2021 - The Year in Review

 January 

Another Year that started with a Bang!

DD fell victim to a Grumpy Bee Sting ending up in Emergency

We received our own Girls compliments of a Swarm that settled nearby.

and I started a Year Long Challenge involving Half Hexagons!

February

Involved a Lot of walking... Combining our Hour of exercise with a trip to the Cafe (for Take-away) Gave us time to see the neighbourhood around us and take the occasional Shot of the Day Photo.

One of "Our Girls" perhaps?

March

I celebrated 10 Years of Blogging by condensing the last 10 years 

into 10 (OK 11) Photos.

I must admit some months it has been hard to fit in a Post but I enjoy it.

So I will continue my Journal (God Willing) into the next 10 Years

April

Was spent mainly fighting with my Laptop, 

finding I have way too many Photos of my Cat

And working on the Focus Cutting Half Hexagon Challenge.

April was also spent anxiously watching Covid Numbers 

and Borders that opened only to slam shut again.

May

We Celebrated Our 40th Wedding Anniversary 

with an Adventure. 

Melbourne, Perth,  Rottnest Island and the Indian Pacific Train departing 16th

all the Way to Sydney!

June

Posting about Our Adventures took most of June 

by the time I sorted photos, drew maps and checked facts.

July

I finished my 2019 Temperature Quilt

and continued with The Hexagon Mystery Quilt 

while still playing with Half Hexie Challenge blocks.

August

The Mystery Hexagon Quilt was finished and on the To Be Quilted Pile

Second Vaccine Shots were received

AND

Little Miss A Celebrated her 1st Birthday

in the only way we could ... Via Zoom.

September

Had me revisiting the Past.

Making a Wall-hanging from Scraps & Fixing a problem in the Linen Closet

Some restrictions lifted and we were able to meet DD half way for her Birthday

even if it WAS only in the carpark of a Shopping Centre!

(Takeaway Coffee and a Picnic in the back of Bessie)

October

Our Bees swarmed over the back fence 

triggering some serious maintenance for DD's Hive

AND

The Vic Government announced the end to ALL Lockdowns

just in time for Omicron to  make an appearance.

Only time will tell if this Variant is Worse than the last one.

November

My only November Post was to wish 

Little Miss H a Very Happy 1st Birthday

December

Was spent mainly with the Repair/Renovation of my Mother's Laundry

and getting over Some serious damage to my knee and shoulder.

(Curtesy of falling over Her Cat!)

and of Course Christmas!

God Bless All who Come here and join me each Month.

May 2022 be a Better Year for Everyone.

Christmas Time Again

 Sending Happy Aussie Christmas Greetings to All.

Isaiah 9:6

Between November and Now

 It all started with "There is Water in the Laundry"

Yeah - So?  
But it should not be Under the floor!

Somehow, (and it remains a mystery to this day),  enough water flooded my Mothers Laundry that it seeped under the Linoleum tiles and swelled the underlay causing large ripples in the floor.

We called a Plumber, who tested the area with a meter and declared there was indeed moisture present.

He advised us to call the Insurance Company who sent another Plumber who removed some tiles and the wet underlay to find...

Another floor under this one.

(I remember these tiles - a Blast from the Past when Dad laid the new floor over the old one.)

Taking one look at the subfloor he "Made Safe" and passed the problem to "The Assessor".

Who made a lot of measurements and discussed scenarios and sent Mother into a Panic attack by suggesting she move out for 3 weeks while it was fixed.

Now the next "Professional" to be sent was the Leak Detection Specialist.

He came to a conclusion and set to prove his theory come 'Hell or High Water'- Literally!

This is HIS photograph proving that Rain Water entered the Window through a gap in the TOP right hand corner.

The Green at the top of the photograph is a Shade Pergola that stretches under the Eaves from the brick wall to the neighbours fence 1.8 meters away.

Oh and it faces EAST. Very clever rain indeed!

This was deemed to not be a "Claimable Event" and we were to fix it ourselves!

Now I will not bore you with the details of the rebuild. 

We had a few issues but NONE were caused by leaking rainwater through the window!

When we stripped out the plaster - everything was dry with only a little evidence of damage that was decades old.

Thanks to a lot of help from my Nephew, My Mother now has a new Laundry Room that is safe and suitable for her. 

And she didn't have to move out while it was done!