We are emerging from a brief lockdown and our numbers here are wonderfully low. I believe we only had 8 cases today in Victoria. However NSW is copping a bit of a hit with 239 cases today and it climbs every day.
It's nowhere near as high as number in other countries so we are super lucky, but we don't want to have them climb any higher.
This week after a windy, dreary winter we are seeing signs of Spring.
Just a few short months ago I planted an assortment of peachy tulips, light blue muscari, pink violets and sweet peas in a wooden crate. And yesterday I was surprised with this...
They're lovely, aren't they?I had a pot of hyacinths which have almost finished. But there's one delicious pink one left. Its perfume fills the pergola.
I had lots of left over little leaves and flowers from my Jardin d’été pot plant cosies. So I thought I'd try making myself a shoulder bag and covering it with them. Maybe embroidering some flowers as well. 8Track loves to jump up whenever I'm taking photos and he steals my yarn balls. However he was asleep so I thought, "Yes! I can do this without interruption!"
I took one photo...And that's as far as I got.The bag isn't finished yet. Still lots of little things to sew on. And maybe I'll make a few more. For the bag I didn't follow a pattern. I simply crocheted a bag type shape. I also intend to line it with some pretty material and add a zipper.Over the past few years I've been drawn more and more to french stuff. Must be all the verres de vin I drink! 🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷😁Maybe it's because our background has a healthy smattering of French and Irish in it!
I have been a huge fan of French artist Nathalie Lete for the past few years. I had a calendar of her artwork from a few years ago. I've cut out some and stuck them up on the wall in our study. I just loves the colours and images. When I'm stuck for inspiration sometimes I look at these pictures and pull out a handful of cottons in similar colours and start randomly crocheting placemats, bags, and they inspired my pot cosies!
So I decided about 6 weeks ago to learn French. Part of the reason is for a form of brain training as well as a love of the culture. I am already fairly conversational in Indonesian language. The funny thing is when I am trying to practice the french, Indonesian words keep trying to fill the space when I don't know the french words. "Mari kita ke supermarche s'il vous plait?"
"Je voudrais nasi goreng, terima kasih." I dunno about you but they just kind of sound nice together!
After following her free videos on youtube, I decided to sign up to a 3 month online course with Learn French with Alexa. She is very easy to follow and entertaining. I figured that if I'm going to throw money at something, I'm going to commit to it for at least that time.
I also supplement my learning by watching french movies and tv shows on netflix and listening to french rock bands on spotify. Yes I use english subtitles for the shows, but try and pick out what I can. They talk so bloody fast and run their words together! But that's what we Aussies do as well so I won't complain.
My parents have visited France a couple of times. One day I hope to visit myself. If nothing else than to eat all the fromage and drink all the champagne!! Have you got any language learning tips for me? I'd appreciate all the help I can get!
Au revoir dan sampai jumpa lagi!!
Your flowers are so stunning and your bag is going to be fantastic. I took three years of French in school and now can't remember a thing. Good luck.
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