Christmas Party - work

Last night we had our staff room Christmas party at Rachael's. She lives on a property about 45 kms out of town.  Her husband put together the wooden reindeer, using a water float for his red nose ... very cute...I just love rustic charm.

The building is the shearers quarters where, in the past, the men shearing the sheep would live here until the shed was finished. 

Rudolf 

This must be Dancer !

Rudolf by  night.

Party Season

Last night we had our staff room Christmas party at Rachael's. She lives on a property about 45 kms out of town.  Her husband put together the wooden reindeer, using a water float for his red nose ... very cute...I just love rustic charm.

The building is the shearers quarters where, in the past, the men shearing the sheep would live here until the shed was finished. 

Rudolf 

This must be Dancer !

Rudolf by  night.

Christmas Goodies

Getting in and finishing my OPAM  project for November early as I know the next few weeks will be crazy busy.

Snow Bowl Fillers - a Bonnie Sullivan pre - printed pattern.  I love these little projects combining applique and stitching so cute.

Lucy Boston

2 more Lucy Boston Blocks done .

Over the weekend  I spent some time stitching..... Getting my OPAM for October finished. This project is a partially printed project designed by Bonnie Sullivan. It uses some wool applique, embroidery and a printed picture design. I love them. I Love the colours and the quirky design.  As much as I try to go for an Aussie for Christmas I still tend to love the traditional northern hemisphere style of decoration.  In early November last year I was in Michigan and it snowed and there were lots of Christmas decorations in shops and around and that will probably as close as I will ever get to a white Christmas. Well I can dream. Hello to Denice my Michigan friend.

Flowers

I got a lovely surprise  when my darling husband spoiled me from afar.

Northern Visitors

Bernie's family from the Atherton tablelands (North Qld) visited. Some have never been interstate so we drove over the bridge for a photo shoot . Ha !Ha!

We had so much fun making  pizzas.  The pool was open for business and face painting was a main attraction, first the kids and then  the adults, if you stood still you were painted.  

Family time

Spent some time with my brother during the holidays. They dug up fresh sand to make a sandpit, a bit of paddling on the dam, some fishing and a sausage sizzle on an open fire to end the day. What else could kids want.  The only technology was my camera.

If the tractor, the forklift, or the gator has a steering wheel or a horn it's very cool for this little boy.

Night time possum hunt is always good. Don't worry the gator never went anywhere . NO keys the kids just loved playing on it and pretending.

Creating with Scan and Cut

Feels like a little while since I've blogged ,sorry, but life just gets in the way sometimes.

I promised dear Peg I would catch up on my OPAM I missed August so now I am caught up if that is allowed?  Now life should be back to normal and I should be on time for October.  

I made these trays for the ladies I work with at school for Xmas ! Hopefully they don't read my blog. I used the Brother scan and cut. I have had it for ages but wasn't confident with it. After a few demonstrations at the Sydney  Quilt and Craft fair  I got inspired. The trays are quite big and hopefully will be useful not just for the Christmas season but all year around.

Needle Roll Finished.

I have finished my needle roll . It's  a good project to learn to do a lot of the stitches , but, I have to say I still have a long way to go. Now I  have a very useful needle roll to store all the special needles for the other Sue Spargo  projects. 

Sorry Peg I have missed August but this is my September project finished and hopefully by the end of September I will have finished my August project.

More Progress

More progress on my needle roll. Almost done.

Needle Roll

I have finally got a chance and the courage to start on my Sue Spargo needle roll.
Just a beginner with these stitches but I am enjoying it.

Mungindi

Mungindi on the Border on the Barwon...

Mungindi is uniquely situated on both sides of the NSW and Queensland Border on the eastern side of Australia. Divided by the Barwon River, it is the only border town in the Southern Hemisphere with the same name in two states.

Situated on the Carnarvon Highway which links Melbourne with Darwin, Mungindi is located 120km north west of Moree, 120klms south of St George and 150kms south west of Goondiwindi. This makes it the connecting point of four Shires.

The One Ton Post, believed to be the largest survey peg in Australia, was erected by Mr. John Cameron in 1881. It marks the completion of two long years of surveying the 29th parallel, forming the border between NSW and QLD. The One Ton Post stands where the 29th parallel meets the Barwon River.

The Central Business District is located in NSW, but uniquely there are two Police stations, one in each state. The Schools, with the exception of the Community Pre-School, are in NSW. The Hospital is situated on the Queensland side. In 2006, the town opened its Rural Transaction Centre, incorporating many local services and businesses under one roof.

Mungindi has a population of approximately 700 people, with the district producing wheat, cotton, wool, beef and sheep. The community is becoming renowned for its enthusiasm in bringing world class Festivals and Events to the local area. 

We took Mum and Dad for a drive with us and had a great day.

I am calling Bernie the post man here since he would not come out for a photo

NSW side ...this Mr Cameron is  also the man the famous Cameron's Corner is named after.

QLD side 

Thallon Silos

There is a little town, or some might say, village, 190 km west of Goondiwindi. Like many little towns tiny towns, they are finding it hard to survive.  A lovely lady who was once a teacher there worked to get Thallon on the map. Painted Silos, like the ones in the south of the country. (I have talked about them on my blog before.) After the silos come along "Willy the Wombat".  Kids can even climb on him as one side has rock climbing holds.  Shh!!   not just kids when I was there last Saturday I saw a lady who would have been 60 climb upon his back... what fun .. being a kid again.

Of course these things plus the pub and the river have attracted the grey nomads in their caravans and others. Lunch at the pub is good too.  There is a good story on the ABC Australian story about this little place. Worth a look. 

Thallon Silos

Close up of the sheep 

and the Rosellas

and here is Willy the Northern Hairy nose wombat an animal on the endangered list

His kid friendly side 

The Thallon pub

All in a weekend -Sue Spargo Project begins and so does Hockey

When I was in Houston I saw Sue Spargo and bought some projects from her. It has taken me this long to get the confidence to try to start them.  This one is the beginners project.. the needle roll. I was pleased with my first circle. 

Our little girl started Hockey this was her first game.

And of course the little boy had to have a go as well, but not in the class of course.

What Ev does Colton does... well he tries to anyway. They are growing so fast 

May be Sorted

I have tried your suggestion Shez .   Could  someone  leave me a comment to see if it works please.
Do your grand kids  like selfies?  Mine love them but it's hard to get a serious face .

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Hi Ladies

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 They are not being emailed to me.   ANY HELP APPRECIATED  . 

Thank you Janis, Denice, Susan and Shez for your comments.