Heart

This is Caroline's creation. She is taking it to her friend in Europe who is turning 60.
We had such fun together whipping up this quilt. We started off yesterday morning with coffee at the Bee Hive!! with Nicky. Then we went to the fabric shop for some bits, came home and cut and we had the top sewn up before dinner!! We were so lucky to have a little cookie in the house. Chantel loves to cook, so she made us dinner.
this morning we batted up the quilt as seen here, Caroline did straight line quilting, we bound it - and here we have a quilt ready to travel!

Fishermen

I never thot of dad when I posted the fish picture. My husband loves fishing too, and here he is on his first experience of ice fishing in Canada, with my dad. It was a pretty neat experience walking ON the lake! He had never walked on water before! Then the great cracking noises sent him skimming across the surface in fear!!

Sharp Teeth

i Keeping my teeth functioning is a challenge. So I have decided to have a big make over...that is getting rid of mercury fillings, new crowns and one of them involves a titanium implant. I had the implant planted today. It was fairly strait forward...now the bone needs to grow around it before a new tooth is attached to it. Don't fish just keep growing new teeth as needed?! That would be so much easier!! AND cheaper!!

Thru the Magic Window!

Made for my nephew Ken, with a view of his house...Yan helped me design it.

Aging

one year

20

40

60

90 I have been putting together a digital slide show of the 90 years of my moms life. Its been very interesting seeing her aging process by flicking thru 100 pictures. Our bodies really do reach their peak by about 20 yrs. and then deterioration sets in. I read today that the baby boomers want to "die young late in life". We are obsessed with keeping young...but does that make us any wiser, any happier, any nicer?? I think of Mom as being contented with her life.

I remember looking at the brown spots on Mom's hands and thinking they were so gross. Now I have them and more. Its good to age gracefully. . . . or disgracefully!!

Dancing Shoes

Cute leg...cute shoe....cute butt!!
I'm a bit partial to red and white...and the Canadian flag.

Scout's growing up and socializing!! Already she is dancing on the table at the pub!! ;)

she's over 5 months, loves to stand on her feet. This is the first time it has been cool enough to wear shoes!
Glorious autumn evening. I love angel rays!

Burfday

Just cruisn' @ 55!!

I like '55 ' ~ the same two digits look quite happy together!

a friend said "Wishing you all that makes your heart sing"
I like that :)

Kangaroo Island

Kangaroo Island is very beautiful with its rugged cliffs and turquoise waters. Its been dubbed 'one of earth's last unspoilt refuges'....except for the famers of course! Lots of wildlife. Its in the Southern Ocean and gets the Roaring Fourties, so this is where many of the early sailing ships ended up...some of them crashed against the cliffs. The light houses were very important beacons.

A rare square lighthouse - Cape Borda.
Brave Ladies!

My friend Jose Symons "posing" with the 'naked ladies'!! Thats what we call these amazing lilies that poke their way thru harsh ground with no leaves and no water.

Peek-a-boo!!

A Red Hat Lady!! I love the red cap on the top of this light house and the natural stonework.

This is Cape du' Couedic lighthouse. Its on the southwest corner of KI.

We hung out at Admirals Arch and watched the New Zealand Fur Seals for quite a while.

Remarkable Rocks ~ truly remarkable!! Such a fun holiday!

Lighthouse touring on Kangaroo Island

Ghost on the cliff! Jose and I had a fun filled 2 days cruising the island to see the light houses. We found a neat craft shop, the odd coffee shop, great lunch stops, and lots of laughs!! we ate a bit of dust too! LOTS of wild life here ~ birds galore, kangaroos, wallabies, goannas, possums, seals...lots of road kill.

Cape Willoughby light. Kangaroo Island was often the first land the sailing ship encountered when they came out of the roaring forties that drove them across the bottom of the world.

The 'contemplation seat' is a memorial to aboriginal women brot here years ago, as slaves to the men.

....and we found Homer Simpson set in stone!!

Stained Glass

My Latest Quilt! Well, actually wall hanging. The view out the window is my favorite view of South West Rocks. Love the color of the ocean!! I have accentuated it by boardering in turquoise...stunning hey!! my first lead light attempt! Quilt camp this weekend was SO fun.

Cherry's Birthday

Cherry turns 31. Scout is teething~ madly chewing on everything, including her bottom lip!! Champange breakfast at the beach as the family birthday celebration. Brent sent some homemade muffins along, so that held the sparkler!!

Little Sprout!! First hairdoo!! shes 21 weeks

Farewell to Sals - back to London - at least until Christmas time!

Lady in Red...

The QM2, the largest cruise ship on the seas, attracted lots of attention!! The city was buzzing...people on every vantage point, car chaos, and the harbour was a flurry of boats. It was quite an exciting evening out on Denis' boat. A matching pair of queens!!

Crowds of passengers on deck to see the much smaller sister ship - Queen Elizabeth 2 come into the harbour. Its was amazing for them both to be here at the same time.

The QE2 on its way to Circular Quay.

The night ended in fireworks. Was so fun, as we ended up right underneath them, quite by accident, but it gave us the best view ever. Fun fun!

Advent Quilt

A Christmas Village consisting of 24 houses, one of them being a dog house! one for each day of December leading up to the big gift day. The houses are numbered pockets where eager little beavers find some treasure for each day.
I first made one for my grandchildren in London and I actually filled it for 2 years, now the boys are a little older, there are notes for them to do things or find things, a bit like a treasure hunt....and some sweeties!
One of Holly's friends from London, now living in Brisbane with a baby, decided she wanted to create such a tradition for her little one, so this is for her.

PostCard

Its always fun to receive a postcard from some exotic place, just to know your friends are thinking of you.[or skiteing about where they've been...] Well....were into making postcards from fabrics and embellishments of allsorts!! Its fun to make them, fun to send them and fun to receive them! I thot I was going to send lots of them...ha! this one took me so long that its nearly Valentines Day! I do have a nice little collection of them going...more are always welcome! so try your hand at creating a tiny quilt...postcard size....and I will send you one back!

South West Rocks Holiday

View of SWR from my favorite coffee shop....its a biking destination!!
Getting Artistic!!
Wheels and wings!
Smokey Cape Headland with lighthouse.
Lois and Pete on Smokey Cape Beach.
Granite rocks near the gaol.
Full moon night...looks like an eye!
Moon watchers!
Little Bay.
Kangaroos at Little Bay
Fishing at Horseshoe Bay
Looking up the river from the wall.

FULL MOON

8:13 was the rising of the full moon. I jumped on my bike and raced down to the point to watch the moon rise. It was cloudy...why is it always cloudy when ever I get the chance to see the full moon rise out of the ocean?? So the full moon was up 20 min before I got a glimpse of it thru the clouds. On the second night of the full moon it was much more spectacular!! The moon light makes this amazing silvery ripples on the water....i would like to try to repllicate them on to fabric. It will be a challange.
The tides are extream around the full moon. Our bodies being 98%water are subject to the pull of the moon too. its a good excuse to be a little crazy!! Ooooowwwwwwwoooooo!!!!