Iris’s

My irises that were ordered months ago have arrived 

The lovely lady did say that she dug them up in march so I wasn’t expecting them any time soon 

But having forgotten all about them I received and email telling me they were on their way 

They were packed nicely with shredded paper to keep the safe 

Also included a copy of my order and some pamphlets 

Advising even more varieties of irises 




I weeded a patch of the garden I wanted to plant them in and just put them everywhere not caring what colours were where 




They’re protected by the mulberry trees and a couple of other trees. I can’t remember their names.  But next spring after giving the trees a good pruning they will get lots of sunlight 



I’ve watered them all in and im exhausted 

That was hard work. Especially as I’m pretty unfit 

I just hope they all survive 

Friday fun day

We relaxed watching television 

We used grandmas fan to cool off 




New snack box was a hit 



Collected autumn leaves and pasted them on paper to take home and put on the refrigerator 



We also visited grandpa at the shed

And fed Dobby the Donkey 

And found a snail. We put him safely into the garden. 

Another fun filled day at grandmas house 

Mabon

As you know the seasons are flipped down here.  

So today we celebrate mabon. The autumn equinox 

Day and night is now the same length of time. 

All over the world. 

But for you in the northern hemisphere it’s spring 

Full of possibilities 

For us the harvest. 

Summer is going and the days will darken 

We will go in and rest from a busy summer growing and harvesting 

For the coming winter 



May we all have a blessed day and may the world be blessed with peace and 

Happiness 

So mote it be )0(

Continuing

Today was clean and organise the linen press 

I saw a lady on the web fold her sheets and Doonas then place them into one of the pillowcases. 

Each bundle is one set of sheets or doona sets 

Once I had re organised the linen I had a spare shelf. 

Perfect for storing quilts and blankets I’ve made 

I still have the top shelf to attack but I ran out of puff so I might do that tomorrow 

I’m definitely nesting. Making the nest clean and organised ready for me to hibernate during winter 

Meanwhile trixie had an appointment at the vet. 

She had an infected tooth which didn’t go away with antibiotics. So it was removed today. 



She didn’t talk to me when she first came home. 

Even though it was hubby that took her and picked her up. Obviously I was in the bad book for allowing him to take her 

Hopefully she won’t need to see the vet again for a long time 

Catching up

After a busy weekend I needed to catch up on neglected jobs 

Having Ana two days in a row I didn’t bother to clean the toy room. 

So today it’s gone from this 

To this. I need to vacuum and now it will be much easier 



It’s a beautiful sunny, but not hot? Day 




Bed was stripped and remade with linen from the cupboard. 

Meanwhile I’ve hung it under the back veranda 

I also took the comforter from the spare bed and washed that. Bella sleeps on it and it can get furry 

I also picked up in the spare room as well. Things were just getting dumped in there to be dealt with later 



I did a quick run to the supermarket. I didn’t buy any meat and still it came in over $200. 

I did have to stock up on pet food, and some cleaning products but still. 

I have Ana one of these and she loved it. 

Unfortunately buying it like this works out to be a tad expensive 




I bought this instead. I’ll fill it with cheese, cabana, rice biscuits, tiny tomatoes, or whatever I have at the time 

I hope she will like it just as much
Grandma can also slip healthy snacks in  like carrot sticks and sultanas 




While away I was forever filling my water bottle. 

One of these ladies had one of these. It lasted way longer   So today I got one.  It’s not a fancy one from the camping store, but I’m sure it will work just fine  

I made sure the opening was large so I could fill it with ice so my drink will stay cool 




Finally I found some wagon wheels hot cross buns. 

Now in my youth I did like those chocolate biscuits called wagon wheels. I did a taste test, you know because I’m selfless that way, and it does taste like a wagon wheel 



Shopping has been packed away 

I’m have a little rest and then I start vacuuming. 

This afternoon I plan to just sit and knit. 

By then I would have earned it. 

Forty days

It’s forty day, six weeks, since my father died. 

In Greek Orthodox religion it’s an important day 

So today we met the priest at the cemetery so he could say the prayers over the grave 

Tomorrow we go to church for more praying. 

I think all these “ important dates” are not something i want to do. It doesn’t allow you to move on. But everyone expects it’s, including my mother. So we do it. 

Both wonder son and beautiful daughter in law had things planned today   They asked if we could watch Ana and of course we did. We picked her up at her house on the way to the cemetery and had her with us. 

To keep her busy while waiting for the Priest we collected gum nuts. She got quite the haul 

Here she is putting them in containers pretending to be cooking with them

Then we took all the cushions and made an obstacle course 




Watching the telly with her bestie 



Right now and has gone to the shed to see how long her daddy is going to be. 

Meanwhile I had to rip out one whole pattern repeat 

I don’t know how or why but it just didn’t look correct 

It would of bothered me so I made the decision to rip 

I counted the rows as I ripped it out but still it took me a little while to work out which row I was on 

So I’m one repeat down. It doesn’t matter. In the end I’ll be much happier with it 

All in all it’s been an interesting day 

Craft day

Grandma found the special scissors she had purchased for cutting and pasting 

This is what happens when you clean 

We raided the colour paper stash and got into it 

The black book you can see has plain pages, we used those to paste our shapes on and make pictures 




After all that hard work Ana fell asleep on the couch



Her daddy has taken her home now. 

It’s been another exciting day at grandmas