tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58063927747558830522024-02-08T18:39:34.229+11:00Dragonfly Gypsydragonfly gypsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13870543404174385463noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5806392774755883052.post-30053039369875070642011-02-11T14:34:00.008+11:002011-02-11T15:25:41.416+11:00HOW LUCKY WERE WE!!!!!As everyone knows by now some very lucky quilters had dinner at Kim McLean's house with Kaffe and Brandon. We had great company, fun, food, wine, show and tell and story telling. If you are wondering about some funny hunched up photos of me it is because of this. Brandon was having a high old time pulling my hair and putting it on his head. Doesn't he look great with long blonde hair!!!! <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVfYojcEqJb4nolPC9QNnvqbTLhSL6hzHG0EoDB2DkAEdngqRSEbHmeK4CJHN8KROWSaz-eDgglGzAkEJ0T8Jj_wH4Nab2vKdlBo8xZAxOy5lMirnJ_yM8EpWFTvUhdMQCH5FSvrnxr0ML/s1600/P1020296.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572272656050936338" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVfYojcEqJb4nolPC9QNnvqbTLhSL6hzHG0EoDB2DkAEdngqRSEbHmeK4CJHN8KROWSaz-eDgglGzAkEJ0T8Jj_wH4Nab2vKdlBo8xZAxOy5lMirnJ_yM8EpWFTvUhdMQCH5FSvrnxr0ML/s320/P1020296.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcq-ZDG2tS9qsknOjphnf9l-WtzabJ6qgaD7pX2PMmeJOcNXMj-nGUIZALmwEk2BL7IKxqAWlvsKyFv8mPy8vyokLqeZEswmoV3seyHlmrfqQ6Dn-Wkeinbh_kVOS48_f1t9bUUCSBt94G/s1600/P1020297.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572272455672325202" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcq-ZDG2tS9qsknOjphnf9l-WtzabJ6qgaD7pX2PMmeJOcNXMj-nGUIZALmwEk2BL7IKxqAWlvsKyFv8mPy8vyokLqeZEswmoV3seyHlmrfqQ6Dn-Wkeinbh_kVOS48_f1t9bUUCSBt94G/s320/P1020297.JPG" /></a><br />What an unbelievable quilt of Janet's. It is a Kim McLean pattern <strong><em>Stars and Sprigs</em></strong>. It was lovely to finally meet Janet from <a href="http://quiltsalott.blogspot.com/">Quiltsalott</a>.</div><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp1FqtOFHaEkuC18rVr5kmPhpBXzcLhqAjBJsi636Gt6Qw3WbD_2dMoEUbRc-ZZZicfiSGIdzFDwyN-nkaQLR00Y5tvVUpvnxhdWVGpggk1aIzs-pCHVlVtf3cV4_pn-fi6CK9WlehG503/s1600/P1020299.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572272451147133378" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp1FqtOFHaEkuC18rVr5kmPhpBXzcLhqAjBJsi636Gt6Qw3WbD_2dMoEUbRc-ZZZicfiSGIdzFDwyN-nkaQLR00Y5tvVUpvnxhdWVGpggk1aIzs-pCHVlVtf3cV4_pn-fi6CK9WlehG503/s320/P1020299.JPG" /></a><br />This is Cathy from <a href="http://cabbagequilts.blogspot.com/">Cabbage Quilts</a> and it was great to finally meet her. I was very disappointed last year I missed out on meeting her when she called into Material Obsession as I was on the Queen Vic trip. My Group told me how lovely she was and now I know too.<br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaC-FEYtxs1E4n1jyNo5-9UqF3oSJ4QAGhQHn93_A3_HKMgffv03bOsoMUY1OICQ0V7McyV-MQtFrJaekH5gE7_7yJmJJcfy5Y1Xx6Kn_YC6ufFyGaq_2qGBPt1dZms7WjrxKjYNVyAgfd/s1600/P1020300.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572272445890117138" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaC-FEYtxs1E4n1jyNo5-9UqF3oSJ4QAGhQHn93_A3_HKMgffv03bOsoMUY1OICQ0V7McyV-MQtFrJaekH5gE7_7yJmJJcfy5Y1Xx6Kn_YC6ufFyGaq_2qGBPt1dZms7WjrxKjYNVyAgfd/s320/P1020300.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1hXX6PVGcYJKFR113ELQ4ruZ1aFs1i_6_FC3V8SIjJFHgafZdpW_0vzHMwXfjOZVEe8lrNVA0IvZ79b_w0hLEOXajVzqfAIWfCzE19lelT8B02T_MS9j3eKaV1GkEW2eNM__oxq4b6xbt/s1600/P1020301.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572272443961459586" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1hXX6PVGcYJKFR113ELQ4ruZ1aFs1i_6_FC3V8SIjJFHgafZdpW_0vzHMwXfjOZVEe8lrNVA0IvZ79b_w0hLEOXajVzqfAIWfCzE19lelT8B02T_MS9j3eKaV1GkEW2eNM__oxq4b6xbt/s320/P1020301.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIoryKhSiD6u5unn2Qsqe6Orxhh-_jP5uNoBFyhCKyVKart7W1AQl9HJ71AGVuVhm-MIWaXF7UD4yObuiAp-aLDtaM1-RKv5oBQddMwzjMDQ-k9pqBpv_zMynhHXegDlF2fXubXHPkgDsh/s1600/P1020302.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572272437246860066" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIoryKhSiD6u5unn2Qsqe6Orxhh-_jP5uNoBFyhCKyVKart7W1AQl9HJ71AGVuVhm-MIWaXF7UD4yObuiAp-aLDtaM1-RKv5oBQddMwzjMDQ-k9pqBpv_zMynhHXegDlF2fXubXHPkgDsh/s320/P1020302.JPG" /></a><br />Cathy's beautiful Mosaic Quilt and lucky her look who she is under it with.</div><div> </div><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh71lqAINz05ckJb0C8Cq_IXSHu3ctvHDI5FOftYU0qyd-uLtJhvQLsrPC-P_Omfp65YbO2XMQ3ebeVS1hsbWwAPz6w215ZeubuOGrfOCcKF9ZhwoYedANfmPuE55nC6MkaCx7SZHtMgosU/s1600/P1020303.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572271755873038178" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh71lqAINz05ckJb0C8Cq_IXSHu3ctvHDI5FOftYU0qyd-uLtJhvQLsrPC-P_Omfp65YbO2XMQ3ebeVS1hsbWwAPz6w215ZeubuOGrfOCcKF9ZhwoYedANfmPuE55nC6MkaCx7SZHtMgosU/s320/P1020303.JPG" /></a>I am also very lucky to sew with Kim at her home so I was there for the making of this Princess Feathers but it is still always wonderful to see it again. Beautiful, Beautiful!!!!!!</div><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfZIJtgploCUENYJjlsTC3OEac2goqEACxGXHcJzBd9D4KN9oEBPctuTYv349A5g-Z3_rShQDKsD2k0GmchtpzP1ld0FmeNebMEXgQur-MMMNYHBp8H0fuhZESpS6gjOOA19OzbKOePeL3/s1600/P1020304.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572271745355897922" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfZIJtgploCUENYJjlsTC3OEac2goqEACxGXHcJzBd9D4KN9oEBPctuTYv349A5g-Z3_rShQDKsD2k0GmchtpzP1ld0FmeNebMEXgQur-MMMNYHBp8H0fuhZESpS6gjOOA19OzbKOePeL3/s320/P1020304.JPG" /></a>More Kim candy!!!!!!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgww52vqyFgadQN7KQcNcGhF2x5vsK9nrkMXFHG0ZKPwYW9ZQWW_u_GXBZl6Qxm9IffJojJeRXAcbaco1sRNYqzWDd5z6VJ-HgEbbLOgO-FmtL-n09D8bgRaUwBnIdqCPPmViCs2jatpCyr/s1600/P1020305.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572271741862256514" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgww52vqyFgadQN7KQcNcGhF2x5vsK9nrkMXFHG0ZKPwYW9ZQWW_u_GXBZl6Qxm9IffJojJeRXAcbaco1sRNYqzWDd5z6VJ-HgEbbLOgO-FmtL-n09D8bgRaUwBnIdqCPPmViCs2jatpCyr/s320/P1020305.JPG" /></a><br />Sue is great fun. It was really good to catch up with her. We met some years ago in a Kim class.</div><div> </div><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjzWugbJZ4lQgefscp6mqrCHk2qN7W9fQEAfhu52erXanf9MmJQ0sNt6078A03Iz9CJU2PdAe7zQebrB0FceQnXOpoDk2Jl9l_Yo_zZcMZVXvr_WwZInfcqWA8hg8xjMQt96NJI8RJhDjE/s1600/P1020306.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572271738336263026" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjzWugbJZ4lQgefscp6mqrCHk2qN7W9fQEAfhu52erXanf9MmJQ0sNt6078A03Iz9CJU2PdAe7zQebrB0FceQnXOpoDk2Jl9l_Yo_zZcMZVXvr_WwZInfcqWA8hg8xjMQt96NJI8RJhDjE/s320/P1020306.JPG" /></a>Two genius' in contemplation!!!!!!!!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo2NxK0q_D1f_oM0AR9KH98xz0f5FkTcn21vs0Qhi1cxsh300NUnzj5Q1vKuErb_mH59V07Radpb-Y4NqdDLVQH3jHQowmihFCNx7xOnAqgxOrrl9WEmgcU1r59fKEekp_YcU9I9v5wADP/s1600/P1020307.