Bush camp.

 We are 13 kms from Wondai, about 7kms from Murgon and the same from Cherbourgh.

Very nice bush caravan park. The two events we are here for are or were in Wondai. Both have now been completed.

We are alongside a cabin, huh, owners were a bit concerned that as the ute is not a 4wd, we may not have been able to get into no. 2 camp spot. It is not a drive thru, if it was not possible then we could take no. 4 which was a drive through.

Bruce (and Warren)did a good job of getting the caravan up into the nice flat spot.

Had to reverse twice but that was my fault, I thought he wanted it paralell to the back wall but no he wanted it paralell to the side wall. Nice and straight now and a bonus the ladies toilets are just across the road, 35 metres away.

The back wall and the bush, havent seen any creatures around except magpies and a couple of crows.

My cardigan

 I made z cardigan but I dont like it. It fits but the way the colours came out is not the best. I will undo it and repurpose the wool.

However I will make another in plain colour.

I was being lousy and didnt buy the pattern. It was $12.50 and stated that there was no increasing or decreasing. Basic stich throughout so I thought it was rather expensive so I made up my own pattern.

Two panels each 9 inches wide, stitch the two together for the back stitch the sides together. Sleeves needed to be wide enough to around the arm hole left. Single then a double stitch around and Bobs your uncle.

Its the colour that I dont lije and I know I would not be comfortable wearing. I do have enough of red yarn but could I see myself wearing red, probably not.

I want to make the next one longer, this only came to my waist as per the picture I saw. I will use a th8nner yarn as well. On the back burner at the moment but I will try again.

Mothers day gifts

 Long way away seeing that it is in May but good to be prepared. Our crochet tutor's daughter works at a school, think she teaches or admin. Anyway this year she thought it would be good to have a small gift for each mum. She asked her mum, our tutor if she could make a small something. After agreeing, she was then told, 200 items were needed!

Upshot was Robyn asked the group for ideas and some of us made several crochet different key rings. Apparently the mothers were delighted.

Now the push is to do something different for next year and a few ideas were put forward. When I was at the Nest, the craft place, I saw wooden coat hangers. I bought a set and crochetted a cover for them using up scrap yarn. Also played around with making slippers. They were done over about four days.

I do have plastic tubing to cover the handles.

Slippers are for inside use, sizes are adults 6 to 9. Thicker yarn for one on right and probably fit up to a 10. Very quick and basic.

Polo tops

 I have been making pjs and polo tops for uniforms for kids.

There was a nice piece of fleece in an astec design, I made one top and there was a reasonable amount left over. Not enough tomake another but too much to just throw out.

As we need to add some uniform fabric, they already are a mix match. My pattern requires a small piece doubled for front and back with sleeves needing much more fabric. I had the spotted piece in similar colours but it was quite thin.

At first, it was going to be the body and the sleeves in the spotted but with still a narrow strip of the grey and white so I added it down the middle of the sleeves.

This is the result. I hope some kid likes it as much as me.

Bottom bed drawer

 Wkhen we were shopping for our new king sized bed, I wanted one that had drawers. Our Queen sized bed had two drawers either side and as we dont have a lot of drwer spzce in our bedroom, I didnt want to lose these.

I got the bed with two large drawers at the bottom of the bed. Felt a bit bad about it as the display bec was the only ond that had drawers. I wanted to buy it and they took 50% of the price, that was a bonus that I didnt expect.

Anyway, I digress. I keep winter clothes in there. Dec.ided to see what was in there a coupke of weeks ago as the weather was getting colder.

Pretty sure I didnt even look in there last winter as only one pair of the pants fitted me, several pairs of socks, rarely do I wear socks and there was a pair of pjs. Hum, thet didnt go to op shop but the pants now cone up to jyst under my boobs and the top comes down to my knees.

Now my summer pants are packed away in the bed drawer.

Park run at Ocean view

Up at 5am, shower, dress in warm clothes as its going to be cold, like 8degrees. Coffee for breakfast ready to leave at 5.45. GPS told us 45 minute drive but we lijs to have timd up our sleeve plus it was dark out which brings out ghe big hoppers (kangaroos).

We had three choices to get there, straight out from our place and up the mountain, road is mainly gravel with cut outs for water run off, okay it taken slow during daylight. Second way was to go north and then cut back along a windy mountain road. We chose the three option, head south and then west before hitting the mountains. The way west was through bush but at keast by the time we got there, it was starting to get light so we would bs ablt to see any furry friends. We didnt actualy see one until on our way home, one had been hit during the night, it was dead on the side of the road.

We were one of the first to arrive with Chrus and Sheri just behind us.

Between us we did three voluntree roles, Sheridan tail walker, Warren walked with her, Chris did bar cord scanning and I did finish tokens. There were only 27 runners. Pretty hard course through the vines, up and down hills.

After we went to oyr favourite bakery in Dayborough for breakfast, home by 10.30am.

 

We're gone security minded.

 So much stuff on the news about home invasion etc so we decided to put up a camera. 

Warren wanted to put it up in the eves of the house, which meant heim getting up a ladder, I wasnt real keen on that. We visited a friend down the street who had cameras and has also had two lots of unwelcome visitors in the last three years, hence the cameras.

Hers are quite intense and wired in. One set is above her garage and another on the corner of her house.

We decided to put it up over the garage which covers anyone coming up to the front of the house and also going into the back yard.

It takes a photo when theres movement. Works off solar.