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we had a most wonderful holiday

There was bushwalking, kayaking, swimming,
treasure hunting, rock hopping,
sewing, lego creations, reading, snuggling, baking,
knitting and drawing.

And,of course, there was a toy society drop to arrange.

But rather than just making one little owl for the drop everyone had to have one to keep too! Everyone got busy,especially mothers.

Can you guess which one belongs to the pirate?

The cute one on the right was our drop. We left little owl outside the Currarong shops at the end of the holiday. I wonder who found him.

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we're on holidays!

off tomorrow and dopey with excitement

frantic with packing

there is plenty of crafty things to jam into the car in the morning

a toy society drop to prepare and drop where we are going

a shawl to finish

whales to watch

crabs to catch

wine to drink

books to read

a gorgeous gang of 5 to hang out with

pirates to look out for

only 12 hours to go!

wingnut wendy

My 9 yr old neighbour is facinated by the whole Toy Society thing.

So I made a toy and showed her how it goes.

She was interested to a point.

Really I think she just wants to find one.

But then wouldn't you?

Meet Wingnut Wendy (in honour of my wingnut pirate).



Wendy was left at Dickson Library yesterday.


I wonder where she is now.

a christmas drop

One of the magical things about christmas is the delight that comes from getting or giving a surprise gift. This year I signed up for the Toy Society Christmas. I made a little rooster. His name is Roger.

I took him up to the local shops Sunday afternoon and waited around for a quiet moment.

I took some time.

But I managed to leave Roger here.


While I was lurking I spotted another across the street in a park outside some flats. How likely is it that there would be two toy society drops at the same time in the same location?

The other was from the wonderful quilting mick. I faced a small challenge. I found a toy and felt the delight and technically could keep it. I thought of the niece back at my house who would be quite taken with the beautiful elephant. I left it behind though - I can make her something and this toy was meant for someone who has no idea of the toy society and would therefore be even more delighted than me.

Roger was gone the next morning and so was the elephant. I hope the are making someone happy.