hupNUCiGZOvCSclmk/s1600/kumara.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="900" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinp3XI5pWj9bBJgUzQhhlfDVk9K5PxF9zSvvh7Oz0qVZWH5GMo0zdawxrjPn8Xa0cwZTvcRfTTSer5L3HfobIewZYOlHkRyDrA22nlgGJDCZi4LiwYWGr3bSaDtoPBKwcOLgbIsqePVoNBOBBc9c_uM4wBkQ8Yan9LqtgeCivYQ07hupNUCiGZOvCSclmk/w225-h400/kumara.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib0WgwOytztKOEXLK6fcNJEYY05nJwW4JTqaIldfKrNgawRqNZrllv6bnbJcULQgNyY07U3Ca8zjS3oStGxqtF6WqBrRwLzpVFyD_fOOJl1zTgluEsZjmxlrJ8vY1wPBmKRR3-huA2pJNPnqVmTR7yPvH2pO87J9i0MbB2f1rt8eitb-LFrZGPl8hg51h_/s1336/kumara2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1336" data-original-width="802" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib0WgwOytztKOEXLK6fcNJEYY05nJwW4JTqaIldfKrNgawRqNZrllv6bnbJcULQgNyY07U3Ca8zjS3oStGxqtF6WqBrRwLzpVFyD_fOOJl1zTgluEsZjmxlrJ8vY1wPBmKRR3-huA2pJNPnqVmTR7yPvH2pO87J9i0MbB2f1rt8eitb-LFrZGPl8hg51h_/w240-h400/kumara2.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>Pumpkin —<br />(We're also growing some Giant Pumpkins for a local giant pumpkin competition!)<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigSd9H8jz3yl4x1BqORGTi69hfPe-SQbF5ZT4uOlCUGdVNHv5QrH1vmtHU_ish6vVH-fD8S8bDKMhQlS-9taEzxfuu-kb3I9yJp10ek4uFVKfWhZuMdDGA2kH-mj_MKk3PujqoBdDLgawP0U4JD16aFR4eg8oukF_xumSsrChnE8KkeEL_0yZ30Z5HpE8o/s1600/pumpkin.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigSd9H8jz3yl4x1BqORGTi69hfPe-SQbF5ZT4uOlCUGdVNHv5QrH1vmtHU_ish6vVH-fD8S8bDKMhQlS-9taEzxfuu-kb3I9yJp10ek4uFVKfWhZuMdDGA2kH-mj_MKk3PujqoBdDLgawP0U4JD16aFR4eg8oukF_xumSsrChnE8KkeEL_0yZ30Z5HpE8o/w400-h225/pumpkin.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div>On a good day, when Odie is happy to 'help', we get a lot done. Sometimes we don't get very much done!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAwLhAXprYyFqGlUKKKKmTi5f7AntlEce2TU8qPCFC9ct8zh-syE2ipvOyhx8N1lKv464_RSyjdaCK_C4UbFNT32hbygTKaPS8lp6JQqwAV6cL3Pt436jJeSCuC_S1laci5zb_4DBQXAvWSx9jI_LDEKKLrb9IDZHJ63LINygArWKQHu1AoepXBjn_vdWA/s1391/OdieSeptember.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1391" data-original-width="900" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAwLhAXprYyFqGlUKKKKmTi5f7AntlEce2TU8qPCFC9ct8zh-syE2ipvOyhx8N1lKv464_RSyjdaCK_C4UbFNT32hbygTKaPS8lp6JQqwAV6cL3Pt436jJeSCuC_S1laci5zb_4DBQXAvWSx9jI_LDEKKLrb9IDZHJ63LINygArWKQHu1AoepXBjn_vdWA/w259-h400/OdieSeptember.jpg" width="259" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNMoZ69PGsGRTwfrDpEu7FWCvJbFy2AjVDhoLP_CyyfXt_05UH-Xg9LYRUoMOkdlsiv2RJ7x8TxIt0Hf13ySgvU7sr1yXFGUbNgCmOHmc4B_OWKcihEF_8PwEBdhk4uo-ODC9yA8W3GgFLDjaF5f3WD1w7w97gSVw7XjGsx7m7lXID6DySZXsd5opMVPpo/s1205/odie4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1205" data-original-width="904" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNMoZ69PGsGRTwfrDpEu7FWCvJbFy2AjVDhoLP_CyyfXt_05UH-Xg9LYRUoMOkdlsiv2RJ7x8TxIt0Hf13ySgvU7sr1yXFGUbNgCmOHmc4B_OWKcihEF_8PwEBdhk4uo-ODC9yA8W3GgFLDjaF5f3WD1w7w97gSVw7XjGsx7m7lXID6DySZXsd5opMVPpo/w300-h400/odie4.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We're probably done with planting now and will spend the summer watering and pulling those weeds back from our plants.