A Catch-Up Post (Part 2) .......... (A Waffle-y Post)

 Greetings lovely friends & readers

After hitting Publish on my last post, I was unable to get it to actually Publish.   I did not know how to resolve this as contacting Blogger seems to be a mission impossible, but finally I found a Community Help Forum & a lovely Polish man named Arek very kindly assisted me.  I was So immensely grateful as I had been wondering if I may have to give up blogging if I couldn't reach you all with my posts.  It made me realise how much I would miss this chatty, friendly place called blogland.  

Anyway - all that just to say ... I am very happy to be back here again 😊 This is a bit of a waffle-y post filled with all sorts of things I wanted to share here.

During our first Lockdown in 2020, my friend Gail dug out an entire garden of Clivias down one side of her house.  Unable to visit the Dump she filled 2 black rubbish bags & The Mr picked them up from her gateway to dispose of in the farm burning hole. When I saw them on the back of his Ute I grabbed them as I thought I might have somewhere to plant them.  The greenery was all cut off & it was mainly just the root system left.  We have a large area of native trees between our house section & our rented depot yard - nothing much grows here as the tree roots have sucked all the goodness out of the soil underneath.

I carefully planted all the clivia's root systems & slowly they grew - I was delighted this spring that most of them are putting on such a lovely show of colour.  When I saw One Clivia Plant in my local Garden Centre for $25 I realised what a treasure trove I had planted here.  

Some of you may remember this table & chairs that I revamped for Juno late last year in * this post *.  On my last trip to Mums I saw the little chair (below) in the local Hospice Shop for $6.  I walked back to my car without buying it .... but then I sat & had a think & I remembered that Juno is going to be a big sister any day now.  

I thought an extra chair might be handy once Juno's new little sister can use the table too ... so I went back & paid my $6.  I gave it 3 coats of chalk paint in the colour Rosie.  It was actually a horrid thing to paint - I am not sure why but I didn't enjoy it & it took 3 coats to get a decent coverage.

I still had some of the rabbit themed transfers left over so I was able to keep the same look going.  Juno is rabbit-obsessed so I am sure she will love this pink chair & will no doubt be the bossy older sister who gets to decide who-sits-where !!

I gave the chair 4 new rubber feet that I already had on hand - as well as 2 coats of matt finish spray varnish.  I find this makes the furniture wipeable which is handy when it gets used by children. 

I saw these wooden slabs last month when I visited the Daffodil farm & purchased 4 (they were $5 each).  I had always wanted to make some stepping stones from our driveway to the corner of the deck which is where I take a short-cut every time I go to check the mail box.  The Mr made me stain them well with several coats of Oil before I set them in the ground because he is annoying, fussy thorough like that. 

I love how they turned out & now I can even pop across in my slippers 😉

I have had to make an elevation in the "hospital corner" of my lounge, where I grow all my cuttings & seedlings.  I needed somewhere to put some seedling trays so this old wooden pew made the perfect second storey addition.

Sometimes my "hospital corner" even gets the odd visitor  ............

This dinosaur is one of Sid's most favourite toys, however it looked nothing like this when his little dog Darcy had finished with it.  She had bitten the back seam right open & much of the stuffing was missing as well as several holes in the arms & legs.  I was able to sit & stitch it all up & fill it with some new stuffing - Sid was delighted.

To thank me he drew me this card ... it says "from Sid to Granny" but his G is back to front.  He also made the iceblock-stick/string toy for Pippi to play with 😉  These are the things I will treasure always. 

 

Alec has just returned from a 10 day holiday to Tasmania, Australia.  He flew with his Mum & stayed at his Aunt's rural property - off grid, way out in the Tasmanian wilderness - no power or running water!  He enjoyed every moment of it.  I love this photo above, he reminds me so much of his Dad in this photo. 

Thank you as always dear friends, for your visits here today,

Wishing you all a wonderful weekend - remember to be kind to yourselves & to each other,

(Hopefully I can get this post to actually Publish!)

With much love & friendship to you all, 💗

Julie & the furry ones x0x0x