We have a friendship group in Bunbury and once a year we visit them, and once a year they visit us. Today was their turn to visit us. Our group had organised to have soup and bread for lunch, and everyone would bring a plate for morning and afternoon tea. The last few weeks we have only been getting about 8 or 10 along to our Wednesday group, and in the last few days I had 4 people say they wouldnt be here. So..... I panicked! I knew there would be enough soup, but I worried about the rest, so last night I sat up till about 11pm baking. I made mini chocolate muffins, zucchini and walnut loaf, shortbread, and thismorning before I left I quickly make up a batch of scones, with cheese on the top for savoury and took jam and cream for the bases.
Hmph! Neednt have bothered. The group came up trumps. We had 10 Bunbury girls visit and we had 22 of our own group, so finished up having enough food to feed about 100 !!!
It was a lovely day. There was some beaut show and tell, with lots of inspiration, and of course lots of chit-chat and just a little sewing, and needless to say, lots of tea and coffee and good food.
We are looking forward to our visit to Bunbury in October.
Wednesday, 27 June 2007
Monday, 18 June 2007
development blunders
Its been a while since I wrote, but that doesnt mean that nothing has been happening ...
Have I mentioned that across the road they are constructing a housing development. It's in the early stages at the moment, meaning they have ripped out all the beautiful big trees (sob, sob) and at the moment its a mess where they are moving huge amounts of earth from one place to the next, the then moving it again to yet another place - at least that's what it seems. Hopefully, one day it will look beautiful again, albeit houses instead of trees!!
Anyhow, just after we got home from our prospecting trip, the water went off. Sure enough they had spiked a water main and we were the ones out of water. No-one came to tell us anything - the water just stopped! When we went out to the road, the water Corp were already there trying to fix it. We were "waterless" for about 3 hours.
About a week later our power went off. No-one came to tell us. We walked out to the road to see what was going on and finally someone came over and admitted they had cut the line to our powerpole. They had called the SEC (or whatever they call it now) and they were on their way. This happened at 12.30pm. About 3pm the SEC guy came in to tell us that when the line snapped, it pulled on our powerpole and damaged the conduit covering the line to the metre box (I think thats what it was anyhow) and he couldnt re-connect the power until an electrician had repaired our pole. So, we rang and finally got an electrician that we know to fix it. The guy had given Adam (husband) his mobile No to ring when the electrician had finished. The power finally came back on at 5.30pm.
I said to hubby "About all that could happen now is the phone to be cut off."
Guess what?!!! Sure enough we get up Saturday morning and Adam turns on the computer to check his email - no connection. The phone line is cut. No-one came to tell us. I had to go out and Adam went to visit our son and when I got home about 2.30pm it was fixed. But, NO-ONE CAME TO TELL US ANYTHING!
I dont think there is anything else that they can cut off. I hope not.
Have I mentioned that across the road they are constructing a housing development. It's in the early stages at the moment, meaning they have ripped out all the beautiful big trees (sob, sob) and at the moment its a mess where they are moving huge amounts of earth from one place to the next, the then moving it again to yet another place - at least that's what it seems. Hopefully, one day it will look beautiful again, albeit houses instead of trees!!
Anyhow, just after we got home from our prospecting trip, the water went off. Sure enough they had spiked a water main and we were the ones out of water. No-one came to tell us anything - the water just stopped! When we went out to the road, the water Corp were already there trying to fix it. We were "waterless" for about 3 hours.
About a week later our power went off. No-one came to tell us. We walked out to the road to see what was going on and finally someone came over and admitted they had cut the line to our powerpole. They had called the SEC (or whatever they call it now) and they were on their way. This happened at 12.30pm. About 3pm the SEC guy came in to tell us that when the line snapped, it pulled on our powerpole and damaged the conduit covering the line to the metre box (I think thats what it was anyhow) and he couldnt re-connect the power until an electrician had repaired our pole. So, we rang and finally got an electrician that we know to fix it. The guy had given Adam (husband) his mobile No to ring when the electrician had finished. The power finally came back on at 5.30pm.
I said to hubby "About all that could happen now is the phone to be cut off."
Guess what?!!! Sure enough we get up Saturday morning and Adam turns on the computer to check his email - no connection. The phone line is cut. No-one came to tell us. I had to go out and Adam went to visit our son and when I got home about 2.30pm it was fixed. But, NO-ONE CAME TO TELL US ANYTHING!
I dont think there is anything else that they can cut off. I hope not.
Saturday, 9 June 2007
Wildflower Album Quilt
Some of our group are making Margaret Rofe's Wildflower Album Quilt. We meet the first Saturday of the month and each work on our own blocks/quilts, but its a self help day. I try and keep one step ahead so I can show how I do things, as some of the girls are beginners - well at least they were in my beginner classes earlier on in the year. We have been meeting since February (1st Sat of the Month) and it's so much fun. The first day we had 23 starters, the next couple of months we had about 16, but the last couple of months it's been down to 5. It is winter, some of the ladies are away, and some have dropped out. But as it's a self help, self pace group, it really doesnt matter how much or little we do each month. And I have had enquiries about more who want to join in. I just love it, seeing what each person has done over the month. My thanks to Margaret for publishing it in the APQ magazine. Its a wonderfun quilt.
Friday, 8 June 2007
Living next door to a winery!
We live next door to a Winery. It's only been open about 3 months and today we "popped" over for lunch. Its a fabulous place. Called Raven Wines on Pinjarra Road, Pinjarra, WA. We have been drinking the wine for a couple of years (a really good drop - all of them!), but they have only just finished the Cafe/wine-tasting area. They are only open for lunches, Wednesday till Sunday. We hadnt been for lunch before, so when my sister said she and hubby were calling in on their way to Dunsborough, we decided it was a good time to visit next door. Everyone I know who has been there say that its really good, and I must say I agree with them. And the wines are quite reasonably priced - $17/bottle. Most wine in the Margaret River area are $20 and above. Thoroughly recommended to anyone who wants to visit - and say hello to me.
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