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Up to date and a New project or was it a work in progress???

 Well i finally did it i got myself up to date with my Stitch a long, as many of you will remember i started about six weeks after the official start date...... but with 48 hours to spare, thanks to night duty i have caught up with all of the stitch a long blocks up to May completed..... . . . seven of seven. . . . The Itch got the better of me . . . i have a new project or technically since i have had the fabric since before  Christmas it is a work in progress ( thanks for that suggestion  Lyn  . . . . . LOL)  and in typical me fashion is it a  table runner?                                                 No is it a simple little bag?                                   No a pillow or a wall hanging                              No it's a full size quilt    yep that makes Four  full size quilts in progress  This is the Fabric that caught my eye, i ended up purchasing $80 worth from the range i have need to admit at this point it has been ages since i have done piecing

airport entertainment

On the weekend we travelled up to Brisbane to celebrate Gadget's  (d h) cousin  Leanne's  40th birthday we had a great time catching up with family some of whom  i hadn't seen since my wedding day 21 years ago we were to return home on Sunday our flight was to depart at  2:40pm on arrival at the airport we discovered that the flight was  delayed until  3:50pm our plane arrived at the airport at 3:50pm needing to be dis-embarked, cleaned and so forth before we could board hence we boarded some where around 4;20pm and arrived home some time after six so we are stuck in the airport what to do??? i had a book i would have happily read Gadget had his Iphone so he was busy  but Miss S didn't have anything to do, so what to do??? take one camera and take photo's of  your shoes we had visited a direct factory outlet and Miss S purchased herself a pair of red Doc Martin Boots i scored a new pair of converses love the colour it's called Lemonade so may colours t

Stitch-a-long

Time is something i have long lamented that i just don't have enough of i know, i know....... this is a common complaint but really where is the year going,  it feels like i was only packing up the Christmas decorations yesterday, i have sooo. . . . many projects in my basket  i had hoped this year would be the year to finish some projects but it's not looking good i think it was a month or more ago i retreived Miss S'  s quilt out to work on and i haven't  done a stitch . . . .  and the new project itch is starting but i really really must  . . . . re . . si . . st . . . . does it count as a new project if i bought the fabric before christmas? anyway ......ENOUGH MOANING..... (sorry common side effect, known commonly as night dutyitis) i have had busy hands though trying to catch up with my  stitch a-long you probably all remember i was a bit of a late starter i have completed my first March block for the stitch a long  my first May Block my second March b

autumn days

As summer into Autumn slips and yet we sooner say "the summer" than "the autumn" lest we turn the sun away Emily Dickinson  Well it's been a very busy week, since last we chatted my mum was rushed to hospital, she has lung problems and the change in weather causes her some problems i have spent most of my days and some nights at her side and i am thrilled to report she is feeling much better now and is nearly ready to go home. as i returned from work yesterday afternoon i slowed my pace enough to notice that  my Chinese tallow wood was trying to tell me that Autumn is here the woodpile in the garage tells me that the nights are getting cooler and we are ready for winter Chooky  has been cracking the whip on all us  stitch-a-longers the blocks above were completed when i was away at easter i have already posted them on the  stitch-a-long  blog but thought i should post them on here as well this is my most recent  stitch-a-long work, these three ar

a photographers eye

Here is the disclaimer i do not claim now or ever to be a great photographer ( i visit far too many photography blogs to make that claim) i am just a woman with a great camera a passion and a little knowledge anyway one of the things i love about camping is that i slow down..... and because i slow down i get the opportunity to  look around and see my world through the camera lens with a photographers eye the view we gaze at whilst sipping our breakfast cuppa our first sunset another sunset The gloaming you can't see it very well in this shot but there were thousands of tiny moths, mites....bugs???? fluttering beneath the branchs of this tree i don't know what they were but they were mesmerising to watch okay i know it's a fence post  but i loved it's weathered beauty and colour there is beauty in the simplest things i couldn't resist having a go at this photography technique and Sticky was a willing subject the technique involves holding the shut

Happy Mothers day

Hundreds of dewdrops to greet the dawn, Hundreds of bees in the purple clover, Hundreds of butterflies on the lawn, But only one mother the wide world over. ~George Cooper To all my blogging friends and to their mums  i hope you had a truly wonderful Mothers day Love  Patricia

Camping.........

Sorry i have been a bit quiet but i have just completed a set of night duty shifts and for me doing night shift is akin to being a bear i tend to go into hibernation i live in my PJ's for four days (well at home anyway) and tend to do very little  other than read and stitch My family would probably say i behave like a bear with a sore tooth, and occasionally they are correct but not always . . . .. anyway enough of that back to Camping alot of my friends comment when i say i am going camping "oh i couldn't do that . . roughing it and all" but let me tell you we do not rough it My good friend Sticky (that's her Coite's name) and i hold the firm belief  that camping is all about taking the opportunity to do all those things that we would rarely do at home so this year we opened  SQUINEISHI'S  beauty salon at squineshi's we offer facials (this is me and my friend Sticky ,  ohhh if your curious my Coite name is squishy,  i actually scored a new