Another Milestone looming.

Denise G celebrating her birthday. Looking good.

Today I’m basking in the feeling that it doesn’t seem possible that I’ve almost reached my three score years and ten, how can that possibly be. The thought is always worse than the reality. The mirror doesn’t accurately capture the way I perceive myself. But I do feel reassured by my peers who have entered this realm and surprisingly appear to have not suddenly changed into a needy geriatric overnight. On the contrary I embrace whatever the future holds.

Mask wearing lesson required.
Sharon asked if I could make some masks for her friend and her partner so I made these plus a few extra.
Miss thirteen with matchy, matchy mask.
We have had two birthdays to celebrate.
Guess what she wants for Christmas…….
I was shocked at the going rate for the tooth fairy, guess it’s been a while.
Shoe lace tyeing lesson. Yes he graduated to the required level of proficiency to do his own laces.

My latest project is a challenge. I am expanding my knitting skills. After watching lots of YouTube knitting podcasts, this project looked interesting so I downloaded these patterns and got busy.

Due to popular demand they printed more blocks.
This project is one of Arne & Carlos Quarantine knitting KAL. It’s taught me a lot about colour work and how to read graph patterns. The idea was to use my stash but I exhausted that and had to buy more.
More learning now of different techniques to join the blocks. Very time consuming but a good rainy day activity.
I left my knitting and found this on my return.

Things are improving for our Victorian neighbours as the lockdown restrictions have been lifted. Border closures remain between the eastern states so travel is restricted. Flights are being arranged to bring overseas Australians back home. The second wave of the pandemic is rife in England, Europe, America and many other countries.

I have been late getting my veggie patch underway so that’s my next challenge. The rain we are having has inspired me again.

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  1. You have been busy Joan ,looking fantastic,best to hide your stash from Van looks like he has a fetish for wool .

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