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Lots of fun planning and seeing what we can get away with. It's not very vehicle friendly so there's a lot of carting and carrying. We need to get a water system set up, bucketing from the nearby trough is a bit of a pain.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>'til next time,</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>happy stitches,</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="font-family: Dancing Script; font-size: x-large;">Raewyn.</span></b></i></div>Raewynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11123089629481933099noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8196581731869031801.post-50835331813402393112023-12-13T21:56:00.000+13:002023-12-13T21:56:03.917+13:00December Day ThirteenI had stitching to do tonight so had just a quick round up of photos for my post...I'm enjoying the challenge of a post a day, but it can cut into my stitching time if I'm not careful!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFNbx7BEbXAJsPZ6jukG9AutPa7YWa5RLgeB_NkgT95ahJqwFszojmZ9UxJ3ZOy63LQLbNRcFlE__nUC_o5FIElDskxf0-L5BPsRaWYHnuiJKFxOQCHcYI-ZIikXJTmLmitJA_hgA_znP84o2QIprOP3QI8EAW9qs4aB14-i591miYqOEkYmdVvIo8PCQR/s1455/binding.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1455" data-original-width="900" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFNbx7BEbXAJsPZ6jukG9AutPa7YWa5RLgeB_NkgT95ahJqwFszojmZ9UxJ3ZOy63LQLbNRcFlE__nUC_o5FIElDskxf0-L5BPsRaWYHnuiJKFxOQCHcYI-ZIikXJTmLmitJA_hgA_znP84o2QIprOP3QI8EAW9qs4aB14-i591miYqOEkYmdVvIo8PCQR/w248-h400/binding.jpg" width="248" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK7jlLDHKtcUGafjRK3e25hfx6iDozl2ZWHmH66VOkHzKlQhDFDUnloHAEbK9fJKVS74nXHL2XG6IiV-nFIVG_4i5CONhDamMFSQ0JQIISlxYP-qBuVraditM528WJqGLyzOtTAGk_t3d3gU0mpgqSAexoetivb1yvK1PK0QMbadyOV1h1ra0gHlrq3anT/s1283/sellingbeef.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="864" data-original-width="1283" height="269" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK7jlLDHKtcUGafjRK3e25hfx6iDozl2ZWHmH66VOkHzKlQhDFDUnloHAEbK9fJKVS74nXHL2XG6IiV-nFIVG_4i5CONhDamMFSQ0JQIISlxYP-qBuVraditM528WJqGLyzOtTAGk_t3d3gU0mpgqSAexoetivb1yvK1PK0QMbadyOV1h1ra0gHlrq3anT/w400-h269/sellingbeef.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div>Remember all those (83) beef calves I raised? Today we sold them and they went to their new home, just 5-6kms away. They walked home from out the back this morning, then waited in the yards for the stock trucks. We're happy with where they went, and are happy to have them off our property before summer and the summer dry hits.</div><div>The eldest are 5 months old and the youngest are two months so there is a big range in sizes! And as they get their older-calf summer coats their colours also get a bit mottled looking. Soon they will all be shiny and glossy black. And of course the 6 ginger ones showed up in every photo!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFEahyphenhyphenu9fC28xZWvg6o_fMSAVkrV04RIwuwd0lfuj3BxbOcfYKj2P-Hmt9C278NeC4gEj_L-1AWtW0GAv8p_Oq_XWVIHY0WMl579mYGtySpDN7dzVWnaX92GtsF_034JRvlMWG_N67zagWwMitOEwZdqzTgMdm9QWcrC2NRxZ2bQI8vWDtMiVTMGCB0Z7h/s1421/selling.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="706" data-original-width="1421" height="199" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFEahyphenhyphenu9fC28xZWvg6o_fMSAVkrV04RIwuwd0lfuj3BxbOcfYKj2P-Hmt9C278NeC4gEj_L-1AWtW0GAv8p_Oq_XWVIHY0WMl579mYGtySpDN7dzVWnaX92GtsF_034JRvlMWG_N67zagWwMitOEwZdqzTgMdm9QWcrC2NRxZ2bQI8vWDtMiVTMGCB0Z7h/w400-h199/selling.