I think I have established that I am a little funny and a little precious about my pegs. Not only do I like them to match when I am hanging out the washing, but I also house them in style (see banner picture) and I never leave them out in the weather. Once I have pegged out the washing, I bring the basket of remaining pegs back into the house, so neither the pegs, nor the basket fade (or get wet) anymore than they will through use. Not yesterday.
I have a sick little boy at home at the moment, and he called out to me while I was hanging out the washing so I abandoned the peg basket to it’s fate (after all people are more important than pegs you know). Later I discovered that a large bird (Probably a Pied Currawong – there are lots about at the moment) had been using my basket for target practice.
The mess the bird left may be more than a wash in the machine can fix, as the bird had clearly been enjoying the berries you see at the top of this post. Redecoration may be in order.
That little guy you see in the picture is a little brass Wombat, who is actually a sprinkler. I have never used him (we are not allowed to use sprinklers, unless they are watering with tank water) but he makes a nice ornament if you ignore the nozzle fitting coming out his left side.
On Monday, Amelia found out that her class teacher will be taking a position at an exclusive Catholic boys school, and will be finishing up next Friday, on Amelia’s birthday. We are all very sad about this as she is an excellent teacher and a lovely person. To show our gratitude for the time she has spent as Amelia’s teacher, the two of us have embarked on a project together. Here is our WIP.
Amelia is going to embroider “Thank You Ms Superteacher*” on the little apron. I just have to assemble this little lady, and add some hair. This is a pattern I have making up for years, either as Christmas Angels, or cloth dolls. I usually make Christmas Angels for the classroom teachers, as the school year in Australia finishes at Christmas time.
So what do you all make for Teacher presents?
* not her real name, but Amelia will be embroidering her real name.
While I had my folder of patterns out, I found another that I thought I would show you for The Friday Archive. These are more Christmas ornaments, in the shape of stars. One for each member of the family. We have five, that feature our First and Middle names on one side, and our birth dates on the other.
Several years ago I made 12 for my Mother-in-Law, one for each of her Grandchildren. I have since added 2 more, and will need to make another this November. That page on the right hand side is a page of swatches of fabrics that I have used, so that I can choose fabric for new stars, that fit in with the others.
Oh no, your poor peg basket!
My boy is home sick today too. Only I’m going to say ‘sick’ in inverted commas, because he seemed a whole lot better by 9.30am! Oh well, the day off can’t hurt, anyway.
When I was a kid we never gave presents to the teachers – it seems to be a newer idea. I like to give something handmade – last Christmas we made chocolate fudge and at the end of the school year (a couple of weeks ago) we gave chocolate brownies and the kids decorated the boxes. I like your star ornaments – in fact that would probably be a nice teacher gift too!
Sorry about your pegs, hope they clean up ok. And get well wishes for your little boy too.
🙂