7/09/14   Photo a Day   Father

Iain Donald Hay McDougall

6/09/14  -16/09/2000

I love this photo of my father when he was about three years old, this photo would have been taken in Christchurch NZ as he lived in that city for the first ten years of his life with his Australian father and English mother.

He joined the AIF and fought in Egypt and Palestine in World War Two but was injured and repatriated home in 1942 and then became a Public Servant for the Meat Board and for a time was General Secretary of the Farmer's and Settler's Association of NSW. Then he turned his hand to Journalism for a time at the Sydney Morning Herald and then he started his own publishing firm which specialised in industrial journals.

All his life he wrote poetry and prose and many times his works were published in The Bulletin until that was taken over by Fairfax (?)

My parents divorced in January 1963 and from that date until his death I only saw him a few times although he was a prolific letter writer all his life.

6/09/14   Photo a Day  I need

 I have been unwell for most of this week and right now I need energy and also perhaps inspiration to get things done.I have started making Christmas presents because I am going away in early December I need to be organised for Christmas in early December.

5/09/14   Photo a Day   Upside down

This is a photo of the Three Sisters at Katoomba upside down!!

Well how can you tell ? This photo was taken on the 4th April this year when we took an American visitor to see them and of course the fog was so thick how do you know whether they are upside down or not.

4/09/14   Photo a Day  DIY

I made this quilt rack myself about 20 years ago , I bought a pine towel rack and used much longer and thicker dowelling for the arms; then I stained it all .

At present it holds my ten Siggy Square quilts thet have been completed.

3/09/14  Photo a Day   Buttons

  

This wall hanging  is a Christine Book design and is at least ten years old, the main reason I made it was because my mother had a button jar (old Fowlers Vacola Jar)  that all the grandchildren played with when they were young. Not one of them put a button in their mouth but they were supervised, they learnt colour,size, shape, counting  and how to sort with those buttons.

2/09/14   Photo a Day  Stripes

I love this fabric, I bought it to use as bindings on quilts and so far I have used it on the modern quilt I finished last month.

1/09/14   Photo a Day  In my Cup

31/08/14   Photo a Day   10AM

30/08/14  Photo a Day  Nearby

29/08/14   Photo a Day   Dessert

It's a glorious winter's day here so I'm sitting in the sun eating strawberries for dessert

28/08/14   Photo a Day   Travel

Next week my daughter and her friend are travelling to Africa for a three week safari holiday

27/08/14   Photo a Day  Dull  

Dull as dishwater , a saying I remember my Mother and her Father using probably as an insult 

26/08/14   Photo a Day   Breakfast

25/08/14   Photo a Day  Mail

24/08/14   Photo a Day  Fragrant

A friend gave me this variegated Daphne when my mother died in 2001, Don Burke used to say they are one of the hardest things to grow but this one thrives on neglect although it is a bit scrawny.

23/08/14   Photo a Day   Style

This Millie's style and she's sticking to it!

22/08/14   Photo a Day  Words

AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL ANTHEM

Australians all let us rejoice,

For we are young and free;

We’ve golden soil and wealth for toil;

Our home is girt by sea;

Our land abounds in nature’s gifts

Of beauty rich and rare;

In history’s page, let every stage

Advance Australia Fair.

In joyful strains then let us sing,

Advance Australia Fair.

Beneath our radiant Southern Cross

We’ll toil with hearts and hands;

To make this Commonwealth of ours

Renowned of all the lands;

For those who’ve come across the seas

We’ve boundless plains to share;

With courage let us all combine

To Advance Australia Fair.

In joyful strains then let us sing,

Advance Australia Fair.

