nana i'm hungry?

nana i'm hungry??

what do you fancy?

we...ell....er..i love your meatballs...and your homemade soup....please

so i did ...did i mention we have temps in the high 30's...again..

well kitty has the right idea...but there again she's not a nana!!!

now let's get serious....

now i really want to make this 20 mins a day thing really work for me ....so.....

i brought out my ripple blanket ...started a while ago...

now i have worked out ...

20 mins for half a row..

i need to crochet about 150 rows...i like my blankets queen size...

40 mins x150 ....6000 mins

100 hrs ...or...

20 mins a day for 300 days = 10 months !!
i will give it a go ...

i figure that if i do it this way i won't get too fed up of rippling...and i shall be making sweet memories at the same time...

i shall think of all the 20 minute bloggers out there..

hmm i might have to name the said blanket...i will really have to think long and hard ..maybe it will come to me when i am rippling....

socks again...

i know i know .....

i am always taking pictures of my knitted socks so i thought i would post a photo of a beautiful organic fruit box from the farmers market...no air miles on these babies ...

these socks are completed while joining in the '20 mins a day' suggested by fi from marmalade rose fame...

now onward and upward ...i have already cast on my next pair...i have called these my humbug socks and you shall see why ....soon...

inspiration

my 20 minutes today....
inspiration from fi has made me find my liberty blocks...
these have been waiting in the wings for quite a while ..
but they are all on one of those quilting butlers and are sort of stuck down ready to be stitched together..
so i will put down my sock knitting and sew today..
also the weather is cooler as the fremantle doctor has done it's work and the breeze has made the temperature a little more tolerable and not so energy sapping..
the fremantle doctor is a sea breeze that cools down everything when the temps soar..
happy 20 mins to all you 20 minutes a day bloggers..

20 minutes crafting a day!!!

i can do that ...
fi from marmalade rose has made a new years resolution to craft at least 20 mins a day..
so i have joined up and am happily sock knitting knowing that i must craft at least for 20mins...
i promise to do so..
i swear...
i honestly do...

i love farmers markets...

hooray we have our very own farmers market..

we took the granchidren and they had a ball.

every stall holder had tasting samples and were sooooo children and people friendly..what a turn up for the books!..

now i do remember why i loathe supermarkets...

shopping consisted of fresh organic herbs and lettuces..organic carrots ..butternut squash [in the oven roasting at the moment ]..freshly squeezed raw juices..stone baked rye bread with a crust to die for...plums ,peaches ,apricots and cherries which were freshly picked this morning..

sheep's milk camembert and aged cheddar..

all these things are here right on our doorstep..

and to top off the list we had handmade fudges made with real organic milk and cream!!

we are definately going again next week to support our local food artisans and i understand that only seasonal food is for sale so i love that pressure on me as a cook ..
i would shop like this all the time ...in fact..i may well do!!...

blue lagoon...

this is for all those snow crazy house bound bloggers out there...
this is the indian ocean ..my blue lagoon...come on in the waters lovely..smell the ozone and taste the salt on your lips...let the gentle waves sooth the soul...
there do u feel better?
you are most welcome any time...