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572271734260190146" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo2NxK0q_D1f_oM0AR9KH98xz0f5FkTcn21vs0Qhi1cxsh300NUnzj5Q1vKuErb_mH59V07Radpb-Y4NqdDLVQH3jHQowmihFCNx7xOnAqgxOrrl9WEmgcU1r59fKEekp_YcU9I9v5wADP/s320/P1020307.JPG" /></a>In one way I am a bit of a numbskull I didn't take show and tell but what I did take was my collection of Kaffe books and yet again lucky old me got them signed by Kaffe and Brandon. The whole night was stuff dreams are made of. </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /><p>I must also say the exciting night only whet my appetite for some social gatherings Kathy from Material Obsession told me she is planning for her beautiful new shop soon to be opened at Birkenhead Point. How fantastic to have some great nights full of fun, food, sewing and show and tell. WOO! HOO!!!!</p>dragonfly gypsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13870543404174385463noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5806392774755883052.post-41874738140282952642011-01-08T17:02:00.003+11:002011-01-08T23:14:14.378+11:0034TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY<p>Today is our 34th Wedding Anniversary. In the 70's I lived in Bali. I would come back to Sydney and work a bit to save up and go back again for a couple of months. Bali then was way different to now. I came back to work and met my husband and as they say the rest is history. This is our 70's wedding. We had it in Sydney because my Mother has a fear of flying and never would go overseas so my Bali wedding never happened.</p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK-7Cy80g1yL3JAaoSjjl3iR3ViUNMXlsdiQs9t5vU4nfU36ToV4nwvx7tcNbbgGC_cP0G6NefTiIoBy6Ydf8nIdFPd0ThN38WAuk0t19tl7ALYe3qXj9_3SafIl_MlzZtNCiUWZKtVDQA/s1600/Greg-and-Sharron-1.png"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 221px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553385054438700818" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK-7Cy80g1yL3JAaoSjjl3iR3ViUNMXlsdiQs9t5vU4nfU36ToV4nwvx7tcNbbgGC_cP0G6NefTiIoBy6Ydf8nIdFPd0ThN38WAuk0t19tl7ALYe3qXj9_3SafIl_MlzZtNCiUWZKtVDQA/s320/Greg-and-Sharron-1.png" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6OYNPMBMFekGZVCGNaxGw3GiS0YDX46uPU1LrYa_enPJxq7r7u_A8P4trV9eyzYZo9bI7NBCjMhZWE8zhcZ9im3XmyggkxynNxv1yA-3pxaog6bldYE_uIqMBjgw1Z4LVJFA-f3TS1I0K/s1600/Greg-and-Sharron-2.png"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 222px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553385044516221314" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6OYNPMBMFekGZVCGNaxGw3GiS0YDX46uPU1LrYa_enPJxq7r7u_A8P4trV9eyzYZo9bI7NBCjMhZWE8zhcZ9im3XmyggkxynNxv1yA-3pxaog6bldYE_uIqMBjgw1Z4LVJFA-f3TS1I0K/s320/Greg-and-Sharron-2.png" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2O1ZP36bnX8pvRBLOaaD3hAnl2WVKBabiCcEGyIrWBVlZ46VVNr8R9SS12DV6FGVtCy-6hyphenhyphenc0nEGd3RTtD7zSjwnNsfu7trZWkiQDKYjmKYPoINh9UDIHj1Q0nhuko_W1Hrlah5ap_Jg2/s1600/Greg-and-Sharron-3.png"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 221px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553384417858537906" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2O1ZP36bnX8pvRBLOaaD3hAnl2WVKBabiCcEGyIrWBVlZ46VVNr8R9SS12DV6FGVtCy-6hyphenhyphenc0nEGd3RTtD7zSjwnNsfu7trZWkiQDKYjmKYPoINh9UDIHj1Q0nhuko_W1Hrlah5ap_Jg2/s320/Greg-and-Sharron-3.png" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguvFh3R9brYGYcUMf4L2m8awLQiTJkspRSmjNAu17WOqtA-XH1Bq4dE-6ZFtvquJ9JpZd39fGM_4Iupq7wING7dSPC778tEdGcZJOyqbA46Sw_-lo7VKkuZJcCUaJdSLwIElbDWCPWtIov/s1600/Greg-and-Sharron-4.png"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 220px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553384411368562946" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguvFh3R9brYGYcUMf4L2m8awLQiTJkspRSmjNAu17WOqtA-XH1Bq4dE-6ZFtvquJ9JpZd39fGM_4Iupq7wING7dSPC778tEdGcZJOyqbA46Sw_-lo7VKkuZJcCUaJdSLwIElbDWCPWtIov/s320/Greg-and-Sharron-4.png" /></a><br />Dreams can happen. You can make them happen. My Bali wedding on our 30th Wedding Annivesary. Same day same time. BALI!!!!!!!!<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLwB8cD_c9HqnD0_mERb_i9MDvmqW5FzDtO4jUbuvbS6uacJHLtU_WVMIyRF1-12emxoBgCBPT7c1pBsa_kkYq4CG6OwoQmp-3GVvlSE-3QdR2uPCjFEFWiWsZvj_HCkdmWoDeBTVgZyVE/s1600/DSC_0003.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 213px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553384404451004162" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLwB8cD_c9HqnD0_mERb_i9MDvmqW5FzDtO4jUbuvbS6uacJHLtU_WVMIyRF1-12emxoBgCBPT7c1pBsa_kkYq4CG6OwoQmp-3GVvlSE-3QdR2uPCjFEFWiWsZvj_HCkdmWoDeBTVgZyVE/s320/DSC_0003.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcCHRBbO2xmQNuXr1uYpj_5JbjkUwP49nKHjNAfV9xKhNJssfc7INpYxWZcHf2fpfgJ5ALybXVxrzeKROj1X899r3KC5eQ9thbrqdsP4Ozzft8Y4j5-H03x2bvCk1l2PKNWbWEGUtaklpZ/s1600/DSC_0008.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 213px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553384394598921346" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcCHRBbO2xmQNuXr1uYpj_5JbjkUwP49nKHjNAfV9xKhNJssfc7INpYxWZcHf2fpfgJ5ALybXVxrzeKROj1X899r3KC5eQ9thbrqdsP4Ozzft8Y4j5-H03x2bvCk1l2PKNWbWEGUtaklpZ/s320/DSC_0008.JPG" /></a> Our beautiful daughter was our attendant and our event organiser. Our son managed to muck up his flight and never made it (of course) Oh well!!! He said can't you delay it and I said NO we are doing this same day same time. He said well I will come over later I said if you aint at the wedding don't come for the honeymoon. It was a beautiful day with 1,000's of frangipanis for aisle, little legong girls for flower girls, gamelan band playing traditional music, champagne and my favourite cake banana with cream cheese frosting. PERFECT.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitYsomu2scFMoVnWFW7O5oLZPE50zOWD4DYzHEtrjFOHxxQmmG7WffAA9oFPbL-1ZVK3iqB-vupaWg3Cx-taJEnHPFUD9qRPXZpvkf0rhsrZm4peoWk3TiJNCkfurGcl6XTYgqF-ATWlQk/s1600/DSC_0016.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 213px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553384394989970434" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitYsomu2scFMoVnWFW7O5oLZPE50zOWD4DYzHEtrjFOHxxQmmG7WffAA9oFPbL-1ZVK3iqB-vupaWg3Cx-taJEnHPFUD9qRPXZpvkf0rhsrZm4peoWk3TiJNCkfurGcl6XTYgqF-ATWlQk/s320/DSC_0016.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-hh15tZNy5H2zoQCawZFgc6WT941ZQ7fxRE_ykczMCrqJhqhg5XqYypzD6TvwkVIrdQWo_pS70FbJFpz5IDJ3bFaQT_QN2KTCZ2L1egNAbV-mPc0dmG5TVfq_f_db9vxSueCuoqQMlYCl/s1600/DSC_0047.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 213px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553383950846707746" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-hh15tZNy5H2zoQCawZFgc6WT941ZQ7fxRE_ykczMCrqJhqhg5XqYypzD6TvwkVIrdQWo_pS70FbJFpz5IDJ3bFaQT_QN2KTCZ2L1egNAbV-mPc0dmG5TVfq_f_db9vxSueCuoqQMlYCl/s320/DSC_0047.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCjbNguWWEiW6gKr7OtKpWZYfrP_AJhdJPxrKMX2nuH0AQF_lINXG4ocnPWX3ESspBHQNFeqwJ5zpNi8FGOdKjfF_fRG5_WdNH0I6doIIa0Yvl5j5Dhdpn-hwjx18d_7EBSobEfLy1u2PQ/s1600/DSC_0062.