There is Something Very Wrong With This Picture

I mean apart from the poor resolution (mobile phone camera again, one of these days I'll have to get a half decent camera.)

I am so embarrassed it took me so long to notice, and SO glad I decided to keep this one for myself.

Synchronicity

It was my youngest child's birthday on Sunday 13th December, and as it turned out it was also the day my Grandmother passed away, at 95 years of age.

During the week in the lead up to my daughter's birthday, out of the blue she asked me if Grandma could come to her birthday, which was an unexpected request.

I have been to a few funerals in my life, but this is the first that I feel any sense of rightness, even gratitude about going to, it's hard to explain. Of course there is sadness, especially for my Mum who has lost her Mother, how can you ever be ready for that?

It's been a long week.

P.S. If you follow the Made N Thornbury link from previous post you can see some photos of our stall, photos 4-6, as you scroll down.

Made N Thornbury

Not that I'm trying to rub it in or anything, but did you realise that there are only 17 sleeps until Christmas? That's not very many is it?

This Saturday is the Made N Thornbury community market, you should go and check it out, there are going to be heaps of lovely things, and some bloggers you might already know.

I know I'll be trying to squeeze in some last minute Christmas shopping, in between holding a stall myself.... some Mums from school and I are holding a stall at the market to raise funds for our kids' school.

Below is a couple of the things I have made for the stall, but there will be heaps of other stuff. In my haste to get this post written up I haven't got any other photos to show you... you'll just have to come to the market and see what a clever bunch of friends I am so lucky to have.

Brisbane Ranges National Park

Need a not very far away from Melbourne day trip in the bush?
Brisbane Ranges National Park.

Wildflowers are out now; some sort of prickly grevillea, happy wanderer, little pea flowers, and the heath is so, so pretty. Didn't get a picture of the heath though.

Laugh, Cry or Applaud? Quotes from the eight year old.

"It isn't TV that kills kid's imaginations dead, it's school."

"How many years do you have to go to university to be a Mum?"

Busy

Just in case you are wondering where I've been.

Show and Tell

Little vest for littlest Monkey, made using my homespun, dyed with food colouring. It's my second version, I've written down what I did, but I still think it needs some changes if I were to make it again. It's made in the round from the bottom up, there is no seaming at the end. If anyone is interested I'll try and put up the pattern, it's a size four, and the gauge is bulky.

Meanwhile my obsession with eco dying continues:

Iron Bark

Eucalyptus Cinerea