Wednesday 16 August 2017

My Dad...

For those of my bloggy friends who do not follow me on FB, Instagram or Twitter ....



I am hoping to resume normal (at least whatever passes for normal for me) transmission on my blog in a couple of weeks.

The funeral is on this coming Monday and there is soooo much to do!

Prayers for my Dad's soul, please.

Love to you all, 

hugs, 


Sunday 13 August 2017

Blog Hiatus.....

Hi all, I know that (as seems to be the norm now), I am way behind on blog posts and that I am supposed to have done a Linky one for the Christmas Ornie Exchange blog - BUT....

... and this is a big BUT, my dear, sweet hero of a father is lying dying in hospital at the moment (he had been in hospital with the flu for a couple of weeks but now the end is close and it is actually his Alzheimer's which is the culprit, not the flu) and I cannot think of anything but being by his side in his final moments.

Please forgive me everyone - even though Dad has had a long life (his 98th birthday is two weeks way tomorrow) - it is so hard to let him go!

Love to you all and please pray for my Dad - I love him so.



hugs, Kaye

Saturday 5 August 2017

The Alphabet Club_Saturday Detention for Y....





IS FOR


YARRA VALLEY 

This is the wine district about an hour's drive from our home (how good is that?)


Often, on a Sunday, TraderVic and I along with our dear friends, Marie and Tony, will go to the Yarra Valley to do some wine tasting and to have lunch at one of the many great restaurants in the area.  One of our favourites is De Bortoli's winery. On Sundays they have a set four course menu with matched wines - fantastic!

The Yarra Valley is so very pretty.



.... and, of course we have to stop at the Chocolate shop on the way home!



... and the Llama farm!







Anyway, that is all from me for the Letter Y but let me explain what The Alphabet Club is all about ....

  It is the brainchild of Chiara from The Grey Tail and Jo from Serendipitous Stitching and is loosely based on the premise of the movie "The Breakfast Club" - you can see the button for The Alphabet Club on my right sidebar.

On the first Saturday of each month, members of the club have "detention" and have to post about something that will enlighten others about their culture (as blogland is so diverse).  Of course, there should/could be something stitchy in there, if possible (although I seemed to have moved right away from that premise as the months have gone by, instead focusing on boring you all with quirky facts about Australia - lol!)

Each month will be a different letter of the alphabet - hence the club's name - and, of course, we started with "A" and now we are up to "Y",  the penultimate letter - almost the end of the alphabet but dear Jo tells me that she has a great idea for Life after Z - can't wait to find out what it is!

The Alphabet Club

Please visit Chiara's blog, The Grey Tail, for the link up post.

hugs,
 


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