A very strange rabbit.

I had to take a photo of a bit of sun. We have had rain squalls all day very cold and when we actually got some sun I raced into the sun room for a photo. I have just heard that Britain is not wanting to keep with the E U interesting times ahead there I think.So to the rabbit, very strange !! He is a free bee from Jill Maas, a lovely cloth doll designer. I made him from a piece of of odd coloured pane velvet. I think maybe I should have put his head further back but I do rather like him, little monster rabbit!! Just had a visit from an old school friend, we were in kindergarten and then all through school together . It was fun to catch up, hadn't seen each other for ages.

The socks are finally finished

I finished the socks by the fire yesterday, I needed time on my own to concentrate on the final bit. So glad they are done. I do have other sock making wool but will give it a rest for a while. Forecast of possible snow on the Mt Lofty ranges and the Flinders Ranges for Friday morning, it will be interesting if that happens, it is quite rare and doesnt last long. I am making a free e pattern of a small rabbit from Jill Maas site, havent played like this for a while and it is quite fun. I have also started knitting a rabbit, I will see how they turn out. No walks for a while so I have to keep busy inside.

Cats and photos from a walk

I have been very naughty and havent been blogging. It is so cold and wet and windy that going out here to my bedroom to use the computer is something I tend to put off. I use my tablet by the fire but dont always have the photos on that. I have been making more felt cats, mostly to see which ones I like to make and also to put away for presents. I have been having fun, lots of ideas on pinterest. We did manage a walk yesterday, in a very light drizzle, the road along the base of the Bluff is relatively sheltered and the sea was quite flat for a change so I took the photo of the reflections in the water below the jetty and on the other side where there was some rather nice textures in rocks and logs. I missed the seal though. To day it is pouring with rain so I am inside trying to catch up on a few bits and pieces it is cold too so I am about to sit by the fire and knit for a little while to thaw out..

We walked this morning

I have on the whole had a busy week and tomorrow I go to Adelaide for a meeting so wont be home much then. We tried walking on the beach this morning but the swells were too high and there was no beach, just huge piles of sea weed so we went along to the cliffs by Petrel's instead. Bit windy and blustery and the waves were quite churned up. Not a long walk but enough. Home and washing done and a bit of gardening and I am back sewing for a while. I have a roast of pork on for dinner tonight, I think we are eating too much! Crayfish for lunch yesterday, Pork for dinner tonight.

Tiny cats, the last of the roses and night sky.

I have been playing with cats, a bit of felt and a few outlines and I am trying to see which ones I like best. Fun to do on a cold damp afternoon, in between boring dusting and mopping. I went out while it was dry and pulled a few weeds and brought in the last of the roses, lovely Lamarque. I know they are a bit battered and won't last long but they smell lovely. I took the photo of the last bit of light in the sky last night. They (the weather bureau) keep telling us we will have rain but so far not much, just enough to wet the washing.

Around the garden

While the sun is out and before it rains again. I finished cutting back the blue sage and now have a back ache. Silly woman. I wandered around the other side of the house and found two different red camellias flowering, the Sasanqua I think is Yuletide and the other is Firefox, the little red cyclamen is one that I bought as a flowering pot plant and with no hope of it flowering planted in the garden, the odd flower is there every year now. So much that should be done in the garden but my poor old body finds it so hard to get things done. I am just pleased when old friends put out flowers for me.

A bit of this and that.

I have just finished this little felt cat, next time I think I will do his markings a bit darker but I quite like him. to add to a friends birthday present. I am still knitting my 2nd sock!! John brought in another orchid from the shade house, it is a very early dendrobium cross, I love the colour and the tips of the petals, I love this shape of the native crosses. We walked on the beach this morning and usually when we find a live turban washed up on the sand we throw them back but this one was attached to a rock and as the tide was low and showing every sign of coming in we left it. Just general weed and rocks and water. It was cold, we had a frost this morning and there was a cold easterly blowing along the beach, but nice to be out. I think I am allergic to one of my rather nice salvias that I have done some of the cutting back on, still more to go but the way I felt after I had done a small amount I think I will take it slowly.