This summer, we've had the pleasure of enjoying (again) a pile of tableclothes that my mother-in-law gave me some time back, before I was married. The tablecloth above is among them; the labour of her hands and completed some time in the 1970s when she was living in Zambia, where she emigrated to from post-war Geece as a 14 year old!(the pattern came from Greece). It's a nice reminder of family at meal times.
And a new hat for my four year old, Elsa, using a pattern from here with fabric chosen by Elsa from my stash. The hat's reversable and I love to get two for one! You'll get a glimmer of the 'inside' of the hat in a picture further down - I used a polka dot fabric. Because my little girl has the head circumference of a big girl, I used a bigger size (read: adult!) and reduced the width of the brim using another of her hats as a guide. She loves the hat - phew! (she has many opinions about this kind of thing!). Apparently it's perfect for yoga on the beach, and dancing, among other things.
And the reference to gratitude? There's so much to be grateful for this Summer....
Lovely shared meals, from the most basic of morning teas to elaborate barbequed lamb cooked on the barbeque by Dada, and sometimes Mama too!
For a beautiful new skirt for Mama, and the lovely friend that made it with an old sheet I had set aside for such a skirt for a while now!...she made it happen (sorry Em, I still haven't been able to capture it properly!)....
For a garden full of tiny creatures and some not-so-small ones like the possums who visit the garden every night and 'Funny', the kids favourite hen who, after providing us with an egg almost every day since moving in, died while we were away on holidays. Just a chicken but, she was our favourite! And then there's the dog, of course, Gnocchi, who always provides hours of entertainment. Lately I've been contemplating adding some more small creatures to our yard..perhaps.
For swinging...
For cousins to play tennis, and so many other games, with....
For a gnome garden that provides hours of entertainment..(we found this 'garden mushroom' under piles of garden waste down the back of the garden and slowly, it's becoming a home for little friends)...
And, of course, the beach...and so much more...
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