Sewing Class Result

I have been to my sewing class twice now, its every other saturday so its good that I still have 2 saturdays a month free & Kenya has football games now, some on sat & some on sunday so I wont miss many. I have a class on sat & I am making something for my friends birthday. This is what I made in my first couple of classes........

Lucky Finds

Due to our Tomato Plants being very fruitful with copious amounts of tomatos of various species, I have been either giving them away or having lots of meals with tomatos in or with, Instead of them going to waste I have made my third batch of chutney, everyone I have given it too has loved it especially on steak!! I put chilli's & curry powder in it so it has a bit of a kick...

On the way home from work today I popped into the Salvo's junk shop (as I do about once a week) & the "special" today was fill a bin bag with linen for $10, bargain, I got some real beauties, well pleased I popped in... I love vintage table cloths & got a few in amongst my goodies! 

Hard to capture all my goods!

Fab find for my outside table

Camping at Colo River

Last weekend we packed up the car, well both cars actually as neither of them are very big!! & off we went to Windsor which is about an hour from door to door, the road got worse & worse as we got closer to the campsite, it wasn't a luxurious site with electricity & a nice shower block, but a rustic one with a real fire & a dodgey toilet block, but thats the way we like it, if your going to camp, no luxuries allowed, my straighteners stayed at home for the weekend!! we met up with 2 other couples & their children, we all had a ball, the weather was gorgeous & the river was warm & shallow with a rope swing perfect for children. PLENTY of yummy food & wine which we managed to keep cold.

relaxing

Breakfast

Emo's cave man setup!

garden update

The garden is truley flourishing, some things have finished & others are extremely fruitful, Emerson is very green fingered I cant take any credit actually, I just potter around with my collecting basket & pick them when they are ready, We have an abundance of cherry tomatos which are juicy & sweet & rock melon have taken over one part of the veggie garden but havn't a clue where it came from we have also had water melon which is Kenya's fav.... 



Rock Melon

This is our Olive tree, we have had it for about 3 years & it has finally started to get olives, although I know its not a simple process & its not a question of picking & eating!! will have to google to see what it entails,

Olive Tree

Little Olives appearing

Finally my Hut, is  looking good, although it still has some final touches to be done, around it is going to have white river stones & I have to stain the decking so its all one colour, I do sit in it alot though & its waterproof!!

My Hut

Chef Milli

Milli loves using her imagination & is something different everyday, whether it be a dr, a vet a teacher or shopkeeper, today she is a chef & made some beautful make believe white chocolate & Raspberry muffins, complete with 70's childrens cookbook I found in a junk shop, I'm sure we had a similar one when we were children!!

Our New Room

Sadly Emerson's cousin Tania & her husband Anthony have moved back to New Zealand, Its sad because she & I got on really well, she is very creative & we used to share ideas with eachother, I will miss her, but we did score a caravan that belonged to them, its pretty old but has heaps of character & many uses, the cooker & sink have gone but it has lots of little overhead cupboards, a wardrobe, a table & it can sleep 4 people, great for sleepovers!. We will use it for a spare room, a play room for the girls & a craft/ sewing room so I can leave my stuff out if I'm doing something instead of having to pack it away from the dining table!!, I will pretty it up abit, make some new curtains, clean it up & put plants all around it, as it will be static. I love it x 

This is a watercolour of our house, that Maureen, {Jo's mum} painted, she took a photo of it last year when they were here, painted it at home & then sent it to me, she has captured it so well even down to the screen door always being open, a lovely keepsake, she also did just the veranda. I made her a bracelet & sent it to her to say thankyou.



Our house

The veranda







Justice Crew

Milli's gymnastic training centre has moved to a bigger & better site, they have some new equipment & are now much more professional, last weekend they had an open day to try & attract some new people which they did, it was a great success & we all had a fab day, they are a fantastic dance crew, totally gorgeous & they have done really well since. They are now going to be training at the gym so that will be good for business!! & us mums are pleased, nice bit of eye candy while we sit there for 3 hours waiting for our little ones to finish training. 

My gym friends, Jeanette & Cath, dont know who that woman is popping her head in! "how rude"

Milli is at the front right with the blue dress

This is another piece of rag rugging,  the first one I did was a heart for Kenya & this is a flower for Milli, they are foot mats I put them by their beds to step on when they get out of bed in the morning.