tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7231500483140964334.post4673114628524780861..comments2023-09-09T23:11:37.091+10:00Comments on Simply Living: busy busy.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7231500483140964334.post-37861085214689874492007-08-22T18:58:00.000+10:002007-08-22T18:58:00.000+10:00Oh Kez, I am now bididng on a holly hobbie quilt c...Oh Kez, I am now bididng on a holly hobbie quilt cover for jaime for her room :) I bought another book off of oztion also!Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15457013352469491837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7231500483140964334.post-28266229001235628312007-08-22T18:57:00.000+10:002007-08-22T18:57:00.000+10:00oooh thanks! well I know what I am doing tomorrow ...oooh thanks! well I know what I am doing tomorrow now! heavily pruning the lemon tree. i looked up gall wasp on google and found pictures, its definitely what it is! No wonder the tree has looked a bit ill the last few years!Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15457013352469491837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7231500483140964334.post-48819097613240165502007-08-22T18:51:00.000+10:002007-08-22T18:51:00.000+10:00Gorgeous photos as usual!You just reminded me I ha...Gorgeous photos as usual!<BR/><BR/>You just reminded me I had a Holly Hobbie quit cover as a kid - I'd completely forgotten about that!<BR/><BR/>My son does that cheesy grin too - pleading to just smile normally doesn't work so I have heaps of cheesy photos!Kezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15915193876879614644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7231500483140964334.post-17531466062294225502007-08-22T13:04:00.000+10:002007-08-22T13:04:00.000+10:00Like Kate I think you have gall wasps . :-) I am s...Like Kate I think you have gall wasps . :-) <BR/>I am soooo glad I'm way past all that dress up stuff at school. I was always a dismal flop because I either tried too hard and over did it or I didn't try at all and looked like a very neglectful mother. I feel sick just thinking about some of the easter bonnet creations I made :-(<BR/><BR/>I love your photos too especially the last two black and white ones.Pollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05445695027860122257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7231500483140964334.post-59026344561377215602007-08-22T09:30:00.000+10:002007-08-22T09:30:00.000+10:00Hi Susan,You really do take lovely photos.The bulb...Hi Susan,<BR/><BR/>You really do take lovely photos.<BR/><BR/>The bulbous bits on your lemon tree sound like gall wasp. They lay their eggs inside the branches of citrus trees and when they hatch the branches are riddled with holes and greatly weakened. They will infest and destroy the whole tree, if given the chance.<BR/><BR/>My lemon tree looks like a carcass because I didn't realise what they were and ended up having to cut off all the damaged bits last Spring, after they hatched. Some of my other citrus trees were also affected.<BR/><BR/>These little monsters have only been as far south as us for about a decade, since the weather became so much hotter.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7231500483140964334.post-79044443716085702502007-08-22T08:31:00.000+10:002007-08-22T08:31:00.000+10:00My trick is to go to the $2 shop and say to the ki...My trick is to go to the $2 shop and say to the kids "What can we buy here that could be a book character?".<BR/>One year we got butterfly wings and Kathryn went as the butterfly from 'The Very Hungry Catterpillar'.<BR/>I thought that was a bit of a stretch but as it didn't involve sewing or any craft I was prepared to look like a lazy mother!!!<BR/>Oh yeah, we also got ladybird wings and I tried to convince Simon to be a ladybird from the nursery rhyme but he decided he didn't want to dress up and in the end pretended to be a robber in the parade.<BR/>I wasn't there to witness that years Book Week humiliation!!<BR/>Think I will stay home this year too. He wants to go as Capatin Underpants!Lucy Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06627668227610253358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7231500483140964334.post-84163701675950621242007-08-22T07:43:00.000+10:002007-08-22T07:43:00.000+10:00you certainly have been busy ~ it's great to see y...you certainly have been busy ~ it's great to see your children helping in the garden :)<BR/><BR/>I had lots of Hollie Hobbie stuff as a little girl....<BR/><BR/>That's great that you've got all recycled stuff to build your chook house. I haven't managed to get any yet....Alihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07636304236237630746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7231500483140964334.post-8627105116921898432007-08-21T22:27:00.000+10:002007-08-21T22:27:00.000+10:00oh and witht he chook run, just waiting on a weeke...oh and witht he chook run, just waiting on a weekend with good weather and the getitng together of my dad and a neighbour (they can sort of build stuff, we cant at all, cant sew, cant build but hey I have dreams still!) so hopefully will be in the next few weeks, have gathered plenty of material to make it (all recycled)Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15457013352469491837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7231500483140964334.post-85547715597958362422007-08-21T22:26:00.000+10:002007-08-21T22:26:00.000+10:00Hiya Lucy!LOL, I so cant sew either. i strongly en...Hiya Lucy!<BR/>LOL, I so cant sew either. i strongly encouraged my kids to pick books we could dres up without havign to sew :)<BR/>If after some ideas of easy costumes there was a cool 'paper bag princess' today which was someone in a big paper bag (think paper sticy taped togehter) and a crown!<BR/>Lots of harry potters (scar drawn on and dressed in nice pants and shirt carrying straw broom.<BR/>lots of pirates and princesses and fairies (somethign many kids have costumes already for, well everyne except us!When I scoured the op shops i found a few really cheap dress up outfits too.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15457013352469491837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7231500483140964334.post-86893506716935399982007-08-21T22:13:00.000+10:002007-08-21T22:13:00.000+10:00Love the stories and photos.I am Book Week phobic....Love the stories and photos.<BR/>I am Book Week phobic.<BR/>I really fear the dress-up requests as I can't sew either.<BR/>Ours is next Tuesday. I am hoping the kids will decide they don't want to wear a costume!!!<BR/>How is the chook run going?<BR/>You know I am really looking forward to your family getting your birds.Lucy Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06627668227610253358noreply@blogger.com