Monday morning has rolled around again. Sure comes quickly doesn’t it!!!
I made another crochet hot water bottle cover. Well, when you have one of your own and your child is looking longingly at it, what are you to do? 
I’m such a sucker for that smile!
I embroidered (yes, I use that word very loosely) the flowers on afterwards:
Now Ive got to get cracking on one for child number two!
I felt bad for making you think our weather was always as beautiful as it was in my post last week, so just to balance out your perceptions, here are some photos I took this morning on the way to work. A hottie was just what was needed today… it was a cold, frosty AND foggy, and when the sun did make her way out, it didn’t warm up very much at all…
The animals didn’t seem to mind…
Since I was running late anyway, I took a little detour and snapped these photos looking across the Victoria Bridge: 
And looking north at the Waikato river:
Fortunately tonight we have the fire blazing and our house is toasty warm. I’ve got my hottie in bed warming it up for when I drag myself away from the living room though 🙂
How’s your Monday going? xx
The Green Dragonfly 
brrrrr
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Sure was!!!
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Funny you posting this I was just thinking I had to do one for my hot water bottle 🙂
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Serendipitous!!!
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Such a cute hot water bottle cover! Makes me want to get one. Those photos are beautiful, the mist looks amazing, so crisp and fresh. And now I miss New Zealand…
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Yes it is very crisp here right now! Are you/ were you from NZ… or did you visit?
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My boyfriend is from Wellington but I am an Aussie and we live here. We spent seven weeks last year backpacking from tip to tip, most incredible journey ever! I have some pictures of it on my photography blog if you’re interested: http://ajaydeasheblog.wordpress.com/
I CANNOT wait to go back! 🙂
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Ohh I see! Ill go and check it out!
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I love your hot water bottle cover. Husband is requesting I make him one too… that pattern looks really nice!
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They are pretty quick to make, if you don’t mind single crochet. I think its only a matter of time until my husband asks for one too!
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Love the hot water bottle cover and the grin on your child’s face is precious! Love the fog pics!!
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Thanks Lisa!
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I want to make a hot water bottle cover for weeks now! Just didn´t find the time for it! I love your little embellished flowers, they are too cute. Maybe I will copy that!
Your photographs are great, it must be quite cold at your place now.
Keep warm and have a wonderful week!!! xxBarbina
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Hi Barbina, thanks ~ Its is very cold, but that’s ok, lots of warm clothes/fires/hot water bottles to keep us warm! Hope you have a lovely week too! xx
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I have nominated your blog for the Liebster award! I love your blog and you give great joy with your posts!
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Thanks so much, I’ll head over and check it out!
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Beautiful crochet work!!
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Thanks Lianne!
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I think the pictures of the fog are beautiful, too.
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I like it in photos too, and don’t mind it if its only around for a little while but some days the fog doesn’t lift all day and that’s not my favourite!!
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For some reason your blog really doesn’t like me – it won’t log me in automatically or let me log in via wordpress at all! Weird… Anyway, the hot water bottle is lovely and I’m definitely going to make one – judging by our weather from the last week, it won’t matter that it’s ‘summer’! I love the fog photos – in fact, I love fog as well. There’s something about a foggy day that I find quite magical…
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Weird, I’m not sure why. I wonder if any one else has the same problem? It is magical, actually walking in it is quite fun, especially if the sun is beginning to show through!!
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I love your hot water bottle cover! Do you work from a pattern?
The fog pictures are beautiful. It’s odd because here it’s summer, well…. officially it’s summer anyway, and using hot water bottles is months away!
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No, I just make it up as i go. I chain the width of the bottle then work all around it, leave an opening in the back for putting in the bottle… And decrease for the neck so it fits the bottle shape.
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You’re very clever! I can follow a crochet pattern but I’d struggle to make one up!
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If you create any more of these i’m goning to have to dedicate a Pinterest board just to ‘crochet hotwater bottles’. It’s lovely.
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Oh dear! Thank you so much!
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Lovely hot water bottle cover!
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Thank you 🙂
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Lovely hot water bottle cover, it’s summer here but I might make one anyway – planning ahead is always a good thing?!
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I think so…Then it will be ready when you need it!
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Nice hot water bottle cover!
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Thanks!
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I miss seasons other than hot and slightly less hot. I’ll just have to live vicariously though your pics. 🙂
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Please do!
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