How time flies

Time seems to be constantly getting  away from me. Last weekend I went with Adam, Beth Finn and Beth's parents to Winter Glow at the Adventure Park in Wallington  near Geelong. We arrived about 4pm and had a look around,  Finn  tried out toasted marshmallows

And enjoyed them!

He had some rides

Finn  is in there with his parents!

Played mini golf

and then as the sun set the lights came on

I forgot this ride!

Finn loved that he has some control!

The water was so calm and the reflections  amazing!

I will get onto the laptop later and turn all the photos around  the right way 😁

By about 6.30 Fin  was fast approaching his use by date, so we headed home. It was also getting cold.

I had a walk over at Portarlington and saw the resting seal near the ferry dock.

Sleeping and ignoring this tourist 😅

I have also completed two more blocks for the Rainbow Connection Quilters and sent them on their way

Two bears paws. I did have to do a little unsewing as I managed to do this

Luckily it was quickly fixed.

Betty has been putting the previous blocks together into a quilt top

My block is bottom left, I need to be more careful with choosing colours and following the photo I was sent.

Another local walk one tree was full of corellas

Last Tuesday we met up with Barry and Judy and had lunch at Van Loons, they were staying at Barwon Heads before heading back home. It was wonderful to be able to meet up and have a chat and enjoy the nursery, shame Judy couldn't take plants back over the border. 🌳

I have quilted two cot sized quilts, they need to be trimmed and bound, hopefully today.

The dog quilt is finished and sent to its new owners, sadly I forgot to take a photo!

I am off to do some sewing and trimming.

Happy stitching. 

An Interesting project

Over at InkTorrents Graphics, Soma has an interesting project for September,

InkFortnight – Small Pages, Stolen Moments

Theme – Quiet Earth

Dates – A 14-Day art event — Sept 17 to Sep 30, 2026

Venue – inktorrents.com

Size – The one constraint: size. 2″ to 3″, no larger

Soma will give 14 prompts, might be a leaf, a steaming cuppa, little parts of the Earth, a quiet time to look and see and create,

I thought I might give it a try, something to add to the calendar.

Happy stitching.

Sewing has been happening

I finished a KOGO blanket before we went away 

It has now been delivered to the local chemist for delivery.

I have finished my block for the Rainbow Connectiin quilters, I had a lot of trouble with the Y seams and lots of unpicking had to happen

The trimming happens when it gets to Betty, I now have the next fanric for two Bears Paw blocks for this month or  maybe next month 😳. 

I have finally finished the applique on the Under the Sea quilt, started during a class with  Kathy Doughty from Material Obcession. It was supposed to be a garden with big leaves and flowers on a black and white checked background,  but as I had the blue fabric I decided to do under the sea 🌊. 

Some of my under the sea leaves/seaweeds could have been bigger I guess but I am happy with it. Now the quilting begins!

I saw this amazing mural in Geelong last Friday, I had a quick walk before having an iron infusion and another infusion for Crohns, then a two hour wait to see if I had a reaction....wasn't expecting that! But they fed me well and made a great cuppa so no complaints from me!

I started some quilting on a quilt for my SIL's dog and managed to sew the backing in underneath at the same time. I think I was being told to stop, enough for one day. Is all unpicked and ready to go again. I made a quult for my BIL, he loves it, but the dog wants to sleep on it at night, hence this quilt can cover the other one and be a dog quilt.

I had a walk around the lake at Drysdale and spied these rabbits, not worried about me at all.

Sunrise this morning was stunning. Worth being up early for!

I am off to attempt some more quilting now, I will ensure the quilt is flat before starting 😁

Happy stitching. 

On our travels

We went to Wellington and had a look at the dam, painted at a cost of $2million I was told

The mural goes right across

The dam is low

You can abseil in the old quarry here.

I also did an Ad Lad that was about street art

In Denmark

The church door was open so I peeked in

And the vets

Heading north we stopped at Lake Muir (I think) the lake was very low

We had some company at our lunch stop

Such beautiful birds.

Then we arrived at Yallingup...I have been trying for sunset photos for three nights

I have been out geocaching and walking

Beautiful Caves House

This beach is famous amongst surfers apparently

Another attempt

Torpedo rocks to find another cache

Tonight was the best for the sunset

Tomorrow we head back to Perth and then Monday fly home. I am looking forward to being back home again. 

Happy stitching.