Are We There Yet?

Are we there yet?

Or

Is This The Last of my Birthday Presents?

This is a very long line.

There is still this long a line inside ?

Am I Really Here?

Yes a two hour drive to Canberra and the Masterpieces of Paris Exhibition was my Birthday present from DD#1. We had a lovely day viewing the artworks. Both of us are Art Teachers. A real Mother daughter day.

My Birthday presents started arriving 3 weeks before the 13Th of Feb with my very own laptop from DH.

I've been learning to use it and learning to blog all at the same time. Multi tasking

The little blue button pin and the lavender filled heart are from Kaite and her Mum. Kaite drove 2hrs plus from Bathurst to lunch with me.

I've had a month long Birthday and enjoyed it all.

Terry

Hearts and Memories

Hearts and Memories

A tiny quilt with lots of memories.

The hearts on this quilt were my first foray into applique. Knowing nothing about the process I basted the hearts onto cardboard and then needle turned sort of in place.

I now know the process I used was similar to using freezer paper.

Freezer paper did exist at this time but no one was using it for quilting.

The pink fabric in the second row was used by my MIL to make a baby dress that both my daughters wore.

The rose floral print fabric was from a dress I made in my university days.

My father carried a photo of myself in the dress with the young man who became DH.

The dress is long since gone but not DH.

A very little quilt with a BIG heart.

Terry

A Day at the Cricket

A Day at the Cricket

A fine day with possible showers was predicted for the One Day game against West Indies. I packed the lunch and rain gear and DH and I trained and bussed to the Sydney Cricket Ground.

All went well for awhile. A brief shower and the covers were rolled up as play continued with Australia all out at tea. A one day cricket game starts early afternoon and finishes at about 10:00pm. Sort of like a double header if your a baseball fan. Tea is the break for supper half way through the game.

Just as the teams left the ground for tea the skies opened up. We made a dash for cover . A quick assessment of the weather and we decided to head home.

As things go a game half seen turned into a game seen in full. There was no resumption of play and we didn't get drenched through to the bone.

All in all a good Day at the Cricket with DH.

Happy Valentine's Day