Berrylicious Apron...

is flirty and fun,

cherries and berries

and lashings of red ric rac braid.

i have adapted an amy butler pattern,

hacked at it really!

halved the length,

made another shorter layer,

gathered instead of pleated,

lengthened the ties

and ditched the pocket...

i folded the top layer's sides under a bit

just so the underlayer shows itself a little,

and added my own little tag...'if'

i love to use the selvedges

to give my aprons their name

and add

a couple of old buttons

from my button tin...

such is the dangerous life of a photographer;

out on location in the back yard...

 two huge green ants

 crawled covertly up my trouser leg

and took a few free bites of my left leg!

my leg was on fire with pain for a few hours...

the sacrifices i have made for my readers!

i went to see that dratted optometrist today...

then he tells me that the blurriness down the side of the glasses

is the way they are meant to be

with multifocals.

{i don't know how people drive with them on...please

enlighten me if you can!}

we discussed all the options,

i am pleased to report,

without tears from me or ranting or raving....

{just!}

and

i have decided to change them to normal distance lenses

and to later get up close crafty reading glasses

when finances will allow.

{all decided in a very grown up way in order to

not throw good money after bad, so to speak}.

to finish on a happier note,

then

i went to my favourite cafe

and had a lovely fetta and spinach quiche,

a super fresh salad

and a muggacino...

and revived!

hoping you had a wonderful wednesday...

naturally Carol  xox

Mending...

mr t and sharrie are leaving us

to go to bendigo,

they've been busy cleaning out their nest

and

giving me mending to do...

this poster from 'frankie' magazine

is my inspiration for today.

if i apply myself,

and don't procrastinate

{as i have a tendency to do!}

i shall be able to sew

my blue cherry apron as well.

we'll see how we go...

naturally Carol   xox

Jacarandas in the Park...

just had to show you

these georgeous jacaranda trees

in the park ...

the air was warm,

only the tiniest of breezes,

a perfectly nice spring day

for the season's first picnics.

hoping today's like a walk in the park

for you...

naturally Carol  xox

ps...got a few seams sewn and miss b diverted my attention, i'll get back to my cherry apron soon.













The Holy Bible...

this is a Bible
that my great great grandmother

gave to my great grandmother,

on July 12, 1883...

my granny gave the Bible to me,

about thirty years ago...

it was well used,

passages are underlined,

dated from when a sermon was given

that was meaningful to the listener...

and on a blank page

at the end of the book,

she has written this....

Let not soft slumbers close my eyes,

Before I've recollected, thrice!

The train of action, through the day,

Where have my feet sought out the way?

What have I learnd, where 'er I've been?

From all I've heard - from all I've seen,

What  know I more, that's worth the knowing -

What have I done, that's worth the doing,

What have I sought that I should shun?

What duty have I left undone?

Or into what new follies run?

These self-inquiries are the road-

That lead to virtue and to God.

i wonder where she got this verse from?
did she make it up or does it belong to a well known poet?
or from a friend?

have a blessed sunday...with miracles...why not?

naturally Carol xox