Getting back to things…..

 The past few weeks I have to admit to having felt like something one of the Harvesting machines had run over and spit out the other end!  

  The stormy sky captures it well  ( it’s actually one of our friends farms over in Boorhaman attempting to get the wheat in before the storms a couple weeks ago) …….

Dads service was here in Corowa and live streamed and then Stacey, Kathy & I took his ashes back to Brisbane to be buried.  I’ve made a start on the paperwork side of things and hope to get quite a bit sorted while I’m on Christmas leave from work.

Pete got the slate sealed on the hearth which looks great …… the flue still needs to go through the roof and be sealed but that needs to wait till about March now when the weather is cool enough to be able to sit on a tin roof cutting holes and sealing the flue in!! It’s looking good from in here at least ….

And I am able to finally report that the Down the Rabbit Hole Quilt has FINALLY been completed  and is now in use on the bed!  What a shame I hadn’t realised that the outer borders should not have followed the pattern placement - since on a bed the outer borders are upside down on the parts where you see them ….but oh well - I can live with it! 

Whilst on Ravelry in the harsh weeks of November whilst working on Eulogies and service brochures and dealing with the various family personalities ( and wishing I was a hermit) …..I was lucky enough to stumble upon a group that is based around Harry Potter - now while I’m probably one of the few people yet to see all the films & have never read the books - the group is set up with soooo many activities / crafting challenges and so on and so forth that it was just what I needed to take my mind elsewhere and do some small bits of crafting …..in fact it’s what got me inspired to actually finish the binding on the quilt! 

Currently working on a colourwork sock no1 of the pair

My nook of sanity

And I should include saying Thankyou to Wendy over at 

Sugarlane Designs for hosting Friday Sew Ins during the year ……my linking is not working on the iPads so I’ll try to fix it later on the laptop ……… I'm Currently working on a sock but I need to pull out the many WIPs and use the days over Christmas to think about any particular crafting projects I’d like to work on ……after all, it won’t be too long away before it’s time for Scrub Stichin again!!! OH, how I’m looking forward to that!!! I’m also excited for the road trip that Christine & I will make again on our way up there and back!! 

Pete and I will be spending Christmas Day by ourselves here with Lucy to keep us company.  Stace & John will be in Melbourne and the Townsville Crew will be up there.  As for the eldest son - unfortunately that’s a touchy subject best left in Gods hands. 

I had to take a trip to Narrandera last week for the Team Meeting for work and managed to arrive a little early so I could get to the sewing shop there just as it opened ...... I didn't think I was getting anything until I was about to walk out of the shop and my love of all things chook related stopped me in my tracks!!!   And then it came home with me ........ And will be on my list of projects for next year without a doubt lol

So with only a couple of days left till Christmas Day - I wish all of you a very Merry Christmas