"Unfortunately . . . . ."

I'm playing along with this

You have to do a search for "unfortunately, (your name)" and see what comes up. Here's the best I found.

"Unfortunately, Kathryn, our genitalia moves around during the day and requires several adjustments, sometimes in public to avoid total discomfort."

Really? How interesting!

Enjoy

Bushfire Toys

While the crafty Mamas forum was out of action I was quite busy. It's amazing what I can achieve when I have no distractions :) Here are some lovely little chickens - I made four - they are so cute and they fit into the palm of my hand. They each have a little stuffed heart in their front pocket. I got the pattern from here. It is so cute and very easy to whip up. I thought they might be good for kids as they are small enough to put in pockets. Thinking of putting a little note in each pocket too. What do you think? Sort of treat these little chickens like they're "worry dolls" - a little friend for the kids to talk to.




I also made a few sock creatures. The grey, stripey one was from bits of sock left over so he was just made up with what was left. Mr O did the eye placement and mouth placement - he loves it and I think is a bit sad that he is going. The black one was just a design I'd wanted to try. He was going to be a cyclops but DH thought he looked funny with only one eye. I am thinking of doing adoption certificates or info/care booklets to go with them - this is what I did for my nieces/nephews ones. Do you think that would be alright?




Here's the black one - what do you think I should call him? I'm stumped on this one.


and here's the grey one




Stripey McStumpyton? Ideas?

Thanks for looking!

A young boy's perspective.

We were at the physio last week. O was sitting on the floor playing with the toys and the physio and I were talking while observing him. He was playing with two knight figures. Here's the conversation

Physio: What are you playing with O?
O: this Knight. He's on a horse. He's black and he's got a dress on. (holding up the black knight whose horse had a black coat on) And this one (holding up the silver knight) is the morning coz he's not black.


Oh - my lovely boy! I love your perspective.

Victorian Bushfires - Handmade Help

Hi all - feeling at a huge loss as to what I can do to help with the horror of the bushfires currently raging in Victoria.

Have a look at the Handmade Help blog - the idea that a lot of crafty people can work together to sell items to raise money for the victms, or to make some things to send to the people who have lost everything - especially the children.



click on the button above to go to the Handmade Help blog to see how you can help.

Prayers and thoughts with all the people touched by this terrible tragedy.

A new hairdo

I'm thinking of getting a new hairdo, but I'm just not sure which of the three above I should go for. Perhaps the little dude in the red? Hmmm . . . I'm thinking they'll all be high maintenance though.

what do you think?

My vegies - first harvest

We had some lovely sweet corn tonight with dinner, harvested 5 minutes before being cooked and eaten! It was lovely and sweet although I think it probably could have done with another week or so to get a bit bigger.

Here are some pics of my lovely garden.

My Yellow Zucchini and my Green Zucchini

My lovely cucumber vine and my new tomato bush - it is Beef Eater Variety. I've only ever grown cherry tomatoes before so if you have any tips for me that would be great!

My lovely tall corn stalks and some succulent lettuces.

Another pic of my other green zucchini and a lovely picture of me holding my dinnertime harvest.

Now you can't really see in the photos but the lower leaves of all my zucchini plants die off and go a bit yellow/brown and then what looks to me like mouldy. I just cut them off and put them in the bin - I'm just not sure if the mould is bad or not or just normal part of growing zucchini. I remember when I have grown broccoli that it would do a similar thing. Any ideas or experiences you can share?

I got an award!!

It's my first Blog Award :) I'm pretty excited! Thank you very much to Jetta's Nest for including me in her recipients. I'm so honoured that I got an award, let alone that someone obviously reads my blog :-) Hee hee!

Here are the details of what I won:



Proximidade is described as:'This blog invests and believes in PROXIMITY - nearness in space, time and relationships. These blogs are exceedingly charming. These kind bloggers aim to find and be friends. They are not interested in prizes for self-aggrandizement! Our hope is that when the ribbons of these prizes are cut, even more friendships are propagated. Please give more attention to these writers!'

This blog award should be sent to your favorite eight bloggers and they, in turn should forward to eight of their favorites. You should include the text for Proximidade (above) in your announcement blog.

So I am passing this award onto Can't be too hard , Kate's Ramble , Kamalicious, Head in the Sand, SugarFish, Mel Brennan, Cherub's Craft and A Family Life.

I regularly read these blogs and love the ideas, crafts, tutorials and points of view on them. Some of these people I have become friends with in real life as well as online. This thing called the internet has brought me so many new ideas and new friends that I could never imagine.

So to all you beautiful bloggers, pass on your awards and keep the ball rolling.

And thanks again Sam :-) You made my day!