Being a little sustainable

There's been another couple of finished projects here this week and I'm feeling very happy with them. I've finally started using the vintage sheets I've been collecting and came up with some summer pyjamas for Sarah and Alice. We went with 3/4 bottoms for the many mild Tassie evenings but we've talked about making a pair of shorts as well for variety and hot nights. They chose the fabric they wanted and the shape of the applique. Rather thrifty too - the plain t-shirts were $4.80 at Big W. You've got to love that!

Now, ignoring the creased t-shirt, I think they look rather cute. Sarah told me she is so proud to have such a sustainable Mummy! (Science has been her favourite this year!)

Now ignore the weeds in the paving - aaahhhhh!

Alice is enjoying our Pierre de Ronsard rose now that it's flowering - how cute does she look?

Alice's applique you might ask? Well, she wanted a love heart and that's what she got, but at this time it was sporting a tomato-based stain from dinner. Will share that another day!

Now that we're having some lovely, warm and sunny evenings the girls are loving going outside after their bath or shower. This was a favourite thing for me growing up. The promise of a play on the trampoline in a nighty has worked wonders getting the twins into the bath! And a play before dinner, or between dinner and bedtime, is working wonders in burning up the last of their energy before bedtime.

Oh, I do love summer and daylight savings!

So too, I love realising that all the girls are wearing 'Mummy made' clothes in this photo.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend.

x

Loving November

No, I haven't been away - just a little busy with 50th year school celebrations, more trips to the dentist and a little spring gardening clean up. No doubt you all know how time speeds up around about now!

One thing I know is how much I love, love, love my Bechtel's 'Plena' crab apple tree. October sees it covered with round, pink balls the size of plums and then turns to this rather impressive show of pink and white blossom. I brought it home as a bag of sticks some 9 years ago - one of my best planting decisions!

I love November in the garden - my blue ixias are flowering, the Viburnum snowball tree is covered with huge white balls and granny's bonnets have popped up and flowered everywhere. To make it even better - the grass is still green and there's no sign of the weather drying off anytime soon.

I just need to find the balance between a) playing and pottering outside, b) playing inside (read: sewing, baking etc) and c) working inside (think towering piles of ironing and vacuuming under beds)!!!

Here's hoping you all manage to find the balance, too. x

A family tree treasure

Well, I guess you could say my treasure this week is a mix of old and new.

A newly constructed project showing generation after generation of our girls' family tree.

Sarah's mission was to document her family tree for a Girl Guide badge. And what fun we had! She wanted to work on it every chance we had. It became a great way to spend our free afternoons while dinner simmered, stewed or baked away.

Some branches of the family have been researched more than others so our information was a little limited in places. But with more time, phone calls and reading the published family trees tucked away in our parents' cupboards, we could no doubt add even more.

Late one night I went in search of suitable photos to finish it off. The next morning, proud as could be, Sarah carted it off to school and then onto Guides the next day.

A treasure in many ways.

Be sure to visit Clare's craftroom to see what others hold dear.

Today I'm nursing a sore mouth that's adjusting to life without wisdom teeth. There's lots of sofa time, interspersed with little bursts of (slow) energy.

Have a great day whatever you're doing.

x