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 213px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553383944352608962" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCjbNguWWEiW6gKr7OtKpWZYfrP_AJhdJPxrKMX2nuH0AQF_lINXG4ocnPWX3ESspBHQNFeqwJ5zpNi8FGOdKjfF_fRG5_WdNH0I6doIIa0Yvl5j5Dhdpn-hwjx18d_7EBSobEfLy1u2PQ/s320/DSC_0062.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrfBdxbCeXAT0MqMb0s_5FzrnESSoPcijGQGD9_v0nPlybmGgo5zAP288flKvrt8uQqkJKsw1oNSP2_t9QHPPBtxjvT2vH2c9i0cYL6b7n3Bpv2Ad6uAnlfUIdZIU4yOsaDY1U_ZAhxozv/s1600/DSC_0075.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 213px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553383940885337314" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrfBdxbCeXAT0MqMb0s_5FzrnESSoPcijGQGD9_v0nPlybmGgo5zAP288flKvrt8uQqkJKsw1oNSP2_t9QHPPBtxjvT2vH2c9i0cYL6b7n3Bpv2Ad6uAnlfUIdZIU4yOsaDY1U_ZAhxozv/s320/DSC_0075.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHs-NzrQ2GRpso52yI0nGh1wChsoFgm65tGLTCNJWRKo3eO4HfxpYgU6OQV7v_NlYgW2WbOizlAYq6umB8W6etFXxx4tf2T5cbNtjk_JR0b9RI1-A-BS7sUG6Kyf1sFPjJTUeXfMGEEVOb/s1600/DSC_0083.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 213px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553383930846211554" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHs-NzrQ2GRpso52yI0nGh1wChsoFgm65tGLTCNJWRKo3eO4HfxpYgU6OQV7v_NlYgW2WbOizlAYq6umB8W6etFXxx4tf2T5cbNtjk_JR0b9RI1-A-BS7sUG6Kyf1sFPjJTUeXfMGEEVOb/s320/DSC_0083.JPG" /></a><br />Our beautiful Shanna. Thank you for a beautiful, memorable day.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnpCBbHRLcN_4YDSs7BGdtKrq0OWqZbLijGaSsat-OHl5mm4GZqkF6MbcOuEg02d4XbYcYg_VJ_V0xUGZq0CM2MDSq5dw6TfNgqWJJK4wR3LrQJTOD8RppTke50bBzIjZ1RcV9fL5UXC1_/s1600/DSC_0091.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 213px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553383923023894002" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnpCBbHRLcN_4YDSs7BGdtKrq0OWqZbLijGaSsat-OHl5mm4GZqkF6MbcOuEg02d4XbYcYg_VJ_V0xUGZq0CM2MDSq5dw6TfNgqWJJK4wR3LrQJTOD8RppTke50bBzIjZ1RcV9fL5UXC1_/s320/DSC_0091.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh5XaA3_GjghjM4DUtcJcbDeCDzBWuKFiuzFBy0vdlzilW4nfQsdC2UczMWxhb3b3MmURSuVFnqrZmOHaDBD8_mzM3tqYhvwtJKRSg543RFfNk7rFQLcm31yvRFnaGgMlyoBBLvPhnTr3X/s1600/DSC_0100.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 213px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553383524422848098" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh5XaA3_GjghjM4DUtcJcbDeCDzBWuKFiuzFBy0vdlzilW4nfQsdC2UczMWxhb3b3MmURSuVFnqrZmOHaDBD8_mzM3tqYhvwtJKRSg543RFfNk7rFQLcm31yvRFnaGgMlyoBBLvPhnTr3X/s320/DSC_0100.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNzBlHsrn77Tp7P1wTwcY6GhRdWDHrkSeSyWNhgkMk34uKgSrNOc0U2Ok45TRwdnKFLSVVInQXqCzGKejN1sKu5TX-lRSGrqrCjlLj92FNgJcwDJ2xpDqtUXOiHyhhgepRne2fXYMIMEoX/s1600/DSC_0109.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 213px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553383522195500498" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNzBlHsrn77Tp7P1wTwcY6GhRdWDHrkSeSyWNhgkMk34uKgSrNOc0U2Ok45TRwdnKFLSVVInQXqCzGKejN1sKu5TX-lRSGrqrCjlLj92FNgJcwDJ2xpDqtUXOiHyhhgepRne2fXYMIMEoX/s320/DSC_0109.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT61JVJoJ-Bs_UmDLSME-YHhH062oHwef184c901bJoayWwn3_4eBEGKFr7s92YYkELT_MPIl4_P4szPI-WXPqm5gbjx1bnYxM2uNQEzxj_ILMFTw1P7zZHoauS48919rBZaih6vWkXPQU/s1600/DSC_0127.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 213px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553383514341795842" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT61JVJoJ-Bs_UmDLSME-YHhH062oHwef184c901bJoayWwn3_4eBEGKFr7s92YYkELT_MPIl4_P4szPI-WXPqm5gbjx1bnYxM2uNQEzxj_ILMFTw1P7zZHoauS48919rBZaih6vWkXPQU/s320/DSC_0127.JPG" /></a><br /><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzYX-s0Ul652iI00mhEo8caA3CZdRWr4DPfrlEgqwG93EgjuazVLAKecUGnwAvaPSB3WMzqIz7rhqev0rcjuUEdASU61eXmRbJENAcl23hxeyXTNzUbAU668fKK022Wc3yZtUqYze-6X-P/s1600/DSC_0151.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 213px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553383512801972322" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzYX-s0Ul652iI00mhEo8caA3CZdRWr4DPfrlEgqwG93EgjuazVLAKecUGnwAvaPSB3WMzqIz7rhqev0rcjuUEdASU61eXmRbJENAcl23hxeyXTNzUbAU668fKK022Wc3yZtUqYze-6X-P/s320/DSC_0151.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqmlygDRaZ0TrYKvTTAr5TF6I5eJwIEg8qAJQTB0NAkvxka4p5OUjMTto7Z76CjmU4SwbfBlSL-c0j4D2o2aqVvSnDKXGOQrguuLlfSRfcT7U_YTKNTGkmNoM4og7wF4OIcsI6jgx3TUqn/s1600/DSC_0230.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 213px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553383513780470354" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqmlygDRaZ0TrYKvTTAr5TF6I5eJwIEg8qAJQTB0NAkvxka4p5OUjMTto7Z76CjmU4SwbfBlSL-c0j4D2o2aqVvSnDKXGOQrguuLlfSRfcT7U_YTKNTGkmNoM4og7wF4OIcsI6jgx3TUqn/s320/DSC_0230.JPG" /></a><br />We had a great day today out on the water and dinner at a romantic restaurant on the Central Coast where we had yummy lobster and I forgot to take the camera of course. May we have many more and I remember to take camera.<br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>dragonfly gypsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13870543404174385463noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5806392774755883052.post-15937624851524619782010-12-23T14:59:00.002+11:002010-12-23T15:07:39.594+11:00GRANDMOTHER BRAG<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQs4m7bvK1rMH6lIZT2-buD4GayMaCjS0D2t5UbUAgCWqpxnY1CFiHV8Jei3b5UDH43ODAZIsuXEGjF1NLBSTywdi4JZVTTuIawDKlcy9wZhS23mYz7Q4FfEh9d7o7JhzhwLPBViGJMiS0/s1600/photo+1.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553722764533480706" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQs4m7bvK1rMH6lIZT2-buD4GayMaCjS0D2t5UbUAgCWqpxnY1CFiHV8Jei3b5UDH43ODAZIsuXEGjF1NLBSTywdi4JZVTTuIawDKlcy9wZhS23mYz7Q4FfEh9d7o7JhzhwLPBViGJMiS0/s320/photo+1.JPG" /></a> Who is a happy boy. He must be waiting for Santa<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHiqVlTb1KAFJgiJUbzDt1w1YdpMNBd2UECyZ6GavYPnZMx1KMAhmVKKzyPqotwPq2Gaw8Rp0mWE2N5-6xJYqs5AQG9dsnw-qA6gKQ1KaR_HWSwwhLOKaUaV2jF7u7tgvMeD8Ncw6oG5wT/s1600/photo+2.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553722759122623826" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHiqVlTb1KAFJgiJUbzDt1w1YdpMNBd2UECyZ6GavYPnZMx1KMAhmVKKzyPqotwPq2Gaw8Rp0mWE2N5-6xJYqs5AQG9dsnw-qA6gKQ1KaR_HWSwwhLOKaUaV2jF7u7tgvMeD8Ncw6oG5wT/s320/photo+2.JPG" /></a> I got this suit for him off Ebay (of course). My daughter said Mum you are very good at finding things find him a Christmas outfit. I don't think she quite mean't this. Ha Ha!!! She took him for his Santa Photo today and caused a near riot with people screaming baby Santa. Santa loved him too. She messaged me that she had to go and change him because she couldn't get any shopping done for people stopping her oohing and aahing. TOO CUTE!!!!!</div><div> </div><div>MERRY CHRISTMAS ...... HO HO HO<br /><br /><div></div></div>dragonfly gypsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13870543404174385463noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5806392774755883052.post-33295135745082987912010-12-20T14:20:00.003+11:002010-12-21T15:20:21.979+11:00WORK HAS STARTED AGAIN<div>A very lovely lady emailed me and said she enjoyed my blog, loved my travels and work but could I post some more photos of what I am working on or finished so here goes. I needed to feel I had finished something so here it is. I still need to bind this but hopefully over the Christmas break that will happen.</div>
