25/09/2015   Photo a Day  Blue

This is a twelve week old Blue Heeler Pup named Farmer he is a lovely boy and enjoyed playing with the kids on Monday but he did need some rest in between.

24/09/2015   Photo a Day  Green

This is the view from Julie and Brian's home at Rockley Mount , we had patchwork there on Monday and it is very green as the hot weather hasn't yet arrived to dry it out.

23/09/2015   Photo a Day  Yellow

This table runner was made as a result of a challenge set by Pennie after the Sydney Quilt Show Dinner in 2003 and has been used constantly ever since.On the back is the emails sent by Pennie giving the details of the challenge which was the name of the block Beacon Lights.

22/09/2015   Photo a Day  Orange

Yesterday Patchwork was held at Julie's house and this is what she cooked for lunch Orange Chicken and it was very yummy.Thank you Julie.

21/09/2015   Photo a Day  Red

The photo does not show it very well but all these fabrics are red and just a small section of my stash

20/09/2015    Photo a Day  Perspective

This photo taken on the corner of William and Keppel Streets in Bathurst and three blocks down to the Railway Station. In case you are thinking the light in the middle of the roundabout is different it is just facing the other way because William Street is the main street of Bathurst.

19/09/2015    Photo a Day    Candy

A container of Fruit Tingles I have in my cupboard for an occasional sweet treat

17/09/2015   Photo a Day  I never  

I never drink Coffee and  only drink Tea for Breakfast however I do have Coffee in the cupboard for my coffee drinking friends

16/09/2015    Photo a Day  To my Right

Some of my patchwork tools sitting on the bookcase in the sewing room

15/09/2015   Photo a Day  To my left

As I sit at my Sewing machine and look to my left I see daily domestic chores have been achieved!

14/09/2015  Photo a Day  I'm proud of this 

I am making this quilt for my first grandchild and I really love it, just need to concentrate a bit more on the quilting instead of doing housework and socialising!

13/09/2015  Photo a Day  Wow

I bought this small quilt from an Amish Home business in Lancaster County Pa. back in 2010 and the quilting still wows me

12/09/2015   Photo a Day Opposite

Black and White thread catcher

11/09/2015   Photo a Day  I taste

 My favourite jams are Quince Jelly and Apple Jelly , this is my current jar a birthday present from Julie and I am enjoying the taste of it when I have toast for breakfast (which isn't very often!).

The taste brings back many memories because my mother made lots of both every year and I often think I should but the thought passes quickly and I go back to just buying some.

10/09/2015  Photo a Day   I see

I see some very special washing on the line yesterday I have carefully looked after these knitted and crocheted layettes for forty years and they will be going to Sydney soon for my first Grandchild due in December.

9/09/2015   Photo a Day  I hear

Some of the music on my Ipad that I listen to whilst quilting

8/09/2015   Photo a Day  Help

I am probably showing my age but this album was released fifty years ago last month yet it seems like only yesterday.1965 was the year I did the Leaving Certificate and the last year that examination was held , it was the first year of the School Certificate and this group went on to become the first students to sit for the Higher School Certificate.

7/09/2015   Photo a Day  Sunlight

Sunlight didn't happen in Bathurst until just after 9 o'clock this morning just as Weatherzone predicted! It looks like being a nice day and it's Monday which patchwork day anyway.

6/09/2015   Photo a Day  In the air

Fitness is in the air in Bathurst today as the Edgell Jog is underway this is the tail-end mainly families, I took this photo at 11.45AM and they should get to the Courthouse by Midday to be in the draw for an overseas trip. The traffic controllers are on most corners for safety reasons.

5/09/2015  Photo a Day   Sparkle

This little box that does sparkle is amongst the "Stuff" I am getting rid of , I am in the middle of a big cleanup.

4/09/2015  Photo a Day  My passion

My passion at the moment is quilting on my Bernina.

3/09/2015   Photo a Day  Bedtime

Last night I wore my new pyjamas for the first time , Tom and Jayne bought them in Dallas when they were there.

2/09/2015   Photo a Day   Happiness is

Spring is here the daffodils are flowering and whilst it does not get warm in Bathurst for weeks yet the days are getting longer and the sun is warmer and one feels more alive and energetic.

1/09/2015  Photo a Day   In my wardrobe

Being an old house I don't have much wardrobe space , this is the only full length hanging space in the house and it is in the sewing room

New Quilt

This is the quilt I am working on at present for my first Grandchild due in December, this photo was taken yesterday when it was still on the design wall I have taken away the dark piece on the bottom right hand corner and sewn it all together and I am pleased with the result.

31/08/2015   Photo a Day  Warm

Murphy likes to be warm and cries until I put his coat on when he's been clipped and he's cold, Oh and he likes to be comfortable !

