I am sitting outside
on the grass, enjoying the peacefulness of a late October afternoon.
There is a slight breeze blowing which brings
welcome relief from the terrible heat of the past few days...
This morning I
awoke to raining ash. The mountains are
ablaze and several other fires have sprung up in our area… How strange to think that just a couple weeks
ago the majestic Outeniqua mountains were topped in glimmering white snow -
what a beautiful sight that was.
Yes, summer has
arrived in all her splendour and hot, sticky days are upon us once again.
My little garden
welcomes the warmer weather. We have
been harvesting radish and lettuce as well as one or two ripe strawberries
every day. Rocket, parsley and spinach
will soon be ready for harvesting too.
I was more than a
little put out when I discovered that a pesky Hadada (a large, noisy bird we
get here in South Africa) had sat on my lettuce and proceeded to stick his long
disruptive beak into all my beds in pursuit of earthworms (I have an abundance
of earthworms in my soil), squashing the flourishing lettuce in the
process. Oh, I could just cry…
In other news I
thought I would share pictures of my some of my recent creations.
How I am enjoying my sewing, sweet
friends... The Christmas market we’ve been
working towards is only seven short weeks away and my sewing machine is
whirring incessantly as I hurriedly work to make all that I need to see my
through the week long market.
My reindeer are
just about finished now. I have thirty
in need of buttons and then they are ready to go… I have almost finished making my goal of
fifty mini ellies and I am doing well with the snuggle bunnies and ellie
softies too. I do still have bunny
rattles to do as well as clothing for my Miss Lettice and Farmer Boy rabbits.
When I am not
sewing which is seldom, I am pottering about in my garden (usually early in the
morning before it gets too hot) or tidying up our little flat. It is slowly but surely beginning to feel
like home. I also still work at the shop
on Fridays and Saturdays and au pair one afternoon a week…
We are settling
into a steady rhythm of life and adjusting to a much quieter life…
Now the evening is
drawing to a close. Crickets are chirruping and the sky is growing darker.
Nancy is playing a
pretty tune on the piano and I have moved from my spot on in pursuit of a comfier
seat.
