Sock wool ain't just for socks alone!

Well here it is, finally finished this trendy little baby jacket for a dear friend who has just had baby Darcy last Friday. Now Lord knows whether the baby will end up growing out of the jacket before we finally get some cool weather!! OMG I have never known it like this.

Anyway back to the jacket. It's knitted sideways. I love this yarn, I really do. And how cute and trendy is it? Wrap around with a button at the top (outside and inside) so it doesn't make the baby look like a sausage in a casing, te he. I am also putting little red socks (alas, they are bought socks, I CAN'T KNIT WITH MORE THAN 2 NEEDLES!! What a sad case I am) and a red singlet together with the present. Cute as a button gift for a cute as a button boy.

Still on babies. Hubby's best friend (well actually naturally it was his partner) had their first baby yesterday. Aliza. So I've decided to make a blankie for her. Firstly checking on the colour of their nursery (don't want to clash). So that's on the agenda for Saturday to go shopping for more material. Yeah right, like I *REALLY* need more??? Any excuse will do.

I love Michael Miller

Fabric that is. There's something so fun and whimsical about it. It blends perfectly to childrens sewing, bright and colourful. And look at this ... every kid wants to be an astronaut don't they?!?!? Michael Miller just rocks!



I needed a "me" day today so what did I do but sit at the sewing machine. I have made this little bib for a friend of mine who just had a baby, although I still haven't got the binding quite right, but I know she'll love it anyway. Must go look at some sites to work it out, because I want to be able to make my own binding so I have the exact fabric that I want.

Onward and upward. Must exact the binding and before I make any more bibs.

What a week

What a week we had.

Firstly bushfires near here. Very scary driving home and seeing flames in the trees about 500 metres from where I was. Scotty went and helped a dear friend on his farm who was battling the flames. He sadly ended up losing a third of his farm, but thankfully not the house nor the stock.

Then oldest step daughter had a very bad appendicitis attack and ended in hospital. She ended up getting it out yesterday and is now on the mend. After last night coming out of anaesthetic now that was scary. But she must be feeling better today as she's asked that no "oldies" visit her. She'll just play princess while all her friends come and pay homeage !! te he.

It's been a long week. But I'll finish on a picture I just took earlier on my way home from the supermarket. I think I may put it on my desktop. It will make me smile. Cows have a way of doing that don't they? You can't help but smile at a cow.

Now I must go find that yarn to sew up the baby jacket I had made. My friend had her little boy yesterday. Darcy !!

I promise, there will be *other* photos soon

But whilst I have some willing subjects and whilst this new whizbang camera is lovingly drawing me in to play with it, I'm just shooting around the house. It was too darn wet over the weekend, and I'm too darn exhausted after work to go out looking for subjects. But I will.

Until then, here's my other girl, my beautiful Bo.

(Molly and Bo really ought to have their own blogs because they've kind of taken over mine!!!)

Now I promise, the next photo will not be of either of them, although I've decided I'd love to get into pet photography or at least take some nice nice pics of friends pets for them. I must get myself back to crafty type pics.

Later.

New camera love!

Is it possible to be in love with a camera, all the buttons and bits and pieces and the book that is inches thick? Picked it up yesterday and I haven't stopped playing with it. The only downfall is that it rained so hard today and storms were brewing that I couldn't go out all over the country side and just go snap happy. How bad that is to be bemoaning the rain, I should hush.

But the camera in all it's gadget glory is a real beaut. And it has a 10 optical zoom. So that's what I've been doing today, stalking Molly and Bo. Driving them nuts.

Not the most flattering picture of her body, but I love the expression on her face. What? Another picture???? Oh please let me be! So expect to see lots and lots of pictures from now on from Scoop here! Poor hubby, I don't think he'll get a chance to even play with it.

Well that's given me a laugh

For some reason I decided to look at my profile. And okay, you know I do feel like last year went by in the blink of an eye, but ......

Age: 250
Gender: Female
Astrological Sign: Virgo
Zodiac Year: Rat
Location: Country Victoria : Australia

Now either I'm holding my age very well, I mean to say what do 250 year old wrinkles look like anyway? I wonder if something happened to my stats from going to the new blogger. Who knows.

Anyway I'm a Dragon, not a Rat. Scotty would probably call me the ol' dragon at times anyway! ha.

I'll change it later, it's giving me a giggle at the moment.

Happy New Year to you all

Well 2006 has passed and I have paused and reflected and counted my blessings. Does everyone do what I do? Get to the end of yet another year and think where on earth has it gone? Am I aging this quickly? Is life passing me by?

So this year without fail I aim to live every moment to its fullest and have no regrets about anything. I want to put my all into everything I do with gusto. I want to spend more time with my darling husband and family and very much loved friends. I want to renew old aquaintances that have dwindled over time, and get out and put myself out there and live life.

There, it's on paper, or screen, or well you know. So I have committed it to the greater world population now.

I hope 2007 brings all good things to everyone.