A Happy Easter....

Well, despite a few "Downs" this past Easter weekend:

• Dear BIL being taken to hospital with pneumonia on Thursday but luckily he responded quickly to strong antibiotics and was sent home on Good Friday
• The garage door (which opens from the lane to our backyard where we park our four cars (!) - now both DD and DS2 drive we have a carpark! lol!) broke down on Good Friday - no way to get it fixed for two weeks!
• Rushing DD to the 24 hour clinic to get a tetanus shot on Easter Sunday morning after she cut her foot badly at her work late on Saturday night on a rusty metal container

We managed to have some great "Ups" over the long weekend;

• Visited the Mornington Farmer's Market on Saturday (see last post)
• Caught up with 6 or 7 episodes of "Downton Abbey" - such a treat!
• My Dear Uncle came to stay for a few days, here is on the right (TraderVic on the left) enjoying a nice glass of red wine

• Caught up with friends and family
• Lots of baking

Chocolate Fudge Cake

Peanut Crinkles

DS1 made a delicious Key Lime Pie

• Plus I made some delicious Lentil Soup and Tuna patties on Good Friday and a hearty Lamb and Vegetable Soup on Easter Monday (no pics, sorry)

• Plus, of course, lots of stitching:
• Some progress on The Faerie Queene:

This section in brown (below) is done over one (not my favourite stitching to do):

• ..and lots of progress on Autumn in New York:

So, in all a Happy Easter,

I would love to hear all about yours, so please let me know.

hugs,