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Stitching and Cricket

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It has been a while since my last update, so this has been what has been happening since January. Yes the Cricket World Cup started in New Zealand and Australia in February we went to the opening ceremony. It was great evening with lots of entertainment and fireworks! Christchurch has certainly done well to be able to host the opening ceremony and a couple of games 4 years on from the earthquakes. The main sports stadium with used to have rugby and cricket grounds was badly damaged after the earthquake, so now the new cricket ground is in the lovely Hagley Park and it has become very much a boutique type ground where kids can play out the back and you can sit on a grass embankment, much better than the massive concrete stadiums of today. Unfortunately New Zealand who were in the final with Australia lost (we don't like to lose to Australia lol) Anyway on to the stitching! I have finished Roses of Paris! I also entered it in the local A & P show and won first priz