Australia Day 2018

Australia Day - I spent Australia Day in North Queensland with my brother in law and his family. It has rained all day and all night since I arrived Thursday. Just lovely to have rain I hope I take some home with me.  We ate pies and burgers and had some nice wine. We talked and told stories and had a great time.

Chooky Visit

First drinks by the pool !   Then roast lamb...

Then this ..................stitching in my chair...... Always nice to see my friend chookyblue!

Working on Foxly Village.

I have been trying to work on this project for a while and I am slowly getting there. Too many life interruptions lately. But ..there is no race is there? This is my happy space!

Bias Maker

I bought this little machine last year and this is the first time I have used it .. I know ... terrible isn't it.  But anyway... it is a very useful little gadget if you have to make lots of bias or you like to use bias in a lot of your sewing or craft projects. Its made by simplicity 

roll on your strips

Thread it through as in a normal bias maker

Put the cover on 

Press the button and away you go 

Nice to be at the Chookshed

I think Chooky posted this but I am going to as well  Red and Red

I hate selfies it always looks like my eyes are closed.

I love the early morning , it's my favourite time of the day. 

Thanks for letting me visit Chooky! 

On my way to Chooky's

Last weekend I made a quick decision to visit Chookyblue. Haven't been out for a while so off I went on my four hour journey.  These aren't the best photos but I often see some brumbies ( wild horses)  in the forest near Piliga. I love seeing them but they are a bit shy.

Dad's 81

Last Sunday was my Dad's 81st. I thought I would try American peanut butter pie, my favorite dessert when I was there.  It was not as successful as I wanted . Our cornflour must be stronger as the filling was too thick and I couldn't get the peanut butter crumble to go on the base so I used crushed buttersnap biscuits. It didn't work the same but I am going to try again and do some modifications.  One of my goals for this year is not to waste food so I made a pavlova with the egg whites which were not required for the recipe The pool and the  BBQ were well used.