TAPE, BRAZIER AND GARDEN

So white vinegar DID NOT stop my puppies from chewing on the rug... so last resort...

 ABOVE:  Duct tape!  Might not be pretty, but it does the job.  
Just my luck the little buggers will LIKE chewing on duct tape.  *lol*

 ABOVE:  We lit the brazier last night, before it got dark, and toasted some marshmallows.
We ended up with a few VERY burnt marshmallows ... till we worked out how to warm them up without burning them!

 ABOVE:  Stew did the first few...

 ABOVE:  a smokey business, but fun.  
The brazier put out quite a bit of heat!
I think we need longer metal skewers.

 ABOVE:  Coco in Griffin's bed.  Anyone's bed will do of course, but she likes his room now,  as she can lie on the bed/pillows and look out the window at anyone passing on the road.

ABOVE:  Wandering around the garden late yesterday, and I was AMAZED at how many strawberries we had already!

And the mandarin and tangelo trees are covered in flowers!  WOW.
That one LONE Tangelo has been slowly growing all year!  I doubt it will ever ripen.

Today I have Cambridge Patchwork in the morning.  It's the first time I've been at a meeting in quite a while!  I will be working on appliqueing the anchors on the cream coloured blocks in the Nautical Quilt.

After that I'm popping out to a friends for a little while, then home to do the school run.

So... a busy day!

ONWARD...

ABOVE: Purple nails....let's see how long they last eh?

Beautiful day out there today.  I spoilt it by having a mental at Griffin this morning ... but hopefully by the time I dropped him off at school we were cool again.  I apologised for going off at him... I'm really not very nice in the morning!

12.30 pm:  Home from patchwork.  Only got one anchor appliqued on... and I think I will be unpicking it.  I went to use my big sewing machine trolley bag to get everything in the car and one of the wheels is broken!

So I took my small sewing machine instead, and it doesn't have a very nice applique stitch, plus it had the wrong presser foot on, so the stitching is not looking that flash.

Pups are having fun outside for an hour before I go and visit a friend.

Turned up expecting to spend just a little time with my friend, but instead there were 5 of us there,  and we had a lovely hour and a half chatting before a couple of us had to leave on the school run.
It's so neat having girlfriends who I can spend time with during the day!

I'm LOVING Cambridge.

I did a very little retail therapy today... and bought this:

ABOVE:  Totally gorgeous Rhino Head!  Isn't it adorable.  A total dust catcher, but heck, I got rid of so much stuff when we de-cluttered in Auckland, I felt the NEED to acquire a few replacements.   *smiles*

Dinner tonight was chicken sausages, mashed potatoes, veges and gravy.  Really nice.
Time to sign off... and get to bed.