Since finishing crochet classes at U3A for the year, I have been making toys. Am ambulance centre far north have requested toys similar to trauma teddys. As we are travelling close by in April, I have offered to take what ever a crochet group that I belong to, can make between now and then.
I stopped making blankets and now on to
This is what I have made so far. Warren said he only wanted ham and salad for Christmas lunch, suited me fine.
This was actually left overs on Boxing day but it was the same except the mince pie which we didnt have in Christmas day. It was a coleslaw which didnt look very appealing. I had made it in the thermo and added mushrooms, blitzed it a bit too much. Luckily it tasted okay. The other salad was a Jamie Oliver one consisting ot sweet corn, cucumber, tomato and crispy bacon. I forgot to buy tomatoes when I went shopping so no tomatoes.
We did have a hot meal at night, a small stuffed turkey roll and roast vegetables.
No cooking for me on Boxing day as we ate left overs.
We did do presents at our early Christmas day lunch but Warren and I saved our gifts to each other until the actual Christmas Day.
He wanted a new phone as his phone had been playing up a bit and we had bought it a couple of months ago when it was available as it was the last one that they had and didnt know if or when they would get more.
Even though we bought it back in October, he choose not to use it until Christmas.
This was my gift, a box of 25 books in the mystery/thriller genre, one is an Agatha Christie that I have read but the rest I havent read. The wool is a pack of a CAL, which means crochet along but I just liked the colours of them. Its called a harbour pack, colours apparently from what colours one would see at a harbour.
I had a return to make at the library yesterday. Warren was driving and he parked in a different area to where I park when I go.
Which meant that I saw this on the one of the walls of the library building. Although I drive past it, I am concentrating on the road and not noticed it before.
Very nice and cool looking.
We often have Christmas early to fit in with other family members and their commitments.
We were invited and asked to bring some drinks and salads, too easy.
Lunch was all seafood with some ham, very fitting for summer.
A nibbles tray with drinks was served first.
Unfortunately I didnt take a photo of the main course or dessert which was a cheesecake, made by the kidults.
These are becoming very popular around the state, possibly around the country. There are already lots of painted silos and we have seen a few and there are even tours that people can take to visit the silos, not sure about thr water towers.
On an adventure lab that we are doing, there are five water towers to visit and answer a question about, earlier in the year, we visited the one thats closest to home and on Friday when we visited the beach, we discovered two more so only two to go.
I could only fit about half in the photo.
We were out on Friday and in a couple of places we saw these tiny pretty flowers.
No idea what they are but they were pretty much the same size, not growing any bigger. Maybe it was because of recent rains but I hadnt seen them before.
These were outside a miniature train line but not working that day.