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<br /><div>I also finished this off and filled in all the ends ready to applique on to a raspberry stripe border and then on to some vintage barklcloth that I had in stash.</div>
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<br /><div></div>These are some hexies I have been working on for a Marg George quilt that has appliqued birds and birdcage as well as hexie blocks made into stars. This is also a BOM at Material Obsession for this. Well worth it. It is beautiful. I have prepared all the background blocks, overlocked them and am now tracing pattern and cutting out pieces ready to start applique.</div>
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<br /><div>Another quilt very close to finishing. This is the last border on an antique Medallion. Will show again when finished.</div>
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<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgestrE8qPBzI4aLeuOgCKcishsFl8T-a2wIbWd0e7Y2sbY7IO1GfRwo8X8hU8R1jE9lCQ-8B9VJ4ttY2U9gwS_afso-uiRkFaGWeWsDuGSaw-JwgwMCKIUvj2Yo1nSJ5_9P31pO-5g5pnM/s1600/P1020155.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552971356559411026" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgestrE8qPBzI4aLeuOgCKcishsFl8T-a2wIbWd0e7Y2sbY7IO1GfRwo8X8hU8R1jE9lCQ-8B9VJ4ttY2U9gwS_afso-uiRkFaGWeWsDuGSaw-JwgwMCKIUvj2Yo1nSJ5_9P31pO-5g5pnM/s320/P1020155.JPG" /></a>Some more kaleidoscope hexies nearly finished but you get the idea.</div>
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<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIuAWhedR4N1Fubpgh5XcKFXS2JKNkWDwvXw1Abu20ExGf5fS2U868Bva4KKkzxXQm0DsaqW_S9vEFnDKFqqmPpSv_e3pjAVuH5GnmnxPGhNDzTQY8NAwvK2UvJzkk-pPDOe4vPJEBc0Gl/s1600/P1020157.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552971358081289106" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIuAWhedR4N1Fubpgh5XcKFXS2JKNkWDwvXw1Abu20ExGf5fS2U868Bva4KKkzxXQm0DsaqW_S9vEFnDKFqqmPpSv_e3pjAVuH5GnmnxPGhNDzTQY8NAwvK2UvJzkk-pPDOe4vPJEBc0Gl/s320/P1020157.JPG" /></a>These are some stars and hexies for basket quilt. Also a Marg George class. I am excited about this one as I have a spearmint green linen for hexies/star and spearmint green and white stripe linen for applique baskets.</div>
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<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPo5T3b_2URBwYFNlJKR6qK0RJ2IxdCBpT47bpheCeCCnZcpksPb8DlAZRf9jGRGR4udPnDyUPBtrOzBjFsJNaP4LSlD91eWXPVKgBB_vZsA2oj0_N7yCDdA3eU9Crm1pRbVdZhlKJVj7R/s1600/P1020160.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552971353320477234" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPo5T3b_2URBwYFNlJKR6qK0RJ2IxdCBpT47bpheCeCCnZcpksPb8DlAZRf9jGRGR4udPnDyUPBtrOzBjFsJNaP4LSlD91eWXPVKgBB_vZsA2oj0_N7yCDdA3eU9Crm1pRbVdZhlKJVj7R/s320/P1020160.JPG" /></a> I bought this vintage sewing basket off Ebay and thought you might be interested in seeing this as the work is unbelievable. So tiny and all quilted too!!!</div>
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<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw7FkeOXPaX_xJr0MxScFeF7W3M-eB7pTSUwSSsFue6sRUN-J264F4p1alky26wiLci3zs0ZQ0ErNWrV7JpKGI24Pj2fHOCqrJpEN-oBmvqyXfG7_JSNNk6NYHGeryuMdo0213wqGajdr9/s1600/Sewing+Bag.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 217px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552971347686171602" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw7FkeOXPaX_xJr0MxScFeF7W3M-eB7pTSUwSSsFue6sRUN-J264F4p1alky26wiLci3zs0ZQ0ErNWrV7JpKGI24Pj2fHOCqrJpEN-oBmvqyXfG7_JSNNk6NYHGeryuMdo0213wqGajdr9/s320/Sewing+Bag.JPG" /></a> I also managed to make a small Eye Spy quilt for our beloved little Aidan who at 12 weeks is now 3kgs. So tiny still and very unsettled with bad reflux. We have tried just about everything and bought everything that has been recommended to us bouncies, swings, pouches, different formulas, medicines, special pillows, baby whisperers but I guess my poor daughter will just have to wait till he outgrows it like the Doctors are now saying.</div>
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<br /><div>Like everyone else I am madly preparing for Christmas and packing sewing, DVD'S, books, presies, food and trying to hide it as we have our Apartment on the market and a couple have fallen in love with it the week before Christmas and asking to come in every day to look at something else. I have decided if it happens again bad luck they will just have to move around everything as I am running out of time and I want to trace the pattern for Marg's birds on my HUGE lightbox so I don't have to take that up the Coast to our holiday house as well. Cannot wait to sit on verandah with icy cold Sav Blanc and hexies. If it aint done or I haven't got it bad luck.</div>
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<br /><div>EVERYBODY have a great and safe Christmas and a Happy New Year. I hope Santa is good to you and WE all get lots of sewing done. Best wishes, Sharron </div></div></div></div></div></div>dragonfly gypsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13870543404174385463noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5806392774755883052.post-85678127884022902902010-11-24T15:49:00.017+11:002010-11-24T16:57:55.475+11:00RUSSIA AND ESTONIARussia was beautiful, very hot and very crowded. This Sphinx is an original from Egypt. Shame to think of the antiquities around the World that don't belong there. Warning this is photo heavy.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiajRiTNbSHQUuny5L6CER-8FVD9FGegsUdz9q4-X-rzO0r4H2dmSdan9lqgc9xXYBQ0fYIAkhc8S0JXewNgiE1ZSKqfZbdm2a-ZDs6C_ohpzhAhzrcHwHWQLPBvwk4RtBc9r1jxUjToMeB/s1600/P1010610.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542979137747478754" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiajRiTNbSHQUuny5L6CER-8FVD9FGegsUdz9q4-X-rzO0r4H2dmSdan9lqgc9xXYBQ0fYIAkhc8S0JXewNgiE1ZSKqfZbdm2a-ZDs6C_ohpzhAhzrcHwHWQLPBvwk4RtBc9r1jxUjToMeB/s320/P1010610.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_ARpgDAA9s6ewt9FWckrDZBR06Z5H0BtIQu1qvSzZnuOgoyRo2wRrxhHApR79a6ZAn4FF8hWDjuskpMMr8baS2Zsg_rLOw-v0RVip2RuT0YV8fo8fXSCMs3b1Sd1C6e0k7HCWfLUtbXds/s1600/P1010616.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542978993350848850" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_ARpgDAA9s6ewt9FWckrDZBR06Z5H0BtIQu1qvSzZnuOgoyRo2wRrxhHApR79a6ZAn4FF8hWDjuskpMMr8baS2Zsg_rLOw-v0RVip2RuT0YV8fo8fXSCMs3b1Sd1C6e0k7HCWfLUtbXds/s320/P1010616.JPG" /></a> The Hermitage Museum<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqJmoKG8i134u_wIyJmWXseOWbgd2y9iWgpHb8ekMFDJ96bux-pTqaot8jh6Ygf3oxcKx1pAR2s8-IkHJfqnP9KA7a2pyQiUdmF7d1qG4dV7LSrTQzJC147TBI-dKazWwPRnZHUg7zX8Cz/s1600/P1010617.