Echidnas.

On our wanderings this week we drove over to Waitpinga in the late afternoon and what did we see but an echidna warbling along by the side of the road. Wonderful as we don't often see them. The next day dark we had to take the car for a nru as so ehow we had a flat battery and after the RAA had been out to start it we needed a 1/2 hour run to fix it so out to Parsons Beach we went and in the half dark saw another smaller and much lighter colored one. Two in two days. Wonderful. As my back has been not good I did not get out of the AR and I took the reading wave from the AR park. We had our house inspection yesterday, for some reason I do get into panic about it. I think the older I get the more things worry me. We did manage a short walk this morning, there are huge banks of sea weed which makes a long walk not possible. At least I managed it and my back is a bit better.

Blobby birds, cats and other things.

My back has decided it does not like me at all so I am sitting in my comfortable chair with my heat pad on and John has given me a Voltaren rub. Doing some bending exercises every so often and trying to amuse myself.I love doing these blobby birds and cats, they are all a bit different. The back of a page was a mess so I drew one of the indoor aloes. I finished their pants for the little bear and they are now on him. My aloe came in yesterday as it is flowering and I am enjoying the easter cactus that decided it liked being inside and is also flowering well. I have two others of different colors, pink and white I think that have also come inside, they have buds so will cheer things up. I am missing my beach walks but hope my back will get better soon. I am not enjoying old age.

Little bear has a jumper

The llittle bear I knitted for the great grand baby due in August now has a jumper and I have started on his pants. Then I need to get cracking on an embroidered blanket. We walked around the high walk at Pt Elliot a day or so, a lovely easy walk now it has been bitumised, I can cope with that. Only short beach walks at their moment as the sea weed has really built up. We did see three little plover on their beach this morning, I presume a chicken and it's parents. Lovely too see them. Neither of us have been feeling brilliant lately, change of season I think, hope! Another long week end, Easter last and ANZAC day this coming one. I am starting to get confused!

Still enjoying sketchbook revival.

What a wonderful thing sketchbook revival is. For someone like me who doesn't get out much. I think I am becoming addicted to blob birds and the odd cat.I also made a small origami pocket. These are just prototypes so I can remember for their future.

A new little bear

He needs clothes but this little bear for the latest great grand child is finally put together. I am so slow these days, I need a nap after a walk on the beach so doing this has taken a lot longer than I had anticipated. I thought while I was taking photos I would put up some of my cloth doll collection, they bring back lots of memories of classes taken and friends made. I need to make some more but am running out of room. The weather has changed, much cooler autumn nights but still lovely days. We do need rain though, while the eastern states are flooding we miss out. We will be having a quiet Easter, well most things are quiet for us now, but I imagine the town will be full. John is in Adelaide at the dentist, ageing teeth I think, but glad to be seen quickly. We did a shortish walk on the beach this morning before he went and I have stitched up bear parts! I hope everyone has a pleasant Easter.

More sketchbook revival.

Cats and more cats, including George. I loved drawing these mad cats. It has been a difficult week for me, odd health problems, nothing life threatening, just tiring and annoying. We have been walking on the beach but the weather has changed, autumn is here, windy and a lot cooler