I'm struggling with where to put some of our paintings and pictures - a few are rather large and
simply don't suit in the lounge room since the wall space is limited due to furniture, windows or doorways ........ and with the older house, I had really hoped to gather a number of different frames to pop on the wall with various family photos ....... but now, well, I'm just not sure. I spent hours going through piles of old photos, then having to pick ones that would fit the frames ......... and of course included everyone ......... I still have to fill the middle frame with a larger wedding photo, and also there will be another larger frame at the top
above the middle white one which will have a family photo that includes our DIL, grandchildren and daughters partner (I just have to go through the computer and print it off). But when I look at the photo of the blank wall and then with all the family frames, I wonder if it is too much?
Sometimes the smallest things seem to be the trickiest - never did I imagine dithering around with the photos and paintings! Usually I have them up pretty quickly, but now I think I'm perhaps over thinking it all - after all, I'm not going for a magazine spread lol!
Still, I'd be very happy to get your thoughts ........
Now, If I could just sort out this study/library area that is already over flowing with papers and files, photos, books and magazines, old files that need to be kept for several years and all the stationary items I seem to have acquired!!!!! ......... Yep, there are still things to sort out, places to find for things to "live" ......... and today I start a new job so we shall see how that goes tooo!
Have a great day everyone!
Expialadoshus! Maryborough has been celebrating Mary Poppins for the past week with a wonderful "day in the park" yesterday which summed it up beautifully! I had a lovely walk through the park and out onto the streets that were all closed to traffic and set up with Umbrellas, the most wonderful Chalk drawings that looked like they were something taken straight out of the movie!
Some of the buildings are from back in the 1800's, and I had meant to go and check out a few more things but somehow I found myself just walking the street taking in all the festivities, It was looking like rain was on the way so I wanted to get back home before it started ...... it poured down all afternoon as it turned out - what a shame for the chalk drawings ...... a bit like the movie I guess!
There were little tiny trains for just one or two men to sit on, and the steam train that runs through
the park that was filled with adults and children enjoying the fun. Theme songs from the Mary Poppins movie were playing over the loud speakers and many in the crowd found themselves singing along as they walked past the festivities!
Queens Park is right beside the River Banks of the Mary River so it was a lovely walk.
On Friday night I joined in with Cheryl for FNWF - the virtual handwork which I find is helpful in inspiring to get things worked on ........ I decided to make an all out effort and managed to finish knitting the Fogbound Cardigan (Laura
Aylor design), even getting the ends sewn in. I just need to give it a bath and block it which I will likely do today since it looks sunny this morning.
I also managed some secret sewing that I can't show just yet as it will be a gift for somebody that I know reads this blog from time to time. Oh, and I managed to get the curtains for the dining room finished earlier in the week. It was so nice to get those horrid blinds down (remember the photo from my last post?) The curtains make the area look so much nicer now I think ....
Since it rained all afternoon yesterday, I decided to work on some more of the embroidery I'm doing for a table runner. I got a few more flowers done on it. Pete had left early to head to Howard with a friend who was doing a stall at the Market up there. I think they enjoyed having some "bloke time" .....
And I certainly kept myself busy ...... I bit the bullet and registered
to undertake my very first Park Run/Walk experience! And then of course I was off to Mary Poppins and back doing embroidery! I'm not sure just what will be happening today as yet.
After spending the past couple of weeks searching, I did eventually locate another tall boy chest of drawers on a buy/swap/sell site. My hope was that Pete and I could have one each which would allow me to get rid of the horrid wire racks that were already in the house when we bought it!
We picked it up early Friday morning ........ since it was just near the boat ramps at Urangan, we took advantage and went for a quick walk to have a look ........
Yep, Scruffy came for the road trip in the ute with us! He is on borrowed time now as he has recently had a couple of little seizures - at 16 1/2yrs we are just letting him enjoy life.
Once back home, I was kept busy then for the entire morning as I dismantled the horrid wire racks
that had been left here (no idea why somebody would set a wardrobe up like that!) ...... and then moved the wardrobes we bought so they lined up where the wire shelves had been, and put the two
tall boys in place which now hold all our clothes that can't be hung. This dressing area looks soooo much better, feels sooo much better and works wonderfully!!!
Have a great rest of the weekend friends!
The current favorite spot at the top of the stairs to catch the breeze and keep and eye on us both lol ...... at least when he's not in his bed or in the "flower garden"!
Time to round up for June ..... our first full month here and wow have we been busy and enjoying life!
As most of you know we arrived here on May 22 with our furniture and goods arriving a couple of days later ......... so much of this first month has been busy unpacking boxes and finding places for furniture to go, getting a couple of new bits of furniture to hold things like the wonderful bookcase and the glass cabinet which are both full already! The kitchen has been set up (well, pretty much so - there are a couple more bits to do), and it's been nice to begin putting a few touches here and there. Alot of work has gone on in the yard area with Pete removing the chook yard and pen, putting in water tanks, changing gates and we've added an extra vegie garden bed!
On the crafting front ..... I've been busy making curtains for several windows, working on the cardigan, and brought out some WIP's thanks to walking down to the local sewing/ patchwork shop and joining in with a lovely bunch of girls on a Wednesday morning! I think I've done more sewing this past month than I have for the past few months down in Bundalong before we moved!!
We've enjoyed drives around the local area and checking out various markets and have begun to make progress with all the changes needed on the admin side of things (car rego change overs, changes of address for numerous things etc etc - still got a few more to go!).
Unfortunately poor little Scruffy has not been well. Once again his mouth was playing up - even though he had dental surgery just a couple of months ago where they took out 5 teeth. So we headed up to the local vet here and it seems that he must have a bone infection in the jaw which is why his teeth keep playing up and becoming so loose ...... due to his age of 16 years the best option is some high dose antibiotics to manage the infection and pain meds as needed. He is still eating and enjoys being around us ....... although he was pretty keen to be leaving the Vet's rooms!!
Yesterday was such a beautiful sunny day ....... I've finally worked out where I'm going to put a flower garden ....... so yesterday afternoon I got to digging over the area which took quite a bit of work pulling up all the grass that was there. Sometime this week I'll begin planting it up after I put in a few soil additives to help boost it up a bit. This view is from the top of our back stairs, so I think it will be a nice sight to see once it gets going
With today being the first day of July and a bit rainy here in Maryborough ...... I decided I would begin working on the next lot of curtains. I've been waiting for the fabric to arrive at Spotlight and was able to pick it up yesterday. What do you think?
These curtains will be going in the Dining area to replace this wooden blind that doesn't work and
seems to be a great dust catcher! I got them finished (apart from hems), just a little while ago but they will have to wait till Pete gets up and removes the blind and puts up the new curtain rod .......... he's really excited to have that job to do again lol
Well, I'd say all in all we have had a very successful first month here ... Yee Hah indeed lol! And now with the Sunday Roast in the oven, I'm going to grab a cuppa and sit down and knit and watch a movie ........
See ya next time!
I'm struggling with where to put some of our paintings and pictures - a few are rather large and 