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542978985866864754" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqJmoKG8i134u_wIyJmWXseOWbgd2y9iWgpHb8ekMFDJ96bux-pTqaot8jh6Ygf3oxcKx1pAR2s8-IkHJfqnP9KA7a2pyQiUdmF7d1qG4dV7LSrTQzJC147TBI-dKazWwPRnZHUg7zX8Cz/s320/P1010617.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghi5UPZ2ZVJuiorwDCXlNVu8dC3Tung6pynQtx9eGfOsHuniI2ww7d5I6jZUleW2DN8fUVDpxxmGSNMXfxaPidAqbm3NfUfpDW9VmEapcsc_pYHlBnL8Dkcqs6Fpe_2uJhVADAtfKPHDj_/s1600/P1010620.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542978984717759634" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghi5UPZ2ZVJuiorwDCXlNVu8dC3Tung6pynQtx9eGfOsHuniI2ww7d5I6jZUleW2DN8fUVDpxxmGSNMXfxaPidAqbm3NfUfpDW9VmEapcsc_pYHlBnL8Dkcqs6Fpe_2uJhVADAtfKPHDj_/s320/P1010620.JPG" /></a><br /><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542978971692185282" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf6Edyi8tOuKz52eSmZFZO1wbFPOHEGqIluXKxse67KCdJAGPjmsQBHI5eiKJNlFcJmfAoDn95qgh4KaN0COaVFpkXkcXdK0LBtY9EEX21KEpOspFLYfl2WuHFW7NR1OkVanYgWQsDsoa9/s320/P1010623.JPG" />A nice quilt in here!!!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjipIryQa7DAv_GQvO0U7PwX5VMgOSxILdpyTnGqrMoUuYoDcgndcM2_vM_PYAXDgV6uMp7Yp_0tJJBwYrRldmAakz_ZSWCGEZwcL5Qwbfwa-3lZ50dRc3X-BLDs0K9N8fQYf85LE5FG7hg/s1600/P1010624.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542978966336578466" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjipIryQa7DAv_GQvO0U7PwX5VMgOSxILdpyTnGqrMoUuYoDcgndcM2_vM_PYAXDgV6uMp7Yp_0tJJBwYrRldmAakz_ZSWCGEZwcL5Qwbfwa-3lZ50dRc3X-BLDs0K9N8fQYf85LE5FG7hg/s320/P1010624.JPG" /></a><br />Square in a square</div><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicmnlqXfrfmc5o_fb2isCH6wrnzupVzFv80AA-98vSrGYCKZFQVb6R5DAF3vANMxMBwus8P1xd8qUlZmdNJomOtibD4Op1asBeYARzYac6b-MoFDjUaUM3FkGpJvSjCdDMEMF7e2447oZL/s1600/P1010626.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542978604337278770" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicmnlqXfrfmc5o_fb2isCH6wrnzupVzFv80AA-98vSrGYCKZFQVb6R5DAF3vANMxMBwus8P1xd8qUlZmdNJomOtibD4Op1asBeYARzYac6b-MoFDjUaUM3FkGpJvSjCdDMEMF7e2447oZL/s320/P1010626.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNRATiSGbJNS8kcQMokVEakytWvCOioDnGBXvvADjCDKmK01yygfO9DHSj-RcfBCWHoKelmPn-NSPIzS9b9iQyIf5LybCer9z76KUbNW5O4jjTpVRnAQchbrbjoykUd2_-Zbazd4xJZSGa/s1600/P1010630.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542978579698327058" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXQiFZiz2kUJx36EpfALwnb3vxKFnTEcjnjhVJFJlcEW9BLpJw3gxkdnk0aQ6t0vcGhnOohuw0DkRFKMrrBT6oNQ8v2ghVjags1klJ2_CsFpTHjWytzC7ygXDjYdcmEw97dp4rmhnl8U6W/s320/P1010634.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj93wnwa8JITCFffyrn5UZ8UTIoPHi593Nt-lEobd7NXTQjs65L48VcwywN_OEmSiau_iZVnGQjzcYB055bZqk99tlVMYS54skkz2iICJfFonRCWsZz172GdjhuTexvm5-mx4Onv_AovOJd/s1600/P1010636.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542978571574678338" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj93wnwa8JITCFffyrn5UZ8UTIoPHi593Nt-lEobd7NXTQjs65L48VcwywN_OEmSiau_iZVnGQjzcYB055bZqk99tlVMYS54skkz2iICJfFonRCWsZz172GdjhuTexvm5-mx4Onv_AovOJd/s320/P1010636.JPG" /></a> Another quilt????<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9FVZkwlffzFQI4SIPT6K_R_5zDdBHRJ3OYggOxChlClHEtbBYyLNdXBL5akLsnFNgHNw6d-bg8SS_a-hUffMjVNh3g3HqbygUW9WQPAb_lGfCkoqCRSwk9zVL_lTJhy3DkvcO1Ao3dd9f/s1600/P1010637.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542977005304668002" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX04RMdl51iGboUW6anFH4zt2MWR3pjtPxNQim23Kq-J_mKYBdoNsgBaLMb0rfbp_SflPJHQAAyTSFHuG5gt6cRW9EzeF6BS6f1F_5A2UtGYfeFZhWhpP950JmJEe9KhidSFEXCJ0Bi2HL/s320/P1010660.JPG" /></a> The embroidery on this sleigh of Catherine the Great was beautifully worked.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5P1dp2zdXNrtxH4WUeE-8MoaXgoaZ0mimqncR4LXfcd4NgBihaaZgX36P-WqB1m47Jjda1lndsWGRW-5tIYwgZkU0nV79f654k6LefZQ-QMHI3lvbhQB1isy-NsbWYzt28ZUQD9rgyyX-/s1600/P1010662.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542976993744760418" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5P1dp2zdXNrtxH4WUeE-8MoaXgoaZ0mimqncR4LXfcd4NgBihaaZgX36P-WqB1m47Jjda1lndsWGRW-5tIYwgZkU0nV79f654k6LefZQ-QMHI3lvbhQB1isy-NsbWYzt28ZUQD9rgyyX-/s320/P1010662.JPG" /></a><br /><div></div>Another sleigh<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs3UewiHmJhoi7E_QS8uPvxD2P3B3WO2WLjjNw2zhg9SJZ05iaM7ogKOoz8WBfRMi69XtaNhIWanUFMkadGnaeIhEnw0XftZgUP5v0g7Ch8ibpjqNZ5OA8QB1iVgZdFLS04pdxxbRe9DR0/s1600/P1010663.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 125px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542976604312245538" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqRJXK0u7ncYfbtpC61ZsmX-NwfiCett3owfmfK0AZwgZy6vCe7TJb5EMdl5YKA4TU28c_XxtBACkZQIP4ttrXHbl227aXgzCXc8Ts7do7R7HasIPa0hpfu7ARF0MgEFdKJp8FyH0aE53f/s320/P1010672.JPG" /></a> A trip down the Canal. They call this Venice of St. Petersburg.<br /><div></div><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdyC9iXGGRnqR0Jaojp5ggQ_2cl4xS1KPPbxAjfJr3YG6NRAvongw3Ap3RxzN5mC8lwEdCzqOqbHCxdnBX0dHPkuKbDUA-Nx2bngZ89wXUX88Hp_ySVVL2cTG5HkrLR88FKK_Etxx83Yq4/s1600/P1010681.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542976326440919474" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdyC9iXGGRnqR0Jaojp5ggQ_2cl4xS1KPPbxAjfJr3YG6NRAvongw3Ap3RxzN5mC8lwEdCzqOqbHCxdnBX0dHPkuKbDUA-Nx2bngZ89wXUX88Hp_ySVVL2cTG5HkrLR88FKK_Etxx83Yq4/s320/P1010681.JPG" /></a> El Capitano will unfortunately get either sunstroke or skin cancer. He keeps a bucket on a rope and fills it with water and then throws it over himself when he gets too hot. You can just see bucket beside him.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAUIshX92Ri35yn2m6Z2azP4twMsQWtYNT1XulWOqIOejBgQIXD7blQNOLJFY_eq1v7bi6VDBYgdWs19M-ugnJepOagbejSi2n-sKuRU3Xg38dSGrdS2gzcxVhRA56orQFd1S0fqCaqUzF/s1600/P1010690.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542976322769272114" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAUIshX92Ri35yn2m6Z2azP4twMsQWtYNT1XulWOqIOejBgQIXD7blQNOLJFY_eq1v7bi6VDBYgdWs19M-ugnJepOagbejSi2n-sKuRU3Xg38dSGrdS2gzcxVhRA56orQFd1S0fqCaqUzF/s320/P1010690.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPtUrE4v2CU8vxpLQ8cKGeRAWkCAKnOw7JgEKVcXvwb7I_J1jk7bQYpLSgfnQNAZmpILOlNvHsMIkTooy2VIBUdQxI1MGUJYNiquH30b6XA4slHh4z_AVtUb9MObV2DZjHSAxHOHjv8EzS/s1600/P1010691.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542976315901425250" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPtUrE4v2CU8vxpLQ8cKGeRAWkCAKnOw7JgEKVcXvwb7I_J1jk7bQYpLSgfnQNAZmpILOlNvHsMIkTooy2VIBUdQxI1MGUJYNiquH30b6XA4slHh4z_AVtUb9MObV2DZjHSAxHOHjv8EzS/s320/P1010691.JPG" /></a><br />I am not sure about swimming. I suppose no sharks like we have in Oz.