At Four Months...

 

good morning!

 

with mr m sharing my computer,

it feels like i am a visitor who pops in now and then

&

i feel the need to reconnect today

to see how everyone's faring.

 

on my 'visiting days'

i usually try to skype my little grandson.

 

he is now four months old

&

in taiwan where he lives

they have a few customs that are very different

to us here in australia.

 

 

 

 

one of those

is the tradition of tying a red string

with cookies...or more recently...

the trend of tying donuts

around the neck of the baby and family and friends

eat them.

 

 

 

i'm not sure

what this means really

but maybe you've heard of it

and can let me know.

 

little kai also had his first swim recently

&

was accompanied by about forty other babies

who were born at about the same time as him.

 

sounds like good fun!

 

i'm off to shop for dog food

in the cool of the morning

&

then when it gets hotter

i'm heading down to the pool myself to keep cool...

my kinda fun.

 

i hope you've got some fun things lined up for today...

or maybe the weekend

too!

 

 

naturally Carol xox

 

 



How does your garden grow?

 

good morning!

 

when i last wrote,

i lay down my pen...so to speak...

&

took a rest.

 

it was like at the end of all those 500 posts

i'd finished

&

really didn't know whether i'd take it up again.

 

 

 

but this morning

after a dry spell

i leapt out of bed and there had been a storm in the night.

the world was new again.

 i had a desire to write again as well...

to share something fresh.

 

 

 

i don't know quite where i'm heading

with all this

but as with life itself...

it'll just unfold

&

a story will be told!

 

 

 

oh what a beautiful morning...

oh what a beautiful day....

 

doris day here is warbling away!

 

have a great day...

 

 

 

naturally Carol xox

 

 

 

 



Post No. 500!

 

 

hi!

 

i was just about to write 'good morning'

but the morning has escaped already...

&

it's already past noon!

 

 

 

this is my 500th post.

they've been written over nearly 3 years.

my 1st was in august 2010.

it was written with as much angst

as anticipation.

it was a scary thought

that anyone but family might read my writing

&

i didn't know what family may think either!

 

 

 

now

we are old friends, my blog and i

&

all the people i've met and spoken to.

i look forward to spending time here...

some days more time than others.

 

 

 

my creative mojo has waned

but that's just part of life.

i've crocheted, sewn and knitted here

&

you've seen it all.

today i'm excited about my daughter's

garden transformations.

i'm her assistant

&

todays task as been to water all her babies

as they sun themselves under our bright blue queensland sky.

 

 

 

i do have a tiny jumper to finish knitting

&

with life a little less chaotic

maybe my creative mojo has just temporarily

ducked out for a cuppa...

here's hopin' anyway!

 

 

naturally Carol xox

 

 

 

 



A Bit About This & That!

 

hi!

how are you?

 

today i feel the need to just chat a bit...

 

 

 

life is full of little opportunities,

like the time the sun was just shining perfectly

on this tiny spiderweb

&

despite its broken unevenness

it made a moment beautiful.

 

of course not all moments are beautiful are they?

 

mr m has had a heart infection over the past few weeks

fortunately after many tests

the most recent tell us he's on the mend

and his heart size is back to normal...

 

then mr m's dog became very unwell...

it turned out that she had a two cancers in her uterus.

a week and a half ago

she had a hysterectomy and the vet took out the aggressive cancer...

the size of a baseball!

she's on the mend

&

bouncing about like it never happened!

 

 

 

ms b is transforming our garden

she's truly a green thumbed girl

like her auntie jill and both grandmas.

she's planted this pot of sweet Williams

&

tool boxes full of pansies and renunculas

to bloom in spring.

lavender and mondo grass to withstand the summer heat

&

fuschias, hibiscus and frangipanis

now grace our garden as well.

what a treasure a good gardener is!

 

our tiny kai is now 3 months old!

it has sped by and he's growing up

faster than a weed...hehe!

check out this bright baby boy...

 

he's the apple of his grandma's eye.

 

how are things at your house?

we have plenty to be grateful for.

 

 

naturally Carol xox