Park run is back

 Eight and a half months since it was stopped, park run returned today with a few changes. Social distancing does of course has to be in place.

No touching of barcodes, all tokens need to be wiped and there can be no communal key holders. 

I worked as a scanner today and Warren was going to walk. Of course that didn't happen. 

He did run some of the way. His hand still has a light bandage on it which is almost flesh coloured. 

Not a good time for him, coming in 100th at 42.43seconds but plenty of room for improvement. There were 128 runners this morning, average is about 110.

Fish and chips on Bribie

 An online friend of mine mentioned that she and her sister had met on Bribie Island a couple of days ago, had a nice walk along the beach followed by fish and chips.

That sounded like an ideal couple of hours out so we did the same yesterday before it got too hot. I was amazed at the number of people in the water for a Friday but we think it was an end of school bus trip.

It has been a couple of years since we have been to the other side, ocean side of Bribie and I didnt realize that it is a patrolled beach. The patrolled part was only about 50 metres.

We ordered a platter for two, should have got the platter for one!

Granny square blanket

 I have been crocheting for just over a year now and I had tried granny squares. Most people start with these. My granny squares ended up with rounded corners which made it very difficult to stitch together after. 

I left them for ages, after all I can crochet rugs or blankets with a straight edge. Two weeks ago at crochet class I thought I should try and I did the centre fine, then asked for help. Pam showed me how to do it and talked me through it. I continued last week and thought I was doing okay and then Gail askes if I am doing rounds or turning it?

What. Some agreed that if it is turned so crochet around and then turn and go back it squared it up, a couple of others never do it. I found it easier to start on the next round if it is turned. Here is the finished result.

It measures about 130 by 130, I still have a couple of ends to sew in. I was debating putting another row of white around but Warren thinks it should end with a darker colour. I did use up all the green that I had.  

Garden art

 Sunday morning we were out at a new park. Lucy loved all the new smells. It's a new suburb that had opened up just across the highway from us.

Glad we don't live there though, the roads were tight with lots of bends and corners, I would suppose to keep the speeds down. We could see a two metre high wooden fence between each house, zikes that is close. 

There was a nice park for kids with play equipment and this.

The houses were behind us and nothing the other side of the park as yet.

A what of geese?

 Lucy and I were in the park a couple of weeks ago. We had gone further afield to go for a walk but as I stopped the car, it pelted with rain. I told Lucy that I was not going out in that and we headed for home.

As we were coming up to Centenary Lakes, the rain had stopped so I pulled in there as that way we got in our walk and I didnt have to put up with her sad looks for the rest of the day.

The weather must have put everyone off as we were the others ones there and we came across these geese. It is a gaggle of geese. Personally I like a murder of crows.

Half way around, the rain came down and we were both quite wet by the time we got back to the car. Lucy shook herself before she in the car, I felt I should but instead my hair just dripped on my shoulders.

Santa

 When I showed Warren the rabbits I made, he said great, can you make me a Santa.

Oh, yeah, sure, that would be so easy. I think it was the tone of my voice. He said well you made them! Yeah, I did have a pattern for them. 

Thinking about it, I thought I maybe I could have a go at it.

I started with a ball for the face, half a circle in red for the hat, this has some stuffing in it.

I think the body ball is a bit too big but Warren says its good. Apparently he wants to put it on his bike.

Rabbits

 I saw a pattern for rabbits, they looked cute and easy to do so I had a go at them. All crochet except the first one, the grey does have a felt eye, that one took me three days. The purple one took one night and a lunchtime. We usually watch something on tv Netflix for 45 minutes. I changed the eye by crocheting one round of black then one round of white, saved a lot of time.

I thought they were a little small then I realised that it said 12cms high not 12inches. I used a bigger hook and I think they are both about ten inches high or24cms.

Last week at crochet class, my tutor Robyn asked if the charity that I donate my blankets to Knitting for Brisbanes needy K4BN, could use some small blankets that she had done. She had been trying out new stitches. 

This is what she gave me for k4bn.

The last one is a pocket scarf using up spare wool

Rams

 It's an Australia new movie out with an all Australian cast except for Sam Neil, he's a New Zealander but we usually accept him as an Aussie.

Nice country feel to it with underlying problems faced in the country.

There wasn't many people at the movies but probably the same number as before Covid, going on a Tuesday morning. 

There is another Aussie movie out as well with many older actors set in a nursing home, I think the stort line is that a group of then decide to break out of the home. Penciled in to see next Tuesday, Tuesday being cheap ticket day, only $8. 

It's snowing?

 Our tree out the back started flowering a couple of weeks ago. Within a few days, it was covered in white flowers and some of the earlier flowers started to fall.

On Friday morning, the smell was incredible, there had been a couple of showers of rain during the night and as soon as I stepped outside, I could smell it, so nice, fresh and clean smelling.

Early morning hospital visit.

 Warren had to be at the hospital at or before 7am this morning. There is virtually no parking as there is construction work happening so it was a drive in, drop and drive out again. As he was staying over night and it appeared he was the first one on the surgery list, he had to be booked into a ward first.

He rang me at 4.30pm, sounding like normal. He said he was back in the ward at 12.30 and had slept on and off for a few hours.

The surgeon will see him in the morning and give instructions of what he needs to do, I know that he will need to wear a splint on it 24/7 for ten days.

This was his hand last night.

 

Christmas Decorations

 I saw something on face book a few days ago and wondered if I could make one.

First thing I needed was a ring. The guy went through it on YouTube. He spoke well while crocheting and said that a fancy ring wasn't needed. He had used the ring that comes around milk bottles, the piece that is left when the top is cracked.

We rarely use milk bottles but we do have a couple of  bottles that had had iced coffee in them. They are a nice size for cold water in the fridge, if we take them out with us, it doesnt matter if they get left as does happen sometimes.

As luck would have it, two still had the ring on them. Bit hard to get off though.

The guy said any hook, any wool and off we went, he used 32 stitches, I didn't count just did enough to make a solid ring.

The red is French knots, if I had a thin red ribbon, I would probably put a bow on it but I didnt so I didnt. Very quick little project.

From AFL to cricket all in a week.

 This year's grand final was played in October rather than September.

It was played in Brisbane, first time ever outside of Melbourne and the MCG (Melbourne cricket ground)

Due to Covid, quarters had been reduced to sixteen minutes instead of twenty. Of course that is actual playing time, each time the ball goes out of bounds or there is a score, the clock is stopped and then restarted once the game starts again so a quarter could go out to around twenty six or seven minutes.

Anyway it was a good game a couple of bad injuries in the first five minutes but thankfully it was part of playing not fights. I did see a bit of push and shove but not more than usual. 

The entertainment was pretty good, there was a welcome to country with 20 local indigious dancers on the field before. All the entertainment was Brisbane based, bands that I hadnt heard of but once the music started, I did recognized it. There was Wolfmother, Shepherd and Cub Sport. 

Yesterday and today we were watching women's t20 cricket, those girls are very good and thankfully they are getting more and more exposure.