Around the House and Garden

Hi Every-one,

Just a few photos from a busy week...I've decided to knit myself a cardigan for the first time in nearly 40 years...I like to have a small project and a large project going at the same time so I am still knitting the socks and found this free pattern on the Spotlight site, it calls for pure wool but it never really gets that cold here so I chose this yarn called 'Jeans' instead and am using 7mm needles to get the right size...it's so very soft and drapes beautifully...the back is finished...it really does look like denim doesn't it?

While outside taking the knitting pic I also snapped the lovely silver beet/chard and some of the parsley that is growing like mad with all the rain this Winter...

I moved the table round and would like to pressure spray the paving soon as it's very grubby, also got the washing on the line at last...have been buying up slightly damaged lanterns mainly from Bunnings, it will look nice when I put some tea-light candles in when it warms up properly...

Carol-Next-Door has been feeding the wild  Indian Doves for years and recently the local galahs have discovered the free feed...they sit up on the TV aerials loudly discussing their business and are surprisingly tame, cocking their heads when I talk to them...

I hope you've had a good week and all is well with you and yours,
Love from Sue
xxx

Abingdon Miniature Village

We had a lovely day out on Sunday at Abingdon Maze and Miniature Village near Mandurah. It was Father's Day here and 2 years to the day of son-in-law Danny's funeral so I wanted to do something for Dad and my daughter and her two younger boys.

There is crazy golf/putt putt included in the entry price, a large and beautifully cared for maze, playgrounds, picnic tables and of course all the lovely model houses and shops...I actually felt quite queasy in the Maze, it was very dis-orientating but the boys loved it...

The established flowering and variegated trees are truly stunning, we were a little early for a lot of the flowering bulbs etc and the roses were still dormant so we'll have to go again!

The Secret Garden...

Who knew Crazy Golf could be so tiring lol...a lot of energy was expended in laughter...I fell over and landed on my daughter who was bending down to pick up my putter...good catch Elizabeth...

A model train runs around this lake...

  you push a button to make it run ...

the train station...

We took a picnic lunch as there is no cafe on the site...saved money too ;)

This is called The Village Green and has a cricket match going on...

 There's never a dull moment with grandsons I am pleased to say...thanks David...

We went for very expensive coffees across the road at a chocolate factory and then headed home via the supermarket to pick up some groceries for my daughter and her family.
It was a tiring and quite emotional day for us all, we missed my Mum and Danny...Eliz was crying in the shower before we got to her house but the boys decided she was just making whale noises and let her be...we laughed later .

Monday was Dad's 85th birthday and we just had a quiet day at home.
Tuesday should have been Priscilla's 35th birthday.

Bye bye for now,
Love Sue
xx

PS Let's finish with a smile and another grandson....Charlie being escorted by security to the taxi after running back into the hotel on a recent holiday