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZLh8GQiyH0EBsaEx6ul2alTRr3Bd8aEt68EtpMWrgphy03nGRRNZ3xEp8z2xTasvi0Ig3Mf40GOZZP_30N5uQm_ecewJ0C6wCn3BLF7931cTchW88oEVxtBMOrEFx6nKLNFXLdEdBD0FW/s1600/P1010695.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542976311204520514" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZLh8GQiyH0EBsaEx6ul2alTRr3Bd8aEt68EtpMWrgphy03nGRRNZ3xEp8z2xTasvi0Ig3Mf40GOZZP_30N5uQm_ecewJ0C6wCn3BLF7931cTchW88oEVxtBMOrEFx6nKLNFXLdEdBD0FW/s320/P1010695.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYzh6PWrjR2Wrpfn0hSJsLKVMZA0HwOCCMRxpky6lqO9aAwLZJ0LzI75N6Xi57G0sx9yDkFfvX6kpDISRkBfDjiz9tvGr8PnMafL-LuEikl_VzfjKWZ3Ia1mcPmsWnpcC_nOApZ55aDtqs/s1600/P1010696.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542976306654396642" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYzh6PWrjR2Wrpfn0hSJsLKVMZA0HwOCCMRxpky6lqO9aAwLZJ0LzI75N6Xi57G0sx9yDkFfvX6kpDISRkBfDjiz9tvGr8PnMafL-LuEikl_VzfjKWZ3Ia1mcPmsWnpcC_nOApZ55aDtqs/s320/P1010696.JPG" /></a> The Church domes were glorious.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5ePN6qcOX3yY87g7zpaxuYQh_9TM9xx43_T6I1-lQCz50u0SnumyfR6UqJv4gv0A71HQWhjZhEvllWf0h2GD-SM-zIDCgCa2nKB2kVIkOeLIZDwNtsCNn69n31NZ0sFpPGeCloUnw8ydK/s1600/P1010700.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542975970237551890" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5ePN6qcOX3yY87g7zpaxuYQh_9TM9xx43_T6I1-lQCz50u0SnumyfR6UqJv4gv0A71HQWhjZhEvllWf0h2GD-SM-zIDCgCa2nKB2kVIkOeLIZDwNtsCNn69n31NZ0sFpPGeCloUnw8ydK/s320/P1010700.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNOnROlbaoaT3lK8NFWDUpgUs5GIo81FY9SYq_VYY81BPMb1zVbtCDKybgdAV7uZ1gCpmfsRg6QjeeFfKz_1mmVQfgCeWTL-dsftwTZUBe4szEqstZr2Jz4Tw8z-GE2ovbcJnUgQTUKTAJ/s1600/P1010706.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542975964400445218" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNOnROlbaoaT3lK8NFWDUpgUs5GIo81FY9SYq_VYY81BPMb1zVbtCDKybgdAV7uZ1gCpmfsRg6QjeeFfKz_1mmVQfgCeWTL-dsftwTZUBe4szEqstZr2Jz4Tw8z-GE2ovbcJnUgQTUKTAJ/s320/P1010706.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbCfBjiPLX9AOq8VCowuIFtPnDwN4RxAAE17jBDak_VjMZswrZOBRi5oSjJjYXaTY21q9OeWBD7S4gIvSL3sxdyPcxQkVw_unQ03m5kf8gBf-KfdsNtTQP8fXQcNxZG1bx2cjz96pKMKP3/s1600/P1010712.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542975953469789410" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbCfBjiPLX9AOq8VCowuIFtPnDwN4RxAAE17jBDak_VjMZswrZOBRi5oSjJjYXaTY21q9OeWBD7S4gIvSL3sxdyPcxQkVw_unQ03m5kf8gBf-KfdsNtTQP8fXQcNxZG1bx2cjz96pKMKP3/s320/P1010712.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2Y3wuLAbjBxKuVA7JWe-DnaDYrd-SbYvp7VjwiPuTnFBz_ImY5podAla09Un2GRGqv8lmakL0XEXVHK6QnU5ZFAfthCbZh34uHhTlqwPlSpGCYI7qUcVrjVpSHS5Qo5x89i1HOTGfkIPw/s1600/P1010719.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542975951492183026" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2Y3wuLAbjBxKuVA7JWe-DnaDYrd-SbYvp7VjwiPuTnFBz_ImY5podAla09Un2GRGqv8lmakL0XEXVHK6QnU5ZFAfthCbZh34uHhTlqwPlSpGCYI7qUcVrjVpSHS5Qo5x89i1HOTGfkIPw/s320/P1010719.JPG" /></a> This is the Church of Spilled Blood. Unfortunate name for a very beautiful Church. One of the</div><div>Czars was blown up here and they built the Church on the site. I bought a beautiful watercolor of this Church outside but of course forgot to photograph it.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPJp3wSJD9mHN3CSRzl0xwxX_coiz4VxxarVAOf55DwZouM2hD5M7uk-D4YL4cgaWHAdRNH7k1HNJGnZX3jZTJdKg2sWfRh51VboT6CQvQsvXpt0VcRAmzPqyeFmxcjBoQ4l6PhY9jEJlo/s1600/P1010735.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542975951141818418" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPJp3wSJD9mHN3CSRzl0xwxX_coiz4VxxarVAOf55DwZouM2hD5M7uk-D4YL4cgaWHAdRNH7k1HNJGnZX3jZTJdKg2sWfRh51VboT6CQvQsvXpt0VcRAmzPqyeFmxcjBoQ4l6PhY9jEJlo/s320/P1010735.JPG" /></a> Oooh, another quilt??????<br /><div></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnZZLiCPqlwej-clFIbZV-qGpj02u-Jf8C7p0J1vQ6HaZJxMHlTCk0-hLxAIMfmosbpvRNa3nqznDmjpiDVARxSCQZtlxC9hBMKxbV6-Nys5neKceYR7mFiIub1U7rvssOiO3H-g-zOXsT/s1600/P1010741.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542975618451096514" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnZZLiCPqlwej-clFIbZV-qGpj02u-Jf8C7p0J1vQ6HaZJxMHlTCk0-hLxAIMfmosbpvRNa3nqznDmjpiDVARxSCQZtlxC9hBMKxbV6-Nys5neKceYR7mFiIub1U7rvssOiO3H-g-zOXsT/s320/P1010741.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisY3K7HAKtOhzKbEgCLmvPzkILfna48xhpl0U2fbQHXBGxzQ7PqTC5e1dnCzsZG_ciq22tILk7yO4xpNznz2NJFayKpc4U8tds4Se2qw8b7TiIHYHdwhewY3G5EDe8m-L3HvDDRTluwCld/s1600/P1010746.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542975615228871426" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisY3K7HAKtOhzKbEgCLmvPzkILfna48xhpl0U2fbQHXBGxzQ7PqTC5e1dnCzsZG_ciq22tILk7yO4xpNznz2NJFayKpc4U8tds4Se2qw8b7TiIHYHdwhewY3G5EDe8m-L3HvDDRTluwCld/s320/P1010746.JPG" /></a><br />Don't know the name of this Church.</div><div> </div><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixj18EH4HMzPjjqQuJ_83bN7js0pEfGyWGmBl7BRDK6h8lv0yD7ylhxMNLi_Nh3o2IvaTfXOqVQ7JcuxmYOkJv2m0ai6D38xfOpvkC1x1CEKQEDtzepa_odovcNc6jImnL2rgtvwdmpgFm/s1600/P1010749.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542975610307762514" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixj18EH4HMzPjjqQuJ_83bN7js0pEfGyWGmBl7BRDK6h8lv0yD7ylhxMNLi_Nh3o2IvaTfXOqVQ7JcuxmYOkJv2m0ai6D38xfOpvkC1x1CEKQEDtzepa_odovcNc6jImnL2rgtvwdmpgFm/s320/P1010749.JPG" /></a><br />St. Peterhof Palace.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLwLI3FytZ87Sops6iV7tbcdRRliyAYFCWGC6tw5KCbMiWlgvKliKuQH7Aolfy9X_EkRMUorJe33WO7bYoCrlZJES-zUtqOR28i6bw_VVB66yr9cgX4uldoLDX1GYR7UyoVwTnI2vVigAe/s1600/P1010750.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542975609616069234" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLwLI3FytZ87Sops6iV7tbcdRRliyAYFCWGC6tw5KCbMiWlgvKliKuQH7Aolfy9X_EkRMUorJe33WO7bYoCrlZJES-zUtqOR28i6bw_VVB66yr9cgX4uldoLDX1GYR7UyoVwTnI2vVigAe/s320/P1010750.JPG" /></a> They liken this to Versailles in Russia.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDAS_l7OYBIBxfoCKp_16bisZzn_8IMZdhzm-ZKMSohE2KO3xEi6K_gj5hSCccVgD-qQTrEL88OANECvVl0l_pyaGf8p4Fh-SPaqkw1JQRYLew6EE6TDSf-kgjI7YzshlCLNACAd4CgePc/s1600/P1010753.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542975602409692226" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDAS_l7OYBIBxfoCKp_16bisZzn_8IMZdhzm-ZKMSohE2KO3xEi6K_gj5hSCccVgD-qQTrEL88OANECvVl0l_pyaGf8p4Fh-SPaqkw1JQRYLew6EE6TDSf-kgjI7YzshlCLNACAd4CgePc/s320/P1010753.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzkOA5wNxzQV_15IvQ8heqjfa9YOncI2ETHWg9O_xkF0WVjVsMbML6ASvoOFgrOOxnwSWlqojwRzoa8KaQV1N3OsOJYipWuI67LvqJuF0fqPZfikN_D0TqudwhZc4iPTBIj__X6CKKl8rv/s1600/P1010757.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542975190000705042" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzkOA5wNxzQV_15IvQ8heqjfa9YOncI2ETHWg9O_xkF0WVjVsMbML6ASvoOFgrOOxnwSWlqojwRzoa8KaQV1N3OsOJYipWuI67LvqJuF0fqPZfikN_D0TqudwhZc4iPTBIj__X6CKKl8rv/s320/P1010757.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiup1O8-BWxBUjDGrKMgvTUzVKrX-T27zIIfVXtPcBEebWQ29oZ0RDNe2AZpG5naTPMtzqfzVnhS9BU98r0U8XejiXLm_LrN2l8g6U_u57IYxMMUzWISEuJRcvi9ZSl0U8csedgNRKph6UN/s1600/P1010765.