Isn't this pretty? It's in the back yard of our Canberra friends, Sandra and Jeff. When I took the photograph I was told the plant is called "Pacific Blue" and it is an Aussie plant, but apparently its real name is Ceanothus and it's also known as 'Californian Lilac' it's from USA/Canada. Doesn't matter what it's called, or where it comes from, it's a lovely colour.
And these were the daisies in a vase on my dining room table, they lasted for a couple of weeks and were very spring-like. They reminded me of the late 1960s when everything was daisies....daisy print fabric, daisy lace, even wedding dresses were made of daisy-patterned lace. Back in the days when I was young and slender.....sigh.Now for a whinge.
My sewing room is on the north side of the house and for over 20 years, until earlier this year, was always a sunny light room. Now the house next door has been extended back and upwards, and I have lost at least 60% of the light in that room. Instead of a view over a garden, and over adjoining gardens, I now look onto a half-finished building, and goodness knows when it will be finished as work seems to be proceeding v-e-r-y s-l-o-w-l-y. Today is quite hot (about 33 degrees C) and very sunny, and I have to turn on the light to sew in there. As a result, when the new neighbours finally move in they won't find me being the nice old lady next door. I won't be a grumpy old witch but I don't feel like being friendly, especially as he deliberately knocked down the low fence between our two properties about six months ago. His excuse was "no one was home to talk about it"....rubbish. Our son was here. They have a young family and they won't get any help from me.
I think I shall start moving some of my sewing things into the larger room at the back of the house, it's much larger than my current room, but gets very hot in summer. I have spent a long time getting my sewing room to the state it is now so it could do with sorting out anyway, and it will all have to be done next year anyway as we are moving out of Sydney.
Now my coffee break is just about over, so back to my Winding Ways blocks. The quilt now has a title: "The long and winding road", after the Beatles song. I like my quilts to have musical names.
Start saving to buy yourself an air conditioner and an overhead fan for your sewing room before you finish work.
ReplyDeleteI have a fan above my computer and it is bliss. My machine is just a turn of the chair.
How come people can get planning permits that spoilt the value of a house already existing. Not much you can do when it is high up either. I have a new high fence and I can at least now leave my door open and smoke does not come in from their deck and when on the deck they cannot see me but can still see me coming out of the door if they are in their kitchen.
I had nice vines which screened us both. She hacked at them...no cutting..just pulled, till I gave up and pulled them out thinking the fence was coming......about 3 yrs later.
She wrecked it just before I had a Cathy Miller home concert in the room that looks out at the fence........grrrrrrrrr