Stitching, Veges & OPAM Reminder!

Here we are, the last day of autumn and our weather on top of the 'hill' is DEFINITELY wintery!! No fair!! I thought we were supposed to EASE into winter ... but apparently not, as temperatures drop and wind speed climbs. Add lots of grey overcast skies and it really is a miserable day outside. In fact, it was the perfect day (after work!) to curl up under a flannel quilt in front of the heater with a good book. Aaaaahhh!! BLISS! Of course, it DID mean that I didn't finish the project I'd thought I would be able to add to May's OPAM list at the eleventh hour - DRAT! Lucky for me, I DID manage to finish another project on the weekend ... in between unscheduled visitors. Do you ever have times like that?? No one drops in for visits for AGES, then in the space of one weekend (when you have a LONG list of jobs you want to get done!) LOTS of people want to catch up?! Don't get me wrong ... it was lovely to catch up with people, but that "To Do" list didn't get much attention! Ah well ... as I said, I DID finish one project ... a late birthday giftie for my Grandma ...

A pretty and practical tote bag ... that turned out to be big enough to run away from home with! Tee! Hee! Hee! But wait ...there's MORE!! :0) Now, my Grandma and some of her 'girls' head off to the cinema fairly regularly for movie days, so I organised two movie tickets for her to pop in the bag, along with a packet of Twisties (life's pretty straight without 'em!!) and a packet of Jaffa's ... hopefully she'll refrain from rolling them down the isle! Tee! Hee! Hee! Don't know about you overseas gals, but here in Australia when I was growing up, there was a bit of a tradition when you went to the movies that the 'naughty' kids sat at the back of the cinema and rolled Jaffa's (orange flavoured balls of chocolate with an orange candy coating ... just in case you don't have 'em OS!!) down the isle. Cinema seats are usually on a slant or in tiers, so those suckers could get quite a speed up ... and they sting if someone flings them instead of rolling!! But that's a whole nother story from my mispent youth! Tee! Hee! Hee!

So ... I've added Grandma's bag to my OPAM finishes list for May and emailed my list to myself! :0) Thanks to the gals who are on the ball and have already been emailing finishes to Peg and I and a reminder to everyone to make sure you update your sidebar list, even if you don't have a chance to email Peg or I by tomorrow when we will be starting our blog-hopping. There have been some gorgeous projects finished this month, so if you haven't done so for a while, why not do a bit of a blog hop yourself to visit and encourage other OPAMers.

Now, since it's Monday and the weather was wet and icky last Monday, causing me to miss my Monday Vege Garden Update photo ... I thought I'd better brave the inclement elements today to get a photo or two for you. So, after four weeks of growing, this is my vege patch ...

As you can see, everything's getting a bit of a grow on, especially the snowpeas on the left there. I took a photo from the side to show you ...

Hmmm ... actually that doesn't really clear things up much ... the peas have reached the second wire on the trellis and are looking very happy. The cauliflowers are growing nicely too, though one seems to have been targeted by the Hungry Caterpillar from the children's story book ... GRRRRRR!!

On that note ... I'm off to start getting early dinner ready ... Monday night is After Five Vocal Ensemble rehearsal night, so no stitching tonight. Hope you all had a lovely weekend and that your new week as we begin a new month (if anyone finds out what happened to May, let me know!!) is a fantastic one full of adventures. Til next time ...

BEAR HUGS!
CHEERS!
KRIS