Blue Design Wall

The big blue star hexie quilt is living on the lounge room floor. I have it rolled around two pool noodles. Everyone knows to step carefully around it. I am stitching as fast as I can to get the last border attached. Last night I almost made it to half way. Some of the papers are falling out as I pull on it to get it into line for stitching. It is just so big and heavy.

One border attached and one to go. I have made a good start on the last border. It should be done this week all going well.

Sunrise Christchurch NZ 1/6/2026.

Just under half way sewing the border unit on. I should get some stitching time today. It is a holiday in NZ today.

When I got home from my run Hubby was cooking bacon on the BBQ. He called me to come look at all the butterflies. It is just too cold and windy for them today.

It was very windy out there today so I ran into it to start with. Did all the hills and then dove into the forest to avoid the wind. On the way back I headed to the beach and ran homeward with the wind at my back. Stopped the Garmin and put it onto walk at 13km. The running was just not happening today and there was a weekend walking challenge to complete. Turns out it was for miles not kilometres so even that was not happening today. The sky was beautiful though. Can you see the face behind me as I ran down the beach?

I did it, I managed to get the penultimate section set up so I can attach it to the mother ship. Got quite a bit sewn while watching the game tonight. Daughter commented that it is going to be fun getting all the papers out. Not to worry love, I have a plan. It was really warm under that huge quilt.

I have not run on Friday for a while but I was determined to get out there in the fresh air and sunshine. The air was fresh alright, the sand was soft and the sun was in my eyes. It was a slow run but I was happy to get out there. It was a great start to the long weekend. Pizza and rugby tonight, can I sneak some quilting in too. Time will tell.

I am working from home today. It is a cold winters day. The Retired Guy has been busy baking this morning. Behold his first go at mint slice. The minty-ness is spot on and the chocolate icing is wicked, it makes a crack when you bite it. Yum yum yum.

It was cold and very overcast out there today. I didn't really want to go for my run. As I left Hubby yelled ENJOY as I closed the door and braced myself against the cold. Turns out my run was the most enjoyable run I have had in quite some time.

Very cloudy and overcast for long run today. Still taking it easy. It is taking a little longer to recover from the dental surgery than I thought it would. Nice run.

We had an awesome night at the rugby last night. What a fantastic game and the new stadium is so so good.

Check out the sunrise picture I took from my new desk this morning, it's a bad picture but that sky was spectacular. I worked and watched the colours changing, what a great start to the day. I ate my lunch by the river which was like a mirror today. After work I ran taking in the beach, I have not run that way for a while so I really enjoyed it.

Not a great day in the office today so I was super keen to get out for a run after work. I had a great run and it felt so good to have something go right in my day. The light through the trees was cool and the sky was beautiful.

Retreated to the warmth of the sewing room tonight to make more flying geese. It is chilly!

I got some more flying geese made this afternoon between wrangling loads of laundry. Hubby was puzzling and making bread. He proudly brought his loaf into my sewing room for show and smell. I could see a face on the side of his loft, he thought I was losing it. Can you see it? The puzzle is looking good too. We have all been working on the puzzle and tonight we took all the little bits people had built and moved them onto the big board. The kids then worked on joining them up and filling gaps. It is so much fun working together. We all work away at it differently but when we all work together we make great progress and have a lot of great conversations and laughter. My other accomplishment for the day was finishing off the final strip for the big blue star hexie quilt top. Hopefully tomorrow evening I will have some energy left to start stitching the panels onto the quilt top. I really want to keep moving with it and get the quilt top done.

I was not sure how today's run would go, it was pretty chilly out there. We started the day on -1.1ºC so I did not rush to get out the door. I have been sick all week pretty much so I headed out with a plan to run 5km and if I was feeling ok carry on and do 10km. The run went to plan, I got my 10km done and the sun came out.