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><div>And speaking of 'things' leaving home, on Monday, our son landed back on the ice - for another stint at Antarctica, rebuilding/maintenance work on one of the generators at McMurdo Station. Just 2 months away this time. This time last year he arrived back home after over 400 days on the ice. It would be fair to say he loves it down there.</div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcFNkbSPDtRqpTJaOSnunPncSelb0EEneyCwGWhI94tMLtUmEcbNIUUI1YfXLSdmFazXcr75kGvF3wOy0f3g0jYc6ueQnLpN33pshWcf9QW3wNzT7v8CoV76qHDcEpbX1tL5KYPRyu5rlpG4T3H4dE54u-TzwkXK-1gPab5cTuf_RyPpa6N9tfvkX9PJik/s1779/Anthony.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1779" data-original-width="909" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcFNkbSPDtRqpTJaOSnunPncSelb0EEneyCwGWhI94tMLtUmEcbNIUUI1YfXLSdmFazXcr75kGvF3wOy0f3g0jYc6ueQnLpN33pshWcf9QW3wNzT7v8CoV76qHDcEpbX1tL5KYPRyu5rlpG4T3H4dE54u-TzwkXK-1gPab5cTuf_RyPpa6N9tfvkX9PJik/w205-h400/Anthony.jpg" width="205" /></a></div></div><div>Wee Tammy is settling in well, alternating between intense craziness and then hard out sleeping!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRdfCFzExpblhqcZxlaB8FuLguC2yGRjKXbAqCoY0LErX7V69QDb6oBSR4Bn4ZnBCaBSOdYL_GmB788cKQqbWq9xb72xFQHm5S052gBVgBV67al8y6rXxLMmdTwfwU7GxffDGig1vjDNNuiVBLuYcc2Xc6q-XYsYaP5bh-3rnBKYu8WydPwad9PS_K_5DM/s1113/Tammy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="708" data-original-width="1113" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRdfCFzExpblhqcZxlaB8FuLguC2yGRjKXbAqCoY0LErX7V69QDb6oBSR4Bn4ZnBCaBSOdYL_GmB788cKQqbWq9xb72xFQHm5S052gBVgBV67al8y6rXxLMmdTwfwU7GxffDGig1vjDNNuiVBLuYcc2Xc6q-XYsYaP5bh-3rnBKYu8WydPwad9PS_K_5DM/w400-h255/Tammy.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">'<i>til next time,</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>happy stitches,</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Raewyn.</i></div><div><br /></div>Raewynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11123089629481933099noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8196581731869031801.post-84472099561400353602023-12-12T22:25:00.000+13:002023-12-12T22:25:46.254+13:00December Day TwelveWe've always shared our home with furry creatures but over the last few years we have said goodbye to all of them.<div>Most recently Nigel —</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhizJV8ZIYUXhzKwHGH5KoRf_ocgWRDnN23XZUwUft-QDlDpd7PSivO3khYf_WhYrhxJ6J1ViH83-gtXHFZVRO5AT4hVWl3KMqc6wA11ZUT60FY6dIvc77k43jrMOzI4RY2zJXK4W6SnMzXtk0xgeb3TPg2VdPPDvfQzd6pV4k9tLKt1UMzXlQDCQQBPo8m/s1600/catsnigel2020.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhizJV8ZIYUXhzKwHGH5KoRf_ocgWRDnN23XZUwUft-QDlDpd7PSivO3khYf_WhYrhxJ6J1ViH83-gtXHFZVRO5AT4hVWl3KMqc6wA11ZUT60FY6dIvc77k43jrMOzI4RY2zJXK4W6SnMzXtk0xgeb3TPg2VdPPDvfQzd6pV4k9tLKt1UMzXlQDCQQBPo8m/w300-h400/catsnigel2020.