MONDAY MORNING 9.26AM

Hello my lovelies

Just had my porridge with full cream milk!

It's a cloudless day today and Papa and I have decided to spend some time in the garden today.  Papa is going to have a look at the bed below our bedroom window.  The Camellia is still flowering but coming to the end of its season and the Salvias which were starting to encompass the house have already been cut back.  I think Papa wants to check the soil, see if it needs topping up and perhaps check the mulch too.

I've decided to do a bit of quilting on my Christmas quilt, go for a walk and then do some gardening.  Spending time doing the quilting first means that I'll have some good exercise after sitting for a while.

On Saturday I was talking to Neville, an elderly neighbour who lives in Allan Street opposite the old church.   He was giving his driveway a wash with a gurney which is a high-pressured hose thing that cleans any oil or stains off the driveway.  When I passed with Molly and Spot, he turned the machine off, leaned against a post and stopped for a chat.  

He is quite friendly with Mary-Kate who lives on the corner of Allan and Hampshire Streets.  She lives in the house with the Jacaranda outside.  The tree that she and the children decorate with things such as beach-balls, flip-flops, sunglasses - anything to do with the beach and Christmas in Australia at Christmas.  Anyway, as you may remember, Mary-Kate has started a street library and Neville was telling me that there was a two page, yes, two page article in The Sydney Morning Herald about street libraries and Mary-Kate's was mentioned in the article.  Mary-Kate's street library is a first for Toowoomba.  Apparently she contacted The Chronicle a while back to see if they would do an article on it, but no, they didn't take up the offer.

Did you know that Street Libraries are now springing up all over the world? 

Here's a link to the article.

Yesterday I went up the road to church.  Papa didn't come as he was feeling a bit under-the-weather.  It was fairly quiet as the State schools are now on holiday and as most of the folk at church are Grannys and Grandpas, I think they must have been off visiting their families and especially their grandchildren.

Here's a link to one of the songs we sang - a beautiful song of worship.

Well my lovelies, I shall away and get this day going.

Love Nanxxxx

EASTER WEEKEND

Hello my lovelies

A couple of photographs of Easter weekend.

I've asked Auntie Emma and Uncle Michael to email their photographs too so will post them to the blog when I get them.

Hope you found the eggs in the end!

Love Nanxxxx

A WALK, MORNING TEA AT HIGHFIELDS AND SOME SEWING

It's been a fairly quiet day today with a slow start and a few chores done before heading out for a walk.  Half way up Jellicoe Street, I was puffing so turned right along Hume Street to recover and continued the rest of my walk in a similar vein.

House in Jellicoe Street.

Papa and I popped out to see Bob and Bev for morning tea up at their place in Highfields.  They were both in 'painting' gear as they have been working very hard in their cottage which is in front of the big house they used to own.  They are nearing the end of an extension out the back which will be a large living room when it's finished.  Bev took me around the older part of the house and showed me a couple of furniture pieces that she will be putting in the room.  One was a large antique bookcase and the other a grandfather clock.

On Monday, the floor polisher arrives to polish to floor.  I think before then, they will finish the painting in the room.  Bev is so excited about getting the house back into order.  Everything is a bit higgilty piggilty, the way mine was when we were in the midst of painting.  She is very clever with hanging pictures, placing furniture in rooms and generally making her home look very welcoming so I'm looking forward to seeing it when it's all finished.

The four of us sat on their front verandah while we had our tea with some of Bev's delicious home-made biscuits and had a great chat about their plans for the house and garden.

Then it was off down the hill again for lunch.

Papa is now doing some guitar practice and I'm off to do some sewing.

We have closed the house up, put on the fans and air-conditioning and shall open up again after 4.00pm.  Colette is popping in around 4.30pm which will be lovely not only for Papa and me but for Molly too.  Talking of which, she doesn't seem herself at the moment.  I think one of her ears is bothering her so put in some drops this morning.  I think too, the heat is bothering her as well.  She didn't seem interested in her pig's ear this morning which is very unlike her.  I'll carry on with the drops and see how she is in a few days.

Shall away.

xxxxNan