A Bit Embarrassing...

Why you ask... well we have done no work in our vegie/fruit garden for the past couple of years as we were/are selling but after having nothing fresh to eat from our garden and no jam making happening we have had enough and if the sale goes through the new owners will have a vegie garden...

so yesterday Hubby worked most of the day in there chopping out bushes and he took away 3 trailer loads so far... (he takes it out the bush and dumps it in the paddocks so that bush seed gets caught in it and when it rains it will germinate new bush growth there)

 this morning before the heat I spent 2 hours raking, chopping, turning and pulling...

compost bins all tidy 

 tyre beds all deweeded and turned ready for some sheep poo

 a couple of weeks ago we had some awful hot days 48 to 50 degrees

well the lemon tree didn't like it at all and dropped some of the fruit and leave...

 the lime did the same

 hubby has removed the two over grown bushes from here 

and this will be the next area to be worked on

 then these two beds

 dirty old feet and my lime nail polish is covered up

Caring Needed....

THE FOLLOWING IS TAKEN FROM CHOOKY'S BLOGPOST ...

"In the Warrambungles Shire to date 

56,000ha has been burnt out

53 homes destroyed

120 shed/out buildings

unknown livestock, machinery, fences etc

The fire is still being controlled today nearly 2 weeks since it started..........

So how can you help.............

If you have a completed quilt that you would like to donate to the people who have been affected by the fires in Warrumbungles Shire could you please leave a comment on chooky's post so she can contact you.

I have been in contact with a couple of friends and we have 7 quilts between us now..............

I am unsure of the ages of the people affected but I did see a mixture of ages when I spent a day at the recovery centre............

What you can send me..............

a completed/bound quilt with a label and a letter/postcard from you with your contact details so if the recipient wants to contact you they can

(Unfortunately I can NOT take blocks etc to put quilts together as i don't have the time, skills or resources available to do this)

The quilts will be distributed via the 

CWA - Country Women's Association 

Quilts can also be dropped off to 

Kerry @ Cottage on the Hill Nundle

Anni @ The Home Patch Bathurst

If you are unable to send a quilt but would like to assist people affect by the fires you can make a donation to Blazeaid."

The Start Of 2013...

My last post was on the 1st but that doesn't mean I haven't been here or not surfing all your blogs...  I have been it's just that I haven't posted anything as my camera died before Christmas... 

what a time to do that???... 

so whats a girl to do.... 

order a new one

 and 

waited 

waited 

waited

 then I get a phone call from the store saying that one has been deleted from the stockist??? wouldn't that of been red flagged??? so I choose another and I am assured that I won't need a new memory card as they are all standard 

''are you sure as I do live 7 hrs from a shop to buy one and mail would take 2 weeks"... 

''yep I am positive"... 

well guess what shop man? mine don't fit it... a little bit of swearing when on when I tried it... 

so now I have to wait until I go to Perth in 2 weeks to buy one and I will be taking my new camera with me just to make sure I get the right one...

do you want to see it...

 as you can see it is a LOT different from my little digital Olympus... 

the newbie is a Fuji and has LOTS of other buttons to press and play with... it did cost me more than I generally pay for a camera... 

but hey I have a Grandie coming and two weddings this year so a little splash was needed...

so seeing I haven't had a camera to use I decided to hijack hubby's work one shshshshshsssshhhhh... 

so at least you can see I have been sewing...

 two mug rugs for two friends having birthdays

 two pillows/cushions for my daughter who had a birthday last week...

 I used a variegated thread for the embroidery 

and some of my Amy Butler stash was used...

 the embroidery pattern is from Patchwork and Stitching Vol 12 No 5...

also I started, made and finished this baby quilt last week

 it is for my niece who is expecting a boy in a couple of months... 

and I didn't have to go shopping for any of the fabrics as they were all found in my stash... 

I even had enough batting and some lovely soft flannel for the backing...

this mug rug is for a swap and you can see what the theme was for this one...

 and finally my little spider plant thingy flowered... it didn't last year...

I just love it as it is so different...

 we had a storm go through here on Wednesday while hubby was in town 

(I was away delivering birthday pillows)

a bit of damage around the place... this tree was up rooted and on the ground when hubby came home...

it's a huge tree and took him two days to trim up and get standing again... 

I love the canopy and shade this one gives and it is always full of birds during nesting time...

the pool shed was ripped from its bolts and is roped down at the moment... a few larger branches off pepper trees have dropped as well... hubby says there are trees down through the bush as well...

we did get 30 mls of much needed rain though. 

2013...

 To All My Family

 Friends 

And 

All My New 

And 

Old Friends 

In Bloggie World

Wishing You All The Very Best For 2013

~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Well Christmas is over and family have just about all gone

it was wonderful to have a full house and did we eat and eat and eat...

We also marked some calves while our son was home...

The heat has been up and down some coped others didn't...

I am hand sewing and crocheting

but my camera is broken and all my swap photo's are on it...

so no photo's until I work out how to use my iPhone to download pic's until I get a new camera

~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Thank you to all who have visited me here and left comments during the year

and 

thank you to all that I have swapped with during the year as well...

enjoy your first day of a new year

Chrissy Sewing...

Geez Christmas is just around the corner and I still have so much to do... 

plus I am going to Perth on Wednesday to pick up my daughter and my MIL... 

do some Christmas shopping as I have done very little and a food shop and I will fit a tidy up at the hairdressers before I head back home as early as I can Friday morning to get home before the heat that day and expected temp of 40...

mug rugs for some footy fans and the mug writing idea off Pinterest...

 nephew

 bro-in-law

 another bro-in-law... he is boss at his work.

 I found these in the home ware shop ''Matchbox''

 and made a mug rug to go with them

this one is for my sis-in-law

 and this one for my niece...

 more Christmas cooking

 Peanut Brittle

it is so yummy and morrish that I had to put it away quickly...

recipe as follows

Peanut Brittle

2 cups white sugar

150g unsalted butter

250g salted roasted peanuts

Line a baking tray with baking paper. Combine the sugar and butter with 1/4cup water in a large heavy based saucepan over medium-high heat. Stir gently until sugar is dissolved. Bring to the boil, then boil rapidly, without stirring for 10 to 15 minutes.

Working quickly pour the mixture onto the prepared tray and tilt to spread out. 

Use a metal spoon to help it spread. Place tray somewhere cool and wait for brittle to set. Shatter into pieces and store in an airtight container.

enjoy...