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Chasing the blues away

Sometimes things happen and they create chinks in the bubble of your happiness when lots of chinks happen they create a crack and allow the blues to flood in . . . . What is a sad and blue patchworker to do but chase the blues away with a little fabric therapy and creating something new I always think that yellow is the colour of happiness, like a bright sunny day And the lovely blue green floral fabric just made me smile. Victoria ( the sewing machine) and I worked hard together as I stitched, pressed and top stitched away to create something new and full of sunny happiness. tah dah, a beautiful new mug bag, thanks to Red Brolly for the gorgeous pattern I am always so impressed when designers offer gorgeous free patterns. They have wonderful souls My lovely husband understood my need to create and left me to my own devices and cooked a lovely dinner for me whilst I stitched away. My gorgeous daughter did some washing an

home sweet home ….loving my wifi

. . . . Home . . . . where the pants are stretchy and the wifi connects automatically . . . . . most of you know that recently i headed off overseas for a little holiday my husband i both love to travel and are always keen to see new and exciting places in recent years , we have confined our journeys to within Australian borders. out of respect for our daughters education. this year however we left Bridget the glamping van in the driveway and hopped on a plane destination  Bali this wasn't our first trip to Bali we first visited Bali when we were young and carefree however this time was special  we headed to Bali for a very special occasion gadget's brother was marrying his wonderful new wife in a traditional Balinese Ceremony we had a lovely time surrounded by our extended family exploring and rediscovering the charms of Bali i love the sights, sounds and smells of  a foreign country however i