Winter......

Simple pleasures......... The flower from a milk thistle.......

Freezing outside today in the wind....... Perfect winters day...... Beautiful out of the wind in the sun but I'm hiding inside....... Under a quilt binding......

Watched the Olympics opening ceremony and the highlight for me was Celine Dion...... I just watched the documentary I Am Celine Dion....... Celine is amazing and I'm thrilled that she could perform that song.......stiff persons syndrome is so cruel and to see what she has been/is going thru I am in awe of her performance.......I could watch it over and over.................

I'll watch what I can and get my fix of Olympics when I can.......

Mr Chooky set up the TV for me........I don't normally watch it.........

Treasure every moment......

Catch you later......

Chookyblue......

enjoying the moments.......

Well the last week's been pretty chilly as they predicted....... Love getting a dose of winter....... Need to feel all the seasons..........

It was crispy in the Chookshed when I heeded out Sunday morning....... The room was 7 deg C so I turned the air con on and headed back inside to get ready to zoom.........

The first light glow above the silos as I was getting started on zoom....... How pretty is that....... Trying to stop and find the special moments in life..... Sometimes we are just too busy to stop and take the moment to pause......

Stop look and tell me what you find when you really look ....... 

I worked on binding a quilt ....   Sorry I forgot to take any pics....... Thankyou to those who joined....... We had a nice catch up as usual.........

this was my lawn in Saturday arvo....... It has hardly had a frost on it and it's late July......... It did get some yesterday but really it hasn't been very frosty this winter at all so far...... Mr Chooky mowed this patch........ It looked so good, so then on Sunday I mowed heaps until..........the wheel feel off......... Oops

Yep it really feel off....... Need to wait to get some parts at the shop a few hours away......... But I did get some of the outer wilds tamed........

All the natural things flowering were only in yellow........

but all different and very pretty.......I have a few more but I'll try get better photos.......

Checking out some of the teenagers........ They are doing well........

And Lambie wanted to know what was happening and came up to me and wanted a pat........ She's getting older now but she still lives with the cows.........

Hope you had a good weekend what did you get up to?????

Catch you later..... 

Chookyblue......

bits of this and that...........

 Our part of the world sure is chilly at present............icey winds.........snow in some of the once a year or two snow places..........

We've had quite a few foggy days.............so thick and wet you need the windscreen wipers on.................

I had a couple of zoom sessions on the weekend as it was not nice weather wise............so good to spend some time on self care sewing and socialising..............I worked on a flannel quilt............sorry cannot share photos here yet............lovely to see those who were on..........they were very quiet..........lol............I know that may surprise some............

I've found some cool fungi while out fencing and wood cutting.............

This orange one I always love to find...........I feel like its a bonus as its so rare that I get to see it............but its grown around the little twigs here also.............

the patterns inside the hollow logs are works of art............

And finally here's a piece of wood that I put into the fire last night............

look at all the patterns that have been made on the timber..............

glad I stopped and took the photos before I threw it in the fire..............

Ok best run off to work.............

Catch you later..........

Chookyblue.......

a new retreat..........

Well we put the information out last night and it has filled very quickly..............

So a spontaneous idea at the workshop on the weekend grew very fast..........

bit of a muck around with some of the accommodation but we are sorted.........

I cannot wait..........

It's a retreat I am hosting with Deb from The Crafters Cottage...........

Starting Friday morning thru til Sunday afternoon it will be a great time to sew and chat with like minded people and make some new friends........

OMG blink and it will be here........

Catch you later........

Chookyblue.......

PS I'm a little excited............

a month.......

 wow where has the time gone............a month since I blogged last..........it's been a busy month..........I've had some extra days off here and there.........finished my course I started  - its been 12 months.........yippee........I've been a bit extra social..........few things on in town.........

Diane @ The Sloan Patch came to stay for the weekend...........it got a little extended due to some rain.............

We had a great time together...........she was supposed to be here for the Chookshed birthday but it was too wet then.............better late then never....... 

We did play with the quilting frame........that was a not so good...............but we sorted a few things out...........jury is still out if I will keep this or not...........

I got the binding on a couple of quilts.................

sunset when we had a fire one afternoon...............

I went to The Crafters Cottage for a couple of workshops.............

Danni was teaching and I had a great time.............

First day I did an orange peel workshop..........I choose some scraps from my box to play with as I was undecided if I wanted to machine or hand stitch..........I choose machine.......... 

The mountains looked amazing...........those green crops on the left were so vibrant............

The second day I did free motion quilting..........

I tried a few things but I did best at rulers late in the day...........I will keep trying though............

I am completely zoned out when trying to get the pattern in my head to FMQ...........

You might recognise Mrs Amazing across the table from me...........

Yep Janice@Jannimary and Di (another Di from Scrub Stitchin) were also at the workshop but I missed getting a photo..........Janice was going AMAZING............

loving winter here...............

great thing about winter is sitting around a fire with friends................

Another stunning sunset..........

some great firewood in this cut.........

sometimes it's a but random how good the wood is...............

Anyway best go..........

Catch you later.........

Chookyblue.........

PS oh and a new retreat may have been planned.........

more on that very soon..........