Sewing? Quilting? Housework? Tidying up?Baking? Maybe a day out?
“NOT another one??” queries Hugh., No, just some of the unfinished ones to sort out, priority being gifts for our Japanese friends who arrive in just 4 weeks.I need to have a gift for their family at home as well, will a bag with special New Zealand fabric be acceptable??? The gifts need to be lightweight, able to go through customs easily, be similar for every person, and made with much thought,care and love.
These 6 bags were the last to be picked up and put in the bag for Wellington, bags,5 are from Val Devlin ,with her lovely toggles once again, one with the music fabric will I’m sure, go to someone very special. The striped one was from one of Val's friends. I tried to arrange them on the table at Post Haste Couriers, before they were packed into the larger bag, all the time hoping not too many customers would come in and watch me.
Some more arrived in the post, in time, from Ann Cleary, the pockets have a heart on, and this will make sure the bags will be treasured for a long time.
NEW TOTAL
360 bags
Just a few days of rain and the Tutaenui stream is dirty, running fast and high.I heeded the family warnings and did not go near the edge. I had been reminded of the person who ventured too close to a bank in the snow to get a better photo, the bank collapsed and the photo told the whole sad story later on.Tomorrow is firewood day, I watch while Hugh uses the chainsaw. Just the job to warm us up, and if there is a frost again, the morning temperature will be very low. It always seems hard work at the time, but the following winter the satisfaction of a warm fire makes it all so worthwhile.
Quotation of the day.. from Lewis Carroll, 1832-1898
An excerpt from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.
“ “Begin at the beginning”,the King said, gravely, “and go on till you come to the end: then stop” ”
Cheers from Jean
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