Tychus

This is my sister's partners birthday present. I forgot to give it to him when I saw him over 6 weeks ago - yes I am that slack. I have made one before for Dave, the pattern is easy, quick and looks good. It's from the online knitting mag Knitty, www.knitty.com

Happy to say that he should have it this week, if I remember to pack it! (I did and he did!)

We got worms!

Not the nasty ones! We finally got our composting worms happening now that the frosts are gone (crossing fingers). We don't have a worm blanket so we are using dampened newspapers. Bit exciting.We had to move it a little further back so that the sun is fully off it by 10 am. Thats at the moment, so I will keep an eye on it as summer comes on, dont want fried worms. This iris is in the fairy garden, it is so beautiful. Happily the weeds you can see in the photo are now gone!

Primulas - Dave's favourite
Strawberries are flowerring - go go go!

Cheese & Bacon Puffs

Firstly let me point out that these delicious treats are in no way healthy, however the portion size is small, so working on the 'a little bit of what you like won't hurt you' theory these are okay for treats. Also they are super easy and quick to make. If you like cheese and bacon rolls you will like these as they taste just like the top yummy bit! Mum gave me the recipe and she was given it by Aunty Wilma so its origins are unknown but I imagine its a pretty generic recipe.

Cheese & Bacon Puffs
1/2 cup milk
1 lightly beaten egg
2 cups grated cheese
1 cup diced bacon
1/2 finely diced onion
1 cup SR flour

1 teaspoon mustard

Combine egg, milk in large bowl & mix well. Add cheese, bacon, onion, flour & mustard & mix well. Drop rounded teaspoons of mixture onto baking tray. Cook in hot oven 200 deg for 15 mins or until golden brown. Serve warm or cold.

Yum!

Weeding

When you don't think you have anymore jobs to do - there is always weeding! i spent about three hours today doing just that. All the vegie gardens are done and part of the fairy garden, if i can spend an hour in there after work this week I will be good for at least oh....three or four days!

Remember how I took over the strawberries? Well i'm not bragging or anything (not much anyhow) but not only do they look fabulously healthy but they also have fruit on them! I wonder how long it will take Dave to notice...??

I also planted a small pot of petunias today, I know have a few spotsof colour in the backyard, its manageable and easy to replace and the potz don't need weeding - perfect!

Check!

Another project checked off my list! Ages and ages ago I started this for Wesley as he really likes this video game and it is really hard to make things for a teenage boy that he will actually like! I just have to frame it.

Both my cucumbers and zucchinis are up, with frosts predicted for this week I will have to remember to cover them before I go to bed.

Here is the dwarf peach tree. I love how it looks and I am hoping we will avoid leaf curl this year.

Might go find some other project to do.... or finally finish!

Bannerama

Today is sooo cold! It feels even colder after a couple of weeks of absolutely gorgeous days. Hopefully this is Winter's last hurrah.

So after reading about half a dozen online tutorials on how to make a banner I decided to bite the bullet and just do it. My triangles are 8 inches wide and 10 inches long.

This one is about 3 metres long and is going to hang in Amelia's room as soon as I can find the drawing pins to hang it up hence why it is laying on the carpet at the moment. I LOVE this pig print that I got in Toowoomba! The rest of the materials are leftovers from other projects like skirts, bags and purses, it makes it pretty cheap and the bias binding was only $3.30, it makes it a cheap yet really nice gift.

Happenings

Yesterday was Wesley's 14th birthday - yep 14! I told him I am too young to have a fourteen year old but he assured me I was wrong - gee thanks Wes! Its really hard to get pictures of Wes as he is camera shy. He had a great day and got gifts that he loves.

The other news is Amelia passed her grading and is now the proud wearer of a yellow belt!
Couldn't resist a few bargains in Target today, got Wes 2 t-shirts for $2.70 each, a 2 pack of baby jumpsuits for $3.88 and 2 toiletry packs for $2.48 each of which one will be Amelia's teachers Xmas gift.

Speaking of teachers, here in NSW we are having a teachers strike tomorrow. Wesley's high school is closed and only about a third of the teachers at Amelia's are working, unfortunately one of them isn't Amelia's. Its a massive inconvenience and makes it VERY hard to feel sympathy for the teachers.