This is surely the season - I dont go near shopping malls if I can help it, and this year I am trying to make most of my Christmas presents myself . my contribution to trying to combat senseless consumerism... Unfortunately that often means I make extra deadline for myself.
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The first Christmas card I finished
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Since last blog entry I had a long weekend trip down to see the grandchildren and the family - it was a busy weekend with children's activities, and visits to friends and the Bush lane property on which Jonathan and Amy have made great progress ( the first Barn/shed should be up by now).
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| At Taupo - all the paddocks around were filled with the yellow Broom flowers |
My major recollection of the drive down was the abundance of the yellow flowers of Broom - just everywhere in the middle of the island... it may well be considered a pest but it is nicer than gorse and makes a wonderful spectacle at this time of year. The weekend included - dinner with my friend Christine who has just sold her house and going to buy into a retirement village, visit to Bush Lane, visit to Dog Show at Masterton with children to see Robyn's little dog doing brilliantly ( Baby Puppy in Show, visit to the Mt Bruce Wildlife Centre ( fantastic display of birds in natural habitat - even a white kiwi), then swimming carnival at Feilding, well deserved dinner of fish and chips! and after school on Monday swimming, beginners Cricket training for the girls and then Cubs with Callum. Nana had some nice quiet time in between while the kids were at school.. The children are at the age when nana is still a very desired participant in their activities.. I love it!
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| At Mt Bruce wildlife centre |
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| A kakapo - first one I had seen live... |
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| Yes, they have goats! 11 of them and maybe more coming - they are good escapees! |
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| The site for the first building - ready and waiting! |
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| Successful day swimming with their swimming coaches |
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| New dresses - smocked by my friend - my two little princesses. |
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| Cordelia learning to bowl |
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| Annabelle learning to hit the ball |
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| Callum pulling the chariot at cubs - they had to use rope lashing to hold it together |
The rest of the month has been sewing various little jobs, some Christmas presents and finishing off and using up fabric, meetings about our exhibition for next year, giving out scholarship money to some very deserving women for university study, a residential weekend with the School of Philosophy, and gardening, and visitors, trying to get those Christmas presents made, and reading ....
The days are racing past and just had Peter Godfrey jnr to stay overnight as he is en route to a dentist in Auckland, now it is a couple of Christmas parties and still trying to finish off all those Christmas presents... why did i decide to make fabric Christmas postcards!!!
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This one was for me - had the fabric for 8 years!
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