Thursday, April 30, 2020
Happy Fourth Birthday to our Elodie! Some of my favourite photos taken during the past 12 months.
Fallen asleep on Penniedarling's chair.
Taking a Selfie with cousin James.
Ballet Concert with one of her friends.
Labels: Birthdays, Elodie
Photo a Day Challenge - 30.4.2020 - Month of Gratitude.
Bestest Gratitude of all is our Beautiful Family! How lucky are we
💜💚❤️💙💗💛💜💚❤️💙💗💛💜💚❤️💙💗💛
Labels: 4/2020, Griffiths Family
Wednesday, April 29, 2020
David and I enjoyed a little 'Outing' today to wish our Charlie Ripley Happy Birthday! Our first 'Outing' together for a very long time...
We decided to go via Bobbin Head, always a beautiful drive through the Ku-ring-gai National Park then almost a circle home again...
We dropped off a few of Charlie's favourite yummies made by Penniedarling plus another couple of things we know our Charlie loves. Brief but so lovely to see him.
Labels: Birthdays, Bobbin Head, Charlie
Only one year ago our Charlie became a Teen and today he's done it again... Happy Fourteenth Birthday Charlie.
Photo a Day Challenge - 29.4.2020 - Month of Gratitude.
Quilting... where would I be if I couldn't make quilts for not only myself but for so many family members and charities as well! Love it! Started seriously back in 1992 and have made so many quilts I've lost count! This one above is one of the first, I made one for David and one for myself as well... then below when I thought I'd be silly and make a little quilt using 3/16th of an inch Hexagons... look what happened! Wow!
But... receiving this below written by Charlie when he was in about 2nd Class... is just magical!
28 years of making quilts is never enough, a lot more are coming 😊
Labels: 4/2020, Charlie, Quilts
Tuesday, April 28, 2020
Photo a Day Challenge - 28.4.2020 - Month of Gratitude.
Very grateful to my father Rip for writing all these books oh our family history and his memories! Wonderful stuff!
Labels: 4/2020, Books, Ripley
Monday, April 27, 2020
Photo a Day Challenge - 27.4.2020 - Month of Gratitude.
Love knowing my family history and that there is an Island in Sydney Harbour named after my Rodd Family... and that we are able to party on it on special occasions, costs a bomb but well worth it every time! Love it!
Labels: 4/2020, Family, Rodd Island
Sunday, April 26, 2020
Photo a Day Challenge - 26.4.2020 - Month of Gratitude.
Very Grateful that 3 year old Elodie knows just how smart she is having finished this puzzle and noticing that it was for 8 year olds 😀
Labels: 4/2020, Elodie, Puzzle
Saturday, April 25, 2020
A Beautiful Morning with some of our Neighbours.
We Will Remember Them.
Labels: Anzac Day
Photo a Day Challenge - 25.4.2020 - Month of Gratitude - ANZAC Day.
Very proud of all these relatives and friends of ours who represented up in Wars!
Rip all ready for an ANZAC Day March back in 1995.
Labels: 4/2020, Anzac Day
Friday, April 24, 2020
Photo a Day Challenge - 24.4.2020 - Month of Gratitude.
Snowy and Cuddles, who live out near the road, are wearing their Poppies, all ready for ANZAC Day tomorrow.
I've knitted many many many of these Poppies and given them to family and friends, I hope they will be wearing them tomorrow.
ANZAC Biscuits are ready as well.
Labels: 4/2020, Anzac, Biscuits, Poppies, Teddies
Thursday, April 23, 2020
Our friend EweGene, from Arizona, sent me some photos of his beautiful flowering Cactus... W0W!
Took a couple of photos from our garden this morning, this beautiful Banksia is the only native in flower at the moment.
We have plenty of limes and plenty of figs, only problem is the figs drop off before ripening 😞
We do have plenty of pretty Camellia's in flower.
Last of the Hibiscus and a pretty little Iris... lovely.
Labels: Garden, Gene
Photo a Day Challenge - 23.4.2020 - Month of Gratitude.
Very Grateful to my Great Aunt Carol who taught me to knit when I was five, I still love knitting and have just finished one very complicated jumper for Nerys! Yay
Below - Cobcroft Family up at 'Glenroy' in Windsor celebrating Carol's 100th Birthday! This is the home that Carol was born, she died in the same room aged 101!
ALSO..... very Grateful to Carol for her Fudge and Meringue Recipes 😃😃😄😀😛
Labels: 4/2020, Cobcroft Family, Food, Great Aunt Carol
Wednesday, April 22, 2020
Photo a Day Challenge - 22.4.2020 - Month of Gratitude.
😀😀😀😀😀😀 Grateful for the laugh Remy and Elodie!
Labels: 4/2020, Elodie, Remy
Tuesday, April 21, 2020
Photo a Day Challenge - 21.4.2020 - Month of Gratitude.
How wonderful to see this early Jonquil open up to brighten our day!
Labels: 4/2020, Flowers
Monday, April 20, 2020
Enjoying Isolation in my Sewing Room.
Starting with the top drawer, although there is a lot of 'stuff' on the desk that needs a good tidy as well.
How neat and tidy is this drawer, and who knew I had seven plus tape measures 😮
Next up is the second drawer.
Who knew I had all these left over bits of binding?? I wonder if I will ever use them one day.
I also cleaned out a rack with four baskets full of 'stuff'' forgot to take a photo because I was horrified to discover that in one drawer with several sheets of cardboard... had been turned into an Ant Nest! for hundreds of thousands of the smallest ants I've ever seen... NO longer it aint!
Third drawer was empty, the fourth one holds gift wrapping... too boring to photograph but I am happy this third drawer had room for these fabrics awaiting my attention 😉
Then I started on these bigger wire baskets, bottom one is my Ribbon Basket!
All nice and neat now... still have four of these baskets to tidy, no more ribbons though, the others contain important craft sort of things.
Labels: Sewing Room
Photo a Day Challenge - 20.4.2020 - Month of Gratitude.
Very Grateful that I noticed I'd sewed the left sleeve of Nerys' jumper upside down before I gave it to her 😊 in the almost 70 years I've been knitting, my Great Aunt Carol taught me when I was 5 and I've hardly stopped.
Just a couple of finishing touches...
Labels: 4/2020, Knitting
Sunday, April 19, 2020
Photo a Day Challenge - 19.4.2020 - Month of Gratitude.
Very grateful that David is enjoying his 'Isolation' in the garage restoring the body of Gwilym's 1966 Ford Falcon.
Labels: 4/2020, Falcon
