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Travelling Lucy's

Initially I was going to call this post Lazy Lucy's because I didn't think I had done very many blocks this year. but as I sat own and looked at my phone and the blocks I have completed I realised that I had done so much more than I thought the above block was made during our trip to Dubbo to the zoo, most of it was stitched in the car on the way, but some as we relaxed in the afternoons. this one was started in the car on the way home. it was during this trip I decided that decided to go a different way and use the French general blue as my background.  You can read a little more about it here . this block was created on the plane and in the airports as we travelled to France for our big adventure. this block was completed in Paris . . . . . ohh Paris the city of my dreams . . . . this block was started in Florence in Italy and finished in Turkey this block was started in Cappadocia, Turkey and completed on the plane on the ri

Madness and insanity .... finally some peace and joy

Yes I m still here, no I didn't drop off the face of the planet, although to be honest I have felt very much that I have been very tied up in my own little world. Even Instagram has only had cursory check in s of late.  Why ???  . . . . . I don't know a thousand reasons . . . .  none really great or earths shaking. Just busy busy busy . . . .  the lead up to Christmas has been Insane. work has been very busy and pretty exhausting. and I have been busy with lot's of secret sewing and knitting.  But somehow I managed to finish these gorgeous little bags ready to be gifted to all the lovely ladies that my husband works with . . . . my girlies at work pouted that Mr Googy's work colleagues get  my hand made goodies and they don't . . . maybe if they are very good maybe next year. for some reason my love of all things yarn has really come through strongly this second half of the year and I have been knitting knitting knitting. this rather oddly shap

A very scary moment

Earlier this year , after returning from Europe  Miss S and i attended the Sydney quilt and craft show. At that time i was doing a lot of cross stitch work and was using Mag eyes, which seemed to amuse my family no end, i decided to buy a light with a magnifier , the light is great it works with or without AC power.  I had it sitting in my lounge room near my favourite spot on the lounge. to my absolute horror we had a science experiment go terribly wrong. As i am a seeker of sun, and as the days got warmer i threw open my blinds to welcome the warmth, i was conscious of the lamp and what could happen with the sun, and had on multiple occasions ensured it was positioned low out of the sun, but for some reason around this time i left it positioned over the back of the lounge and this is what happened my beautiful three year old lounge damaged. Fortunately we have an absolutely amazing leather repair man here in Newcastle he took my cushion away. He was

A life a little less exciting , but simply wonderful

wow it's taken me a while to sit down and write this post, and i have a myriad of excuses but to be honest i was feeling like . . . . well my life was a little less exciting after returning from Europe. no fabulous galleries visited, no ancient Archeological sites, no fabulous restaurants and bars or towns / cities filled with centuries of history. returning home was wonderful, being with my family, my gorgeous friends and cuddling my adorable  dog Cooper.  i have even managed to celebrate a wonderful birthday.  Initially i felt a little all over the place, trying to get back into familiar routines. this even followed through with my crafting doing little bits and pieces of everything i spent a few hours working on my Hermence cross-stitch , by far not enough to meet my September deadline, but i ve decided deadline - smeadline i m enjoying working on this project and didn't want it to to become a chore due to a deadline, It's a lovely sampler and will fill

Gallipoli

Our first day in Turkey started out early, we were picked up at our hotel and a travelled for four hours from Istanbul to Eceabat, stopping for breakfast enroute.  Our first stop was at the RSL tours office to catch up with some people that Gadget had befriended when he travelled to Galipolli two years ago with conservation volunteers. After that we went to have a look at the Eceabat memorials. This monument is on the shores of Eceabat and is representative of many aspects war, the two notable images that stood out to me was the image of a mother weeping, depicting that all mothers, Turkish , Anzac, British and French who suffered the loss of their sons. The Turkish soldier carrying the Australian officer depicting that even during war, compassion existed. There is also a detailed 3D map in this memorial park that our tour guide used to explain the various battles, what the allied forces were hopping to achieve and what points they advanced to and why they were hoping to c

Chookshed party

So  I received a little reminder from Chookyblue that it was the Chookshed's  party this weekend and since I was not making an effort to get to the chookshed, I better at least do a post ..... Lol so here it is.  We left Italy at midday today ( our time, about 8pm Australian time) we had some dramas at the airport at Naples , but I won't get into that.  We boarded our flight bound for Istanbul. So here I am starting to put my Lucy Boston block together on the plane, no champagne and crackers for me . . . . Just lots of blue skies. Better photo from the plane. Our super swish motel in Istandbul, sadly we can't go to the city 😔.  A bit of stitching in the motel , waiting for my bottle of Italian wine to get cold.   Progress was good, and the wine was lovely. Gadget forced me to put the stitching down, to give to the bar ( to see what meals they had) But you can't stop a good stitcher on a roll . . . .