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE2op5nF4wYB5soVEEjVyG4_NfdOMeA8qSI1vuomd_TdArXj7JFASS3yC_BAkDkCU4GKn6gfCtHj9Wdf6SgAweX-5EMNwRV2v8zl7vneiHwhZp91L5p1o6yYQv8rbRZCn1kPGOyNkJ8wcGhU-djqEjU-46gHtJSrDNSCwOXJtaPh-KR1FEx6VFbhJv4aRZ/s1600/cats1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="900" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE2op5nF4wYB5soVEEjVyG4_NfdOMeA8qSI1vuomd_TdArXj7JFASS3yC_BAkDkCU4GKn6gfCtHj9Wdf6SgAweX-5EMNwRV2v8zl7vneiHwhZp91L5p1o6yYQv8rbRZCn1kPGOyNkJ8wcGhU-djqEjU-46gHtJSrDNSCwOXJtaPh-KR1FEx6VFbhJv4aRZ/w225-h400/cats1.jpg" width="225" /></a></div></div>There was Timmy —<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2-_chnx32QbTu975___iZrywbHBajxlBQ_dg9raqQrmvhOtU17uoZvaE_ansWbAaeetvQerRmWrmYjuH0ags5mEzglCwAPKvp8yR5LKtrHK14oagfMpyqslL8VdY-UQOQERzdhquMyE7paLN_O6FQ2FTKb1OIbnmpCZUo6SphBK-u9JzTLrQv538vKVyQ/s400/Timmie.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="288" data-original-width="400" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2-_chnx32QbTu975___iZrywbHBajxlBQ_dg9raqQrmvhOtU17uoZvaE_ansWbAaeetvQerRmWrmYjuH0ags5mEzglCwAPKvp8yR5LKtrHK14oagfMpyqslL8VdY-UQOQERzdhquMyE7paLN_O6FQ2FTKb1OIbnmpCZUo6SphBK-u9JzTLrQv538vKVyQ/w400-h288/Timmie.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Seen here with Nigel —<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1125" data-original-width="1500" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQwK-pTiPZnMadpFm6Ws7rcYJuNRdT3Qsq8JOafnHXN_IDJCWxvG6HyQuT9pSppVx6KjMQ70lDLNOWC2lfmbwZUjkk65goPZNhpzM3Nhgj3DZQDvWrJSQivtjWSLCLFMOTvc0EBKdZBqaJxaxILAaBdwHBg4LNhYQz0d_nBRK7P9mqOsa9LVCEh1-DJlBW/w400-h300/Katems.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Jingle (16 in this photo) —</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdM_5Mp8WP2JB3z707YJW2IQcjJ-JFOm7NDuFGJgjJHenJ-uWE-9n9lNHc0FaNJiG7AGx1_s2fSziPsBORaIfcrbXNM28XGbMH63qvNyE3sguN03flMmBu7rBxQ2y4wXo_QCt-_Ps1QxzEgvrd4FX3TraeIq544qTcX5cCenRAQyaMOQb_P3vIJIRC-GNM/s1000/Jingle.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="688" data-original-width="1000" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdM_5Mp8WP2JB3z707YJW2IQcjJ-JFOm7NDuFGJgjJHenJ-uWE-9n9lNHc0FaNJiG7AGx1_s2fSziPsBORaIfcrbXNM28XGbMH63qvNyE3sguN03flMmBu7rBxQ2y4wXo_QCt-_Ps1QxzEgvrd4FX3TraeIq544qTcX5cCenRAQyaMOQb_P3vIJIRC-GNM/w400-h275/Jingle.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>And the most precious Oscar-Riley —<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCuKB1v98gg-yQH8fIBIii_9kNHNN1oHXsLnB7FcZiaAfIOlFAAsqAbgGRJdcEaRAipfjAaM1dDYgZzBkK5hgqBJMtZhTGtwRxpghCnH2abVzpLPsWooLlaj3JzPntOqk93eBhw2CMn3voK8zoxpwkc1yhXYohsOkW0y746hGq3peYMEGy3X6Z3Hk0d1Nv/s400/Oscar%20modelling%203.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="268" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCuKB1v98gg-yQH8fIBIii_9kNHNN1oHXsLnB7FcZiaAfIOlFAAsqAbgGRJdcEaRAipfjAaM1dDYgZzBkK5hgqBJMtZhTGtwRxpghCnH2abVzpLPsWooLlaj3JzPntOqk93eBhw2CMn3voK8zoxpwkc1yhXYohsOkW0y746hGq3peYMEGy3X6Z3Hk0d1Nv/w268-h400/Oscar%20modelling%203.jpg" width="268" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">YD used to knit him the most fabulous jerseys.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">They all lived side-by-side with interesting relationships. Nigel was definitely the boss of Oscar. Katems and Jingle both spent time living down at the barn to get a bit of piece and quiet.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And they all lived long and happy lives.