Masked Up

A short while ago, my Mum sent us a package!
The state they live in, Victoria, had quite the Covid19 surge and at short notice, it became mandatory for people to wear masks when out and about.

My parents live in a retirement village – so Mum went on a sewing rampage with Dad as back-up (going to Spotlight to get thread and elusive elastic).
79 masks made in three days!! The neighbours came in on the third day to help with threading and joining the elastic!

All up, Mum’s made about 150. Being a dressmaker and sewing teacher from waaaaay back, her material stash is enviable, and she’s managed to make them from what she has had stored!
I love our masks! Of course she’s sent us and my sisters families masks.
The material with the Aboriginal Design was originally made into a dress for me many years ago – it was one of my favourites (when I wore dresses that is! Don’t seem to do that anymore!!)
The cat design was some material I’d brought back from Japan a while ago and gave to Mum to ‘do something’ with!!

Tried to get Pip into the act!!

Very proud of my Mum with her skill and generous community spirit. Hopefully helping keep people safe!

Sorry I still haven’t sorted out the answering messages thing!
But thank-you for the query about the spacing with my blueberries Tracy!! Total rookie moment! I guess since our other bushes hardly grew at all I wasn’t aware how big they can get!!
So… we got in today and did some rearranging!

Four are in the main patch and 4 (including the old two we dug up) in the ‘duck yard’ garden.

This one has a bit of size but the one below might be a bit of touch and go
We’ll have to go get another lot of pine bark to mulch.  I stole some back off the path to plant in with this lot.

 

I think I need to change Flea’s name to ‘Rover’
She follows me like a dog at my heels!!
I thought it was just her chook-brain wanting food at first but even when there is a stack of delightful snacks that they are all squabbling over, she will leave them behind to follow me!! Nawwww

I don’t have the super ugly ‘before’ photo but Jeff got into this side garden to remove the pig face and weed, so I gave him a hand and added some more soil etc
Still needs a bit more of a tidy – maybe some pine bark too – or straw. Dunno
Ruby’s transplanted Aloe plants are going well!!

The duck yard garden is a mess – I think I’ll leave the nasturtium patch alone but pull the other hugelkultur patch apart and out… it was too hard to control the birds kicking it apart – coupled with the wind and weather last season…
Its a big work in progress (ie mostly in my mind right now)

I do like how the nasturtiums took over though…

A tulip appeared!!
The snails in this tulip and iris garden are stampeding so I REALLY have to get brave and go out at night to pick them all off!!
Not tonight. Its icy cold out there and I am too comfy inside. (Yah – am a woose not brave)

It will be nice seeing more and more flowers appearing

I bought a couple of bags of mushroom compost today to make a mix to plant seeds! Yes… its finally that time of year!
Oh – I just noticed… its the first of September right now! Spring really IS here!!

BUT – terrible news about the mushroom compost… apart from bagged commercial stuff, it is no more in Tasmania. Apparently the mushroom farms are closed so no more getting trailer loads of the beautiful stuff!! Sob!!

Anyways… better get to bed. Visitors tomorrow morning. Jeff managed to tell me about it this afternoon and I am like ‘eek!’
Tidied a bit and baked a cake so I am set

Hope you are having a good start to your week!
Cheers