Odds and ends

We now have wheels. It’s a small 4WD. It’s also an automatic as that is one less thing for me to worry about when driving. Having a 4WD is pretty much essential given the state of the roads in Port Moresby. This picture is taken in front of our temporary accommodation (which we are still [...]

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A birthday and a finish

Recently a certain Gorgeous Man had a big birthday (starts with a 4 and ends with a 0). We took the opportunity to head away for the weekend. We stayed in accommodation with some interesting recycled decor. There was no electricity, so at night we used these lamps and solar powered lanterns. I don’t know [...]

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Making a shawl

A few years ago Gorgeous Man brought me some fibre. It was one of the first things I spun on my Ladybug spinning wheel. Here is the single. Which I then turned into this two ply yarn. The coins are (from left) 1 Euro, 1 penny, 1 Australian 5 cent and 1 South African Rand. [...]

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And we return to regular programming

Thank you for all your well wishes about the fire. We really are counting our blessings. I saw a friend today who had been at our house during the night of the fire and he told me that “I really didn’t think they would be able to save your house.” So we had a very [...]

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Christmas gifts

Now that Christmas is over and gifts have been delivered. I can share some of the handmade goodies I gave this year. I made my Mum a little Grandma brag book. I know that my scrapbooking skills have a long way to go. My friend Kerin sent over a package of goodies with my mother. [...]

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Surfacing

The wisdom teeth are all out. They gave them to me in a little jar after the surgery which I thought was weird (they are in the bin now). The surgery went well, better than the surgeon expected apparently, but the aftermath was a bit brutal. I burned through the pain killers they gave me [...]

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Mojo Returning

For a while there I lost my scrapbooking mojo. Instead of scrapping I took on the task of organising all of my childhood photos into an album and labelling them. I have family photos that I look at and have no idea who the people are or what they were doing. I don’t want my [...]

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A finish

I have a knitting finish. Morning Surf Scarf in my hand-dyed, handspun yarn. I’m so proud of how this turned out! Gorgeous Girl is a tad scarf obsessed at the moment (she turns clothes and fabric into scarves – shame it’s the height of summer…) and she just had to try it on. I’m giving [...]

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Wednesday is for knitting… for me

I could show you the extra inch or so on Juno Regina. But that would be boring. Let’s talk about other things. Gorgeous Man found a place online that will provide us with a box of organic vegetables and fruit straight from the farmers. We have to go to one of the local health food [...]

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Monday is for Quilting…

Unfortunately, I worked more hours than I usually work yesterday (not complaining, just stating fact) and so didn’t get any quilting done. By the time I finished work I was tired and I have learnt the hard way not to sew when I’m in that state of mind. Instead, I picked up my knitting and [...]

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