21/08/14   Photo a Day   Decorate

This cedar table is decorated with photos of my family

20/08/14  Photo a Day  Before bedtime

   A couple of hours watching the television

19/08/14   Photo a Day  To-do list

One more task on the computer and it's off to the sewing room  to play

Photo a Day Catch up

I haven't been on the computer for a few days so now I have to play catch-up

16/08/14  Clean

17/08/14  Dinner

18/08/14  Arrow

15/08/14   Photo a Day  Clouds

14/08/14   Photo a Day  Give

 I made this quilt for my friend's 60th birthday

13/08/14   Photo a Day   Inside

My favourite room on a sunny morning

12/08/14   Photo a Day   Gather

Yesterday my Monday patchwork group of ladies gathered for lunch at Bishop's Court here  in Bathurst we were thoroughly spoiled and had a beautiful meal cooked by Christine le Fevre in her charming B & B

.http://www.bishopscourtestate.com.au/

If ever you want to have a weekend away and be served with gourmet meals by the Chef I can recommend it.In her kitchen (which I would love to have ) on the bench was the biggest dish of quinces and she was going to poach them for her guest's breakfast this morning,.

11/08/14   Photo a Day  Mirror

10/08/14   Photo a Day  Art

I have always loved  Aboriginal Art ; Trish bought this from a friend when she was living in Dubbo in 1997.

9/08/14  Photo a Day   Mix

A mix of china in my cabinet from early nineteenth century to Modern Faberge plates

8/08/14  Photo a Day  Pet peeve

 

The mess the sparrows leave on my front veranda Yuk!

7/08/14   Photo a Day   Spot

This spot is where I went to Primary School in the 1950's , they were very happy days and I had lots of friends.Unfortunately when my parents went their separate ways and we moved to Griffith I lost touch with them but they are often in my thoughts.

Back in the 1950's boys and girls were segregated after Infants and there was different school buildings and playgrounds, I am not sure what the reasoning was behind this.

6/08/14  Photo a Day   Grateful for

I am grateful that Millie is once again healthy and back to her normal self.After a dash to the Vet's on Monday and a couple of injections she is now acting and I presume feeling better. Would you believe she had tonsillitis and Dr Tom said she was his  fourth canine patient with that in a week.

5/08/14   Photo a Day  Pile

This is the pile of tops that need quilting ,27 in total I think!

4/08/14 Photo a Day    In the Middle

Millie in the middle, we (i.e. the other two and myself) are very worried about Millie as she is quite sick, she is going to the Vet's in another hour.

3/08/14   Photo a Day "s" is for

Snow which occasionally falls in Bathurst

2/08/14   Photo a Day   Lunch

Yesterday's lunch Grilled Cajun Chicken with Vegies

1/08/14   Photo a Day Landscape

This quilt was made at a Judy Turner workshop at Caroline Price's woolshed way back in 1997, the photo being the view from my cousin Anne's place Nanango Queensland.

8/07/14   Photo a Day   I've never

I have never been able to turn a somersault in my life!

Almost finished

I have quilted these two quilts in the last week , now for the binding.

This is the front of the siggy quilt from Bendigo retreat in 2007 and below is the back.This has been the biggest siggy quilt ever I think.




















The next quilt is from Adelaide retreat 2009

7/07/14  Photo a Day   First

My first born child

Patricia Anne Colley

6/07/14  Photo a Day  View

The view from Mount Victoria over the Vale of Clwydd

5/07/14   Photo a Day  On the table

On the first Saturday of every month a group of Scquilters meet at the Blue Gum Hotel in Waitara and sometimes I manage to get to the big smoke to meet with my friends.This Chicken and mushroom pie is what I had for lunch yesterday and it was very yummy.

Pennie takes lots of photos and here is the link to the Blog

http://sydneyscquilters.blogspot.com.au/

4/07/14  Photo a Day   Stars

3/07/14   Photo a Day   Match

These fabrics match, they are ready to start a new project in the next couple of weeks

2/07/14  Photo a Day  Something beginning with K

Kitchen

1/07/14   Photo a Day  Red and White

I still need to quilt this but I like this quilt top, made about 8 years ago.