Technology changes

I rarely use the PC I am typing this on. I can't do a blog post on my iPad nor on my phone which has a small screen so have to resort to the PC. However I have just realised that when I take photos on my phone and send them to Gmail so that I can then resize them to be suitable for a blog post the options for resizing have changed. Years ago I was told to keep them under a certain limit for a blog post as Blogger was complaining about the size of photos at the time. 

Anyway I have tried my best to resize them to an acceptable size. Now Blogger has made changes and I can't even seem to comment on a comment a reader has made on my own blog when using my iPad so I have to use the silly phone with the little screen. Changes! Who need them?

It is currently freezing here although the apparent temperature is supposed to be 5.something Celsius but it feels much colder than that even though I have four layers on ....in the house. These old wooden houses weren't built for cold winters and I don't want to put the heater on yet as it costs too much to run but I might have to give in soon. 

I noticed our mandarin tree down the back has a lot of fruit on it this year after all the rain. Years ago our children used to climb the tree to eat the mandarins as a snack. The tree was here when my hubby bought the property in 1978 when he was single. So it is a fair age now and still producing. I should make a Mandarin and Date Slice or Mandarin Muffins with Mandarin Curd like I did a few years ago. 

Our Simple Living Toowoomba group is holding a seed and plant swap on Saturday before having a discussion about how to prepare a veggie garden for spring. It should be really enjoyable as one of our ladies who is leading the discussion has a veggie garden which is extremely productive. This will be our third last workshop as the group will fold in September after ten years. We have covered an extensive range of topics and it is hard to think of one we haven't covered before. Those who still want to get-together to keep in contact will still have the option of doing that. 

Now I can't align the above photo in the centre for some reason but I wanted to show you one of the volunteer pumpkins that I posted about recently. One of five of them had been partly eaten by what I presume was a possum as I couldn't see any rat droppings nearby as I know rats love the seeds, so I got some chicken wire and covered the remaining pumpkins to no avail as I found another one that is half eaten. Sigh! 

Learning the Iris Stitch

I was reading Rhonda's blog post today and noticed that she had written about knitting dishcloths https://down---to---earth.blogspot.com/2022/07/knitting-washcloths.html. It is so good to see her blogging again after losing Hanno. If you would like to learn how to knit she has some good links on her blog for beginners. I actually saw a man knitting in one of our large shopping centres the other day and that was a first. I know it is common for men to knit in the UK but not in Australia. 

I hope everyone is keeping well although there seems to be a lot of sickness around lately here in Australia as it is a bad flu season apparently. I look forward to some sunny days once again like we usually get in winter after a crisp morning. I could never live in the Northern Hemisphere! Brrr!