May

As befits a new month I got up nice and early this morning and went for a walk. I have had such trouble getting up the past couple of months, I thought May was the month to change all that. I have even had trouble going walking, which is not helpful for those of us trying to lose weight! (It is still coming off, but much more slowly without the extra movement!) So I'm turning over a new leaf in May. (Not sure if I'm putting too much pressure on May. It's an old month though, surely it can handle the pressure?)

I love Eric Carle's illustrations. Love this calendar!

So May lays before me with all sorts of promise. My main aim is to make and create during May. (Doesn't that make May sound like a wonderful month?) Off to sew!

...and as May slowly sinks away...

Drying pumpkin seeds on my daughter's bench.

Hmm... I often mark the beginning of the month with a blogpost, but rarely the end of a month. For some reason this week I seem to be watching the month finish in slow motion.

• I have managed a couple of finishes this month. (I thought it would be more.) 
• I started knitting again.
• I have visited the kids in Adelaide. In fact my Bradley also managed to visit the Adelaide kids this month, which is much rarer because he is usually busy in Melbourne working. 
• My Bradley got an office outside of our home. This is really weird for us. The last time he had an office outside of the house was more than eighteen years ago. We sure are used to having him on call. 
• It got chilly here in Melbourne this month. I like it cold!

That's about it for May. I am looking forward to June. June will bring picklesticks and her family to Melbourne for a visit. It also brings Uni holidays and we are looking forward to seeing Miss 20 sometime in those holidays. I think June will be busy. Can't wait.

May

It's May and I am astonished at how fast this year is passing. (Again. Still. How can I still be surprised by this?)  Anyway, lots of exciting things are planned for my May. Here's a sneak peek at one of them.

Yes, my children will be celebrating May the fourth ("May the force") with a lot of dressing up and watching of Star Wars movies. They also have friends coming in costume to watch movies too and I believe they will also be eating food. Yes, it's a party. Some of them are sewing in preparation.

Things like this,

Jedi costume

and this,

Handmaiden's outfit in progress

and others are setting up the decorations.

That's his story, and he's sticking to it! It's really nice to have a "making, doing" vibe in the air here. Must get on and make something myself!