30/10/2015   Photo a Day   Z is for

Zoo

I grew up not far from Taronga Park Zoo and used to go for a visit every school holiday and sometimes in between.I have also visited Zoos in Auckland NZ,Adelaide,Melbourne and Dubbo.

Sun seeking dog

 Here is Murphy again finding himself a warm and sheltered spot in the sun this morning.

The bay tree doesn't seem to mind , perhaps he warms up its roots , who lnows

29/10/2015  Photo a Day  Y is for

Yellow

This is some of the yellow fabrics in my stash I love yellow and use it often

28/10/2015    Photo a Day  X is for

Xylophone

27/10/2015   Photo a Day   W is for 

The wedding of my son Tim to Tamara in November 2008

26/10/2015   Photo a Day  V is for

Violet although this pencil is Dark Violet!!

Garden Ornaments

Murphy enjoying the sun , I'm not sure why it is more comfortable sitting on a cement seat than a dog bed perhaps he thought being that bit closer to the sun would be warmer.

25/10/2015   Photo a Day   U is for 

UFO

In the quilting world a UFO is an unfinished project and it is not unusual to have many I am no different and have too many to count this is one of six boxes under the spare bed. It is a twisted hexagon quilt started about 5 years ago and I occasionally get it out and sew for a day or two before I need to go back to quilts that have a deadline.

 

24/10/2015   Photo a Day  T is for

Trish and Tim in  April 1993 at my mother's seventieth birthday.

23/10/2015   Photo a Day  S is for

Sewing machine

22/10/2015   Photo a Day   R is for 

Roses 

I picked these ones yesterday morning before the promised storm arrived they are Papa Meilland and the smell is divine.

21/10/2015   Photo a Day  Q is for

Quilting I enjoy quilting and have been doing it for over thirty years.

I hand quilted this queen size quilt whilst recovering from surgery in 1998 and I quilted this modern quilt on my Bernina last year.

20/10/2015   Photo a Day  P is for

Patchwork what else! These five quilts need to be quilted and they are all Bonnie Hunter designs.

19/10/2015   Photo a Day  O is for

The Ousbys

My sister Louise and her husband Joe Ousby who live in Brisbane

18/10/2015   Photo a Day  N is for

My Nanny Catherine Helena Doyle on the left with her SIL Millicent Isabel Doyle , this photo was taken in May 1946

17/10/2015  Photo a Day  M is for

My three dogs from the left

Murphy,Millie and Macy

16/10/2015  Photo a Day  L is for

Louise my younger sister with our cat Panda this photo was taken around 1954

15/10/2015  Photo a Day  K is for

Kitchen 

On Tuesday night I made myself a very yummy Pizza with Basil,tomato,leg ham and buffalo Mozzarella cheese

14/10/2015  Photo a Day  J is for

My cousin Jayne cutting the cake at her 60th birthday party in August

13/10/2015   Photo a Day  I is for

Intercourse is a small Amish town in Lancaster County Pennsylvania 

12/10/2015   Photo a Day  H is for

Harley Davidson , this one belongs to Steven Riley in Townsville

11/10/2015   Photo a Day  G is for

Gracelands Memphis Tennessee

10/10/2015  Photo a Day  F is for

Fort Worth in Texas

9/10/2015   Photo a Day E is for

Epson

8/10/2015   Photo a Day  D is for

Dog , this is Macy she is my oldest dog turning 15 in December

7/10/2015   Photo a Day  C is for

Chef

This is my nephew Richard Ousby who is Head Chef at Stokehouse Melbourne and Brisbane

6/10/2015  Photo a Day  B is for

Beale Street in Memphis the home of Southern music in the USA

5/10/2015   Photo a Day   A is for

Angels 

4/10/2015  Photo a Day  Tradition

Traditional Amish Quilts for sale in Lancaster County

3/10/2015   Photo a Day  I saw this

No I haven't been to the White House this is a replica of the Oval Office recreated in the Bill Clinton Library in Little Rock Arkansas and I was there in 2010.

2/10/2015   Photo a Day  Garden

I don't have much of a garden  these days just a few roses and some herbs in pots.

1/10/2015   Photo a Day   Oops

 2/10/2015 Oops I forgot to take a photo yesterday so here is the sun rising this morning at 6 AM