Clocks Back, Knitting, and Happy Easter

Our Daylight Saving has come to an end here in New Zealand, so it was time to turn the clocks back one hour.  The clever lap top, tablet, and cell phone can all do it magically themselves. That left the kitchen clock, and the clock on the stove for me to do, I had a bit of tuition last year so knew exactly what to do.  My bedside clock is a bit of a problem, so I just take the battery out and wait for the time to catch up, then reinsert it.  There must be an easier way, so I think I should take the clock back to where I purchased it, just over a year ago, and get them to explain the secret.  And last year I decided it wasn't worth trying to change the clock in my car, much too hard, so it is left on standard time all year.  My theory is, by the time I'm ready to go out in the car, I'll know what the correct time is, so why worry. 

My seasonal Autumn wall-hanging is now on display, I really like this one.  Hand embroidered, and hand quilted, I've just checked the back to see when I made it.  Oh dear, I didn't do a label, must do some checking and rectify that.

Welcome to Autumn

It's been a glorious Autumn day today, warm, calm  and sunny enough to sit outside.  I took my knitting, a quilt magazine to read, and a hot cuppa and spent an enjoyable hour or so relaxing.  Still working away on my cotton summer jumper, I'm up to the armhole shaping now, so this project is coming along nicely.  Gemma joined me outside for a while, she curled up on the bark garden, then decided she really wanted to get back inside again.

Knitting outside on a lovely day

Did the Easter Bunny come calling to your home?  Previously, I would buy one of those Lindt chocolate Easter Bunnies for Robin and I to consume over Easter - we would generally be away somewhere in the caravan.  I didn't feel like carrying on this tradition, now it is only me.  So I bought myself some Potter Brothers peppermint marshmallow Easter Eggs, smothered in dark chocolate.  These are small batch produced chocolates, made locally, and so delicious.  With four in a packet, I'm eating one each evening over Easter.  Peppermint marshmallow and dark chocolate, what's not to love!

Ooops, they are sideways, but still taste wonderful

I had a phone call this afternoon from my friend Merilyn's husband Colin, from Dunedin.  Merilyn was my oldest and best friend, going back to early school days,  and sadly passed away 6 months after Robin did.  Colin rang to see how I was getting on, and how I was coping.  I always get tearful talking to him, and I don't think he knows quite how to cope with that.  He reminded me that Merilyn and I were best friends through life, and she often used to talk about me.  I'm just so pleased that I phoned her for a lovely long chat just a week before she died.  Losing both Robin and Merilyn so close together was a double whammy to me.