tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68514220454593433382024-02-21T04:09:43.215+11:00NessaknitNessaKnitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08108527200793028314noreply@blogger.comBlogger157125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851422045459343338.post-88377231610181662182013-06-28T12:58:00.002+10:002013-06-28T12:58:34.123+10:00Life Stretches OnIn the life that stretches on since my last post, my kids are happy and contented in their country life and would not for the world go back to living in Sydney. They enjoy soccer, scouts, cubs and all things rural. In fact they enjoy rural so much that they will be spending Sunday with other kids from their school and the P&C filling bags of sheep manure to be sold to happy customers in NessaKnitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08108527200793028314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851422045459343338.post-32970415121030413382012-11-09T14:21:00.001+11:002012-11-09T14:21:23.538+11:00Gunning Open Gardens SchemeThis weekend, I can't wait to go to Collingwood for the Open Gardens Scheme. Given that we will be gardening around our new house once all the plans are complete and we start building, it will be interesting to see what plants are suitable to our climate.
The Open Garden is advertised as ...
Huge English elm trees, thought to be the oldest in
Australia, shade and shelter the 1820s homestead atNessaKnitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08108527200793028314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851422045459343338.post-35272794598546746782012-11-09T13:17:00.002+11:002012-11-09T13:17:20.750+11:00Spam I just removed 560+ post from Spam. Where the hell are they all coming from? India?
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NessaKnitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08108527200793028314noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851422045459343338.post-29755072752120098792012-07-26T23:29:00.003+10:002012-09-01T16:57:01.924+10:00Science FairMy daughter has a Science Fair next week at school as part of Education Week. She has chosen to do felting as her display of a science experiment (hot soapy water, wool, friction, shrinkage!) with no prompting by mother!
Can't wait to see her results, as she has already made two scarves that have won prizes at the local show and she has a unique eye for colour ....
NessaKnitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08108527200793028314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851422045459343338.post-22634140460432065622012-06-09T19:17:00.000+10:002012-06-09T19:17:03.749+10:00Left OutI spent today whispering to my daughter all the reasons why she had been left out of a party with our nearest neighbour's son, which others in her class (girls included) had mostly been invited and she had not.
I don't get excluding children from parties. Seriously, I don't. I think it is rude. And cruel. To be within in view of your class mates, but not asked. Oh well, she rode her horse NessaKnitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08108527200793028314noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851422045459343338.post-34669541686908273112012-05-25T10:06:00.000+10:002012-05-25T10:06:47.005+10:00Canberra Region FeltmakersIf you live near Canberra and are at a loose end this weekend, the the CSIRO Discovery Centre at Black Mountain is hosting "Metamorphosis, Rapt in Felt" - Annual Exhibition and Bazaar by the Canberra Region Feltmakers.
One of my good friends, Terry Nash, is one of the exhibiting artists.(If you check the brochure out I think she made the mat on the bottom right.)
Unfortunately, I don't think NessaKnitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08108527200793028314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851422045459343338.post-29461774105549344742011-12-13T12:24:00.000+11:002011-12-13T14:51:51.959+11:00Open Your Diaries to Sunday, 19 February 2012
Because that is when the 110th Annual Gunning Show
is on next year!
http://www.gunningshow.com.au/home.htm
at the 2012 Show, there will be ...
Horse events - show jumping
Shearing competition
Pavillion full of local produce, arts and craft and photography
Quality fleece wool competition
Mechanical bull
Showgirl and Showboy competition
Magic shows for the kids
Farm Yard Animals
Tug NessaKnitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08108527200793028314noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851422045459343338.post-6533958630235195822011-12-07T13:40:00.001+11:002011-12-07T13:58:45.155+11:00Festive Pasta SaladLast night, my husband and I and two children attended the Gunning Lion's Club Christmas Dinner which is a bring a dish affair at the local meeting centre and we were asked to take along a contribution of a salad.
I'm going to share my recipe for my pasta salad that I got from a friend because it is darn easy as most ingredients you can have on hand and whip it up in a couple of hours (the NessaKnitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08108527200793028314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851422045459343338.post-17162815952762683022011-11-26T23:06:00.001+11:002011-11-28T16:50:09.763+11:00Where for Art Thou Fairchild Street?So okay, I've come back to blogging. It is has only been six months since I last blogged, the reason being my computer was stepped on by a random child when it was on the floor and should have been up high where little feet could not have trodden on it.
I have borrowed a friend's screen and borrowed a keyboard and now my laptop is working rather dodgy as a CPU and it doesn't even know it.
Now NessaKnitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08108527200793028314noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851422045459343338.post-71113157258052556222011-06-21T14:59:00.001+10:002011-06-22T00:12:46.455+10:00DaltonOn the weekend, I took the kids for a drive out to Dalton, some 12 kilometres from our little town and took some photos to share! My son loved the cars!
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NessaKnitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08108527200793028314noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851422045459343338.post-47891642894249937812011-06-11T23:38:00.001+10:002011-06-12T21:57:20.129+10:00I need to erase today and start again.It started well, washing hung out, kids breakfasted, kids dressed, kids beds made and my bed made, washing up done, lambs bottle fed, showered, dressed and car fueled up.
Off we went to Mitchell to leave my son with my husband and us girls (my daughter and her friend) were off to the Handmade Markets in Canberra. Or so I thought. I neglected to cement into my head that they were at the National NessaKnitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08108527200793028314noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851422045459343338.post-74719347546470535092011-06-02T13:47:00.000+10:002011-06-02T13:47:23.145+10:00I'm Back!I had a few nervous weeks there where I thought I might never get back into my blog again. Every attempt to regain entry was thwarted, both by the fact that I hadn't updated my alternate address for my email, had changed my main email account and no longer had access to emails going to my old address (same company) and I had forgotten my hotmail password. All fixed now after about 10 attempts to NessaKnitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08108527200793028314noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851422045459343338.post-57604164860750714282011-05-08T17:11:00.001+10:002011-05-08T17:21:08.662+10:00Creative Gunning is ready at the starting gate ...And we'll be off and racing from next Saturday, with a co-committee person and I doing setting up on Friday afternoon.
