Summarising May.............

 Once again I need to think about the happenings of newsfromjude for another post. It's much harder to write exciting and interesting blog posts since Covid came and took away the retreats. I find it interesting that we spent over 2 years in some sort of isolation and restrictions and our state, and in fact most of the country had minor cases of covid. Now that we have been "let out" and most restrictions have been abandoned, there are thousands of cases and often hear of someone I know who has "it". I know that a lot of countries have had a harder time with many more losses. Anyway, enough of the doom and gloom talk, that C word has taken up far too much of our conversation and thoughts for more than 2 years now.

I did summarise part of May in a recent post and looking at the whole month it seems like there has been some quilting with Max, (which will be a separate post), a few visitors in and out the front door, hardly any time in the garden, hardly any time housecleaning, a fair bit of time in the kitchen cooking, not a lot of stitching time, a lot of computer time with PowerPoint and sending out newsletters and quite a few medical appointments and dealing with health issues.

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Our local group had their Annual General Meeting and we had just enough to make a quorum, and it was a struggle to fill the vacant positions. Since the shut downs, some have not returned to meetings, so we are hoping that will change. We meet in the local CWA rooms and thankfully there is heating, as you might note by the coats that it was a cold evening. 

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A friend needed to go to the next large town for some day surgery and needed a driver, so I had a day out. Another friend needed an xray so came along for the drive. We did enjoy lunch at the local hotel while waiting for the patient to be released and might have propped the local economy up slightly.

                            It was a very cold, dreary day and the trees were all losing their leaves.

While I am on the subject of medical stuff, my recent medical appointments have included the eye specialist, more blood tests which have shown up some interesting results and a CT scan which has finally revealed some answers to an issue that I have been dealing with for 2 years now. Now this all needs to be juggled to work out an answer going forth. I won't bore you all with the finer details as I had been told that I have become 'obsessive' talking about it all. But I do think that the "get up and go" that had "got up and left", just might be starting to find it's way slowly back??

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A trip to Mount Gambier was taken last week and this is what came back to Bordertown, for 3 lucky ladies.

I found this cartoon and wondered if one lady had to do this when she arrived home with her purchase??

Robyn is giving her purchase a workout already and making herself a nightie.

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We enjoyed the company of friends calling in one day, although Elaine did manage to walk out the door without taking her handbag and did not realise until I phoned when they were 2 hours away!! ( As I made the call, I did wonder if her phone might ring in her bag?)

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I'll finish with a couple of cute photos received from DD3. Miss Billie had a lovely day out with her mum during the school holidays. She loved having her nails done, and isn't she growing up so fast?

                 

Looks like Mum's makeup had a trial run, doesn't he look 'beautiful'?? This might be a good photo to save for his 21st!! ............... I remember DS being madeup and dressed by his older sisters and a couple of photos being taken. We would always tease him that they would come out for his 21st! But he really had the last laugh, because when his 21st came around, those photos were nowhere to be found in the albums!.... Might be different with digital photos though as there will be more than one copy.

    

              

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           Last Sunday afternoon a group of us enjoyed this movie. Without spoiling it for anyone who hasn't seen this, after watching the ending, I wonder if there will be any further movies. If there are, it just wouldn't be the same!

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Winter has definitely arrived this week, and some parts of our state had severe storms earlier in the week and heavy rains. We missed most of that, but I did wonder the next day if the storms were about to hit us when I saw this cloud. Not long after it rained for just a couple minutes and then passed us right on by. While we have recorded about 15 mls this week, it is very light on to a lot of areas.  The temperatures today feel like they are coming straight from the South Pole and the wood fire is definitely burning!!

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In spite of neglect, the garden always surprises and this was my green harvest this week. Sure looks rather healthy doesn't it?

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I have lamented the lack of retreats and weekend sewing sessions in recent times. I have had some conversations with a few with the thought of getting back to former times. But it has been mostly talk and little action. Today I received an email from a former "retreater" asking if anything was happening for the June long weekend and she said......"need to get my act together!"

I also had a phone call from another lady who is wanting to compare diaries soon to organise a date, and another couple of friends are hoping to meet up here sometime soon.

I am taking all these messages on board, and as a result I have "got my act together" and planning some stitching times to return again............If this interests you, I look forward to hearing from you.

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My current job is at the desk and computer and working my way from October to end May with the financial details as the end of the financial year is coming, ready or not! How did this happen so quickly?

I do have more customer quilt photos to show, but they will come in a separate post, sometime soon.

I am now going to pick up the paperwork and head to the kitchen table which is close to the fire, and much, much warmer. Be back sometime soon. Meanwhile, stay warm!

Blessings, From Jude