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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 102668" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>G'day, everyone.</p><p></p><p>Linda, the snow and the cardinals sound lovely. I do hope you have got kt hooked.</p><p></p><p>MB, your egrets sound lovely. I enjoy watching egrets fly, they look so slender and graceful. Enjoy your dribs and drabs!</p><p></p><p>A neighbour dropped in this morning to get some of our lovely chook-boosted compost for her pot plants. Nothing like chicken manure for the garden! </p><p>I also had a busy day dribbing and drabbing - didn't get as much done in the garden as I hoped, and NO cooking, although I have a lot of tomatoes which need to be cooked. But I did get to begin my sewing - BF2 cleaned up the sunroom (which he and easy child 2/difficult child 2 live in) so I could get to the sewing machine easily, so I began work on my reversible skirt. I cut the fabric this afternoon, pinned and gathered it while watching a movie with mother in law and I've got it about half made. Tricky, being reversible, it's going to be fairly heavy too. But it will look good - one side is a sort of emerald green Hawaiian print, the other side is the same print in a gold/brown. Each side is the petticoat for the other side. Very full skirts - 4 metre hem - should be cool in the worst of the summer heat. Hopefully I'll finish tomorrow, apart from needing waistband elastic. easy child 2/difficult child 2 wants me to put in a drawstring instead, so she can borrow my skirt. No flamin' way! I'd never get the thing back! She can make her own. AND buy the fabric - all the material cost about A$50, and I'm not making it for her to nick it.</p><p></p><p>Down at mother in law's today, we surprised a possum sleeping tangled up next to the downpipe. It looked like she had tried to get into the garage and found it blocked up, so she just settled where she could. As the afternoon sun moved round and shone in her face she fidgeted a bit, trying to get more comfortable and out of the heat. That's how we realised she's a female. Dear little thing - we knew she was living nearby, we don't often see her. Here's hoping she doesn't eat the begonias I left for mother in law. And remember, this is an Aussie brushtail possum, very different to the US opossum.</p><p>We had some mangoes get frozen by a too-cold fridge so husband left them out for our possums to eat - we don't see ours very often but even though they are wild, we've been able to hand-feed them in the past. And about a week ago, husband saw "Monty", the local very large Diamond Python, sliding into our garage roof. He's a big fella (or female) - a bit over 3 metres long. having a python living in your backyard is a good thing, they keep down mice & rats. And maybe the occasional bandicoot.</p><p></p><p>Tomorrow is another school day for us, me nagging difficult child 3 to get work done because Tuesday is a History excursion (and I'd like to wear my new skirt). It's a busy week, school-wise. And it's already late, so I'd better head for bed soon.</p><p></p><p>Enjoy your Sunday, everyone.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 102668, member: 1991"] G'day, everyone. Linda, the snow and the cardinals sound lovely. I do hope you have got kt hooked. MB, your egrets sound lovely. I enjoy watching egrets fly, they look so slender and graceful. Enjoy your dribs and drabs! A neighbour dropped in this morning to get some of our lovely chook-boosted compost for her pot plants. Nothing like chicken manure for the garden! I also had a busy day dribbing and drabbing - didn't get as much done in the garden as I hoped, and NO cooking, although I have a lot of tomatoes which need to be cooked. But I did get to begin my sewing - BF2 cleaned up the sunroom (which he and easy child 2/difficult child 2 live in) so I could get to the sewing machine easily, so I began work on my reversible skirt. I cut the fabric this afternoon, pinned and gathered it while watching a movie with mother in law and I've got it about half made. Tricky, being reversible, it's going to be fairly heavy too. But it will look good - one side is a sort of emerald green Hawaiian print, the other side is the same print in a gold/brown. Each side is the petticoat for the other side. Very full skirts - 4 metre hem - should be cool in the worst of the summer heat. Hopefully I'll finish tomorrow, apart from needing waistband elastic. easy child 2/difficult child 2 wants me to put in a drawstring instead, so she can borrow my skirt. No flamin' way! I'd never get the thing back! She can make her own. AND buy the fabric - all the material cost about A$50, and I'm not making it for her to nick it. Down at mother in law's today, we surprised a possum sleeping tangled up next to the downpipe. It looked like she had tried to get into the garage and found it blocked up, so she just settled where she could. As the afternoon sun moved round and shone in her face she fidgeted a bit, trying to get more comfortable and out of the heat. That's how we realised she's a female. Dear little thing - we knew she was living nearby, we don't often see her. Here's hoping she doesn't eat the begonias I left for mother in law. And remember, this is an Aussie brushtail possum, very different to the US opossum. We had some mangoes get frozen by a too-cold fridge so husband left them out for our possums to eat - we don't see ours very often but even though they are wild, we've been able to hand-feed them in the past. And about a week ago, husband saw "Monty", the local very large Diamond Python, sliding into our garage roof. He's a big fella (or female) - a bit over 3 metres long. having a python living in your backyard is a good thing, they keep down mice & rats. And maybe the occasional bandicoot. Tomorrow is another school day for us, me nagging difficult child 3 to get work done because Tuesday is a History excursion (and I'd like to wear my new skirt). It's a busy week, school-wise. And it's already late, so I'd better head for bed soon. Enjoy your Sunday, everyone. Marg [/QUOTE]
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