One week in.

Well one week down, and what a week it's been.  Co-vid has made itself well and truly known and some new restrictions are in place in Victoria.  All we can do is to heed the rules, take care of ourselves and hope that things get better as 2022 progresses.

What to do to keep life interesting?  I've seen both crochet and knitted temperature blankets, but some summer days get too hot to knit or crochet so I decided to make a Patchwork Temperature Quilt. It's never too hot to sit at the machine and sew, right?  Originally I decided on increments of 5 degrees celsius but there wasn't enough variation of colours so I adjusted it to 3 degree increments which gives me 15 different fabrics to use. Each day will consist of a fabric for the low temp and another for the high.  Here are my colours: 

And this is how they look for the first 7 days of January 2022:

Even with 3 degree increments, some days will be the same.  For example the two gold days.  The lowest temperature for the two days was between 16-18 and the highs were between 28-30.  Melbourne is known for sometimes having three seasons in one day, like yesterday (7th January) it was a very humid 27 degrees but we also had four separate rain deluges.  One so bad that the roof of a shopping centre collapsed.  It will be interesting following the weather through the year. 

Housework and shopping need doing, so that's it for this post.  See you soon. 

Take care and stay safe.♥♥♥

 

Hello 2022

Here it is the 2nd of January 2022.  We've put 2021 behind us but not co-vid.  We now have a new strain, Omicron, which is more transmissible but not as bad.  As far as I'm concerned any form of co-vid is bad.  Hopefully this year will see things settling, and our new normal becoming more normal.

I've settled well into the new house well, it feels like I have always been here.  Images of the old house are harder to come by.  I love having my son and his family close by, especially getting to know more about my two gorgeous grand daughters.  I was pleased to have them all come and help to celebrate my first Christmas here, also to have a belated housewarming get together.  The day was filled with a lot of fun and laughter and of course too much food.

New sights, new sounds and lots of new friends have entered my life, but old friends are always very close, keeping in touch by phone and text.  I have a new quilting group full of lovely and talented friends who helped me through a couple of rough days late in 2021.  I can't forget Carmen & Charlie, a chance meeting which has turned into a friendship.

I haven't made any New Year resolutions, and I plan not to complain about last year.  I will take every day as it comes and accept whatever happens.  More time with family and new friends is all I need to be happy.

Hoping 2022 is a good year for everyone. 😊