Dessert!

 Strawberries at the moment are at their peak. They are also very cheap, I am assuming because there was no Ekka this year. Strawberry sundaes are the thing to have at the Ekka, little bit like strawberries and cream as Wimbledon.

Usually I hull the strawberries and cut them up but the football was about to start and of course I dont like to miss any of the football.

Strawberries were a dollar, I had bought some cream, whoops no vanilla but there was a shaker of cinnamon sugar in the cupboard. Interesting taste and the whipped cream was darker and I sat down just as the ball was bounced.

My latest blanket

 Its another c2c, this is where I tried to make it rectangle. At first it was a fail so I moved to make smaller squares of half and half.

Then I decided to sit in front of youtube and watch some tutorials. I like to watch Belka Coco,not her real name, she has several stitches that she shows on line for free.

She has a nice voice to listen to and seems to explain things very well. I watched twice then sat down and got on with it. Its easier if one end has a marker or even a piece of contrasting wool which indicates where to stop increasing.

I did both sides continuing c2c.

Spring time

 The weather is a little warmer and the days are getting longer. Trees are flowering, yep, spring!

Bottle tree, a little one.

Then a very old big bottle tree.

I had to go out to the road side to take the photo, would love to know how old it is.

Horse racing

 We took Lucy for a walk at the local showgrounds and race track. They have a yearly race meeting in January and around the back were the barriers. I have only seen them on TV before so it was interesting to get up close and personal.

The front of them, two gates held in a V, a pin comes from the top and is released from one end.

The back of them again with two gates to hold the horses in.

Not a great deal of room to move in there, thats for sure.

Country driving

 I love seeing big murals in country towns.

One side of a toilet block.

Morning tea, we sat outside as Lucy was with us. I checked in and was told to take a table and someone would come out with menus, she also arrived with a bottle of cold water and two glasses. Lucy had her own water.

Warren went fir the chocolate cake, I love melting moments, have tried to make them so I order with I see them. I had the choice of passionfruit or coffee.  I went for the coffee, it was yum. We were too early for lunch so that means a return trip.

Opp shopping

 I hadnt been opp shop shopping for awhile so I dropped the other day. To my disappointment there was no wool so I wandered over to where the books and crafts things are kept.

They had moved the wool and fabric to that area. 

I do have plenty of wool but I dont like starting a new ball if I only want a little bit so opp shop wool comes in handy.

This was my haul, three bags of small balls plus the two in the front, the five bags cost me $11. I have collected some drink rings with the idea of making small Christmas wreaths. The right colour of green was in one of the bags so l have already crochet around them. I have a couple of small Christmas gifts to send away so these will be a good start.

A petrol stop.

 Petrol was a bit cheaper the other day and as we had a trip coming up, we decided to go for coffee. 

The menu got to us and rather than just coffee, we ordered a share plate plus coffee.

Yum, sweet potato chips, calamari, olives, rocket (blergh), haloumi, crisp breads, chutney and pesto. Just a nice amount.