Hello!!
We ended up with a gorgeous sunny day today and it was so nice to soak it up a bit. The day before was filthy – so I spared you a blog of me sitting about in the gloom feeding the fire and crocheting stuff!
I know its supposed to be Ruby Tuesday – and I am falling down on my Ruby-Gathering stories the last couple of weeks!
We did have a meeting yesterday afternoon with a couple of ladies from the church guild, who are organising food for the big party!!
Its hard to believe that in little over a month Ruby turns 100 years old!! So amazing!
So we were working out a few loose ends about food, times and things that needed to be done.
If any of you who follow Ruby’s stories would like to send birthday greetings – please feel free to do so. I may get a chance to read a couple out at her party – I am sure there will be a number of messages from people who can’t make it. If you do write, please let us know where you hale from and even a bit about your garden etc. I promise I will sit Ruby down one afternoon over a cuppa and read them out to her. I know she will get a kick out of that! She likes to know that more people are learning about her beloved Tasmania!
I went on a wool hunting mission today – I picked up some nice blue wool which I think may make a nice shawl for Ruby – she loves blue. We are not allowed to give her birthday presents apparently. I pouted a bit and asked “What about making something??” Well… that’s ok. 🙂 So now I am in the middle of three shawls again, having made a little start today on the new blue one!
Jeff and I went out Star Trekking tonight!! The movie was great fun! Then we got home to clear skies and wow – stars!!! We stood out in the cold for ages watching the skies, spotting shooting stars and marvelling at how clear the milky way is tonight.
I got a couple of photos, but I really have to do some googling about settings to get it right. Still… you can get the basic idea –
Hope you all have had a lovely day!
Cheers
Happy Birthday, Ruby! My name is Jennifer and I wanted to let your know how much I enjoy your childhood stories and stories about the way nursing used to be. I am also a nurse and the young nurses of today can’t fathom wiping up poo without gloves on! I have also been enjoying your simple yet delightful recipes that prove food doesn’t have to be fancy and have tons of ingredients to be delicious. I am so excited for your 100th birthday and wish I could visit your beautiful Tasmania. For now, I will live vicariously through you while I look at Lisa’s amazing pictures. I live all the way in Tupelo, Mississippi which is in the southern U.S. and happens to be a place where a man named Elvis Presley was born. Have you heard of him? Tupelo is a nice place to be as we have a low crime rate, days seem to move slow, and it feels as if we are far away from a lot of the worlds difficult issues so we are blessed. It’s so interesting for me to read about you all sitting by the fire, under blankets, when it is 90 to 100 degrees here! I also want you to know that I am frugal and was glad to learn a neat trick from you. I now use the butter paper to line my pans(or tins as you all would say). Just think of all the butter paper I have thrown away! Please give Lisa a big hug for allowing us a glimpse of your journey and again I hope you have a great birthday!
Thank-you so much Jennifer!! Wonderful message! I can’t wait to read it to Ruby!