New Quilt

I promised myself 'No more new projects' until I had finished some of my multitude of UFO's BUT of course I couldn't wait to start Corliss Searcey's new quilt. This is the first block - so much fun!!!!!!

Up, Up and Away

This is the jet stream which appeared in the sky yesterday. I love to wonder where are all those people off to?

We have just had 2 visitors from the United States to stay for a week and it has been great. It has been nice to see our country through the eyes of strangers to our home. Fortunately, they enjoyed themselves immensely and we had a great time too. We went to the football at the MCG.....................

We visited wildlife parks, wineries, chocolate factories and even braved the cold of Phillip Island to see some penguins.

Where does the time go?

I haven't done any blogging for ages. I don't really know what else I have been doing other than working but I did want to add a picture of a little quilt I made for some friend's grand child who is due in the next month - very exciting. It is very bright,was quick to make and the outcome is lots of fun:

A couple of weekends ago I did a Broderie Perse Class at Threadbear in Castlemaine with Di Ford-Hall. It was a lovely class and we came away with lots of new knowledge and skills. My effort is here:

Happy Birthday Elly

My friend had her 50th birthday recently and we got her friends and family to make a block that represented what Elly meant to them. This is the nearly finished result, it was worth the effort to see her face on the night when we gave it to her. She was completely speechless!

Gorgeous Autumn

Yes, it is Autumn again, my favourite time of the year! Lovely sunny days (but not too sunny) and crisp mornings with lovely cool nights. I just love it.

Here is Clancy enjoying the view across the front of the place in the country. We have to keep him in a fenced enclosure because he likes to run after any passing car/bicycle or animal!!

 We also spotted this Scarlet Robin near the house. I thought Robins were an exclusively Northern Hemisphere bird - but as usual, I was wrong..............

School holidays are here too, this means that our son will remain glued to the couch playing computer games for 2 weeks when he should be preparing for his year 11 studies........I am sick of nagging him to get stuck into it. It seems to have the opposite effect anyway, so I am resigned to seeing him but not getting any interaction with him for the next few weeks.

Did you know dogs played Bocci?

Here is our cute Cavalier playing Bocci with my husband at Lavandula......

How gorgeous is the country in Autumn?

We had a lovely time up in the country this weekend.

 I did try to take a photo of the full moon but I failed dismally, back to the drawing board!

This is a lovely old garden bench at Lavandula near Shepherd's Flat