Last WOW for April

Little wombats! A tiny bell that I bought in the Half-Way Roadhouse on the Windsor-Singleton Road in the bush a couple of hours out of Sydney, a wine bottle stopper our son gave me after a weekend trip to the Hunter Valley - lots of grapes and wine in the Hunter Valley - and a coaster that was part of my gift in a Secret Santa exchange. I've never seen wombats in trees though......perhaps they are koalas peering out from the branches. Koalas and wombats are related, scientists say they share a common ancestor thousands of years ago. As they evolved koalas started climbing trees and eating eucalyptus leaves, wombats started burrowing underground and eating grass.

The last couple of days have given us a taste of early winter, there is an icy chill wind blowing outside. The cats are behaving like ratbags (when they are awake, that is) - chasing each other, and their invisible friends, and elves and fairies that we can't see, through the house from one end to the other. Wind seems to affect children and animals that way, I remember when our sons were small. Even though Binky is twelve years old her inner kitten comes out in this weather. Then after a while she remembers she is Senior Cat, and settles down for a little sleep while Bianca rages on for a while longer.

Today I received a box from Canada containing this beautiful quilt top from Rose Marie, and star blocks from Kiera and one of her friends. The quilts, I know, will be gratefully received by their lucky recipients.

It's only 163 days until we arrive in Canada - woo hoo! Not that I'm wishing my life away, you understand; I'm just getting excited. As one does.

Have a lovely week.

Jennifer