Little baby WOW

Several months ago on a previous post the WOW was a family of three wombats, all made from the same design in different sizes. This little feller missed being included so to make up for that omission, here he is. He's the smallest, and at present sits on the kitchen windowsill, although for this pic he moved to the sewing room window sill because it has a pretty lace curtain.
Yesterday I was standing on this lovely old tiled floor playing guitar - the most I have played in one sitting for several months. The hand and shoulder felt very tired at the end of the day, but it felt so good to be able to be playing music again! Can't you just see this as a quilt? I have even included the border design for you. It was a fun day and I even got a bit sunburnt, although we were in the shade; must have been reflection from the roadway. That's the problem with living in Australia but being descended from Celtic ancestors, some of us don't have good skin for sun.

The sorting and packing is proceeding along somewhat slowly, but it is proceeding. Lots of children's books - our sons had a lot of books. They are going to the op shop (thrift shop for some of you) and I hope bring pleasure to other children who read them.

My shoulder is feeling a bit better since the cortisone injection a few days ago, and being pain-free is wonderful. It still gets sore occasionally, and I still have to be careful not to stretch it too hard, and the little man with the red-hot needle is still there but he's not stabbing me as often or as hard. I have to go back to the specialist in a few weeks, possibly for a repeat injection to get the inflammation down even further....we'll see how it is by then. And the hand and wrist are really doing well now, today is five months since my arm was broken. There are still a few limitations but many things are now do-able that I couldn't do a few months ago. One of these days I will have another go at driving the car, last time I tried it was too painful on my shoulder. The way people drive round here one needs to be alert, and one can't be alert if one is worried all the time about one's shoulder painfully hurting when one turns a corner.

Hopefully the people in our new town will be better drivers than Sydney drivers are. They are shockers here.

The applique design for the bag I am making is all traced onto fusible, now the next step is the fun step - choosing colours! so with a bit of luck I can choose a colour or two before I head off to choir practice later.

"If you have observed anything to the disadvantage of your friends, while partaking of their hospitality, it should never be mentioned, either while you are under their roof of afterwards. Speak only of what rebounds to their praise and credit. This feeling ought to be mutual between host and guest. Whatever good is observed in either may be commented upon, but the curtain of silence must be drawn over their facts."

So now I am going to play with fabric. Have a wonderful week!

Jennifer