Happy Birthday Sweet Miss Three!!!

Happy Birthday Lorelai Gilmore. Miss Gilly is three years old and here is a collage with one photo for every month. She has grown to be such a lovely girl, and what a wonderful sister she has in Peri.

Gilly received a new green collar and a squeaky football for her birthday. And there was some fresh chicken breast for their breakfast. Isn't Peri such a tidy eater??

MrsDrWho's niece and nephew gave them rawhide candy canes for Christmas. They both ate the twirly red and green stripe first so it must have tasted delicious. MrsDrWho read the back-of-the-packet information and raw hide is fine as a sometimes treat.

The weather has been very hot and humid and I have been poorly for almost a week: a few days in bed, lots of air cooled with ice, cool flannels on my forehead and a weirdly painful neck. Yesterday the weather cooled and this morning we had rain and the breeze blowing in the window now is positively cold. We all went back to bed after breakfast and slept till after noon.

The Labradors have had to walk on their leads and avoid the evil grass seeds. Gilly's eye is fine now and we want to keep it that way. There has even been some swimming. Peri is such a good swimmer: she launches into the water with a diving splash and retrieves like all get out. On the way back she has to keep coughing because she is low in the water and keeps swallowing some. Gilly just prances about next the edge. In case. You have to be nimble to avoid being soaked when Peri shakes herself. I can see how slim she really is when she is wet.

 

The horrid hot weather encouraged me to sew a cool dress. It is a very simple A-line with ties at the side and I am still undecided about the sleeve(s): to sleeve or not to sleeve? That is the question. This is some material I dyed a while ago. I am very happy with the colour. I shall make a small hem with biased binding. Maybe it will even peep out.

There has been a tiny amount of knitting too. Tiny amount of tiny knitting.

I've caught up with friends for After-Christmas Christmases and there are still a few to go. Christmas can last till Australia Day. At The Gorge we were entertained by the peahens, chicks and a cheeky peacock. I hope they clean the tables well.

I have joined a Quilting Block of the Month course on Craftsy. It is free, which is why I joined. Now there is an ongoing email discussion with MrsDrWho while we each decide which fabric we will choose. There are twenty blocks, so two a month in spite of the course name, and then the last two months are for piecing together, quilting and binding. I have watched the first two lessons and I feel I could whip up two blocks in a week if I was feeling poorly for the other three weeks. So it looks a good bet that there could be a quilt, or two, by the end of the year.

We are celebrating the arrival of lemons on the lemon tree, and they have grown larger and look healthy. Now all I have to do is leave them alone. Maybe I will water them. I wonder if I should add some smelly seaweed liquid fertiliser?? I have no idea!! Gilly is providing a nice background even though the lemon is totally out of focus: starting the year off as I mean to go on with poor photography.

And now I am going back to my tiny knitting, a series about the history of Ancient Britain and the promise of three more cool days to come.

Comments

[Megan]

Happy Birthday Miss Gilly!! Lovely photo montage, I noticed it doesn't take long for labs to lose their puppy appearance!

My vote is to sleeve! And hooray for cooler weather! Hopefully you start to feel better now too. I think WA has been stealing Tassie summer weather, it has been positively Beautiful here at the moment in the mid twenties all week. I Love it! Very unsummerly for us though. High thirties - low forties is much more realistic.

[Jennifer]

Happy birthday to your sweet puppy.
Oh you know how I love tiny things. I can't wait to see it finished.
I hope you are feeling ticketyboo in no time, and that the weather is kind to you.

[Dianne]

Happy Birthday to Gilly. Three already? She is a beautiful dog. I hope the cooler weather helps you get over feeling poorly. Hot weather is not my favourite either. The dress looks lovely and cool, and maybe sleeveless will help you get through a hot day in style?

[Janette]

Happy Birthday Miss Gilly!

The green dress looks lovely. How about sleeves just to the elbow? Whatever you decide, it will look great.

Oh my goodness, that is tiny knitting! Looks interesting :)

Your quilting block of the month sounds great. Exciting to think you will have a quilt at the end of the year.

[Monika]

Happy Birthday, Gilly! Can't believe it's been three years already!

I enjoyed the video. The water seemed very inviting.

Hope the cool weather is bringing you some relieve, and that you feel better.

[Melissa]

I am sorry to hear you were feeling poorly again. I do believe it is harder to be unwell when it is hot than when it is cold. It is good you got a cool breeze and were able to nap till noon.

I love the video. How wonderful to hear your voice! It seems Gilly is venturing just a little deeper maybe?

Love your dress. I think a "peeking hem" would be fun! I have to try some dying, but I fear the mess so!

[Sarah]

Happy Birthday Gilly! The weather looks so nice for swimming there. That is some micro knitting! I can't wait to see what it turns into!

[RoseRed]

Happy birthday Lorelai Gilmore! I can't believe she is three already! I love the swimming video - especially the big shake at the end - dogs are very clever, aren't they!

Your dress looks very cool and comfortable - just what you need on a warm day. I vote no sleeves, because I think that will be cooler and more comfortable.

Looking forward to seeing what your teeny tiny knitting becomes!

[Kristen]

You must be feeling better with such a long and newsy post. 3 years old all ready? Happy birthday Gilly! Perri is definitely an advanced swimmer and stick retriever. I'm no help with the sleeve vs. no sleeve, as the dress would look cute either way.
Hmmm, could it be a mini sock monkey?

[mrspao]

Awww. Happy birthday to Gilly. What a cute puppy she was.

Hope you are feeling better now.

[Ann]

Happy Birthday Gilly. I do understand how you feel in the hot & humid weather as we are also having such weather here. I have been staying indoors & drinking lots of cold tea. Hope you are feeling better.

[pansy]

hi Cindy!

my hunt for a labrador hasn't been going well due to work =( loving all the pics of your babies.

i wanted to share this lovely video with you.

http://www.godvine.com/Mommy-and-Doggy-Reunite-After-a-Year-Apart-343.html

Doggy Cries from Happiness After Reuniting with her Mommy - So Cute!

xoxoxo

[inkberryblue]

Sorry you haven't been feeling well.
Happy birthday Miss Gilly!! I'd forgotten what a cute puppy she was.
My lemon tree loves lots of water as well as smelly fertilizer.

[monica]

Happy Happy Birthday to Gilly!! I think you should get Gilly to shake herself off after her swim near the lemon tree then you could water it nicely! :)

[Tinkingbell]

Hope you are feeling much better! Happy Birthday Gilly (sending hugs and pats) I'm a sleeve girl - but which do you feel happiest about?

[Jennifer Rose]

happy birthday gilly!!
labs doing what (most) of them love best, getting wet and muddy :D

[Bells]

Happy (belated) birthday Gilly!

I'm going to look at the block of the month thingy. I think I could learn a lot that way.

[bon008]

Oh, happy birthday Gilly!

I'm sorry to hear you haven't been well - I hope you get more nice cool weather.

Love the video of Peri swimming :)

[Lois]

I hope you feel better soon Cindy. My body is at rock bottom this week, so I can understand how you feel. I'm just grateful not to have to be in hospital....YUK what a horrible place to be!!

I can't believe that Gilly is 3!! I still think of her as the 'puppy' :) I love all of her pictures...especially the first one...so cute!

Your dress will look good with or without sleeves. I love the idea of having bias binding hem peeping out...or even fully out!

It sounds like you are gearing up already for a busy year on the sewing front. Can't wait to see what fabrics you choose for your quilt blocks.

[Kate]

Belated Happy Birthday to both your lovely girls - they look very happy about it too!
I wonder what those tiny knitting bits might be????? hmmm...