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  • Not My Kind of Stitching

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    This is my darling husband’s head after a very brief encounter with the garden shed door – no prizes for guessing who won! Due to the copious amounts of blood gushing from his head I called an ambulance – wouldn’t you? They arrived, inspected the damage, pronounced him to be fine and then unsuccessfully tried…

  • Birthday Month

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    February is birthday month in our house with birthdays on the 1st, 9th and today as my oldest is now 5! This could be another reason for my lack of blog entries this month. My boys had a joint party on Sunday and in keeping with tradition I made them birthday t-shirts. Usually I use…

  • Balloons

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    This is another reason why I love Canberra. We have had a few chilly mornings this week, which have brought out the hot air balloons. I think the wind must be blowing in our direction as this was the view over our house on Thursday morning. The boys tried to yell and wave at them…

  • Being Gracious

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    It’s been too long between posts, I know. I spent most of this week trying to get this photo off my phone, Bluetooth has officially eluded me. I know it doesn’t look like it has much to do with being gracious but I will try and explain. I spent Monday and Tuesday in Sydney attending…

  • Quilt Cave

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    My quilt is finally finished and ready for use. This was my sensible 2nd project, just squares in squares using lots of fat quarters from my ever increasing stash. The top has been sitting in a box for the last year and my dear Mum had it quilted for my birthday and then she did…

  • Summer Swings

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    It has been so hot in Canberra the past few days. A favourite after dinner pastime for the boys is to sit on the balcony, eat ice blocks and get pushed in the swing. This little swing is suspended from the rafters of our balcony, so the boys fly out into the garden and say…

  • The Transformer That Doesn’t

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    Here’s a picture of the my eldest son holding his Christmas present from Santa. It’s now known in our house as the Transformer that doesn’t transform – this is also how he introduces it to friends and family. For the past 3 months he’s wanted one – so we got recommendations from other parents and…

  • Birthday Tent

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    Well this is a first, I’ve never had a birthday tent built for me before. Last night my family and I had a belated birthday dinner for me with my oldest friend (we met when we were both 5) and her family. Her very creative husband put together this tent so all of us could…

  • Meet Team Resolution

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    This is Team Resolution of which my darling husband is a member. As I write they are making their way home from Jindabyne on Day 3 of the Hartley Cycle Challenge 2007. It’s an amazing feat to ride over 400km in 3 days and I’m so proud of him and his team. His training started…

  • Flowers in the Garden

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    I really don’t like summer. I love the summer fruit that is now appearing in the markets – I bought my first mango of the season this week! I also put up with summer because it’s preceded by spring… ahhh beautiful spring. In Sydney the seasons just merge into a blur, but in Canberra they…