Hello lovely lovelies♡ A quick hello from my cosy parlour, on this chilly and rainy Tassie afternoon. We've had old friends visit our little home over the last little while. Hence, I've been absent for a wee bit. Why they wanted to experience a Tassie mid-winter, I'll never know; but they did! I suppose some will fly over land and sea and brave the harshest of weather conditions to spend time with me and My Pete. Of course, there are some who would fly over continents and oceans in the opposite direction just to get away from me. But, there you go. =) Time spent with our dear friends was wonderful of course. We seemed to have spent a lot of time sitting in front of the fire chatting, while Old Man Winter and Jack Frost did their dastardly deeds outside the picture windows. We chatted about many a topic......God, politics (yikes!!) American Christian Nationalism (a 'shake-one's-head-in-complete-befuddlement', resounding YIKES!!!!), forever friendships, children, grandbabies, books, why living in Australia is well, good......the whole gamut of subjects really; washing it all down with cuppa after cuppa in pretty tea cups, of course.
Oh my giddy aunt it's been freezing here. Morning after morning of ice sheathed landscapes.......frozen water pipes etc etc. Why, one could've ice skated on the frozen driveway if one had a pair of those vintage ice skates from days of old. But as there isn't a pair of those vintage pretties in my vintage-filled home, I didn't. Such a pity, really. But then, I never could remain upright skating on ice. The sight of my unattractive cankles bulging out of a pair of vintage skates with me trying to manoeuvre toe jumps, spins....the Axel, well.......utterly cringeworthy. Just not a pretty sight.
Oh....and while I'm on the subject of cringeworthy, what about the cringefest that is the RNC, that went down this week!! With my vomit bucket close by I watched snippets of sycophants sucking up to the Supreme Court enabled, wannabe 'king'. Oh my goodness, I wonder how you, my American friends, stomach it all??!! Twilight zone-ish, really. One really couldn't make this stuff up!!
But lets leave the circus that is American (Republican) politics well........in the circus tent and fasten the entrance flaps of the Big Top so that all the buffoonery remains inside, unable to escape. The Liar of all liars and his clown alley, the pratfall and shudder of clowns go on and on and on, regurgitating the same unhinged nonsense over and over. It's the same ol' same ol'. Until he.....they......come up with something that looks like adulting.....then, and only then may those entrance flaps be flung open. But.....let us, you and me, chat about other things, shall we?? Books?? Sewing?? Crochet?? Slow Stitching Sunday?? Even the weather?? Any subject is more aggreeable than what went down this week in the country that is regarded 'Leader of the Free World'!
Let me chat about crochet as to tell the truth, I haven't participated in creative pursuits of late. I'm crocheting a top, dancing in gelato-inspired, yummy colours which sing Spring, Spring, Spring ♪♬♪ I'm using Patons 4ply merino wool and I must say it's lovely and soft; perfect for a Tassie spring. Granny squares. Again. Ho-hum. But not ho-hum to me, as I love granny squares. =) Oh, how I love to sashay around the Tassie countryside in a crochet, granny square pretty♡
As I intimated in the heading, a very quick hello and now au revoir. Pete and I are off for a little holiday to warmer climes to celebrate a very auspicious first birthday. My sweet Riley turns one next week. How amazing!! And...where oh where did those twelve months go?!!! From being born so, so tiny at eleven weeks premi to now, a healthy happy one year old......well ......I'm just so thankful we all are able to celebrate the miracle which is our sweet Riley. So au revoir lovely lovelies. I don't know when I will return to my little place here in blog land. Perhaps when Lady Spring floats in, heavy laden with arms overflowing with daffodils, tulips, irises, lilacs, granny bonnets, forget-me-nots.........♡ I am beside myself with great joy just dreaming about the miracle which is Spring!! All those heady fragrances and colours dancing on a gentle, spring breeze♡ Such bliss♡
From Sarah Lizzie's 'tis au revoir for now♡ Enjoy a wonderful day♡