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542975185613105794" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiup1O8-BWxBUjDGrKMgvTUzVKrX-T27zIIfVXtPcBEebWQ29oZ0RDNe2AZpG5naTPMtzqfzVnhS9BU98r0U8XejiXLm_LrN2l8g6U_u57IYxMMUzWISEuJRcvi9ZSl0U8csedgNRKph6UN/s320/P1010765.JPG" /></a>Back in St Petersburg<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjphbZsTrbbPSamowGXgEiwhNly5hQKNsQkJYovBl7euW3G5mSpAxUo7aZONnO1NmBIC-OrUdKeSmN4Ql_J-N9ElPX7lBie9uIcm14fuMGG7NKVlV-o9n8kvVun2BAosW3dsLpRWMWHh9Nk/s1600/P1010777.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542975184476710770" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjphbZsTrbbPSamowGXgEiwhNly5hQKNsQkJYovBl7euW3G5mSpAxUo7aZONnO1NmBIC-OrUdKeSmN4Ql_J-N9ElPX7lBie9uIcm14fuMGG7NKVlV-o9n8kvVun2BAosW3dsLpRWMWHh9Nk/s320/P1010777.JPG" /></a> This Fort guards the City.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3w6ybX05LE2xgQBM6jbkfhrii2kiEGVT4YpkvIyJP-1rdiVBs6Y3zfi4jLhBpqoF0dunqeYlWUZ3RqJfSKhog3PWYeI-Cp4F_X4eaywnGyos2NGmKNvNF8c3NAqazRWSYxaYZqh74na9_/s1600/P1010785.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 110px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542975184186295394" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3w6ybX05LE2xgQBM6jbkfhrii2kiEGVT4YpkvIyJP-1rdiVBs6Y3zfi4jLhBpqoF0dunqeYlWUZ3RqJfSKhog3PWYeI-Cp4F_X4eaywnGyos2NGmKNvNF8c3NAqazRWSYxaYZqh74na9_/s320/P1010785.JPG" /></a>A beautiful sunset for Sail Away.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLX5maRnVP_ojJCyikjBwDxj7UyHYBELD921X6SZOh16uwAy3Jq7mXFi741YgQgSyCNNgVYe6sp55OGl8LkENICGtWL25EJzeQaqJKuRy9TUtYkHX_lul7UqLBGvN-v-Vj5PvtiAutMIiI/s1600/P1010792.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542975176627512450" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLX5maRnVP_ojJCyikjBwDxj7UyHYBELD921X6SZOh16uwAy3Jq7mXFi741YgQgSyCNNgVYe6sp55OGl8LkENICGtWL25EJzeQaqJKuRy9TUtYkHX_lul7UqLBGvN-v-Vj5PvtiAutMIiI/s320/P1010792.JPG" /></a> I bought this wallhanging in St. Petersburg for my sewing room. Lovely memory.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV1stjlnif5N7lf0jYUO5gyu6l6zQygJMU-8GHNK5TAo3HQgftrzZTW32cS6ZjRGvuTkC7U0qEvb5hp3B4_ImrZsqukZKcemGKEi_rgk20mVTpaBhCw3Viei6CurzAcH-tdd8TQW6Jdq3Z/s1600/P1020124.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542982586544940866" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV1stjlnif5N7lf0jYUO5gyu6l6zQygJMU-8GHNK5TAo3HQgftrzZTW32cS6ZjRGvuTkC7U0qEvb5hp3B4_ImrZsqukZKcemGKEi_rgk20mVTpaBhCw3Viei6CurzAcH-tdd8TQW6Jdq3Z/s320/P1020124.JPG" /></a> <div></div><div>A beautiful domed Church in Estonia.</div><div><br /> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe5l0POiGCRT7iKo7md6hDSNLRv2Rvcv0JraYIDH5Xp7N0YYauY6mYD5GSDrjM8B7UHDjnAWw2o7nUgrtJbY8v1hnvB684gKteje0_0kMU2kewGJwKxgYzVyk5oblyUIrPARVuG-fuBsvQ/s1600/P1010552.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542974576443457010" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe5l0POiGCRT7iKo7md6hDSNLRv2Rvcv0JraYIDH5Xp7N0YYauY6mYD5GSDrjM8B7UHDjnAWw2o7nUgrtJbY8v1hnvB684gKteje0_0kMU2kewGJwKxgYzVyk5oblyUIrPARVuG-fuBsvQ/s320/P1010552.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJTM8Jzm8E8RJ3y09cfCTbupKADXJ0Gy_56l16mNGPg7xh1WFnf4SJ8nzdkolDrD36Bm6vwI0b3lZdP4Rp8M7WNTacdGVoG4YFiMZPLqoZJ4Ak-VUvFmwpci2LQg44KRBmslsP5KP2E9kb/s1600/P1010587.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542974577696875186" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJTM8Jzm8E8RJ3y09cfCTbupKADXJ0Gy_56l16mNGPg7xh1WFnf4SJ8nzdkolDrD36Bm6vwI0b3lZdP4Rp8M7WNTacdGVoG4YFiMZPLqoZJ4Ak-VUvFmwpci2LQg44KRBmslsP5KP2E9kb/s320/P1010587.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU3xrbod94pZxM9U6OIRbMOvy6_qpu0rJ3zgZZqQwue1Wp6zas0JZJVYn7goUBsTLxmg-l3rKfnUbGdejduTbkRITeZWaAhaDKR5rRMLa3EVipthqTKxHNiqYkfR6J7MBpjrq7e2D1gsf2/s1600/P1010584.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542974568615514146" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU3xrbod94pZxM9U6OIRbMOvy6_qpu0rJ3zgZZqQwue1Wp6zas0JZJVYn7goUBsTLxmg-l3rKfnUbGdejduTbkRITeZWaAhaDKR5rRMLa3EVipthqTKxHNiqYkfR6J7MBpjrq7e2D1gsf2/s320/P1010584.JPG" /></a> These quilts were hanging in an art gallery.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSUVsKwlaUGM0yi-JqbB1XrY3A5yZ1EKyjqJBWHYFhUk-RK1IsLACdVXr7iQepfJWONskj951zaCjI9P-75s3y1F_uhg-Yt0BTq7BCABgZz2Pz6YccxarVdGSKr8S9RZWif9BhOPA4RJua/s1600/P1010572.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542974565022399234" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSUVsKwlaUGM0yi-JqbB1XrY3A5yZ1EKyjqJBWHYFhUk-RK1IsLACdVXr7iQepfJWONskj951zaCjI9P-75s3y1F_uhg-Yt0BTq7BCABgZz2Pz6YccxarVdGSKr8S9RZWif9BhOPA4RJua/s320/P1010572.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMH_4qow70IqEkQYQ9mtF5bREWpOmfokQoGVdy31qrkPKeY5QT7lqB0n78Bp7cer6VdBKh8JP_3249nSy8wM4Rz4ITlSmwuddkkQGEkj8iAXFnfxzYDrzy6CxpO6_okNbw0GxBb7F7z_2P/s1600/P1010573.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542974558741677970" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMH_4qow70IqEkQYQ9mtF5bREWpOmfokQoGVdy31qrkPKeY5QT7lqB0n78Bp7cer6VdBKh8JP_3249nSy8wM4Rz4ITlSmwuddkkQGEkj8iAXFnfxzYDrzy6CxpO6_okNbw0GxBb7F7z_2P/s320/P1010573.JPG" /></a></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>dragonfly gypsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13870543404174385463noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5806392774755883052.post-42369843300334091952010-11-19T14:17:00.007+11:002010-11-19T14:58:44.920+11:00I AM A GRANDMOTHER .... BUT THERE WERE PROBLEMSI am a Grandmother to a beautiful baby boy AIDAN born 9 weeks early on September 22nd ( 3 days before my birthday) weighing 1.6kgs. Of course there were complications with his lungs, his weight plummeted, his heart valve and many more things over the weeks. He was finally allowed home last week at 7 1/2 weeks and 2kgs. He is so tiny I can't believe it!!!!<br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5541097301262829010" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrMfjFXG8Qs8mGrY5etdqrDkg9SNqKaeBrhTnMOKBXiET3aAJHOxRUKAj7azdKhYU0crIYpD6ble8wzVeF2AZP8mh_mCAyVrU7xFoIGNdcpdGBXU4GGtKrYxdaFCVCUlYucwhRD0VwFfRJ/s320/IMG_0031.JPG" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5541097296353451698" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizag34i2w4PLQgOG6htbZ3Zi3KGmyqWm-R73sWn2m2v_lPkCLBDatknFow8q77orDmoqUEeRfspWAOxbxaSBdGZVkPe99E6ui_lUY5ds-qrEWuvXRStvxXVZFHgwX5JgwUi7y-7FynUKdR/s320/IMG_0034.JPG" /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG21jJXXLbDTU6dF-CruBC_nBWPPfVnWQEe6GhyphenhyphensKEVT44vRZT78BGSJ901l-F2Kkd6mVJxR9ci-KOgbyGvkdMENFZUMeIMl51ixYJSYlmU8EcwWbIKXx25U-ohyphenhyphenuvt13FX1-HtP3FgAdr/s1600/IMG_0039.