Quilts for May

Was a bit slack for the start of the month, up until yesterday I had only made two. Pulled my finger out and added three more to the total.

I did have the backs already prepped so it was quite easy.

The bottom one is part of a sari that I bought a few years ago to wear for a fancy dress.

Calendar filling up again

As things are reopening and getting back to normal, sometimes to hard to find time in the week.

Warren asked me yesterday if we had time to go kayaking next week.

Humm, I have a coffee morning on Monday and as I am in the area, hoping to be able to get a haircut.

Wednesday he will have tennis and I will have to be at home for the carpet people.

Thursday is coffee morning again with a different group.

Friday he will have tennis.

Which leaves Tuesday, except that is the day we need to move furniture.

Mostly it's morning stuff but we don't want to run into school times or be too tired. Hopefully the next week won't be as busy. We do want to get out on the water before it gets too cold.

Back to Dayboro.

We do like this place and have often gone for a drive just to have coffee sat the bakery.

I did think that the bakery may have been in operation today as cafes and pubs are back but with a limit of ten people at a cafe with proper social distancing.
The bakery is only a walk in and the seating has been out on the verandah usually about eight tables and chairs. There was never any table service. I guess it's because of the sanctions required of tables and chairs.

Anyway there is a great park just across the road where we had our coffee and cheese cake.

After we did a short walk around to find the Heritage plaques and learnt some history. Dotted around were soft toys in trees, on gates and fences. Interesting.

This was outside the butcher's shop.

Crochet rug

Been working on this one for a couple of weeks. It was done with variegated wool. I bought four balls with no idea what I would make with it. I was hoping it would be bigger.

I went back to Spotlight last week and they had one ball left, it was a different dye lot but I can't tell the difference.

Blanket measures 100cms by 120cms.

Granny squares are in the background waiting to be sewn together, that's the next project.

Sunburn!

Back at the park to have coffee with friends. We took our own coffee and chairs as we expected the covered areas were full by the time we got there at 9.45am.

Quite a few people around but the park is big so not a problem to social distance. It was forecast to rain and we all had rugged up a bit as we knew that we would be sitting out in the elements.

It was really nice to see each other after being in lockdown. We had been chatting regularly by video but not the same as being in one anothers space.

That evening as I was cleaning my teeth, I noticed that my nose was red. I had sunburn! My nose was burnt. It's almost winter for goodness sake. I guess it just goes to show that sun cream  should be used when going outdoors regardless of the time or season. Thankfully the next morning the redness had gone and no peeling.

The Great Toilet Paper Chase.

Tuesday was a caching day and I selected to follow an adventure lab. These have been popping up all over the place but a caches has to be selected to place one.

Warren and I got one last year and as we didn't know too much about them, the closest one was an hour and a half away which we did before setting ours up.

Thus particular one started at the bottom of what was the Hornibrook Bridge. I remember this bridge when we first visited Queensland when I was eleven. It was an old wooden bridge that was very bumpy, these days there is a nice new steel bridge.

Anyway we had to locate the toilet block and then a question appeared which we had to answer. We followed the coastline to four other suburbs. Thankfully at one of the parks, there was a mobile coffee cart and even though we had to queue by social distancing, the coffee was good and welcome.

The sand flats, it was rather windy but sunny, good day to walk along the foreshore.

Opposite one of the parks was this nice looking church. It was also an off lead dog area which Lucy loved running free. Too quick for me to get a photo though.

Back Pain

Wow, it certainly can bring one to their knees.
I did grocery shopping yesterday mid morning and Warren carried it inside as usual. About 9pm last night, I got a couple of  spasms in my back. Didnt think much of it, Warren blamed the shopping and said he should/would come with me in future. I think it was too far apart but cant think what else it could be.

I slept okay until 4am when I think I went to turn over and the sharp pains when I moved woke me. My groaning/yelping woke Warren, he helped me to roll over and then massaged my back. I did manage to get a bit more sleep once I had a hot water bottle on it. More yelping when it was time to get up for a shower. The hot water helped then it was another hot pack and watch a movie.

We had family coming for lunch, luckily I had decided on a ploughmans platter and I was able to prep it during the morning. Warren went to tennis and I had asked him to pick up a box of ice creams for dessert.

Still painful but not as bad but back on the couch with a hot bag, hopefully it will be okay by tomorrow.