Double-sided Cushion Covers – Riverina design
We have a craft fair at the Grange (where I live in Wagga) in a few weeks. Helen commissioned me to weave 3 double side cushion covers with my Riverina design. Each side of each cushion is to be 40 cm by 41 cm. As double sided, each piece is to be...
Weaving loom
I've got my weaving loom out again. In 2017, I bought an 8 shaft table loom from Ashfords and for a couple of years got stuck into learning to weave and weaving. I worked out how to make my own patterns and made a few very nice things. So far, I only weave in cotton. The...
COVID NSW lockdown
In reverse date order You can always find the latest Control Chart graphs here. (Vaccination numbers don't come through until after 5pm.) For the graphs in the link above, the series exponential in the first few graph is scary and is getting the most attention. Also the...
A few notes on a website
I’ve spent the last month or so working on my site bellsite.id.au It has a long history and really consists of 3 sites (maybe four) that now live together. I thought it may be worth stepping through the webmaster involvement through all this and how things have changed and...
Queensland Road Trip 2021 part 2
Thursday 13 May 2021. Day 27. Drove to Cape Hillsborough just north of Mackay. We are now on our way back. At Hillsborough, we are in a fairly shady spot and much shade is available. Quite a few birds, a brilliant beach and kangaroos lolling around in the campground. Much...
Queensland Road Trip 2021 – part 1
Saturday 17 April 2021. Day 1. We left Wagga today for a 7 week road trip into Queensland. We have not had the van out for a couple of years what with COVIDs and operations etc. To get ready and to prove we can still do it and like it, we tried a few days before Easter to...
Radiotherapy
My prostatectomy was only a partial success. I've been having radiotherapy to clean up any escaped cancers. A short recap. Late last year, I had my prostate out. It looked as though the surgery was a success as the prostate cancer had managed to get just 1mm out of the...
Neeka Obituary
Neeka (2004?-2020) Obituary Of all the cats we’ve had Neeka had the greatest need to fit in, to do the right thing. She was a truly lovely and loving cat. We got her from the pound in 2008 when she was either 2 or 4 depending on which form we read. She was extremely...
Snow 2020 during COVID
Sunday. 23 Aug 2020. We have decided that the snow is tooo good and we have to give it a try. Our only risk is the amenities block at the Campground we stay at. We will have to use it for showers and shitting and it will be a risk. We've talked about this every day for...
COVID at end of April 2020
Looking at the COVID-19 data at the beginning of this week I can see a few things.Overall the data for the world is flattening (again) from its exponential climb. This is due to all countries at the top of the table (western countries: USA, France, Spain, Italy, Germany,...
COVID update 20 Apr 2020
Spanish Flu I've been reading 'Pale Rider' by Laura Spinney, a book about the Spanish Flu of 1918-19. What was learned from the Spanish Flu that we can use now? Very simple really. Historically, with an epidemic that is killing people there are three actions that work. The...
COVID-19 Next steps
It looks as though Australia may have succeeded in escaping a worse outcome. We have declining numbers of new cases, new deaths, active cases, people classified as severe. It appears that we know where most new cases come from. The question everyone is asking is "How long...