Boy 2014 certainly whizzed by in a flash
Welcome 2015 and let's hope it's a peaceful year all round the world especially in light of what has been going on
I thought I would do my annual post on pics that were going to be made into blog posts but just didn't make it
First pic is of lucerne bales for a small vegetable garden that I thought we would start up
Mr Armchair built the garden 4 storeys high out of railway sleepers
One reason is I'm tall and don't bend so well and the other is our Labrador Mimi who loves to 'garden'
Not long into it and this is what it looked like
And to keep Mr Armchair busy in February I needed a new bookcase and thought this corner was perfect
And it is........only trouble is the books keep 'growing'
In March JoJo was out with her group and she bought Mimi a collar
Only thing is it's for a puppy and Mimi is a big, boofy Labrador
Such a sweet thought on JoJo's part
At Easter time in April I coloured some eggs in vine leaves and onion skins..........a Latvian tradition
this being the result
The egg can then be polished up with some bacon rind
In May we went to see a Miss Fisher exhibition
Miss Fisher......played by Essie Davis........ is a glamorous Lady Detective and the series is set in the 1920's in Melbourne
Read more about the series here
One of my favourite TV shows
In June I entered a giveaway by Jennifer Chiaverini and won this book The Master Quilter
One of her best I think
It was even autographed for me
To win I had to enter a question asking which character I would most like to meet out of the Elm Creek Series
My answer was Anna (the cook) so that I could cook with her for the patchworkers and then sit down and do some sewing with everybody later
I think there were about 800 entries so not bad
In July at around 5pm there was a massive storm and I took some quick pics coming home
The colours were just stunning
In August we went out for JoJo's birthday breakfast and this is the view
In September I bought an apron off my Friend Miss Vicki and decided to wear it whilst sewing as I get a heap of threads all over my clothes.......especially the black ones
In October I got to meet Monica McInerney who recognised my name from comments I had made to her Face book page
Such a lovely lady
In November one evening I spilled frozen peas all over the floor (not very exciting I know)
but the next night the garlic I had fell down and landed looking like a triangle so I just had to photo it
And of course Mimi came in and cleaned up the peas
She didn't even know they were frozen as she doesn't eat she vacuums lol
Before we knew it it was Christmas again
JoJo's programme had a Christmas get together and she was so proud that she cut the sausage and spiked it together with a tomato and a toothpick
And oh my goodness was this ever good
I even made my own Nut Butter (cashews) and Paleo Chocolate
Recipe found at The Merry Maker Sisters
And to cap off New Year's Eve a pic taken off the television of the Fireworks on Sydney Harbour
Happy 2015 everyone.........let's make it a good one
Love Dzintra