Bart Bear's Blog

Still travel-restricted, so still spending our time crafting. Mum and I usually turn out at least one card per day. We just went through a craze for slightly strange and crazy ones. I love the distorted animals and the big-eyed girls. Now we are doing cards with fairies. I think that these would look a lot better with dragons added but Mum doesn't agree and she's the ultimate boss.

Dad uses card too, but he turns it into lighthouses. The shelf space in his hobby area is slowly filling with them. That means we are having to add extra shelves for the ships we are making. Here's the last 4 we completed (HMS Repulse, USS Tennessee, HMS Naiad and IJN Mikasa), but there are 6 others waiting for the old bloke to get around to painting them. 

It is definitely time that we could travel again, but stupid idiots keep breaking rules and refusing to get vaccinated so that Australia now has several COVID outbreaks in the major cities. It looks like we need to order more craft supplies in.

We are still unable to travel. Every time we plan a getaway the state borders close. It's a real irritation because there hasn't been a single COVID case in Canberra for over a year, but the other states keep classing the ACT as part of NSW so we have the same restrictions imposed on us. However, one thing to have changed at our home is that I have become a pretty good cook. Somebody has to keep the Oldies fed, even when they are suffering serious cabin fever. I am now a master of soups, stir-frys, stews, casseroles, baked dinners and even cakes. This saves Mum lots of time and adds a bit to Dad's girth. It is really great for the chef when the left-overs are close to zero.