Twenty-four hours in Paradise

Sun, 30 Jul 2017 23:22:31 -0700

We went exploring this weekend, Mr Roost, the three Master Roosts and I. We loaded up an old ute with food and a few clothes and sheets and blankets. And more blankets. And one or two more for good measure. Boy were we glad for those!

We'd arranged to meet our friends at the Hunters Cottage in Mesopotamia. They arrived first and cranked up the fire, which took the chill off the wee house that was nestled in amongst the trees up a long winding path, past the old closed down school. Once we'd settled in and got a couple of our own lamb legs roasting in the oven, the dads and the kids left us mums to keep the fire burning (and knit, in my case) while they went out for a wee adventure.

Mr Roost's camera is never far from his hand, especially when we are adventuring. This is the view you get as you round the corner into Mesopotamia. That's the Rangitata River there on the right (the inspiration for my Rangitata Socks pattern), below the Harper Range and Mesopotamia Station is around behind the smaller mountain on the left, which is the base of the Ben McLeod Range - the little one not covered in snow. The road winds it's way along the base of that mountain. Paradise!

We spent a great evening eating our hearty roast, drinking wine and chatting. It's so good for the soul to spend quality uninterrupted time with great people, especially when you're out in the wilderness. There was no internet reception, no cell reception, no landline, not even a TV. The world could've fallen apart over the weekend and we would never have known! The kids all played nicely together - they found checkers and snakes & ladders and various other board games, just like we did when we were kids. They did have their devices, but no crazy YouTubers interrupted...Read More

Musings

Tue, 09 May 2017 19:08:15 -0700

I have been wondering if it's time to think about writing a blog. Let's have a go and see where this blogging journey takes us. This one will probably be short as I get my head around it. But then again, I have a tendency to waffle, just as I do in normal conversation, so the post may end up longer than I think. Bear with me. And please leave me some feedback (but please be kind!)!

I wondered if I might blog about making my Port Trousers. I spent a lot of time unpicking and resewing the first ones, with great chunks taken out of the side seams. Clearly I chose the wrong size to make. The fabric I used for those first ones was on a 50% off sale, so I figured I'd use that as my "muslin", before cutting into the more expensive fabric I really wanted to make them out of.

And then I thought I might blog about whatever I am knitting at the current time. Perhaps about the design process of whatever is in my head and in whatever stage of being finished at whatever time. Hey, I might even talk about the thoughts and anxiety that bring me down and stop the flow of whatever project I'm working on at the time. It's very complicated inside my head. This post is all musings of course, for future blog posts. A virtual spewing of my thoughts. That's kinda gross. Sorry.

Anyway. Watch this space as I feel a post is necessary. Sometimes I may need to just get things out of my head. Who knows. This could be fun!

Hanging Rock Roost

Twenty-four hours in Paradise

Musings