This and that

I went to my craft group, the Free Radicals, yesterday. This month it was my turn to receive quilt blocks. There are still a few to come in, but these are the blocks I received.

Pretty. I gave each person a fish square to use either as inspiration or in the block. Once I receive the [...]

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Some finds

On Monday I met with Christina for coffee and to pick up a scarf.  During the course of the conversation she mentioned a local op-shop (thrift shop) that often had knitting supplies (she found a ball winder there!). So, since it was close by we decided to take a walk and have a look.
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The mojo returns

I should begin by reassuring you all that we do have water. It came back on 2 days after my last post, so we were waterless for 6 days in all. But I have water now and, as Gorgeous Man pointed out, at least this year we have electricity.
My quilting mojo seems to have returned [...]

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A girly girl…?

There are times when Gorgeous Girl is truly a dainty little girl.
While we were camping we went into a nearby town (Swellendam) for lunch.
Our meal was disappointing to say the least.  It was as if they had run out of mince to make the beef-burgers and so put a teaspoon of mince with a [...]

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Sometimes it’s hard…

Sometimes it’s hard living in a country that isn’t your own.
Sometimes it’s hard because life here is different to what you are used to and you long to slip back into that which is familiar and comfortable. Where you don’t need to worry if you are making a cultural faux pas or saying the wrong [...]

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