Lyn's thoughts..........

Out and about - our back garden

Our plants have enjoyed the warmer weather lately......all the hanging basket plants are looking great!

The water lettuce have lasted for 3 months in this pot at the back verandah.......and the NEW Floating rubberished lilies provide some colour under the verandah..................real waterlilies wouldn't flower under here.....as they need full sun to flower continuously each year!

I received my Published Blog Book a few days ago......I'm so pleased with it.....this is the third year in a row that I have been Published......it's a great Legacy for my Family....I'll try and take a pic and post on here soon..................

I've been working most days now at the BLUE LOTUS WATERGARDEN.......we only have 4 and a half weeks left until the Season closes to the Public....yeh!!!!

Once we close we'll be doing some maintenance around home and cleaning up,packing away,etc....then we hope to spend some much needed R and R in Paynesville.....woohoo................

Here's another close up pic of some of the Fuschias....

 

Catch up

It's been over a week since I blogged.....OMG!!! That's a long time for me.......LOL!

So what's been happening in my little world?

BUSY .........................BUSY time of the year around here with both Rod and I working at the WATERGARDEN.....at least we get to spend some time together in between serving customers!

SATURDAY we had a large bus group from Bairnsdale....Goodall's brought down about 55 people from East Gippsland...

We went to BORONIA last night for Allan's 70th.......we were both sooooooooooo tired after working hard all week..........but it was lovely to catch up with family.....especially our grand children....SAM and GEMMA!!  SAM wanted to come home with us........"Go Nanna's house"........sorry SAM....maybe soon.....

TODAY was crazy busy at the BLUE LOTUS WATERGARDEN.....the carpark was full with cars and a bus.....we even had to park cars and a bus up around Geoff's sheds and house.......an unbelievable turn out today!!   I think the good weather brought everyone out!

Tomorrow should be a little quiter......hope so anyway......I'll be working in the BOUTIQUE.....and MONDAY'S  I get to change the shop model.....fun....fun.....I can choose any clothing from the shop!

I'll try and take some more pics from the WATERGARDEN and upload soon.

Here's to another great week!!  My poor house is being a little neglected at the moment....but who cares....our house is lived in.....it's no show piece.....and we love it that way!!

Our Ginger plant is blooming at the moment in the front garden.....and the perfume is beautiful!

What a fun day

It was so nice to have Carolyn up here last Wednesday......it's been ages since we crafted together. Gosh I look so tired in this pic......LOL! Looks like my hair has been through the wringer....he,he.

Thanks to to Jim for taking this pic of the two of us with our Cards.....

I was able to show Carolyn how to make a Step Card......so she happily made a few of these fun cards.....using the NEW Fiskars Interchangeable Border Punches and some of the Stampin Up product that I have here.....

We had a lovely day......chatting away and crafting.....we also took a lunch break for an hour or so....so I took Carolyn up to the Patchwork Tea House in Warburton for lunch.

Hasn't Carolyn done a fabulous job of her cards.....can you see where she used the NEW Fiskars Interchangebale Punches? She also loved using the Fiskars Everywhere Punch - BURST!

These are the two cards I created during the day..........................

Rod came home with these gorgeous flowers for me  in the afternoon.......

They are still going strong in our kitchen.....

Carolyn and Jim have now returned to Perth ! It was so nice to see them again!

I'm working 6 days a week as from MONDAY at the WATERGARDEN......4 days in the Boutique, SUNDAY in the CAFE and Thursday doing Rod's shift in the NURSERY / GARDEN SHOP....so no rest for the wicked for the next 7 weeks.......we'll be hanging out to get down to our HH in Payensville come APRIL......kids have booked the house for the first 2 weeks in APRIL....so looks like it won't be until mid APRIL before we get down there......we may even go away for a few days somewhere else ....just for a break over EASTER

PLAY DAY and CATCH UP

I'm having a PLAY DAY tomorrow with my good friend Carolyn.......it's been wayyyyyyyyyy too long since we crafted together......

I've been having fun the past few weeks crafting some cards for family birthdays coming up....

...........................and one more......using the

Fiskars Interchangeable Border Punch -  " LACY DOUBLES "....I double punched this strip to get this gorgeous pattern....I had some Cloud 9 Stickers in my stash that I added along with some Kaisercraft Pearls.

....and just to be different ....a Place Card using my NEW Butterfly Punch and Decorative Frame Stamp from STAMPIN UP...I like to off set punched out shapes and put some 3 D adhesive underneath.....

I need to get some Photos printed off soon so that I can scrap them.....it's been ages since I scrapped the grandkids.....so I'm looking forward to that when time allows...

It's a busy time around here at the moment with the WATERGARDEN SEASON!

Bus Groups are now coming up every day.....and the weekends have been busy....

Punch Crazy at the moment

I've been a bit punch crazy the past few weeks when I get some crafty time to myself!!

Here's another CHEERY CARD I created using the following FISKARS TOOLS!

Thanks to STAMPIN UP I have some wonderful cheery cardstock,papers & Ink Pads to play with also!!!

Hope to get crafty again later today!!!!

Getting out in the garden for awhile today.......need to cut back some roses and do some much needed weeding.............................then working SUNDAY at the WATERGARDEN!!

In case you missed my earlier Sneak peek Video from the BLUE LOTUS WATERGARDEN....here it is again......ENJOY!!  Make sure your sound is turned up!!!

                           Hope everyone has a great weekend!!!