corsage

Oliver invited his girlfriend Bella (my future daughter in-law) to the kindy disco last night.
He took her a corsage that we made from stuff out of the veggie garden.



They both had a wonderful time.
Although Oliver needs lessons on how to look after his date a little better.
When we arrived he went in one direction and Bella in another.
They did meet up to have dinner together and a dance.
So the evening wasn’t a total bust.

holidays

It is nearly the end of the first week of school holidays and the kids have been sick!
Oliver with croup and a nasty ear infection. He has never been this sick ever.
And now poor Ella has a tummy bug and can't keep anything down.

So I thought it might be nice to look at some pretty pictures.
My Mum is into growing Orchids at the moment.
And has some lovely flowers coming on...

And wee Ella in her last week of term had a bash at some flower arranging too...

All the veg are from our garden.

And this is her hedgehog "Savage".

If you are on holiday, I hope you are having a good time.
Maybe next week will be better for my munchkins!

randomness

I'm not really sure where the last three weeks have gone, it has been rather a busy time in our little house.
But school holidays are only around the corner and we will be able to slow down a little then.
So here is a little bit or randomness that has been going on....


Suse from Pea Soup and I have our own swap happening....

I made these stitch markers (eight blue and four green) for her and in return the lovely Suse is sending me some of her beautifully hand dyed yarn.
Personally I think I'm getting the better end of this deal so I hope she likes the stitch markers.


Miss Ella is into making her own after school snacks at the moment....

and jam is at the top of her list.


We seem to be eating rather a lot of eggs, especally for breakfast....

Phil brings home these lovely coloured eggs from Kapiti.
I like their nice bright yellow yokes.


We have been eating out of the veggie garden too....

this is the last broccoli.
They have been very yummy, but I must remember to plant seedlings every few weeks because now we will have to wait a while for more.


I have been spending quite a bit of time here....

now that Oliver is at kindy two mornings a week, I can spend a little time on myself.

quick knits

I had been working on this Razor Cami for what feels like ages.
I say ages because I kept getting interrupted by other projects.

This is a very lovely pattern to knit.
Nice and simple, but gives a great effect.
I really enjoy knitting in the round, especally because there isn't as much sewing up to deal with at the end.



This one is for my big sister's birthday.
She is very tall and a disgustingly skinny, and because she has a touch of Maori blood is perfectly tanned all year round!
So this colour will look fabulous on her.



I am loving my Mum's little veggie patch at the moment too.



I like her eclectic randomness of planting.
My garden is to orderly and square, I might get Ella to plant some things.
She is a tad random just like her Nanna.



A very nice place to sit with a hot cup of tea.

how does your garden grow?

Ours is growing very slowly!



With the usual suspects...

beans, broccoli, brussel sprouts, carrots (all season, baby, purple haze and rainbow selection), cauliflower (white and purple), celery, garlic...

leeks, lettuce, parsley, rosemary, sage, silverbeat, spinach, spring onions and peas.

Ella likes eating the parsley picked straight off the plant.
I wonder what else she will eat straight out of the garden?

I remember eating radishes, dirt and all from Mums garden when I was only five.

I don't like radishes now, how about you, what do you like eating just picked from the garden?

wet

The weather has turned nasty, although it is very very wet it is quite warm.
And we have a swimming pool developing in the front lawn.
Which means no getting the garden sorted, oh well how sad I will just have to knit instead!

For a wee Easter gift I knitted the little sister a Peasant Cap.
Modelled here by the ever so lovely Button!

I used the lovely Panda crepe, from this post.
And I really love the way it turned out.
This is a interesting pattern to knit up, as their are three pieces to the hat.
Which I liked as I usually find hats very boring to knit.

If you would like to make your own, get the pattern here :
Pattern : Do - It - Yourself Peasant Cap.
By : Tempest in a Teapot.


Other thing made at Easter were these :

Tee-pee climbers for Nanna.
They were her birthday present from the muchkins.
Who were supposed to help make them, but decided they had better things to do!

If the weather ever clears up I will try and get some pics of our new gardens progress.
Until then it's all tea drinking and knitting!

no knitting this weekend!

I have been wanting a veggie patch for a long while now, ever since Miss May built her own.
So I set my long suffering husband to work out in the back garden.



The last time my Mum came to stay, I had her moving rocks (at the back there) off the garden to expose the clay dirt.
Which has been airing for a month after being covered with said stones for about seven years.

This weekend has been all business, with Phil framing up a boxed garden.
To cover up a useless bit of raised concrete.
Job well done hubby!

Then all that remained was to fill with nice new dirt, brick a path through the middle.
Drink about a thousand cups of tea, while leaning on a spade.

And wallah!
Welcome to our new garden.

Next week a much needed trip to the garden shop for plants is in order.