Chookshed Stitchers 2025

 I have been stitching away on the sashiko this last month, doing a bit now and then, somehow my plans of getting lots done while away didn't come to fruition

I decided to do green leaves, pink flowers and light blue for the water, next I will do orange for the koi.

I have also been putting leaves on the temperature tree

mmm...blogger has decided this photo needs to be sideways! But you can see leaves progress, I have done Jan and Feb and now onto March. I have many more to do, but they will be done in the fullness of time. Slow stitching is supposed to be relaxed right? 😊

I have another project I have been working on, I did the applique before went to Coolum and have been working on the extra stitching the last couple of nights. I bought the jacket a few months ago and then decided to make it mine

I hope to finish the white flowers today and maybe some yellow will go in as well.

We are off again on Tuesday, flying to Sydney and then getting on the Indian Pacific and heading for Perth. I have not been over that way before, so am looking forward to it.

I had better go and check the washing is getting dry, it is arranged around the house as it is raining outside.

Happy sitiching.

Noosa National Park

 One morning we had a walk along the path from the National Park office to Dolphin Point and yes following Adventure Lab questions 😀 sadly we didn't see any koalas or dolphins or whales in the distance, but we enjoyed the walk and the sea views and the sunshine.

I didn't realise when I took the photo but see now there is a defibrillator front and centre, great idea as the walk was up and down and I imagine very hot in the summer months.

Hard to see, but the area behind the rock is known as the Boiling Pot, the waves come in to the left and fill the pot and it does resemble a boiling pot.

No dolphins we could see on this day.

View from the lookout before we got to the National Park

View from the lookout again  over the river

On the way home we stopped and got lunch at Perigian Beach and then had a walk along the beach

Great firm sand for walking on 😎

Coolum in the distance

Happy stitching.

Day out

 Day out following Adventure Labs, Bokarina Beach, Moffitt Beach, Shelly Beach and Memorial walk and Bulcock St for music icons.

part of the Memorial walk, all along the street to this memorial there were plaques set in to the path (both sides) in memory of men and women who had served Australia

back of a concrete seat at Bokarina -  suburb of high rise apartments

back to the memorial walk

Bolarina, the man made lake you could go under the bridge and on the other side was a larger lake for all kinds of water sports

Memorial walk in Bulcock Street, even though  this says Australia's entertainer he was a Kiwi from Onehunga in Auckland.

Back of the concrete seat again

"Sails" carved from  sandstone

Memorial walk remembering a man who recently passed.

back on Bulcock Street, there were many plaques along this street. Part of this street was blocked off when we were there, they were setting up for a Winter Solstice fair and concert, lots of bands were setting up their equipment.

I am off for some breakfast

Happy stitching.

Eumundi

 Hubby and I went out to Eumundi for a drive one afternoon, It is a beautiful old town famous for the markets there, non on the day we were there but some people were setting their tents up.

This was outside the pub

the markets office building

beautiful stag/elk horn in the park. These ferns were all over the town and in the big trees - the big trees all had plaques under them and formed the memorial drive, most relating to WW1 people.

beautiful old bulding

John Murray (artist from Lightning Ridge) painted the sides of the cafe/bakery)

this statue was at the main gate to the market area and nearby was a poem written about WW1 (sorry about the finger)

another lovely old building.

Happy stitching.

Out and about

 I had several days/mornings out with Sue looking for Adventure Labs - we went to Bribie Island, I was expecting a sandy island as it is not very big but it is just like another suburb - one area looked very up market with canals, huge houses and boats tied up at the dock.

we walked lots of steps - me in some new sandals which was a mistake as I ended up with huge blisters!

Rain showers came and went and we had to walk over and through puddles along the path

This was in a different area on the Island, near the RSL were two wonderful parks with lots of memorial stones

Painted electricity box

Vietnam Vets park over the road from the RSL, important words in the third section I thought

complete with helicopter

Back on the beach side walk, a break in the rain clouds

An Adventure Lab question site and a beautiful place to sit and watch the boats go by

another site further along the path, would be great on a sunny day

In the memorial park,

A sign at the back of the RSL that appealed to me. 😀

Happy stitching.

Coolum

 Last night we returned from 10 days holiday in Coolum Queensland. Hubby spent some of the days with his friend at Perigian Springs and I was out and about with Sue the friends wife.

A walk along the beach at Coolum. The first day was overcast, the next sunny. Most of the time there we had cooler weather 20-21 deg C and often rain showers.

One morning I walked up Emu Mountain (photos have come up out of order)

at the top

sign at the base

view from the top

the track was very rough in some parts because of heavy rain

it was windy at the top but sunny and warm

another view from the top looking to Coolum Beach. I walked up here as there was an Adventure Lab question to be answered. The question was about a date carved in to a stone, I couldn't find the stone but as the answer was multi choice I guessed!! Can't walk all the way up here and not get the answer!

Happy stitching.