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrDuJSbpQ3m75IMEY3ZTW6qKL_Uf9UhpJtue73kHumClNZEML8to7ooF4EuWZ3SB0JbgsvTPCIY2B44qZhszw93qiwawwr2AeL95hGpQrVZ0cF9silSd1a9pMZW4ppemwzKrrzikWU5ZWvb9EDXUZ-mhI67ANwEcrJJuYT7MsN7HCw1jtGhja3qx2-xZTe/s1480/catsandoscar.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1044" data-original-width="1480" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrDuJSbpQ3m75IMEY3ZTW6qKL_Uf9UhpJtue73kHumClNZEML8to7ooF4EuWZ3SB0JbgsvTPCIY2B44qZhszw93qiwawwr2AeL95hGpQrVZ0cF9silSd1a9pMZW4ppemwzKrrzikWU5ZWvb9EDXUZ-mhI67ANwEcrJJuYT7MsN7HCw1jtGhja3qx2-xZTe/w400-h283/catsandoscar.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div>However it has been quiet around here over the last few months and the girls and I decided the biggest cat lover of them all (the MOML) needed a special treat for Christmas. </div><div>Meet Tammy, who joined our family today —</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicRA577fVUNd7zoaKCRLYqrsonz7KOv1cg-gBQ0oPGTJVL9rnQPQnYi-9XTuuJ3VroySJjqT9774NH8i2pg_HFl6VnoII4c3nW6AsCunBK483qVk5tuya2S8xxftRzf9b190wT4IG87FgxbR5ktu6HvgcsjiLcKnYmXpCS6ciLhMIOEyuHpHmzmId7uAvd/s1259/daryl.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1259" data-original-width="1067" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicRA577fVUNd7zoaKCRLYqrsonz7KOv1cg-gBQ0oPGTJVL9rnQPQnYi-9XTuuJ3VroySJjqT9774NH8i2pg_HFl6VnoII4c3nW6AsCunBK483qVk5tuya2S8xxftRzf9b190wT4IG87FgxbR5ktu6HvgcsjiLcKnYmXpCS6ciLhMIOEyuHpHmzmId7uAvd/w339-h400/daryl.jpeg" width="339" /></a></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPJn_rJwdivEqTitypg1EWjd0mWmX055T1G5_3RjQ0WtS_HSB504But2QDRkxvTZCQMfmvcxIr7JBJchTSvBO0U0ThqzxncQpLFe4M0ckcrcsQoLfzuSRRnRCmSQ8qZjbmYwXw1AhPip50o57-oGQ3N0qOhKLfU-Zv6hPErF9algT_gEdZECGQOHaItgoW/s1184/cats3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1184" data-original-width="814" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPJn_rJwdivEqTitypg1EWjd0mWmX055T1G5_3RjQ0WtS_HSB504But2QDRkxvTZCQMfmvcxIr7JBJchTSvBO0U0ThqzxncQpLFe4M0ckcrcsQoLfzuSRRnRCmSQ8qZjbmYwXw1AhPip50o57-oGQ3N0qOhKLfU-Zv6hPErF9algT_gEdZECGQOHaItgoW/w275-h400/cats3.jpg" width="275" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: left;">She spent time in The Palace this afternoon, and seemed particularly interested in the right things!</div></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEz5T_d7LG4UwyWZhpaFNnQX4BrIRpuB7eD8KGhzYoSZ4f-ZNBRXGZl7stdX4Mfigx3XA-SdO8noheFofIct-6EQH5rvwdzd3Fl-skkkLkdwsgti6jpeN0fV9PerMR6P1GA6-6k6SKCqh2QU-ks7b_KQyOjZtFU3cOpV-CJcNoCEvQu5YmRIvTSznVVQ7l/s1600/cat2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="900" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEz5T_d7LG4UwyWZhpaFNnQX4BrIRpuB7eD8KGhzYoSZ4f-ZNBRXGZl7stdX4Mfigx3XA-SdO8noheFofIct-6EQH5rvwdzd3Fl-skkkLkdwsgti6jpeN0fV9PerMR6P1GA6-6k6SKCqh2QU-ks7b_KQyOjZtFU3cOpV-CJcNoCEvQu5YmRIvTSznVVQ7l/w225-h400/cat2.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>'til next time,</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>happy stitches,</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="font-family: Dancing Script; font-size: x-large;">Raewyn</span></b></i></div></div></div>Raewynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11123089629481933099noreply@blogger.com11