Easter Blessings and summary

 Easter for 2023 has almost come to an end!  The weather has certainly cooled off here with Good
Friday being a very rainy day.  Weather since has been cloudy, bits of sunshine, bits of rain and much cooler temps ……we haven’t yet started the fire, but I’m pretty sure it won’t be too long before it’s time to get it going!  Like many areas it’s Autumn Burn off for many of the farmers…….it was a rush by many of them to get paddocks burnt off before the expected rain over Easter.

With Pete on the mend, I’ve taken some time to do a few other things ……. But I started Good Friday by baking some scones which started disappearing the moment they came out of the oven!  Yummy! 

 Friday was definitely out for walking which Lucy was not all pleased about!  So when we had breaks each of the other mornings I took her out for her daily walk.  I have to admit that some days I wouldn’t go out walking except for asking,  Ute I’m always happy to be out there once we get out the door! 

I was keen to work more on the Sundaisy block and I’m pleased to show some good progress although I’d secretly hoped to have the block finished and bordered …….but in order to do that I’ll need to be able to get to my sewing machine so I also had to spend some time clearing some of the stuff that had been dumped in there from after Christmas!  I still have a bit to go on the room ……but here is my block progress ……

Tomatoes came out of the freezer ( once we start picking a good lot of them I cut off the tops and then freeze to use later as the skins c9me off super easy after being frozen).  I used up 3 kgs of them to make relish and still have more in the freezer …… not sure if I will make them up into more relish …… I may use them for a batch of soup and some kept whole for stews over winter!  It’s so nice to have home grown produce to use in cooking throughout the year! 

I had hoped to finish knitting my top …. Towhee by Laura Aylor from Fogbound Knits.   I’m using a
fingering weight held double - likely too heavy to use as a tee shirt here - but my plan is to wear it over the top of a skivy.  I ran out of Sultan and wanting to use up stash I decided to add in this red which is also Wollmeise yarn since I only had about 12 rows to finish on the main section and a couple of rows I think on the sleeves ……I hope I might get the main section finished tonight! 

Easter Sunday I took Lucy over to visit Dad and she put a wonderful smile on his face!  I’d taken him over a strawberry thick shake which is his favourite these days as well as a chocolate Easter rabbit to enjoy.  We actually had a bit of sunshine while we were visiting which was also a bonus!

I made good progress on my crocheted top which is turning out somewhat bigger than I had expected so guess we shall see ……..I’m also wondering if I’ll be playing yarn chicken with this as well!  I sure hope not …..it’s been a bit slow with the constant yarn changes every row! 

Time out reading this book which I’m finding good, but a little slow in parts but over all it’s been rather enlightening as well and remembering what many women went through in the days prior and during wartime …… and understanding why women were so desperate during the 60s to hang on to that independence.

Of course I made up a batch of Rocky Road today which put a much needed smile on a certain man’s face!   He is counting the days / weeks to when he is given clearance to drive again.

As I pulled out my Grandmothers bible from the bookshelf in my craft room, I flicked through and stopped on something she had highlighted who knows how many years ago ……. But it was the gentle reminder I needed after these past few weeks of nursing Peter, doing my chores, the chores that he can’t do right now, see to Lucy and look to the needs of my elderly Dad as well as the usual  …….  I had a lovely enjoyable and productive Easter ......I pray you all did as well 

“ And whatever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord and not to men”.  Colossians 3:23