Holiday Round Up

It was back to work for me today, so hand balled the kid's holiday entertainment on to DH.  They spent the morning at the beach, my son was doing his best sand wall building to hold back the outgoing tide and squid was playing with a tennis ball with dad.

Fishing was quite successful and we each caught a fish though nothing legal size.  Here is maestro's effort, a nice little bream which I would have thought was pretty rare at Grange but then again I haven't done much fishing at Grange jetty so maybe I am wrong.  You will note that Mum is holding the fish and taking the photo as he is being a girl at won't touch the slimy fish.  You can also guess who got to bait everyone's hooks, and cast everyone's line in.

I think I got my first fishing rod when I was about 7 and my dad made me practice casting on the back veranda with a sinker on the end of a line and we weren't allowed to go fishing until we could get the line caste out without making a hash of it.

Yesterday we headed to the Port (Port Adelaide) for lunch and a walk around.  The kids went up to the top of the light house and then we headed to the Maritime Museum for an hour or so.  There was a bit of a show at 2pm and the kids enjoyed the singing.

Can't wait until tomorrow for Inspired Stitches must say I am really looking forward to the day.  Mind you I haven't packed my stuff yet probably should get to and do that.

Gone Fishing

I had to really search for a recent photo.  Most of my photography the last couple of weeks has been of stuff I can't show you yet,  some of my readers (who will remain nameless get a bit uppity if I post to many entries with out pictures, I found this one from a stop we made at Noarlunga when we went to Normanville the other week).

It sort of fits because we are going fishing again this afternoon, I promised the kids that after their first fishing trip to Normanville that we would go during the school holidays.  Today is the day, high tide is late this afternoon, Dad's at work and we will head to the jetty for a spot of fishing.  Suppose I will have to find somewhere to get some bait first, strangely there are no bait shops close to the beach, places you use to be able to get bait are now cafe's and a hairdresser.  Suppose I will have to head to the local GotOne...which after searching for a link I have found isn't there any more.  Wouldn't you think a bait and tackle shop near the beach would be a good idea. Oh well will have to go for a bit longer drive for bait today.

On another note, only a couple of more sleeps for Inspired Stitches on the weekend.  The girls and I are only going one day this year as it falls when a couple of us have birthdays to attend.  I think that I can probably do enough damage to the credit card on one day anyway.  Must say I am probably looking forward to catching up with the girls more than anything, the shopping and sewing will just be an added bonus.

Can You Work Out What It Is?

My next tutorial is all finished and on its way to Sarah.  I am sure once Inspired Stitches is over she will post this little morsel.   Hopefully you like it as much as I do.  I have started another one today, it was essentially to get the final photo's but I will be giving it away to a friend who did something for me the other week.

Day Trip

Today I told the kids we were going to give the new Tram Extension a go.  First we had to wait for the Termite Guy to come and give us a quote to spray the outside of the house, I needed an outing to overcome the shock of that.. it wasn't quite as bad as I thought it was going to be but it was still moderately horrendous.

The special deal for the next six months is to park at the Entertainment Centre for the princely some of $2 and then catch the tram for free.  You can then ride all the way to Glenelg if you want, I didn't realise we could go that far so I just plan for the trip to the city.  In relatively no time we were in the heart of Adelaide to do some shopping, without having to fork out huge amounts for car parking and we didn't have a time limit so all in all it was very stress free.

There was plenty of buskers in the Mall and this guy kept us entertained for quite some time.  His name was Mr Spin.  He is juggling 5 balls with a hoop spinning round his leg and balancing a ball on his forehead.

For the finale  he did this. Thats a glass of water on his head, juggling 3 baseball bats on a 3 wheel "Suicycle"as he called it.  Very impressive.  Apparently Adelaide Crowds are hard work.  I hope he made some money today he definitely earned it.



P.S.  My Quilt is featured here

Lasy Day

Yesterday after the massive easter egg hunt, the boy's went off to the footy.  The less said about the footy game the better.  Of course their team lost.  I kept asking the squid what she wanted to do but she didn't want to do anything.  So I pottered around at home doing a bit of housework then at 1pm she said "Lets go to the beach".  She applied the sun screen and I grabbed some towels and my camera and we headed down to the beach.  We had a lovely hour or so, it wasn't too hot and the water was warm .... apparently.

Last night while watching the worse film that I have seen in a long time, I finished block 3 of "the quilt".  There is a petal still to go but it will go over the edge of the block so I will applique it in later when I am putting the quilt together.  Now to tackle sunflowers.    

Great Easter Egg Hunt

I guess you are never too old for an Easter Egg Hunt, I looked at my son yesterday and it hit me that he is getting quite big and he isn't a little boy anymore, but today he was just as excited as he was as a 3 year old hunting for eggs and bunnies in Ma's garden.

The boy's are off to the footy today, somehow my son talked Chris into going with them.  He always goes with Ma and his uncle to the footy, as the thought of getting there 2 hours before a game is too much for my husband to take.  But Chris decided to go this weekend because he still has a day tomorrow to do "stuff".  Mainly I know that "stuff" will be nagging me about the housework or doing the housework and then complaining that I am not doing the housework.  

I might just do a bit today while he is out so I don't have any supervision and advise along the way lol.

Tiniweeni Sneak Peak

The Creative Team are all furiously working on the next round of tutorials.  Here is a tiny sneak peak at my offering.  I have a couple more versions to include  but I think I am going to love this one the best.   I think I might even have to make a couple more of this one I am sure there are one or two friends that might like one of their own.