21 January - Quietly

 

 

The New Year continues in a slow and quiet manner.  The whole house has been struck down with some dreaded lurgy, the kind that makes you think you're getting  better only to feel worse the next day. 

 

Uggh. 

 

Today I took a day off work (yes, a sickie) watched the snow fall, slept, sorted my embroidery floss, admired my little stitched Russian dolls and hooked a few rows.  Best medicine ever. I feel almost human again!

 

Before the lurgy struck, I snuck down to Virginia for a few days, with just my boys, to see my Middle J who was back from the West Coast.  It was bliss.  Now I'm not known for showing my face around here or in front of any camera in general, so don't be too frightened at the photo below, but I thought it turned out quite well.  A treasured moment with my three boys.

 

 

Toodles  L x ♥

 

February and all that SNOW!

February 2014 has been quite a snowy month so far.

It snowed three times last week, not piddly snow, but big bucket fulls of snow.  Come to think of it, I think it snowed the week before!  I've lost track....

Anyway, the kids love it, Pigpen loves it and I've been mesmerized by it. Watching those tiny flakes fall from the sky and covering up the grey of winter.

I love this snow, but this week, for some unknown reason, I've been missing home.

Perhaps it's because whilst I've been freezing, my lovely family has been baking in the hot Australian sun.

Somedays, like these snowy February days I miss that warm sun and the smell of eucalyptus.

So whilst the snow fell and my thoughts turned to home, I sewed.

A little patchwork quilt, not quite finished, but looking lovely in the snow.

I hope the weather is making you happy and for my poor friends and family across the pond in the U.K., I do hope it starts to dry up a little over there.

Toodles...L x ♥

P.S. After finishing this post, I looked out the window to see it is snowing, again!