long and rainy weekend

one thing about the rain, and David being away, is that we are more or less housebound. in a good way. i wanted to go and buy sandals for the kids (not that we need them this weekend) but the rain deferred any shopping ventures.

the days seem long. and at night when the kids are asleep the house is quiet. Audrey has slept from 7pm to 7am uninterrupted the past two nights!

i have read - i am almost finished Wildflower (quite a depressing story in the end!) and have a new book waiting for me to begin.

and i have sewed. i put the next three blocks together so that all i need to focus on now is the stitchery. see the little feet in the picture? she insisted on standing on various blocks, saying "pretty".

and these quick and cute treasure bags - just waiting for binding and handles. the pattern is from Handmade Home and the idea is that the kids take them to the beach (or bushwalking) to collect things they find - made from window mesh, sand and dirt should fall through. we'll get to test them when we go to Merimbula in November.

one thing i hate is dishcloths, that smell awful and need to be bought regularly. i try to buy ones that can at least be washed once or twice. i came across some free patterns for crocheted dishcloths, and asked mum if she could still crochet. but she didn't know the stitches referred to in the pattern.

and look what was posted today. a KNITTED dishcloth! won't she be pleased i found this one? she can knit. :0)

i like this quote: "Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little" ~ Edmund Burke. i think this is a good approach to life!

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two little teapots:

Nicholas feeling so grown up (and serious!) dressed for his Sunday School teachers wedding.