CRESCENDoh

Today I am a Guest Curator on Jenny Doh's site, Crescendoh.

My Art Saves story is here - click on the link

Check in every day as there are links to 2 of my favourite blogs and these links change every day.

The links are on the bottom of my section on Crescendoh's home page

So over the next week you will get to read posts from 14 of my favourite blogs.

Crescendoh is an amazing site and be sure to check out all the links (in red) on the left hand side of the home page.

Don't forget to check the post below for other exciting things that happened over the weekend

HOW LUCKY AM I ???

What a weekend this has been.

Excitement plus.

1st off - did you notice my new look blog?

I was lucky enough to win a Blog makeover from Katrina Chambers

Katrina is one clever chick.

Thanks Katrina I love my new look.

Katrina also has another blog called A Very Fine House check it out.

The second exciting thing this weekend was the engagement of child #4 Michael and his gorgeous girlfriend Chantelle.

The happy couple

Chantelle thought Michael did a great job picking the ring
She loved it

Love this laughing photo of Chantelle

It's in the bag

Ready for a stitch here and a stitch there

The bag is always near by to be picked up and taken with me in the car or to any room in the house.

I keep a small piece of embroidery to work on in this pretty pink bag
Whenever I have time I sew a few stitches

It makes it much easier to do something creative when you can just bundle it up into the bag when someone calls in or you have a chore to do

Love the white embroidery on this piece of linen

Just place a hoop around the linen and it is playtime - anywhere, anytime

Just put it back into the bag when playtime is over

Kiteboarding at Rosebud Beach

Went for a walk at Rosebud Beach over the weekend and came accross these Kiteboarders

Took a movie with my camera For some reason you lose the right hand side of the video so you might want to click on this link and view it through YouTube

Click and enlarge the photos below

These guys were having a ball

Enlarge this and see how high he is out of the water



It was so cold and windy on the beach

Can't beat a walk on an Aussie beach during Winter - beautiful skies and fabulous water

White Wednesday

As a Lover of All Things White - I have joined in White Wednesday over at Faded Charm

Go check it out

Gorgeous White Heart

What girl doesn't love 'hearts' this is one of my favourites

Love all the detail on this little white cupboard.

Inside are some pretty pink glasses

Beautiful white Camellia from my garden

Love this shell covered orb

I was trying to take a photo of this embroidery without getting any reflection in it.
When I down loaded them I loved this one even with the reflection because that reflection is my bedroom

Remember to go over to Faded Charm and see some more lovely whites

HOLIDAY SNAPS

Max and I had a great few days away at Lorne.

We went from one side of Port Phillip Bay to the other, about a 2 and a half hour drive.

Click on some of the links to check out the history of the area

Great Ocean Road Monument

Sparrow on the Pier at Lorne

This is the view from our balcony to the beach

12 Apostles
Giant rock stacks that rise majestically from the Southern Ocean and are the central feature of the rugged Port Campbell National Park


This was our appartment

Thought that some of you "Shabby Pink Girls' would love this little boat

Something for the 'Lovers of Rust'

This gorgeous Swing Bridge was just up the beach from where we stayed

Max's yummy Big Breakfast

Erskine Falls - 312 steps to get down there and what felt like more than 312 steps to get back up

How sweet is this little bird

I should have cropped this photo so you could have a better look at this sweet bird, so why not just click on the photo to enlarge it

Sunrise from our loungeroom on our last day

Moonlight walk on the beach on our last night at Lorne

OFF TO LORNE

Time for a break.

Max and I are just about to jump in the car and go to stay at Mantra Lorne

We come back Tuesday afternoon

GRANDMA

During the school holidays I was babysitting all 3 grandchildren.

Usually I only have the littlest Riley for 2 days a week (and Lachlan and Chloe occasionally after school) but as you can see by his little face in the photo below he was sick.

Chloe and Lachlan sat with him on the sofa watching TV. They had my Gran's crocheted rug on their knees.

It got me thinking about my Gran and the influence she had on my life.

Here is a photo of her in the mid 1960's. She died in 1968 when I was 14

I visited her nearly every day as she lived just around the corner and had a wonderful relationship with her

She was always busy making something.

She crocheted this lovely rug

I remember her pulling about old sweaters and washing and rewinding the wool to use in the rug. Many a time I sat at her feet with my hands out stretched to wrap the wool.

She also made this hexagonal quilt that sometimes lays at the bottom of my bed

Most of the fabrics in this quilt were from clothes that could no longer be repaired, scraps from sewing even the occasional tie. I love looking at it and remembering which fabric came from my own clothes

Such lovely colours

I love seeing her hand stitching.

So many memories. She used to have newspaper templates that the fabric would then be hand stitched onto. Then the hexagons would be sewn together . Once it was finished the newspaper would be pulled out.

I beleive that her love of creating influenced me with the crafts I enjoy today

I can only hope that my grandchildren will remember me with as much love as I remember my Gran