Winter has arrived....  

And so my friends, our winter has arrived. The grey clouds, the sprinkling tap from the skies, the veins of the creek beds that join our main river are filling. It is very exciting for our community that water comes, and our farmers are overjoyed.

⛈⛈⛈⛈⛈⛈⛈⛈⛈⛈⛈⛈⛈ 

I am also overjoyed with excitement at my purchase on the weekend. I was quick enough on our local buy and sell facebook page to buy this bargain of two pedestals, pots and plants. I cannot tell you how excited I was when they were unloaded and placed at the front of my house. I will be repainting the front verandah in the coming months and it will be a happy place to sit.

Since the beginning of this year I have been recovering from a broken tendon in my pinky finger and it has been annoying not to be able to produce more items for my stall at the markets and at the Visitor's Centre in town, but I have been bouncing between sewing, crocheting, a tiny bit of knitting and tidying up my sewing room. 😅 A few more cute little girl bags have been sewn and I love the Betty Boop material that I scored from a sale table a little while ago.

This magnificent child jacket was one of those wonderful projects that I really loved making. The striped just placed themselves very evenly as I completed row after row. It will fit a four or five year old.

Of course, another stripey cardigan had to be made as well and the orange colour always catches the eye.

A friend of our family who has become a father for the first time received a parcel from us, made with much love. Expect nothing more than mischief from our family, I had a father and son shirt and one piece made as part of the gift. The father's nickname is Pie, so his shirt had a pie with a slice taken out of it. The slice of pie was then put on the baby's clothing as he is the slice of the pie. They loved it. lol

The parcel was filled with knitted items made in brown tones, as Pie's last name is Brown. I think there is something quite unstable about my behaviour.😁

A cute little baby knitted top, one of the only projects I have made in a while.

So, apart from being limited in my craft work, the other past times I have been doing are the gardening and catching up with friends. Aren't these little chaps just the happiest flowers. I love pansies. For the time being,

I cannot do boxing, lift heavy weights, hold my own weight (as in push ups), but I have continued to go to the gym and do strength workouts. I'm here with one of the group who attends the gym with me. They're amazing girls. The lady at the front in the photo is our instructor and she gives us a good beating. lol

I didn't mention that while spending months waiting for my tendon to heal, I have also had chemotherapy cream treatment on my nose for skin cancer. All is good at the moment but I thought I would share a laugh with you with the new freckles that started up. At the end of the two weeks of applying the cream, my nose was like a scarlet colour. lol I didn't think it was so funny then. 

Every year when we prepare for the Poultry auction, the Agricultural girls get together to set up the pre loved items table. We always have a dress up and photo session when we finished. We are just too beautiful. 

There was also a coffee catch up with the old gym crowd. Always so lovely to catch up with these beautiful ladies too.

Well lovely friends, it is time to go once again. As my finger is now at rehabilitation stage, I'm hoping to be able to share more of my craft works. See you next time.

Ciao, Anita.