Yarnivorous

G'day all! Lots of things are happening around here at the moment. The garage gnome. DH and friends have been slaving on the garage.  Seriously.  Last weekend two different lots of people came round and got totally soaked working in the pouring rain and helping reframe and roof the garage.  We really really appreciate their help!  Today another friend came round and pretty much all of the framing is done, only the (short) north wall needs to be done at this point, then we can close in the walls again, put in new windows and doors and do the final, proper roof rather than the temporary plywood one... and get it inspected and put insulation in and then plasterboard and and some flooring....  Only a little bit of work to go!  LOL All of this bit now is framed up with the new trusses. It is good to see progress being made.  More than good, exciting! When I said lots of rain, we got this in less than 24 hours... I finished my qui...

G'day all! Oh what a busy time we've been having here, yet so far we don't have that much to show for it! Quartermaster Bay, Vashon Island.  Moody and magnificent. I was away last weekend at the Seattle Modern Quilt Guild retreat.   I was rather concerned before going - I have Food Issues, as regular readers will know.  I couldn't find the power cord and pedal for my sewing machine, noisy and heavy and slow beast that it is... but it is better than nothing!  Also, because of this ongoing issue with my vocal cord, I make interesting noises when I'm asleep and apparently now snore as well. OH BLISS, OH JOY! Sunset.  Pretty! So the idea of having to share a room was umm, intimidating.  The food issue also intimidating and not having anything to sew on?  DOH!  Then there is the small issue of spending a weekend with people I don't know.  For some people this would be the Best Thing Evah but for an introvert?  It's a fo...

G'day all! (in which I get political, unusual for me) Every year on the 26th of January, we celebrate Australia Day. By celebrate, I mean we get a day off, usually attached to the weekend if at all possible and have a barbie and a booze up.  That is the classic Australia Day. For some people, it is Invasion Day.  For others, it is Survivor Day.  The indigenous don't have much to celebrate. For me?  This year I have a feeling of dismay.  I'm so disappointed in the direction my country seems to be heading.  We've been an inclusive society for all of my life and longer, though the first immigrants breaking the White Australia policy found things pretty tough (and I'm not even talking about the Asian refugees of the 60s and 70s - I'm talking the Greek and Italians who came to Australia after WWII.  Yep they are white but the wrong colour white - not the lily white skins of Poms who burned red in the fierce Australian sun). We are turning into a...