Spaghetti for dinner - in the garden.
Di
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Sunday, February 5, 2012
February Photo a Day Challenge Day 5 - 10am
Church morning tea kindly held to celebrate our 10 years here. Love our congregation :-)
Saturday, February 4, 2012
The inaugural Team Di Beginner Quiltmaking Class
Six brave delightful ladies signed up for the 4 free lessons Di B and I (“Team Di”) will be teaching over the next three months in conjunction with St Mark’s Quilters.
Next week they’ll have Lesson 2 up one end of the hall where our regular SMQ-ers will be meeting, with all the laughter and chatter that’s sure to accompany our first get-together after the summer break.
However, not wanting to overwhelm our newbies the very first time, we gave them a quieter lesson on their own this morning to get them started.
There was laughter…
…and concentration.
They learnt about fabric choice and preparation.
Straightening the fabric.
And rotary cutting.
All six of our enthusiastic quiltmakers went home with their squares cut out and ready for next week’s lesson when they’ll begin to sew them together. Some of them couldn’t resist laying out the pieces for a preview.
10 out of 10, ladies!
{One of their instructors, being a dill, scored a FAIL in Handling Sharp Objects 101 when she stabbed herself in the palm with a knife while trying to open a new package of coffee. Fortunately no great harm was done, and she was still able to type up this blog post 
}
Di
.Friday, February 3, 2012
February Photo a Day Challenge Day 3–Hands
St Mark’s Quilters (and friends) stitching and knitting quilts for others.
Have you joined {fat mum slim}’s February Photo a Day Challenge yet?
Christ has no body now but yours
No hands, no feet on earth but yours
Yours are the eyes through which He looks
compassion on this world
Christ has no body now on earth but yours.
– St. Teresa of Avila
DiNo hands, no feet on earth but yours
Yours are the eyes through which He looks
compassion on this world
Christ has no body now on earth but yours.
– St. Teresa of Avila
Have you joined {fat mum slim}’s February Photo a Day Challenge yet?
Thursday, February 2, 2012
February Photo a Day Challenge Day 2–Words
In case you haven’t caught up, my intrepid daughter Sarah is doing post-doctoral research into leptospirosis in rural Botswana and we’re getting used to her …ahem…slightly unusual Facebook status updates.
Like this one.
I have to admit that, while moved by Sarah’s and R’s plight, most of us here on the other side of the globe enjoyed a chuckle at their Third World predicament.
Our amusement might have had something to do with her subsequent message…
xxx
Di
Have you joined {fat mum slim}’s February Photo a Day Challenge yet?
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
February Photo a Day Challenge Day 1–Your View Today
Have you seen Chantelle’s {fat mum slim} latest photo challenge? The boat had sailed by the time I stumbled on her January challenge but I’m up for some February photo fun, starting with today’s theme “your view today”.
Admittedly it was only on my computer screen, but this photo my son sent me of the Princess showing off her new school uniform was just about the best view I had all day.
She’s all ready for her very first day at school – but is the school ready for her? 
How about it, will you join in the February Photo a Day Challenge with me? Take a look at Chantelle’s daily themes here, share the link to your blog , and check out the amazing creativity of the almost 270 bloggers who’ve already joined in.
Di
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