(01-09-2025, 07:23 AM)kiwimade64 Wrote: morning ladies   We still have loads of wind and it's cold.  Just by looking out the windows, it seems we have survived the storm.  Will have a closer look when the Furry One and I 'do the rounds' a little later on.

Yesterday I noticed one of our little South Pacific iris' is in flower.  So early but no complaints here.  And our burgundy magnolia is beginning to bloom as well.  Can't wait for the new magnolia to bloom but it's a little later in the spring season.  We planned it so one finishes flowering and the other begins.

Our son phoned yesterday to tell us more town houses are being built around them and there is one 'hold out' in the block.  He was laughing when he told us, the property owner had painted 'fu** off, I'm NOT selling' in huge letters on his fence.  He obviously was getting sick of developers asking to buy his property lol.  Imagine that being painted on a fence here lol.  Son is also really excited about his upcoming trip to Japan.

I've finished the hardanger piece and am happy with it overall.  A few mistakes but that's OK.  I'll take a pic later and post it.  Today I'll cut out and overlock some fabric, wind the new threads onto bobbins for this cross stitch and maybe even start it.  I can do that while MrK's PC is here later this morning. She is an absolute godsend.

Time to put the steroids into the Furry One's ears.  He hates it but needs must.

(01-09-2025, 08:39 AM)kiwimade64 Wrote: My hardanger finished yesterday.

(01-09-2025, 11:21 AM)Oh_hunnihunni Wrote: Now there's a lovely old fashioned word!

(01-09-2025, 11:45 AM)popeye333 Wrote:

(01-09-2025, 11:21 AM)Oh_hunnihunni Wrote: Now there's a lovely old fashioned word!

Its a word I like too... But when I first learnt it I wondered what Killing had to do with Doilys and runners lol. 

I remember my Sisters Favourite word. not sure how to spell it tho, Ill give it a shot...

Croysfeldyakoff disease.   and the spell checker is confused.. I spelt it like you say it lol

Found it........Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease.. Marie loved it lol

(01-09-2025, 12:14 PM)Oh_hunnihunni Wrote:

(01-09-2025, 11:45 AM)popeye333 Wrote: Its a word I like too... But when I first learnt it I wondered what Killing had to do with Doilys and runners lol. 

I remember my Sisters Favourite word. not sure how to spell it tho, Ill give it a shot...

Croysfeldyakoff disease.   and the spell checker is confused.. I spelt it like you say it lol

Found it........Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease.. Marie loved it lol

I know that one off by heart, mad cow disease. So my dh couldn't donate blood here having been raised in the UK when ag practices led to the epidemic... Funny though, it didn't stop them accepting organ donations after he died.

(01-09-2025, 03:38 PM)Lilith7 Wrote: Had to go & look it up,didn't I. And Antimacaassar comes from anti (against)  & oddly enough (!) Macassar, from Macassar oil, a hair tonic  which was popular at one time with men to use on their hair, so the antimacaassar protected furniture from bloke's hair oil.

Went into Whitcoulls to pick up Listener - like an idiot I browsed books first, so now I'll have to go back at some point,having spotted a board book which will do for newest great granddaughter for xmas.

Very interesting article in Listener; it seems some people who are very overweight have different gut bacteria to those who are leaner, & they can be helped with a 'faecal transplant', aka 'poo pill' which sounds bizzare, but is apparently really effective.

I tried to donate blood years ago, but they wouldn't let me, said i didn't weigh enough. I was in my early 20's & about 7 stone. Then years later I'd had infectious hepatitis so couldn't donate - & now, I'm too old.

(02-09-2025, 08:39 AM)popeye333 Wrote: Morning everyone Grey but sun today, its getting darker tho so maybe the rain is close.

One of Robynn's bulbs in a pot is flowering, A Daffodil..

Ill nip up the road at some stage. I've run out of apples. Might go to the fruit shop tho the supermarket is on average $3 more a kilo than Pak n save. Ill go to pns on Thursday.

Might pop into the oppies on the egg beater hunt.

Then Ill clean the fridge and put my new liners on the middle shelf. MrP hated how I had the fridge. Even if there wasn't a light everything in my fridge has sat in the same spot for 30 plus  years.. Why change it?  Mind you he also didn't like that Im a leveler.. margarine, vegemite they have to be level in their containers.  Why have it messy

Geeze that makes me sound odd but Ive always liked it that way and a good way to know when you will need new ones lol

Have a wonderful day everyone