I'm Still Shakin'!

 

hi!

 

this afternoon we had a fire in our oven...

 

 

it was 3 pm

&

i thought of the leg of lamb in the fridge

&

decided it was time to start cooking it...

a long slow roast

for dinner tonight.

 

i prepared it

put it in the roasting dish

and in the oven at 160 degrees celsius...

mr t says lamb should be cooked long and slow for max. tenderness.

 

i decided to wash a few glasses and bowls

to clear the benches.

 

about 10 mins after the roast was in the oven,

we noticed smoke building up.

i opened the oven door to see where the smoke was coming from

and thought that it was just a bit of spilled stuff on the oven floor

that would burn off.

 

next minute

flames were spotted inside the oven...

bright swirling and orange!

 

mr t tried to put it out with a teatowel

&

ms s yelled 'put salt on it'.

apparently that normally works

but i only had sea salt in crystals

which when i threw in,

exploded and cracked like mini firecrackers...oh dear!

 

i rummaged in the vacuum cleaner cupboard,

finding the old fireblanket

that we'd always had...just in case.

 

mr t quelled the flames...

meanwhile smoke had filled the kitchen

and the fire alarm had finally gone off

and the oven although switched off was still beeping...

 

i called 000.

i told them the fire was out...

but i wanted them to check that the surrounding cupboards

and wooden weatherboarding outside

was safe and cold.

i didn't want it gently smouldering,

to burst into flames in the middle of the night...

i've seen all those fire documentaries and movies!

 

three big handsome firies came out in their fire engine.

they switched off the oven fuse outside.

with their temperature sensor

they detected 800 degree heat still

so took the oven out so they could check the surrounding wood.

 

all was fine...

thankfully!

 

but

i'm still a bit shaky....

i've had enough adrenaline course through my veins for the whole year...

 

i hope your afternoon was pleasant and even a little boring...

in comparison!

 

naturally Carol xox


p.s..the lamb roast went into the fridge again...i think it will end up as dog food though..if it's good enough!

 



Newborn Baby Beanie...

 

good morning!

 

 

 

i've fallen in love

with this baby beanie knitting pattern...

i do that, don't i?

{then just have to make about a dozen of them!}

 

 

 

i found this one at 'ravelry' too...another freebie.

 

 

 

it's knitted from brim to crown

instead of side to side,

so the texture and pattern is beautifully unusual...

&

makes a most delightful

little hat

for a baby.

 

happy weekending!

 

 

naturally Carol xox


 

 

 



As the Sun Sets...

 

on a.n.z.a.c. day this year

there is peace.

 

thank you

all those who helped to make it this way

&

keep it this way

in our country!

 

 

 

while many went to dawn services,

our household was quiet.

eventually mr m got up

&

made a fresh batch of anzac biscuits

'cos we'd already devoured the ones

we'd bought from woollies.

 

 

 

i knitted...

a little cream baby beanie this time...

smaller than i've attempted before.

i'll show you in my next post.

 

warm damper, butter and honey,

was lunch.

 

the anzac parade

broadcast on tv

was the backdrop for our activities.

 

 

 

the afternoon sun

sent a shaft of light into the loungeroom

and caught the bare branches of the christmas tree.

it was sitting there waiting for me to dress it

in pompoms for winter.

 

i dusted the branches

&

hung the pompoms.

 

 

 

when someone connects it to the power

it will twinkle

on cold winter nights

resplendant in it's woolly finery...

looking cosy.

 

the sun has set.

mr t has cooked a pork roast

and it's nearly on the table.

time to go

and join the family for dinner...

 

 

see you soon!

 

 

what did you do today?

 

 

naturally Carol xox

 

 



Tweedy Blue...

 

hi

on this clear blue monday afternoon!

 

i'm still practising

my baby boy beanies

&

this pattern is 'baby drops'

a free ravelry pattern

knitted in 8 ply

...a kind of tweedy blue denim colour...

very boyish i'm thinking

though not exclusively.

 

 

 

yesterday

i took my other baby beanie to church...{last post}

but the baby i'd made it for wasn't there.

 

i was showing a friend

while having a cappucino after church

&

she asked whether i could make her one

as she was going to a baby shower

for a little baby boy this friday.

 

 

 

i didn't know whether i could,

so i offered her the beanie i had...as she loved it.

she wanted to pay me

so i said 'five dollars'...to cover the cost of the wool.

she gave me seven

which covers the cost of two more...hehe...a bonus!

 

i came home and was eager to try out another pattern

with this wool that i bought last week.

 

 

 

now i will take this one to church

for the other little baby boy.

he is five months old

and this is size 6-9 months.

 

next i'm going to try one with ear flaps...

and i still haven't mastered those 4 little needles...  :-(

 

i tried but had to frog it.

 

i hope you're more successful in your new endeavours!

 

 

naturally Carol xox