Friday, December 17, 2021

It's Almost Christmas

 I love Christmas, I love buying and receiving gifts, I love all the christmassy food, I love the decorations, I love everything about it, I love that two of my three kids will be here in our new house and new town over the holidays.


A couple of weeks ago there was Carols in the Park followed by fireworks right across the road from us I was so excited, we had our chairs in the front yard eating hotdogs for dinner waiting for the display and it was great 

The garden is doing great I have been making pickles and pickles and then more pickles, oh and pickled cucumbers as well.





The roses are loving the heat and rain 
 There has been a lotof rain more up river than here in town but the Namoi flooded and broke its banks we went uo to Porcupine Mountain to have a look at the water everywhere and then up to Pensioners lookout to see the other side of town and there are some great sculptures in the park there, I heard the government has given a grant for more sculptures and an eagle statue.



I have been doing a bit of sewing I used this piece of scrap fabric and made a see through pouch for my Zoom class blocks. I went to a mystery layer cake quilt workshop in town and made theis gorgeous quilt top and then I finished my "Whirligig" flimsy, a pattern by Emme Jean Jansen. I have finished a couple of old works in progress so hopefully 2022 will bring on more quilt finishes.



Mudgee Weekend Away

 The weekend after the long weekend was Coolah Country Patchwork's weekend retreat in Mudgee. They rent a 6 bedroom house and off we go....