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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.

off

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!

more from the north

I said I was finished with tales of the north - but I forgot to flash the artwork I bought - and I can't have that.

Behold...

le crash

This is my 100th post. To celebrate I am offering a little gift - see the end of the post for details.

I entered the Tour de France knit along with the hope that the expectation and competition of it all would get me to complete a cardigan in three weeks - I knew it would be a challenge, but was ready to push myself. And I wanted that cardigan.

I started it in the frantic lead up to going on holidays, but thought I could catch up in the time away. I missed two whole days stuck in the air without knitting needles. I took it camping - except we forgot to pack all forms of light and so plans of knitting around the campfire once the kids are asleep were scuttled. I snatched a little time.



But then tragedy struck. An over exuberant small person jumped on my knitting and broke my needle midway through our holiday. I didn't have a spare. I ordered on on the net hoping it would be here when I got home. It wasn't. When I finally got to my emails I had given the wrong credit card info and IT HADN'T BEEN SENT. The replacement arrived on Thursday - but knowing I was so far behind took the fun out of it all and I let myself get distracted. I am still only a third of the way through.

Amelia might just be ready for the end of this winter, but I suspect she is now more likely to be a next winter wear.

And the lesson learned is always carry a spare.

And for post 100 I am offering a skein of my hand dyed 4ply yarn. A lovely semi solid apple green in merino and nylon 80/20.



all you need to do is leave a comment and I will randomly select a winner and make contact. edited to add - you have till Saturday this week when I will draw a name sometime in the afternoon - good luck

crocs, crabs and cockles

We saw a croc! I joked with the pirate that he would see crocs but honestly I didn't think it would be true. We camped next to the beach and it was magic. We collected cockles at low tide the first night - and see the rocks along the sea edge in the background? the rocks right next to where we collected cockles not 15 minutes before? That's where the crocodile was hiding until some local kids, also camping nearby, spotted him did their best to menace him away.



roll on the rest of the NT adventure!