Greetings lovely friends & readers
Another busy week has gone by in the blink of an eye.
This vintage Cane Dolls Pram was gifted to me over 5 years ago by my dear friend Leeanne. I usually plant it over winter with Pansies & then in summer it enjoys either Petunias or Busy Lizzies.
After I removed the flowers last summer I noticed that the entire carriage underneath had collapsed - due to constant watering the wood had rotted. I didn't plant it over winter but I really didn't want it to go to the "cane pram graveyard" just yet ... so I pulled it into shape as best as I could & then stacked lengths of wood to hold the undercarriage up.
This worked well but looked hideous so I popped it in a spot in my garden where I knew the plants would grow around it & hide this ugly fixer upper. I lined it with a black rubbish bag & then planted some Snapdragons in it ... true to form the flowers have grown & it now looks great tucked into the garden beside my deck where the forget-me-nots will sprawl out & surround it. It has bought me many years of pleasure this ratty old cane pram.
Last Saturday my eldest son turned 40! He wanted to celebrate with a finger food family dinner here at home.
On birthdays I always ask my boys if there are "any special requests". He asked for a Honey Rice Bubble Slice & a plate of Salmon Rolls. It only seems just yesterday that I was making Honey Rice Bubble slice for them as youngsters.
We had a very enjoyable evening & his wife Sarah made him a carrot cake which is his favourite. I blew up some balloons but these were more for the little boys than the big boys.
Aaron is my eldest son & is dad to Alec, my eldest grandson.
Happy Birthday Aaron - you have grown into a wonderful man that I am So Very proud of ... & it feels like I blinked & forty years went by!!
On Monday I hosted the craft ladies - we are able to have small gatherings indoors now & as there were only 7 of us we had a wonderful day together sharing ideas, inspiration & delicious food.
Our last meeting was a few months ago now & we had all worked on felt pincushions in a variety of patterns. I had taken along 3 of my Hatched and Patched Designs pincushion patterns & some of the ladies made these - others made felt fruit pincushions. I decided to make the Alice Angel Pincushion but as I have lots of pincushions - I made mine into a door hanger by filling her with dried lavender, stitching a hanging loop & some rusty bells to the bottom.
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| My one is shown up close on the left & the ladies creations on the right - poor photo sorry |
On Monday I made up kitsets for us all to make the "Christmas Elf in a Pudding". This is a pattern from
Some of the ladies bought along their Lockdown projects for Show-&-Tell, & Gail had made this beautiful framed Tree. She had sewn a tree shape to some embossed fabric, stuffed it lightly, stitched on some braiding & then embellished away with beautiful copper coloured charms before framing - it was truly stunning !!
On my Tuesday-with-Sid it was a beautiful sunny spring day so we went to the Park for a couple of hours, then Sid had an Icecream & a packet of Smarties ... & Granny consumed an entire bag of Jet Plane lollies All By Herself
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If you look at the pic above right you can see that Blackie was not at all worried about Sid & had a nap on the couch while Sid watched Dinosaurs . . . . . .
. . . . . . . whereas Madam Pip who prefers to act traumatised all day long, hid in a sewing room drawer that I had accidently left open.
I am happy to report that after the seed planting efforts in my last Post it would appear that Houston We Have Liftoff !! 😊 I'm sure you can see from the photo above which ones I planted & which ones a certain little boy buried down real deep !! Well dear friends - I had my final Covid Vaccination this morning & now I need to pack my bags as I am off to Mum's for my usual 3 monthly visit.
Thank You for your visits here today - wishing you all a wonderful weekend - be kind to yourselves & to each other,
With much love & friendship To You All,
Julie & the furry ones x0x0x
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