SIBYL

Here's Sibyl, the new addition to Charlie and Ben's family.  Isn't she just beautiful?  To see some more photographs of the gorgeous girl, go HERE.

Love Nanxx

PLUMDOG

Don't you just love these drawings?  They are from one of my favourite blogs which is called PLUMDOG BLOG and is written by Emma Chichester Clark.  Here's a link to the blog.

Thought you would like the drawings Liliane.

Love Nanxxx

IT'S ALL I'VE EVER KNOWN

Hello there my lovelies

I know I sound like a broken record, but it is HOT here.  I just checked the temperature out on the verandah and it's 39 degrees!  There's a huge heat-wave thing happening across Australia just now. Tomorrow is to be the same, but we're all hoping that Monday will see some relief.

Papa and I got up early this morning - well, Papa did!  I was a bit behind the times and woke up with the sun shining into the bedroom.  It was up and at it as we knew it was going to be a hot one.  Papa got the mower going, then the whipper snipper and I got going with the blower.  Pot plants received a nice drink and I even sprayed all the weeds growing in the paths.  Then it was lock-down!  All doors and windows closed, fans and air-conditioner on.  Papa is now sitting with a coffee and his ear-phones on watching a movie.

I have my sewing machine here on the table.  I have been working on the 'grass' for my Hebridean quilt.  I'm hoping that my strippy idea works as I haven't been able to find fabric that I feel would work.

Did Mummy or Daddy mention that Auntie Emma put the 'lost dog' on her Facebook page.  The Council have picked it up and will keep it for a few days after which, if Auntie Emma would like to, she can adopt it.  She sounds very keen.  It sounds as though it is a lovely dog.  Here's a photograph Auntie Emma took.

And...to keep the doggie theme going, Keith down the road sent photographs of his son's new dog. She is called Adelaide and they got her from the pound.  Don't you think she looks gloriously happy?

Here's another photograph I thought was gorgeous.  It's from one the blogs I occasionally pop into - DOWN TO EARTH and they have just recently bought this dog.  Her name is Gracie and apparently she is gazing longingly into the wheelbarrow which has a chicken poo and straw mix inside.

Keith has just popped in for a cuppa so I'll close for now.

If you click on the link below, there's a lovely story about a lady in Ireland.  The story is called IT'S ALL I'VE EVER KNOWN

click here

Love Nanxxxx

NOW, WHERE DOES THIS RIVER BEGIN?

Wouldn't that be a nice project to do?  Imagine walking alongside a river and saying to yourself "I wonder where this river begins?" and then setting off to find the 'source'.  Very famous books have been written about people searching for the 'source' of rivers.  One that comes to my mind is a search for the source of the River Nile in Egypt.  I'm not sure if the source of the River Nile is actually in Egypt because if you start following a river, say, in Egypt you might find yourself travelling into other countries where there is still a trickle of water.  I can just imagine Freya on an expedition like that, binoculars around her neck, pith helmet on her head, good boots and exploring clothes on, taking notes as she goes.  

Well, Papa has gone to get some wood from the hardware store.  After we took down the curtains in the library in preparation for the painters tomorrow, I noticed that there weren't any architraves around the window.  The window has just been set into the wall with no wooden surround.  The wooden surround around the windows is called and architrave.

So like the good Papa he is, he said "Rightyo Connie!  I'll get that fixed today."  I'll take a photograph of him working when he gets back.

Today the weather is much better and the sky is blue, blue, blue!  Unfortunately, we're back into fairly hot weather again tomorrow and for the next few days, so the painters will really feel it, especially when they are working on the ceilings as hot air rises.  But we've got the air-conditioner if things get too bad and they don't mind me shutting the doors - although thinking about the fumes from the paint they may not want that.

Because of the preparations for the painters coming tomorrow, I think we may have to cancel our wee picnic out to Allora to see the sunflowers.  Perhaps next week. This week seems to be turning out to be quite a busy one.  Today is getting organized for the painters, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday is being here for the painters and Friday I have my first monthly get-together for the year with Robyn.  

I'm so looking forward to getting back into the routine after Christmas.  I've decided I'm going to get cracking on my Hebridean quilt on Friday.  I have plenty 'quilting' to do on the Christmas quilt and the Provence Star quilt but no real 'handwork' and there's plenty of handwork on the Hebridean quilt.

I received an email from Auntie Margaret and Uncle Louis to say that the baby quilt arrived safely.  I hope they take a photograph of Allison and Bryan opening the package.  

Well I shall away and have some breakfast.  It was so lovely speaking to you both last night.  I hope you both have a wonderful week at school.

Love Nanxxxx  PS  I'm attaching a link from a blog I like to read.  This lady who lives in England went in search of where the river that she lives near begins.

https://bugwomanlondon.com/2017/01/21/east-finchleys-river-the-mutton-brook-part-one/