New Toy

I finally decided that the time had come to update my 22 year old sewing machine. I have had great use of it making lots of clothes for the girls when they were younger, doing patchwork, mending and sewing paper for cards and scrapbooking. The fact that we have to climb under the desk to turn it off and on (has no switch on it) and the reverse button no longer works had a lot to do with my decision. Sarah and I went and checked out the options last Friday and we stuck to the Janome brand. It cost $600 which is a good price for us, far better than some of the $8500 ones on offer!

I got to unpack the new one.....

Enjoy the simple task of turning it on.......

And sew the first stitches......

Then it was overtaken by Sarah who just loves it.........

Yesterday Sarah and I had another squash challenge which I won again. So she thought she could beat me at scrabble (which she always does) so last night we had a game. I was the winner for the first time in ages (well ever I think) but I have to brag because I got 200 points which in our household is a record looking back at all our previous games. I must admit I got some good letters when I picked up.

Our cauliflours are progressing well.......

And today we picked our first brocolli of the season.......

Today was also our annual rose pruning time. These are the last roses of the season.....

It always looks so bare when this job is done but its also nice to have a break from all the mess the roses make at this time of year when all the leaves drop and blow everwhere.