Finding my blogging mojo

I am not sure where it went but my blogging mojo must have gone out for a walk around the block for daily exercise and left me behind :-) Since the self isolation restrictions have been put in place so many bloggers seem to be blogging once again after long breaks in some cases and they usually have such interesting things to post. I am not being really creative at present and just potter around in the garden and try to grow a few veggies that survive the local pests so am not terribly inspiring if anyone is looking here for inspiration. 

I did decide not to hang the bunting I showed you in a recent post as the window it was up against was too wide so instead I moved the strips over from the rope onto the curtain rod from which I used to have a very short sheer curtain hanging and it looked much better than draped across the window.

Down the track if I decide I don't like the effect I can just slide the strips back onto the rope and hang it in another room against the wall. Perhaps I can have a craft space in my son's old bedroom if I ever get rid of his 'stuff' and the CEO's 'stuff' that was put in there when the painting was done. I wouldn't know myself if I had a craft room. 

I have some strips left over so might make another mini version of a Toothbrush Rag Rug which I made after one of our Simple Living Toowoomba workshops. You can find the instructions if you click on this link if you are interested. I still need to practise the finishing off part so that it doesn't look a bit lopsided like the one in the photo.

Life goes on despite the current Coronavirus crisis around the world. Australia seems to be doing really well so far. Although 88 families are now grieving the loss of their loved ones that number is far less than in other parts of the world. That is not to say that things couldn't become much worse here if people weren't careful but I think that in the main Aussies are abiding by the guidelines.

A vase of chrysanthemums growing at the moment

Here in our state of Queensland some restrictions are being eased at midnight on Friday this week and then we will be able to go for a drive but only up to 50km from our home and can shop for clothes and shoes which I didn't realise we weren't allowed to do anyway otherwise why have some clothes stores and others like Big W, Target and KMart been allowed to stay open? It does get confusing sometimes. Also I believe we can also go on a picnic. We never go on one anyway these days so nothing will change where that is concerned but if our grandchildren lived nearby I am sure that easing of the restriction would be much appreciated.


I will be pleased when we can catch up with friends once again and I can start teaching my Yazidi student and just hope she hasn't forgotten all the English I have taught her. As I teach as a volunteer through a TAFE program, last week I had to learn how to use Zoom to meet up with our co-ordinator which was a bit of a learning curve but I was pleased to know I wasn't alone in learning how to use it as most of the volunteers seem to be retirees.  It's hard to remember that one is on camera for an hour or so. That's a long time for an old chick to sit in the one spot and appear lucid. LOL!

I hope that everyone is keeping well and I look forward to catching up with some of you in person down the track.