A Return to Simplicity.

I always love cooking for the grandies and I'm sure they love it too. I don't always cook sweet things but alternate with savoury goodies. Choc-chip and Macadamia Cookies Pumpkin Fruit Cake. Of course I'm using my new measuring set. Got this for my birthday, and just love it! Cheesy bacon and Zucchini Muffins. I could go a muffin right now, but there's none left so I guess I'll have to head into the kitchen and make another batch.

Wendy again hosted the   Friday Night Sew In  and I stitched along with 25 other lovely people from all around the place. Of course not having to work Friday I did start a little early and did some extra stitching on my Gentle Domesticity Blocks. Block 7 was finished and Block 8 just needed a few little finishing touches only. And earlier in the day I got this one ready to finish, but didn't get around to taking one stitch on it. It's a free pattern from Jennifer of Elefantz and gets made into a lovely cushion. You can get this here ! Now as you can see below I have quite a mess on the craft table and I think it's time to tidy up. Why not pop on over to Wendy's Blog Sugarlane Designs and see what others have been up to!

A couple of weeks ago we went for a drive to Ravenswood to meet up with friends, who also happen to be the breeders of our beautiful guardian dog "Ghost". It's about an hour and 50 minutes drive from home with not a lot to see until you arrive at this small old mining town. Once there, the history of the place becomes more evident with  rusty remnants of the past to be found everywhere around the town. There are many reminders of the booming mining place it once was. You can read about it here . Very friendly locals and beautiful old buildings with a great museum. But most importantly we came home with this little cutie! He started off with us naming him Lucky, but his name has since changed to "Rocky". Here are his hard working Maremma relatives, which includes his mum and dad. Hope you enjoyed this short trip to the south west of our region.