dark clouds

drama

chaos

turbulence

all just a storm in a teacup !

How are things with you ?

no I'm not cross at you

Really I'm not .

I was just going to pop a post up to explain my absence

but a post without a photo is even more dull than my

my blog at the moment .

So because I was going to tell you I wasn't cross I thought

I'd show you some of my very old cross stitches .

I haven't done any for so long and I really use to enjoy doing them .

I don't think my eyes or my patience could manage it anymore .

Are there things that you were very enthusiastic about but aren't any more ?

Anyway now you know I'm still around .

My daughter who has been home sick for two weeks goes

back to school tomorrow and I'm finalising a few things here .

As always family need to come first .

I'd love to have some more recent crafty stuff to show you

but it's either secret or non - existent .

Thanks for sticking around .

I appreciate it .

no sneezing please

My crochet laundry curtains had to go .

We now have a toilet in our laundry and when visitors

used this toilet they got a little freaked out that

there was no proper curtain in there .

Outside the laundry there is only a paddock so

maybe they thought the roos might watch them .

So I stitched together a whole lot of old hankies

for my new curtain .

I love this curtain too but if anyone blows their nose on this

 they are in big trouble !

by george , my new man is just tops !

Yes I have a new man .....

and he really is just tops !

I've had a sick child home all week and I am going a bit crazy.

home

home is

where the

heart is .

another mothers day post

Happy Mother's Day everyone !

My kids bought me an odd set of cup and plates from Vinnies

and a ball of wool in my mothers favourite colour , just perfect !

My brothers and sisters and all our kids have a cup of tea at

11.00 am on mothers day in honour of our mum and nan .

Although we are not in the same room we all are together in spirit.

We are spread out all over Australia and New Zealand

and there are lots of us .

This is our second time doing this and although it has

a tinge of sadness it brings us all together

and I know that my mum would have loved that.

So yes I am always a little sad on days like this but

so very grateful for my family .

Enjoy your day !

Love you mum always xxxx

and yet

still working on this .....

can't wait to be working on this.....

really should be working more on this......

and yet I spend a lot of time looking at things like this .

sometimes

Sometimes life gets a bit blah ,

sometimes it feels like it's all the same

sometimes it feels like some things are too hard

and then I see in all that normal life the really , really special stuff

 I just need to remember where it is .

insert pin here

I'm hosting a pincushion swap on my facebook page !

Very remiss of me not to let you know here in case you wanted to be in it too.

The only thing is you must be a facebooker.

I won't be swapping this pincushion of mine , I really do need a big one as

I tend to just throw my pins in the general direction and hope some

land in the right place . 

Even if you can't join in on facebook you may need a new pincushion anyway.

Here is the link to lots of tutorials on Tipjunkie if you need some inspiration . 

Thanks for visiting , nice to see you !

blatent beg for votes

Yesterday was the close of entries for the Feather Your Nest

competition over at Stumble and Stitches .

So of course when did I get my entry in , late yesterday.

As always I was running late and had so much trouble

getting a half decent photo of my new laundry curtain .

I think I took at least a 100 photos and in the end

I submitted one after I hassled everyone in the house

to help me choose.

There are 73 entries and they are just fantastic !

There are judges and prizes and everything .

If you have a sec and you'd like to vote for my entry

I'd really appreciate it . Really .

You can find all the details here .

Thanks so much .