I've been digging out my crafts to take to another committee member's home this afternoon, and I can't wait to see what has already been put forward by the new members.
It is kind of fun to be at this beginning stage and to anticipate how well it might go and how it will be NessaKnitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08108527200793028314noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851422045459343338.post-53680014016561193452011-04-15T16:55:00.000+10:002011-04-15T16:55:17.945+10:00Magic for MarigoldI was in the child's section of my local library the other day and at the "M" section, when who should I run into, but L. M. Montgomery. Having grown up reading Anne of Green Gables and the like, I skipped over these, and discovered she had also written another book called Magic for Marigold.
The edition I am reading is published by Angus & Robertson Publishers and was purchased by the NessaKnitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08108527200793028314noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851422045459343338.post-27425733911803928422011-04-11T11:36:00.002+10:002011-04-15T15:26:39.508+10:00Creative GunningIf you live in the Upper Lachlan Shire Council or former Gunning Shire area you may be interested in attending a meeting for the formation of a craft collective which is proposed to be established and trade from the former Court House in Gunning on Saturdays / Sundays and some Public Holidays.
The collective proposed is going to be a group formed with the goal of meeting other creative locals, NessaKnitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08108527200793028314noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851422045459343338.post-32468919951008940922011-04-03T21:24:00.003+10:002011-04-15T10:52:46.840+10:00Horsing Around and Other MattersThis evening I was reading Foxs Lane Blogspot, and I told Kate that her photo looked like Golden Hessian. I got her wondering what I meant. If I got you wondering what on earth I was talking about, I have a photo!
Now, onto other things ... Today, I went to the Taralga Hotel .. Est. 1876 (here), on our (the girls) way back from meeting my husband, his friend Mick and my son Angus, who stayedNessaKnitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08108527200793028314noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851422045459343338.post-3342205418883609032011-03-20T12:40:00.000+11:002011-03-20T12:40:01.400+11:00Enrolments are now OPEN for the Gunning Patchwork WeekendIf you have already followed the link once, details have now been updated.
I'm hoping my husband won't be doing dreaded stock take that weekend and I will get a chance to attend both days and come out feeling a little more creative. Even better if he doesn't have to work that weekend and I can send him and the children to the coast for the weekend ...
There are a few workshops available NessaKnitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08108527200793028314noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851422045459343338.post-16502424822001982072011-03-16T17:29:00.001+11:002011-03-16T22:42:03.137+11:00Walking Through My HouseI have to blog more. I know!
Today I thought I would take you for a walk through the floors of my house, mainly because they are photos that I took that I will not have to crop!
How could one not be inspired?
Added: Because I was going out to dinner and had minimal time to post, but still wanted to post, and in response to some of the comments!
The rectangular one above is in the NessaKnitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08108527200793028314noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851422045459343338.post-2000865217184750182011-03-11T15:09:00.001+11:002011-03-14T09:52:36.555+11:00Gunning Patchwork Weekend 25th and 26th of JuneGot your diaries out? Gunning Patchwork Weekend is coming up the 25th and 26th of June.
Gunning is located just off the Hume Hightway between Goulburn and Yass, being 48 kilometres from Goulburn, and 32 kilometres from Yass.
Gunning is about 40 kilometres from Crookwell and 32 kilometres from Gundaroo and 244 kilometres from Sydney CBD and 67 kilometres from Civic ACT.
About 70 people NessaKnitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08108527200793028314noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851422045459343338.post-50101785912009985722011-03-01T17:26:00.000+11:002011-03-01T17:26:55.682+11:00God Speed The PloughOkay, no craft but I thought I would share a few images of what it means to live in the country ...
This is a tea towel my Mum turned into wall decoration, a gift from an Irish friend.
And the best thing about living in the country is the lovely generous neighbours with gifts of free vegies!
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This job may suit you ...
Thea & Sami - Junior Assistant Required ...
I think it sounds like fun ... hope they get a fun somebody apply ...
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NessaKnitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08108527200793028314noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851422045459343338.post-55836627777125850642011-02-23T13:57:00.001+11:002011-02-23T13:59:04.234+11:00I'm Back ...And it has only taken nearly a month to organise the phone line (first call made to my provider on the 25th of January), request broadband, have that switched on at the exchange and then receive my new modem, happily picked up from the post office the morning and I bet the post mistress was glad!
After spending nearly an hour setting all the "new" things up, I am nearly there.
The good news isNessaKnitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08108527200793028314noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851422045459343338.post-75151626552029409652011-01-18T15:51:00.000+11:002011-01-18T15:51:18.021+11:00Finally moving!The house cleaning has been done! Everything looks nearly as good as the day we moved in! Now it is time to go onto the next chapter of our lives! I'll see you in my next location!
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All donations over $2 will receive a tax receipt at the checkout.
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NessaKnitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08108527200793028314noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851422045459343338.post-16631254109341659812011-01-13T10:21:00.000+11:002011-01-13T10:21:08.091+11:00Floods and Other ThingsI cannot post without mentioning the dreadful floods that Queensland and northern New South Wales are having at the moment. I am sure that by now most of my readers are aware of what is happening.
I applaud the efforts of all volunteers and all paid workers who are assisting with the efforts and who are so brave as they save people from floodwaters and also the coroners and the police who NessaKnitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08108527200793028314noreply@blogger.com7