Now I know who ate all the peaches on our tree - and I blamed the King Parrots!! This little cutie has come to live in the birdhouse I have hanging in my big old pine tree. He loved the Sao bikkies and the nectarine I fed him this afternoon. The hole in the front used to be round and I've watched it get bigger and bigger over the last few weeks. I just knew somebody was preparing to move in. I think he's found a very good home and because he's adorable and we're prepared to share our garden goodies with him, he's a very lucky possum.
One of my purchases at yesterday's market was this gorgeous fabric covered container. It's the perfect size to hold all my scissors and rotary cutters. I bought it from Janie from Handmade at Woolshed Creek. Just love it to bits. To make it even better, Janie has used some of my favourite Buggy Barn fabrics.
I'll show you my other beautiful purchase if I can get Milly to sit still long enough to model the skirt I bought from Miriam at Bubba Chenille. Milly turns 6 just after Christmas and she loved it so much she surely wore it to bed last night. I'll get a photo of it when I can. Mind you I think it will be nigh on impossible to remove it from her to get it washed, so it might not be looking as clean as when I bought it yesterday.
I've been looking at the weather forecast for Ipswich tomorrow where we'll be at the HANDMADE EXPO and YAY!!!! we're going to be blessed with a much cooler day. How good is that. The weather says 36 for Ipswich today and only 30 for tomorrow. Still come with your hat, sunscreen lotion and plenty of water, but outside sounds like it will be a much more pleasant place to be than it has been all this week.
IPSWICH TURF CLUB
BRISBANE ROAD
BUNDAMBA
From 8am til 2pm
FREE ENTRY AND FREE PARKING
SATURDAY 12th DECEMBER
I think cricket was invented especially for craft people who only want to "half watch" the game but still keep following what's going on. If you do happen to miss a crucial run out or classic catch they'll replay it over and over just for those people who were counting stitches or following a pattern and just couldn't look up at the TV just at that exact time. How considerate is that. As far as I was concerned yesterday, there was only one place to be. It was HOT, HOT HOT outside, so my air-con was on full blast and I managed to get a whole heap of this rag rug done while "half watching" the cricket.
I started this one at the beach on the week end and I think I must have been inspired by the sand and the water to choose these blue and beige colours.
I'll be at the Handmade Expo in Ipswich on Saturday. I'm sharing with Tanya from Tanya's Prim Thyme Designs and you'll find us at the Ipswich Turf Club, Brisbane Road, Bundamba. We'll be there from 8am until 2pm. There's free admittance, so bring all your family and friends. You'll love it and you might even get your Chrissy shopping finished.
We've just spent a weekend at the beach to celebrate a couple of significant birthdays in our family (not mine) and so we've eaten lots of icecream, seen lots of sun and surf, got a little sunburn - oops (not too much fortunately), gone for long walks, and had a lovely relaxing time. I was even given the beautiful red rose one evening when we went out for dinner. It's perfume is divine.
The best part (for me) was that I was able to get lots of rag rugging done. Not having to cook and clean certainly makes a big difference. The two grandkids that were with us were more than happy to spend their time swimming, reading and watching movies. It's so much easier when they get a bit bigger.
