What a trip away........

As Brolga's have a special meaning to me I saw this one on the way to the Patchwork Expo..........I want dh to make one for me..............after some jobs and shopping and getting heaps of wedding pics developed we went out to dinner............great company, dinner and location but dam well freezing.............

Here we are at dinner - Patch, Dragonfly and On the Hill and a couple of extra's On the Hill's wonderful helper (who was supposed to be on the coast) and her SIL. I am exhausted from staying up to late last night chatting and have had a wonderful busy day and met lots of blog people....sooooo exciting..........more news tomorrow....

Take care.............

I love the mail.............

Hi All

Wow the mail has been good lately and to start with I have present from my great friend Tutti Frutti.....is you read her blog you will know she has just had a trip to Japan.........man that girl did some shopping.........lucky she also got some material for me.........blue chooks............how cool is that.........and I love the others too, one has sheep on it and the other I love and think I will make a bag with..............I am sooooo lucky thanks heaps Tutti Frutti...I have never seen materials like this so it has opened up a whole new world - hmmm that could be dangerous........ .......Well Sharon and I celebrated our 100 posts about the same time so decided to exchange presents............this is what I got from her - a bag, 3 patterns, a little plate and she also sent some See's Candy........that didn't last very long and was sooooo good I especially liked the vanilla one.............I'm swapping with her again real soon

this is my favourite pattern and can see myself making this up really soon...................well 100 posts ago seem so long ago with Sharon as man that girl can post on her blog..........she must be up to 150 posts by now................she must go 24 hours a day and she always has so much to post about.............

Finally I have some material from the Moda Shangrila range..........I love shopping at Z&S Fabrics........they have great deals and package things so nicely............ these materials will go with the charm pack that I brought earlier.................

Emus out in the paddock the other day...........as you can see we need some rain............desperately again............

Off to a craft fair this weekend and will have dinner with Kerry and Dragonfly and Patch while there........

New girl in blogland - welcome Patch

Myuna Bay

Hi All
Today you need to welcome my friend Patch to blogland..........she is actually in the Santa Swap.....she was thinking about starting a blog so she could join my swap but the decided if I needed someone to fix a problem she would come in then..............she has slipped into a spot I need her a little while ago and finally these school holidays she has come out and we got her blog set up this afternoon so please head over and give her a big welcome.............I did an earlier post about her here...........
.........funny story is I did this post all up and was ready to publish and discovered I was signed into her blog..............opps delete..........all fixed up now...............

Grevillea - Australian Native
.......take care...........

Feeling better..............some wedding pics

Okay so i have gone a little pink for October.................what do you think.............Breast Cancer Awareness month - give your boobs a check now and DON'T put it off............
I am feeling better - not 100% but getting there........thanks for all the kind thoughts..............I made it to the wedding and survived the day and then a funeral the next day................so today is a casual day and I was going to do some cleaning as we have moths at the moment and they are driving me insane every night and all dying in the house quite a mess and my vacumn cleaner died before I even got the bathroom vacumned............appropriate time don't you think................NOT at all...........
..........here are some pics from the wedding

till next time take care..............

Final post brought to you by May Britt and Paula

Hi all as I now have a camera I will today post the last of the pics people had sent me to use on my blog............THANKS heaps to everyone one who has shared their pics with me and Thimbleanna for the original idea.........
......these first 3 pics are from May Britt as she was at her local quilt store and the first 2 pics are the christmas fabric they have in and May Britt kindly reminded me that it is less then 3 months til christmas which means girls it is less then 2 months till you should have your swap present complete and ready to post at the latest..........
great fabrics............and here is May Britt's cat............smart cat if it can use that mobile phone..........

Next up the pics come from Sweet P - Paula and she sent me some pics of snow during a blizzard in the New England area in the US......................as we are heading into summer and it is forecast to be 35/95deg cel(95 deg F) here today, this picture may cool me down............

This pic is down Paula's street and the lamp post is out her living room window................so cool and refreshing..........

Thank everyone for your kind wishes on getting better and my new baby shown in the last post.....I usually reply to all comments but after being off email for a few days and feeling sick I will not be replying but merely thank you all in this post for your comments on the last 2 posts.......

......the family has gone to set up for the family wedding we have in the next few days and I am merely doing this post which I have played with over several hours (see really unwell) and laying on the lounge with the air con on for the day.........coughing, sniffing and sneezing all to my self with my box of tissues close by..............you know where to find me...........Tracey I would love to say I gave your kids my cold and then I would have got to met you but we are a little apart......hope they are feeling better..............

................take care till next time when hopefully i will feel like sharing some pics from my new baby with you.........

I'm here but not well.........

..........okay have just got back from a family reunion..........had a great time at a great location and caught up with lots of family.........

.....bad news is I have a head cold and feel totally like crap (sorry but that is the truth) my nose is running like a tap and I feel like I need to carry a box of tissues around and thankfully I have found a extra soft box as my nose is sore and red (call me Rudolph the red nose reindeer instead of Santa's Elf)

..... I have 2 funerals and wedding this week

......I have a new baby.........we have been playing lots over the weekend....I have taken a ridiculous number of pics and it feels great to be able to take pics of whatever I want when I want...........here I am with the new family member..........isn't she beautiful.........(dragonfly took the pic).......

....thanks to everyone who has got me by until now with pics and I will post the final ones I have saved..........i'll be back when I have time and feel better...........

Todays post brought to you by Anne Ida

Anne Ida - Quiltoholic sent me these pics last week...........she says that the 1st one is the medieval fortress down in the old city centre. It is called Akershus Festning (The fortress of Akershus). It was founded by king Haakon V Magnusson in 1299, but has been added to over the years, so now it is a mix match from several periods. Inside the grounds you find the medieval castle - which is still used for banquets and more by the government and royal family, a church/chapel, museums, a beutiful park with water features (a carp pond amon others).

The other pic is one that Anne Ida took over the fjord standing on the wall to the left in the pic of the fortress... .......this shows a bit of the view when walking along the walls............

How nice is that.........there isn't a castle in Australia.............I would love to travel over to these areas to have a look at some castle in real life...........

This weekend is a long weekend in NSW, Australia (Monday holiday)........the school holidays have started for 2 weeks................we have lots on and then a funeral and a wedding during next week so when I return who knows.............til then take care.............

Today's post brought to you by Quilting in Paradise

So what am I to say about this photo..........the wonderful Jodie of Quilting in Paradise has become a phone/yahoo messenger friend on from blogland and if 2 people click it is me and her......1st nerve racking phone call awhile ago was about 1/2 hour the other night we talked for 1.5 hours.........yeh you get the picture we can talk make a lot of noise and I guess that is just like sea gulls...........natter natter natter...............thank god she is in Oz

(taken on Jodie's morning walk)

our worlds are so different but we have so much in common...........sewing started this off...........
..........schoool holidays start here tomorrow and we have lots on and I may get a post in tomorrow but if I get quite you know I will be very busy...............
.....thanks Connie for the post card from Disney in Florida........I have a friend going to disney in Japan tomorrow..........
..........take care.....