30/08/2015   Photo a Day  I do this on weekends

Most weekends I sew whilst watching TV shows on Iview that I missed during the week

29/08/2015   Photo a Day  Handwriting

28/08/2015   Photo a Day  Daily life

Daily life involves plenty of rest for the four legged members of this household

27/08/2015   Photo a Day  Communicate

Facebook although sometimes it is a time waster I am in communication with cousins I haven't seen for nearly twenty years.If I didn't have my Internet to stay in touch with other human beings my life would be very lonely indeed.

26/08/2015   Photo a Day  Charming

These sewing/patchwork charms are charming!

25/08/2015  Photo a Day  Two things

These two blokes aren't valuable as such but I do love them

24/08/2015   Photo a Day  On my desk

23/08/2015   Photo a Day  Lighting

This is a lovely (and very heavy) art deco lamp made of pewter.

22/08/2015   Photo a Day  Path

Holiday

I have been over to Adelaide for ten days to visit Tom and Jayne and to celebrate Jayne's 60th birthday , their son Steven and his partner Kayla drove down from Townsville and after having a break here we drove to Adelaide and back .Yesterday they left here to visit more family and friends in Sydney and Canberra before heading north again.

21/08/2015   Photo a Day  M is for

Macy,Murphy and Millie watching television back in May this year.

9/08/2015   Photo a Day  Perfect

A perfect winter's day lots of sunshine, pleasant company and good food

8/08/2015   Photo a Day  Door

7/08/2015   Photo a Day  Quirky

A quirky quote

6/08/2015   Photo a Day  What I wish for

I need to get more healthy which means I need to start walking again

5/08/2015   Photo a Day  Something Purple

My big weakness is this chocolate but I don't eat any other lollies,chips, cakes, biscuits or even takeaway food .That's my story and I'm sticking to it!

Richard Ousby

This article appeared in today's The Australian Newspaper written by John Lethlean and is about my nephew Richard the son of my sister Louise

A  shake-up in restaurateur Frank van Haandel’s world will see a big promotion for young Brisbane chef Richard Ousby.

The 32-year-old has been made executive chef of van Haandel’s Stokehouse trio, coinciding with the resignation of chef Ollie Gould last week as head chef of Stokehouse Melbourne. Former Van Haandel Group executive chef Anthony Musarra also is no longer involved with the Stokehouse brand and now manages the group’s Fatto restaurant at Melbourne’s Southbank. Stokehouse Q’s manager Peter McMahon, a familiar face on many restaurant floors through the years, becomes operations manager for all Stokehouses. The group faces a big year with the architecturally adventurous rebuild of Stokehouse St Kilda, a Melbourne landmark in its pre-fire days, starting soon, with a projected opening in October next year.


Ousby — something of a baby-faced assassin — has the task of appointing a head chef for Melbourne and ultimately replacing himself in Brisbane. He will move to Melbourne next year to run the ship from the south and cook at the new Stokehouse St Kilda for the first three months of its life, at least. Ousby, who grew up in Bathurst, Singapore and Brisbane, says: “It’s all been a bit of a whirlwind.” Stokehouse Q has gone ahead leaps and bounds under his culinary direction since he was appointed to the helm in May 2013. From an apprenticeship at red-sauce Italian Alberto’s, in Brisbane’s Paddington, to the Waterside Inn in Britain and nearly three years at Quay in Sydney, Ousby has enjoyed an impressive ascension. He won the coveted Electrolux Appetite for Excellence Young Chef award in 2011. “The Waterside was definitely the turning point of my career,” says Ousby, who sent a note up to chef-owner Michel Roux’s hotel room in Brisbane in 2006 that ultimately got him the job in Bray, outside London. “It’s where I was amazed by the effort required and the produce needed to excel.” As for Gould? “No news as yet. Sad to be leaving but looking forward to the unknown. I’ll take a little break. Mykonos or Santorini?”

4/08/2015   Photo a Day   On the shelf

On the shelf in the kitchen some of these jugs have stories to tell , there are four made by my sister one made by a friend of hers , two from Bendigo pottery ( I have been there twice!) and the little green one.

The little green one was on our table most Sundays holding the mint sauce Mum had made to go with our Roast Leg of Lamb it has a couple of mends  but now it holds cupfuls of memories.

 

3/08/2015   Photo a Day  Words

A shopping list for later in the week.

I need these ingredients for two recipes I am going to use next weekend , both recipes are from the two people I know read my blog regularly I wonder if they can pick their recipe!

2/08/2015   Photo a Day  A little moment

The full moon on Friday night with a branch eerily reaching out

1/08/2015   Photo a Day   Fiction

I don't read much fiction but when I do it's usually a good old who dunnit.