NATURE AND FAMILIES

I love this view of the Mountains..so rugged and majestic, with a storm brewing in the distance.

Later, there was hail..

We took Dad here the other day, for his drive-in-the-country.

Back at the Red Cardinal nest, our gum tree had a few blossoms..

and a Lot of Lorikeets arrived to demolish them..

It was all over in about 15 minutes;

they can be quite greedy little birdies...

Spring is still springing, but Summer days are forecast for next week..

Because it has been school holidays, we took Little Aussie to see Dinosaur Discovery at the Queensland Museum..

I was pretty scared, especially when we came to the lifesized T-Rex..

All that roaring and gnashing of teeth - animatronics are incredible these days.

We also made cup cakes, read books, played Lego, and had a Disco Dance in the living room.  

I was so exhausted I slept for 11 hours after he went home..

After that it was positively peaceful when the Sewing Sisters came for a visit.

With lunch..

and cake..

Oh, and maybe a little bit of stitching was done too.

I made a runner from old doilies, many of them donated by very nice friends.

They are held together with a few strategic stitches, and when I get tired of it, I can reverse engineer and re-use them in another project.

Thank you all for your kind comments on my last post.  I have been unwell, on and off, and it is lovely to have a cheer-squad..

Having a blog is such a good way of counting my blessings..

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THE CHILD LOVES ANIMALS

A little bit of rain, and a little less heat, and the Garden of Neglect begins to shine once more...

Little Aussie has been to visit for a few days,

which gladdens the hearts of we old grandfolks..

His swimming is coming on a treat..

Then there is the cooking:

Rustic they may be, but these are his chocolate dinosaurs:

eaten while watching these guys:

We went to see the animals:

Cai Guo-Qiang's Heritage at the GoMA

Aussie was impressed; he loves animals.

I bought him a little giraffe at the Gallery shop, and when we came home this is what we played:

I've been off to the sewing group at lovely R's place -

Pom poms were the order of the day:

'cept I didn't know, so I wore my latest sew, DKNY Vogue V1250 :

I loved this jersey fabric, but am a bit underwhelmed by the finished dress.

On the plus side however, it is cool and easy to wear when the heat is soaring up into the mid- 30s C..

Fifty years ago this week Beatlemania hit the USA, and the world.

Seems just like last week.

I had a crush on Paul.

Who did you love?

The Red Cardinal clicked past 40,000 pageviews the other day.

This milestone was sullied by a weekend attack from the Sinister Creeps of Spam, who bombarded me every few minutes with idiotic madness on old posts.

So I've had to turn on the Word Verification.  Sorry folks, I'll leave it a week or so then check how things are going.

Also approaching will be my 300th post.

I am planning another giveaway - stay tuned!

  

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