Some Work in Progress pictures of the yard

More photos taken in the backyard. The bulk of the backyard is a concrete jungle, so I am breaking up the grey with some big pots, just potted some shrubs which will grow and give the yard some colour.
Also my sad potting table, which John will replace with a custom designed one, the length of the wall under my kitchen window. A perfect spot for flowers and herbs.

The back yard is transformed

After the latest few hours of work, weeding and mulching I am happy with the back yard.

                                                  The gardens are done.

Long time no post

Boy, time flies. I haven't posted for over a month.

Yesterday we finally lay new lawn in the back yard. All that is left now is some more red bark for the rose garden. Next we can move around to the concrete jungle that make up the rest of the back yard and make it more pleasant.

Here is the back yard before and after the lawn went in.

A Tote Bag and a Pig Cake

My first stitchy finish for 2010, a tote bag. I have another 3 to do with different designs, now the trick will be remembering to take one with me when I head out shopping.


And for my birthday - my Pig Cake :) Made by me.

A 2 headed sunflower and a tattoo

Out of 15 sunflowers that we grew this year only this one had 2 flowers on it, quite unusual. I plan to save the seeds and see if any more grow more than 1 flower.

And Simon, now 19, got his first and probably only tattoo.

2010 has arrived

...and a friend challenged me to
"think back and name 5 things that come to mind of things that you remember" from 2009.
So let me think, maybe I can even come up with a few more Kathy.

We -
continued renovations on the house adding new blinds to the front windows.
started on the road to fighting John's skin cancer, ongoing and another appointment at the end of the month.
survived the trauma of Shane's movement disorder, Shane stopped twitching in August.
celebrated the third anniversary of the kidney transplant
bought a new (to us) car.
watched our youngest son graduate high school - yay! no more school run.
renovated and landscaped our back yard, and planted the new lawn on January 1st, 2010.
and personally I finished a lot of stitchy stuff and actually got my stuff all organised for a fresh approach in 2010.

Happy New Year everyone

Christmas and the garden

Another wonderful Walter family Christmas had by all of us. Despite work schedules and a house full of now almost adult males it was still fun, exciting and a lot of laughs. Too much food, too many presents - scratch that presents are fun!

In all I had 12 sunflowers in full bloom for Christmas, along with plenty of roses. So pretty I enjoy my time in the garden so much now. One of John's gifts to me was 13 packets of assorted seeds and a new pair of garden gloves. I am already planning the additions to the garden.