Catching up again 😃

I am happy to have had a few finishes

A cat quilt finished for Shane and Rillas cats -  front

Back...they can swap around as they like 

A cushion cover made from left over backing from a baby quilt

A bag with a little NZ purse went to Jenny in NZ for a cancer fund-raising lunch, it looked great when Jenny wrapped it up

I had a walk around the lake at Drysdale on Monday

It was a bit cold and windy with spotty rain 

This gum tree was heaving with rainbow lorrikeets busy feeding on the blossom

I saw these mosaic pictures on a fence.

I have read a few books lately, I really enjoyed these.

One small grandson after a trip with his Mum and Dad.

One sunny afternoon walk past the boat ramp. Pelicans waiting for the fishing people to come back in 😄

David and I went to the light show in the Geelong Botanic Gardens,  it was amazing

Ok my phone has stopped cooperating with loading photos so I will finish up here and continue later.  Now I am on the lap top so lets see how we go here!  

 I took many more photos and some videos - I have no idea how to load them here, so you are all spared that!! Although the talking tree was really good.

And finally the baby quilt is finished now and ready to go to it's new home

Such a cute image

And Eunice's Flower Garden is also finished.

Happy stitching.

Last morning and home

Our last morning in Coolum we went to the Surf Club for coffee

It was a beautiful day,  we could see big splashing way out in the water, David asked how long whales lived, so I googled to find the answer....80 years and stumbled on the Coolum Beach whales watching group.  They said hump back whales were visible from the Coolum Surf club and two look out points near by. So we were seeing the fin and tail slaps of hump back whales 🐋.  

The flight back was good, our luggage came through quickly, then we found there is a new free service at Tullamarine to help people with walkers etc to get to their bus/pick up. So David was in a wheelchair and another kind man took our cases while I managed David's walker.

We came home to a very cold house, turning the heater on was the first thing to do! 

Since then I have been cleaning, running errands, moving, gardening and a bit of sewing. 

David has started his programme at the Parkinson's support group on Geelong,  happy to have that under way. 

We have had some wonderful mornings, cool but sunny. Good for walking on the beach.

Saturday I went to a sit and sew with some of the lovely ladies from the Gisborne retreat. 

I brought home fabric and cut ten inch squares and Sunday I sewed them together

Simple quilt that I will call Eunice's flower garden the fabrics are from Carleen sister in law....we are working through her stash.

I recently finished this book, was really good. 

I am off to the library bus soon so had better go and get ready.

Happy stitching. 

Holiday

We have been on the Sunshine Coast at Coolum for a week now.  The weather has been a mix of sunny,  rain and muggy heat. 

Some stitching has been done

The start

and finished

My first evening walk in the rain

looking back at Coolum

drawing in the sand

Sunny day

More stitching done

Morning walk along the board walk and to the next bay

Sections of a python in a box under the board walk handrail,  I think it was sleeping but was only brave enough to poke the camera near by! Snakes scare me i have to admit! I know pythons are not poisonous but I am told they can still bite!! 🙄 

This dog is 14 years old and is a Rottie German Shepherd cross, he was waiting for his owner outside a shop, beautiful boy, very friendly. 

Coolum Beach, the blue person on the rocks is hubby doing a watercolour in the wind.

The clouds here are amazing.

I am off for a cuppa, more soon

Happy stitching.

This and that, could be photo heavy

We had a great speaker at the Guild, she talked us through her stitching journey, showed us loads of her creations, she is mainly an embroiderer but is fascinated with how younger people tattoo themselves

This amazing creation was covered with embroidered plants, flowers, animals, birds, was stunning to see

Loved this cloth with old sailor tattoos, did you know sailors had a pig tattooed on one foot and a rooster on the other? Live stock were most likely to survive after a ship wreck as they were in a wooden crate, but the sailors saw them as good luck and so had the tattoo. Most sailors back in the day could not swim.

The 3D cars were amazing, they came about when she worked with people with disabilities.

I went to visit Adam and family, Finn was helping cook dinner, curried prawns with rice! 

I was up early one morning and saw this beautiful sunrise 

I have had a few beach walks

Some prep has been happening for Baradine

I was given  a heap of I Spy fabrics ( you know those ones that appear at sewing group and you can't leave them behind??)so they have been trimmed and laid out to be pinned.

The strip quilt is finished.

The Guild have been asked to make small Christmas quilts and stocking for one of the hospitals in Geelong, they will be given to children and families who have to spend Christmas in hospital. So I thought I would make this one up.

Another project cut and ready to go, I was given this year's ago to make up for the Oncology dept, so now is the time to get it done!! 

The pelicans were waiting on a fisherman to clean his fish, they always get a hand out. 

I followed this man along the beach this afternoon, his dog (white and far right) was having a great time running around.

I Have been stitching away at the mandelas

One finished one being stitched.

Are you still awake?

Tomorrow we are off to SJOG to the Parkinson's support group,  they have a watercolour artist coming in to teach people with Parkinson's to paint a double coloured tulip. David will really enjoy that. I will go for a walk and take stitching and a book.....

Happy stitching.