3/11/2017   Photo a Day  Green

Tasmania in March 2017

2/11/2017    Photo a Day   Red

These two red vehicles live at The Visitors Centre in Bathurst

1/11/2017   Photo a Day  Blue

Current project on my design wall

31/10/2017    Photo a Day  Wild

Just some of the wild kangaroos that hang around Alligator Creek

30/10/2017   Photo a Day  Home Sweet Home

This ad is a few years old now but this was where I lived for most of my childhood , whilst we did not go to the roof very often I have clear memories of watching the Britannia sail into Sydney Harbour with the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh.Back in those days family friends owned the whole block and we lived on the ground floor and had a large backyard all to ourselves.

29/10/2017   Photo a Day  On Top

28/10/2017   Photo a Day  Looking down

My latest project hopefully I will get some sewing done today.

27/10/2017   Photo a Day  Gate

26/10/2017   Photo a Day   Sticky

25/10/2017   Photo a Day  In flight

At Alligator Creek every evening the white cockatoos come into their night roosting trees

24/10/2017   Photo a Day   One of a kind

My one and only Grandchild Luke

23/10/2017   Photo a Day   Orange

I like the orange border on this quilt

22/10/2017   Photo a Day  I wrote this

In late 2000 I decided to make a year quilt in 2001 because I knew it was going to be a significant year in my life.A year quilt involves keeping a diary and choosing a different fabric for every day, well the quilt top was finished and I have half transferred the diary contents to the computer so I can print it on fabric and use for the back of the quilt.

This page is about my attendance at the Annual SCQuilters Retreat (my first one) at Noosa , it was only about one month after Mum had died but I did have fun and met many lovely ScQuilters who are still my friends to this day.

including Pennie Griffiths.

21/10/2017   Photo a Day  Right Now

20/10/2017   Photo a Day  Floral

There are some floral fabrics in this quilt top I made years ago

19/10/2017   Photo a Day  Organised

These two Printer's trays (Ems) hold my thimbles which I have recently cleaned and organised the one on the left holds Australian Souvenir thimbles as well as decorative and advertising ones.The rack on the right holds my silver thimbles as well as my international thimbles which have been sorted into countries for the first time. 

18/10/2017   Photo a Day  One Word

Summer

17/10/2017   Photo a Day  Gadget

I have many gadgets both in the sewing room and the kitchen . I used this gadget most of the weekend as I cut out a new project.

16/10/2017   Photo a Day  My name

15/10/2017  Photo a Day Snuggle

Millie likes to snuggle her Teddy Bear or else he's a convenient pillow!

14/10/2017   Photo a Day  Perspective

13/10/2017   Photo a Day  Trees

The Caravan Park at Clareview Nth Queensland in July this year

12/10/2017   Photo a Day  I saw this today

The petunias are growing in the pots of my front verandah

2/10/2017   Photo a Day  Envelope

1/10/2017   Photo a Day  My happy place

Now the weather is warming up sitting in my courtyard  relaxing is a happy place

30/092017   Photo a Day   Selfie

29/09/2017   Photo a Day  Dessert

  I have been making Golden Syrup Dumplings for years , a real comfort food and now I am cooking it in the slow cooker , thanks to these directions.

28/09/2017   Photo a Day  Trash

27/09/2017   Photo a Day  Bubbles

26/09/2017   Photo a Day  Shape

The CSIRO Radio Telescope at Parkes NSW fondly known as the Dish is round in shape.

25/09/2017   Photo a Day  Clean

All these thimbles have been cleaned I wonder if Trish will notice when she is home next weekend!

24/09/2017   Photo a Day  Everyday Adventures

We are off on a walk I try to go daily now the weather is a bit warmer

23/09/2017   Photo a Day  Rule of thirds

Castle Howard near York  UK

22/09/2017   Photo a Day  Care

I care for my beloved fur babies Murphy and Millie ensuring they are well fed,clean and comfortable and my reward is their devotion to me.

21/09/2017   Photo a Day Between

In this photo taken in Nanango Qld in 1992 my mother is between her siblings George and Kathleen.

20/09/2017   Photo a Day  Dinner

My dinner last night Chicken and vegetables

19/09/2017   Photo a Day Out of focus

Austin Breen took this photo at Tim's wedding back in 2008 when he was only five and Trish gave him her camera to amuse himself. The photo is his parents Richard and Kelly not that you could recognise Richard.

18/09/2017   Photo a Day  Outtake

17/09/2017    Photo a Day  My addiction

Patchwork and quilting is my addiction , I made this quilt for Tim and Tamara when they were married

16/092017   Photo a Day  Playing tourist

On the Spirit of Tasmania leaving Melbourne back in March 2017

15/09/2017   Photo a Day  Spoon

I have quite a few souvenir spoons from around the world however these two are more special , my maiden name and my mother's maiden name

Thimbles

 A little bit of procrastination yesterday there was many things to do so I decided to clean my thimbles.

After washing all the ceramic ones , polishing the silver ones and wiping the wooden,bakelite and plastic thimbles it was time to dust the Ems (printers trays) that house them.

Tom challenged me to count them so I did I own

239 thimbles

101 of these are souvenirs from overseas

10 silver thimbles 3 of which are over 100 years old

1 Wedgewood

1 Coalport

118 Australian souvenirs  

14/09/2017   Photo a Day  Mess

Dad made the mess and I am cleaning up

13/09/2017   Photo a Day   Scenic

The view from Helleyers Road Distillery near Burnie Tasmania

12/09/2017   Photo a Day  Emotional

11/09/2017   Photo a Day  Solo

 Sometimes I like a drink of Solo

10/09/2017   Photo a Day  Lunch

Luke having lunch with Trish and I last week

Louise Fiona

Happy birthday to my sister Louise , wife,mother,grandmother,potter,author.