Surprise! I'm Back!

 Well hello there, it's been a while! Grab a tea or coffee and settle in for the ride.......

A lot has changed since my last post, it seems like a life time ago since then.

We have had 3 new members join our little family, I am now the proud nanny of Isaac (4), Amelia (2) and Ryan (10 months). Isaac & Ryan are brothers and the children of my son, Josh and his wife Amanda. Amelia is the child of my daughter, Ebony.

They are the most gorgeous little people and I couldn't imagine my life without them.

Isaac & Nanny
Pink crocs are the best! lol

I'm sure a lot of you are aware of the dangers of posting children's photos on the internet, which is why I chose this photo, I would love to be able to share his beautiful face and show the most brilliant blue eyes, but for safety reasons, this will have to do. I don't have any "obscure" photos of Ryan or Amelia, so until I do, you will just have to take my word that they are gorgeous too! 

Sadly, we have had members leave our family as well, my dog Missy finally passed after a long battle with congenital heart failure, she was 11. And our 14 year old cat Minky passed about 2 years ago from thyroid issues. They have both been laid to rest here on our property.

        

After Minky's passing, I didn't think that I would ever be able to get another cat. He was the last of the lineage of a cat that I got when I was 19 years old. Eventually I decided that I did need another cat, so last September, we welcomed Meke (pronounced Mee-Kee) into the family. I know the names sound very similar, but he had already been given that name and responded to it, so we kept it. Most times he gets referred to as Kitty or A**hole, depending on what he's getting up to lol.

He's 9 months old and full of beans, nothing like the quiet old boy that we had previously! This photo was taken when we adopted him at 4 months, he's a big chunky boy now and has really settled in.

Meke

I am no longer working, health issues, both physical and mental aren't allowing me to do that at the moment. After finishing with my teaching, I did have another job, working in a call centre for a pest control company, but I had to resign in August last year as things were going downhill for me and I was not able to perform as expected, so for now, I'm home and working on getting better.

My husband is still making art from recycled objects, he decided to make the move to creating sculptures out of cutlery and they are magnificent! He has an Instagram page if you want to check out his creations - Silverware Creations & More

Here's a sneak peak of some of his work when it was on display at a local art gallery.

He made the owl for me as a birthday present and I adore the dragon! 

I can't believe that he had this creativity in him! It is all done by him finding photos on the internet of the animal he wants to create to use as a reference and then he just puts them together from images he has in his head of how he wants them to look.

He hasn't been able to get back into the shed for a little while as he has had health issues of his own, he was diagnosed with cancer 3 years ago and is now finally clear. And that is a huge relief to all of us.

I have also taken up a new craft, Macrame! 

Anyway, that's enough of an update for now, it's not everything, but it's the things that I think are important :) 

I'll leave you with this quote.....