have to be adaptable – to the landscape, the ground conditions, ownership rights.

Thursday Trios



Lanose is the prompt that Brian teased us with. Who else but an Aussie would come up with a word like that? But be honest now: who of you knew that word? Since a variation of “wool” is actually our family’s surname I thought to go back to a simpsonized version of us, the core four. The son on the bottom right actually had the nickname “Wet, Wild and Wooly”. Very lanate and full of lanosity.
I used to sew a bit. Clothes for me before I had children, household stuff (curtains, cushions, throws, table coths, etc.) once I had less time and boys who didn’t really share mum’s taste in clothes. But I kept left-over fabric. I also still bought fabric occasionally with ideas of projects but it’s been in boxes ever since.
Until last week, when I faced the facts. My sewing days are over (except for the odd repair). I piled it all up and I offered it to whomever was interested on our neighbourhood social media.
“These woods are lovely, dark and deep,But I have promises to keep,And miles to go before I sleep,And miles to go before I sleep.”― Robert Frost, Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening And now, on a lighter note, a quote from Neil Gaiman’s American … Continue reading Promise Me?