A very cute WOW....and an award!

My blog has received an award, isn't that lovely! And as one of the meanings of 'liebster' is lovely it seems appropriate. Bev of Quilton passed it to me, and says nice things about me on her blog too. Thank you Bev.....I shall pass it on in turn.

And thank you to my friend Sandra who made me a wombat, isn't it cute! Made from felt with Christmas trimmings, but too nice to only have out at Christmas time. Shall find a place for this little feller where I can enjoy him/her/it (they're a bit hard to tell, really) all year round. Perhaps I need a wombat tree.
It's nearly two weeks since I have dropped pearls of wisdom in my blog because I have been crook. As crook as Rookwood in fact, and considering Rookwood is a cemetery that's pretty crook. I was struck down by The Dreaded Lurgy........not the flu, not a cold, not sinusitis, not an allergy, probably a bit of all of them. However I am on the road to recovery now, thank you for asking, and once the cough settles down more and I can sleep better at night I will be jumping out of my skin again instead of feebly hopping. The headlight on my forehead is healing nicely, and should soon be completely gone.

Today I noticed that a few leaves on our backyard tree are starting to turn yellow, yippee! as are some other leaves I have noticed on my travels around town. That means that summer will be off and away before too long, we hope, to be replaced by much more pleasant autumn. Apparently it hasn't been a very hot summer as far as summers go, although tomorrow and Tuesday are forecast to be very hot......37 deg C, that's nearly 100 deg F for those who aren't metricated. Some people are rejoicing because, they say, summer ends tomorrow and autumn begins on 1st March.........rubbish, say I.......autumn begins when it begins, and not because someone years ago decided to make an arbitrary date of it. The seasons don't change suddenly anyway, it's a gradual process. When I was at school a thousand years ago we learnt that seasons change around the time of the equinox, and that's a few weeks away yet.

We think the backyard tree may be an apricot tree although we didn't get any fruit from it, it only had a few blossoms and the birds got to the few fruit which appeared before I could identify them. Bummer, because apricots are my very favourite fruit......I love love love them.....and the season for stone fruit has just about finished now, so it's several months until apricot time again.

For several days I couldn't even pick up a needle and thread, it was all I could do to get out of bed (and every time I did I was soon back in it again), but today I am preparing the pieces for my contribution to a block of the month for my quilt group. We take it in turns to choose a block, which is then used to make quilts for the local Ronald Macdonald House. This months is a cute but somewhat fussy variation on Sunbonnet Sue, however everything different is a learning experience isn't it, and I haven't made this block before. Probably won't make it again either. But I shall do the best I can.

Have you noticed for a few years now that almost every bride and her female attendants wear strapless gowns? For goodness' sake, why? If they are well padded then there are unflattering little rolls poking over the top and sides, and if they are somewhat under-endowed then the dress looks as though it would remain rigid even if its wearer turned a circle inside it. For what it's worth, I have a theory..........back in The Good Old Days when life was a little more formal young (and not so young) women wore well-made cocktail or evening gowns, sometimes even strapless ones, and they knew how to walk and move in them. These days strapless dresses and tops are worn without much in the way of 'underneaths', so the wearer spends her time hunched over in case........quelle horreur!........that little sliver of fabric should slip, exposing her all. Nowadays the wedding dress is possibly the first formal gown worn by many a young woman who hasn't had the previous experience of dances and balls while similarly attired, and.....to put it quite frankly.......she doesn't know how to wear it.

"The wedding dress.

A full bridal costume should be white from head to foot. The dress may be of silk, heavily corded, moire antique, satin or plain silk, merino, alpaca, crape, lawn or muslin. The veil may be of lace, tulle or illusion, but it must be long and full. It may or may not descend over the face. Orange blossoms or other white flowers and maiden blush roses should form the bridal wreath and bouquet. The dress is high and the arms covered. Slippers of white satin and white kid gloves complete the dress."

There we have it, the dress is high and the arms covered. Not strapless. And not looking like something one would wear to bed either. Wonder how many of today's girls would wear a dress like that to her wedding?

Enjoy your days!