13-02-2025, 01:15 PM
Yes Roma it is really dark out there at the beach on a cloudy night - but the sea still simmers and it is stunning - there are lots of outside lights I can turn on and the neighbours are close so I am never nervous out there - but I know for sure I wouldn’t rely on the resident staffi to act as a guard dog - she would greet an intruder with a very effusive welcome
The quilt is beautiful - I tried quilting once wasn’t very successful cutting straight was never my strong point - thinking back the biggest craft fail I had was a weekend at Tīrau making a polymer doll - I had made lots of cloth dolls but thought I would give polymer a go - what a disaster it was supposed to be modelled on my 2 year old grandaughter - it ended up looking like an 80 year old with five fingers plus a thumb - will try and find a photo
Kiwimade ask your son when he goes to Japan to pop into one of the shops selling silk thread - the colours are glorious like nothing I have ever seen - I went on a tour and many of us became tearful - it was just so beautiful especially the jewell colours and they were comparatively cheap .Japan is a stunning country to visit - my husband worked for a company partly Japanese owned so I went up several times - the only problem I had was being expected to bow to the male big cheese - didn’t do it ! Then you had to walk backwards out of the room you weren’t supposed to turn your back on him - buggar that ! But they were an amazing company every Xmas every child of every worker received a beautiful gift from the company -
I receive half an hour a month home care from Access to have my shower dome cleaned - you need to be a giant to reach it - for the third time a young very fit very nicely spoken boy about 19 arrived - today I was chatting to him and asked why he was doing house cleaning - can’t read or write - has dyslexia and only went to school to play basketball - his father thought he was destined for the NBA in the US so he was just allowed to cruise - of course he has now found out he isn’t good enough for the NBA and doesn’t seem to have the motivation to learn to read - told him one of my granddaughters is dyslexic and has a law degree - will get some info together before he comes next time
It’s Art Deco weekend already lots of people in our street - two doors done is one of the last community houses for mentally challenged - there are four adults they just love all the attention their house gets - it’s one of the best examples of art deco in the street -
The quilt is beautiful - I tried quilting once wasn’t very successful cutting straight was never my strong point - thinking back the biggest craft fail I had was a weekend at Tīrau making a polymer doll - I had made lots of cloth dolls but thought I would give polymer a go - what a disaster it was supposed to be modelled on my 2 year old grandaughter - it ended up looking like an 80 year old with five fingers plus a thumb - will try and find a photo
Kiwimade ask your son when he goes to Japan to pop into one of the shops selling silk thread - the colours are glorious like nothing I have ever seen - I went on a tour and many of us became tearful - it was just so beautiful especially the jewell colours and they were comparatively cheap .Japan is a stunning country to visit - my husband worked for a company partly Japanese owned so I went up several times - the only problem I had was being expected to bow to the male big cheese - didn’t do it ! Then you had to walk backwards out of the room you weren’t supposed to turn your back on him - buggar that ! But they were an amazing company every Xmas every child of every worker received a beautiful gift from the company -
I receive half an hour a month home care from Access to have my shower dome cleaned - you need to be a giant to reach it - for the third time a young very fit very nicely spoken boy about 19 arrived - today I was chatting to him and asked why he was doing house cleaning - can’t read or write - has dyslexia and only went to school to play basketball - his father thought he was destined for the NBA in the US so he was just allowed to cruise - of course he has now found out he isn’t good enough for the NBA and doesn’t seem to have the motivation to learn to read - told him one of my granddaughters is dyslexic and has a law degree - will get some info together before he comes next time
It’s Art Deco weekend already lots of people in our street - two doors done is one of the last community houses for mentally challenged - there are four adults they just love all the attention their house gets - it’s one of the best examples of art deco in the street -