A bit Of Hooking...

There has been a bit of crochet happening...

 Lucy over at Attic 24 has some wonderful FREE patterns

and

I love her Granny Stripe one...

 I have been using the Caron Cakes for these two.

The top one is a cot size and this one a single bed size.

and this is done in an acrylic

 throw/single bed size... 

a great time of the year to be working with yarn and keeping warm

It's that time of year again 

More NZ and Other Stuff...

Still showing you a little more of our NZ trip...

this is our very own

Scott-Strike Monument

at Fantail Falls

 as you can see they are everywhere

 on every surface 

 quite a peaceful place... even with all the tourists there.

 We stayed overnight in Haast...

mu gawd the have the BIGGEST midge's and the MOST expensive fish and chips

out at Jackson Bay

 but the view was worth being eaten alive and ripped off

hahahaha

 Fox Glacier

 chunks of ice floating by... the water was freezing.

 Hubby and I didn't do the climb

but our son, his partner and her parents did...

they said it was HARD

 I made a quilt

Snuggle Bears by here Toni has the best patterns

and her book Happy Quilts is the best

 Hubby made a Mud Kitchen for the grandies birthdays

 He's done some refurbishing for a lady

 a window frame, turned into a mirror

 they look so good in her house

Back Soon ...

Still Here And A Little More NZ...

Still on New Zealand

Queenstown didn't disappoint with majestic views

 the view from my bed

 from the front veranda

 off to the side

 We had New Years Eve in Queenstown...

this was the start with cocktails...

and shooter to end the evening...and yes we did see the New Year in...

A gondola ride to the very top and this wasn't the highest mountain by far...

The garden did its usual and produce a heap once again...

I tried my had at Semi Sun-dried Tomatoes...

and gee they are yummo...

There has been chillies dried and pickled, tomato sauce, pickles, marmalade and olives...

our mandarins are HUGE...

 

 There have been some birthdays... the grandies decorated Uncle Liam's cake... master turning five wanted a ''black inside, white on top and shaped like a number five... Oh and 5 candles"... hahaha... master turning three "I just want chocolate cake Yaya"... showed him shapes, letters, animals "no Yaya, just chocolate"... showed him one with machinery "yes Yaya, that one. Just chocolate cake"...

 Our helpers with Winter planting...

and

some sewing...

we needed another stocking for the newest member of the family..

 and a family member had a little girl...

bit of a chance for me hahaha

Still Alive...

Yes I am

and

still sewing

and 

still crocheting

and

 keeping busy

and

stalking you all...

Just after Christmas we took off to New Zealand for 12 days...

with our son, his partner and her parents... 

who had come out from England to have Christmas with us all...

here are some photos of our trip...

 There are cows EVERYWHERE

but I must say the cheese and yogurt are to die for

 Our accommodation for the first leg

the neighbours

 Hobbiton

The famous plastic tree

 The Hobbiton Pub

 A visit to a Traditional Maori Village

 smelly geysers... 

mind you I would of loved a swim in one of these for my bones

 Leaving the North heading South

Stay tuned....