Just in time for Wimbledon!

Just thought I'd tempt your taste buds with a picture of the first strawberries out of our garden. They were delicious... mmmmm! We have lots of things growing up fast but only the spinach is ready for picking now.

Summer Storms

Well, I survived my forst South Dakotan thunder storm. It was really scary and i was home all by myself! :o(
We had extremely heavy rain, thunder and lightning, winds, and it looked as if it was 9pm at night but it was only 10.30am! It took about an hour for it to pass and then the rain didn't stop until about 2pm in the afternoon! Sonny's mum got stranded in Aberdeen as all the roads leading to here were flooded, all in that short space of time! Then in the afternoon there were tornado warnings - just what i wanted to hear!! Luckily that didn't happen and in the evening the blue, tranquil skies re-appeared! Phew! We have a nice day today but there is more rain and thunderstorms forecast for the rest of the week... I'll keep you posted!

Punting on the Creek!

Sonny and I went for a canoe paddle up the creek next to the house. It's not too deep but it is VERY muddy! There were the most amazing dragonflies flying next to the boat, just skimming the water, they were electric blue in colour! I tried to get a photo of them but they are far to fast! Then we passed under the railway bridge and all these birds flew out, i don't think they liked strangers. Then just as we were coming back down to the island bit where we started off from, we heard a fox bark and then it took off along the bank and when it was far enough away it stopped and took a good look at us! So we saw all the wildlife from the creek!

Road Trip

We went on our first 'road trip' last weekend down to Winner. It's pretty far South, 350 miles to be exact! We had brilliant weather which made the drive even better, we went past the Missouri River and through a couple of Native American Reservations. The landscape changes the further south you go in South Dakota... there were hills! Not something we have a lot of around Aberdeen, it was a bit of a novelty going up and down a few hills! You'd think i would enjoy not having to climb hills for a while but i miss it, everything is so flat here! Sonny was going to have a look at a truck but he decided not to buy it cos it wasn't as good a the 'salesman' had led us to think... It was a bit of a wasted journey but at least the scenery was good! Then on the way back up we took a different route up through Pierre, which is the Capital of the State.


Here is a picture of the capital building, we were too late to have a look inside, so we'll just have to take another trip! :o)

New Additions to the Family!

These two little chicks are the new addition to our chicken Family!
One is a Black Australorp and the other is a Gold Star, we don't have any names for them yet. They are sooo cute!

Dress for the wedding

My fabric arrived for my dress yesterday, I'm so pleased with it - definitely my colours! The fabric is by Amy Butler, she does the most amazing designs in brilliant colours and its a perfect weight for dressmaking!
Here is a swatch of the fabric and I'm going to make dress 'b' (red and white patterned one in the pic above).

A Week of Firsts!

Yep, this has been a week of firsts:

• First bikini ever bought- and worn... but not in public!

• First pair of 'short' shorts worn since I was probably about the age of 12.

• First time I played Disc Golf for the season - just like regular golf but with a frisbee instead, lots of fun but i think i'm going to need a lot more practice. I can do a par 3 hole in about 10 shots!!!

• First dress pattern ever bought and just about to start my first attempt at making it too! We have been invited to a friend of Sonny's wedding in July so i had the great idea of making my own dress... test out my new sewing machine and my rusty sewing skills! Wish me luck!

• First SOS package from home this week with a few shirts i had left behind, my more 'reserved' tankini (for public places!), the 3rd book in the Twilight series, Eclipse and the best of all Selvedge magazine - for those of you who don't know it, its an amazing textiles magazine with fantastic images and articles. There was lso a bonuc choclate bar each: dark for Sonny and crispy white for me.