My Creative Space: chickens are clever.

I have always been impressed by the way chooks make the yolks so perfectly round. Every. Single. Time.  

I have wanted to do another little embroidery in a small hoop for ages but have felt quite uninspired. But the other day, when I was cooking an egg, I was watching it and was inspired to stitch one. It has been too long since I picked up the hoop and I was reminded how much I love it. How much I missed it.

Just a little something for the kitchen. To make you smile. Did it make you smile?

I have plans for two more.... can you guess what?

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My Creative Space- the secret to a happy marriage

A few weeks ago I started this cross stitch and I showed you a little bit. My friend is getting married on Saturday- cross everything for a lovely day as it is a beach wedding, we all have new frocks  (well Chef isn't wearing a frock, obviously, but the wedding is a bit posh - any excuse for me to buy a new dress) and I made this for them, more a gift for him - just so he remembers the secret to a happy marriage....

 you know, a little reminder, to hang in the bedroom...

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Also thank you to everyone's kind words about my world map cushion- the cushion was on Bloesom kids last night/ today and it sold with orders for more. YAY!!

I TRY!! I really do but....

I made this for Chef. It is our 6th Wedding Anniversary today. Six years! This time 6 years ago I was beside myself with joy and had spent the entire short but meaningful ceremony bawling and I mean bawling my eyes out. It was such a lovely day/ night/ morning -  at 7am the next day our mates thought they better leave our Darlinghurst hotel....

These song lyrics , many of you will be familiar with. They are from a song by The Lemonheads, written by  Evan Dando ( who I had a massive crush on in my teens) this is him then:

what was a girl to do? ( pretty boys with long hair and guitars were my preferred method of heartache for quite some time)

Chef always sings it to me these days...It is not that I don't love the the outdoors, I do. We are surrounded almost completely by forest here. Our place backs onto a state forest and I love walking/ running ( depending on where I am in my stop start fitness regimes) in it. Just me and my dog. I really love it. But I don't really like sleeping in it.

I find camping makes me so restless... I just don't do idle hands very well, I know I could sit around the camp fire crocheting/ stitching, that bit sounds lovely. Pre Busy I did enjoy it we have fond memories of camping together. But last time we went with Busy, as a toddler, I just saw hazards everywhere, ocean on one side, forest on the other, open fires- it was so stressful- she was also sleep walking at the time ( WEIRD I KNOW!!!) and it was all just too much. Plus I really don't sleep well if I am not comfortable and even though we have a pretty good self inflating mattress - it just doesn't cut it for my precious bones to give in to sleep.

I have no issue with  bugs and creepy crawlies ( the paradise where we live has ticks and as soon as it rains leeches neither of which bother me despite the fact Chef and I have both had a couple of trips to hospital for anaphalaxis with ticks)  so it isn't that.

Chef often goes off camping with the boys for the weekend - sometimes I instigate it as I can feel he needs man time. But Busy is so keen to sleep in a tent and go camping ( the men folk have suggested Dads and kids weekend away which I think is great but will probably spend the weekend worrying !)  so they are going to put it up outside for now but the pressure is on.

So Chef as a gift to you for our 6th Wedding Anniversary I am publicly promising to go camping with you  this Summer. Somewhere near the beach. And I will not complain about being bored.

There. Done. You guys will hold me to it right?

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*Drumroll* preeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesenting: The one, the only Mr Magillacutty!Thank you to all you for your kind words last week- it really motivated me to finish him.

                                         I can't help feeling like he needs a wife..........................

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