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5541098065346203378" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG21jJXXLbDTU6dF-CruBC_nBWPPfVnWQEe6GhyphenhyphensKEVT44vRZT78BGSJ901l-F2Kkd6mVJxR9ci-KOgbyGvkdMENFZUMeIMl51ixYJSYlmU8EcwWbIKXx25U-ohyphenhyphenuvt13FX1-HtP3FgAdr/s320/IMG_0039.JPG" /></a> <img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5541096797899657234" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi377676PzDxjDqsAPPF5ka1nkiRP4oq4mZd9I1LwU4bI60J_ZUM1DaeiZrUFZ1zOkPafhYUz3KS1d-ivfRbRRqlSGaST4FFjP67khr-_ogP8N0ZDmzbkGwA1HOpuEtx8KjGqJ-04VgeKR7/s320/IMG_0043.JPG" /><br /><div><div><div><div><div><div><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_iJ2H3Hf6cAYWMSLeH_msbwLn3xYsqN3X78D-dRLJYydcL7HPlXfOVRATDLNfOSsBt6meQKtBxNWAJTzFmWg_gL4HPnQvC6fg7PUXeXl3bHU5m5HghNfeaNvCTNNrVX3jEDDmvvKXN5_p/s1600/IMG_0044.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5541096795693448002" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_iJ2H3Hf6cAYWMSLeH_msbwLn3xYsqN3X78D-dRLJYydcL7HPlXfOVRATDLNfOSsBt6meQKtBxNWAJTzFmWg_gL4HPnQvC6fg7PUXeXl3bHU5m5HghNfeaNvCTNNrVX3jEDDmvvKXN5_p/s320/IMG_0044.JPG" /></a> You can just see the tip of the little quilt I made him whilst sitting in waiting room at Infants I.C.U. I will take another photo and post soon.<br /><br />First time out of humidicrib.</div><div> </div><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHR5pw4N0Yi1SzGwGTBKm4Ghw71B5BJi4K0ODMmGvE_laYjhPDukaJS-6_2uD5aakrZ2IpbkHtQy1XUjFDEcuL3_dMspr-7fNVZaXzUISrsxcKUPZjxy11XfoKgXOvPOPN_EHSpz8KsmWJ/s1600/IMG_0048.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5541096791972570274" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHR5pw4N0Yi1SzGwGTBKm4Ghw71B5BJi4K0ODMmGvE_laYjhPDukaJS-6_2uD5aakrZ2IpbkHtQy1XUjFDEcuL3_dMspr-7fNVZaXzUISrsxcKUPZjxy11XfoKgXOvPOPN_EHSpz8KsmWJ/s320/IMG_0048.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx9waStSxl1vzxGXqY9PbsW3IYlwg0ZAqDYPpvM6y7mQ6B_0RbtI2C8UNWfnvJKlvQwBpWUeoQkx9nc5Vu3IXRzJbOh2GVNFr9uKmHk_-pZ88_VqOpbvcJOdAGD01-rMTvUD96318UmwDk/s1600/IMG_0051.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5541096787927807298" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx9waStSxl1vzxGXqY9PbsW3IYlwg0ZAqDYPpvM6y7mQ6B_0RbtI2C8UNWfnvJKlvQwBpWUeoQkx9nc5Vu3IXRzJbOh2GVNFr9uKmHk_-pZ88_VqOpbvcJOdAGD01-rMTvUD96318UmwDk/s320/IMG_0051.JPG" /></a><br />Pa doing his bit in waiting room!!!</div><div> </div><div><div> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCIo7BKdCK1HQIoF4zEsnpE6U7bQry0RTawAEpaEAfGW06RYOSIkk05AW2udVU3r2zcXvPGoJHqKJ2exDuA6fuuFV6t8yoDGMBvP55ZYf4NKj4VX4eOjGo4UzT4_ulvVm4Hv2ZDB6qAnxD/s1600/IMG_0083.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5541095457504471186" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCIo7BKdCK1HQIoF4zEsnpE6U7bQry0RTawAEpaEAfGW06RYOSIkk05AW2udVU3r2zcXvPGoJHqKJ2exDuA6fuuFV6t8yoDGMBvP55ZYf4NKj4VX4eOjGo4UzT4_ulvVm4Hv2ZDB6qAnxD/s320/IMG_0083.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd9cBLv1GgovR2PnC21oPS29SbcYFLPyBBhlvhBnEUktXjMDBORU3TiKHRBUUpo8kjUQysEJ_TFcIg_ysIR8TEYodVckosDOam0-zs5kepjmZY7ngAT9va0Eis__OrPuYdfX6o4pUpRoFY/s1600/IMG_0077.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5541095450382392818" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd9cBLv1GgovR2PnC21oPS29SbcYFLPyBBhlvhBnEUktXjMDBORU3TiKHRBUUpo8kjUQysEJ_TFcIg_ysIR8TEYodVckosDOam0-zs5kepjmZY7ngAT9va0Eis__OrPuYdfX6o4pUpRoFY/s320/IMG_0077.JPG" /></a>His first outing in fresh air in Hospital pram. Mother and Grandmother fighting over who was going to push pram. Pa was saying stop it you two or security will think you are a baby snatcher!!!!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUeMwB2qcjHnZy6WnKG4AsnySc8-Eid0D_bOHF3BrwzgUpmhY0w9t0imunASfYKTr_CwWNl-dJ_AXKHr8-yfd7GWodextdpOV_gobM8qimY1nuQcmHSJ0_EpEQ_444H0xri2vLoZRzuL32/s1600/IMG_0080.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 239px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5541095446106509138" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUeMwB2qcjHnZy6WnKG4AsnySc8-Eid0D_bOHF3BrwzgUpmhY0w9t0imunASfYKTr_CwWNl-dJ_AXKHr8-yfd7GWodextdpOV_gobM8qimY1nuQcmHSJ0_EpEQ_444H0xri2vLoZRzuL32/s320/IMG_0080.JPG" /></a>I have escaped I am tucked in my car seat going to my new home!!!!!!</div><div> </div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq7EmhMOmW3E6pGGuEzrdd9vgzWBN3iH9z7m2xlvD_0aes6ttkt-pNu98qM5QmlZV7ae6K1e7Nmg1ZzyVHDl_qePn_tvK5nFD3fNaLKHQDh_gx7up9etNKxzoh3i_33QSWUG4JXTWAnN_T/s1600/IMG_0086.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5541095440760411490" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq7EmhMOmW3E6pGGuEzrdd9vgzWBN3iH9z7m2xlvD_0aes6ttkt-pNu98qM5QmlZV7ae6K1e7Nmg1ZzyVHDl_qePn_tvK5nFD3fNaLKHQDh_gx7up9etNKxzoh3i_33QSWUG4JXTWAnN_T/s320/IMG_0086.JPG" /></a>I minded him yesterday all by MYSELF. I couldn't resist this photo!!!!</div><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9WdrK-D_sYSVncr6zrs1UStxS2MRgfn7GeQ6fu8O1OYNTKPHgSOof-uskzyOyG7j2_5eHyZQARSTAsvBZoLhV_a2xdk9o-ytpuV9sgyDUJ7WtxY0eHHHCR7vQbUPaoUYxL9GZY7veGJRP/s1600/IMG_0025.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5541095442626190834" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9WdrK-D_sYSVncr6zrs1UStxS2MRgfn7GeQ6fu8O1OYNTKPHgSOof-uskzyOyG7j2_5eHyZQARSTAsvBZoLhV_a2xdk9o-ytpuV9sgyDUJ7WtxY0eHHHCR7vQbUPaoUYxL9GZY7veGJRP/s320/IMG_0025.JPG" /></a> This quilt was on the wall at Hospital. It was strangely comforting for me. There were also some little quilts over the humidicribs that someone had obviously made and donated. It was very nice and made me think how these things make premmie ICU's look better. They are really on a tight budget in these places and have to pay for a lot of things from their meagre budgets. I have been away from work for 8 weeks and am hoping to get back soon but felt it was more important to be with my Daughter and Grandson. Hopefully I will be back on track with blogging too. </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>dragonfly gypsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13870543404174385463noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5806392774755883052.post-18824908581521736052010-09-13T12:24:00.010+10:002010-09-13T13:33:22.877+10:00DENMARK & SOME QUILTING<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXwtHxiIL29iA877pj7dURy0wWPuvCowfbzmcQpiV96UnqNdIGQ6xJzUItwf8d-BIZkpDlSh5zP5yBMEp9GvNXPerJlqb4zpvUbfbaNzJnGWrUSWDnGTBjq2WQk97KaOXWaTQn5TXY9FHQ/s1600/P1010370.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516225076699845010" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXwtHxiIL29iA877pj7dURy0wWPuvCowfbzmcQpiV96UnqNdIGQ6xJzUItwf8d-BIZkpDlSh5zP5yBMEp9GvNXPerJlqb4zpvUbfbaNzJnGWrUSWDnGTBjq2WQk97KaOXWaTQn5TXY9FHQ/s320/P1010370.JPG" /></a> We found this Quilt Shop in Copenhagen. It was huge inside with loads of fabric. Kaffes were on sale but I decided as this was the beginning of the trip I better be careful!! A very nice quilter asked for my help with some choices. My Husband came in at that moment and couldn't believe how language had no barriers in the Quilt World and also how calm and gentle I helped her. I told him that is what we are like that it is very rare that a quilter would put someone down in order to build themselves up!!!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfZNynalle7QedVATPIYm3ja1dwiTzJ3tcYtWerPb46I1weIRiS2qToqANd2nj_va4Dtf_8hwopX3notTz28W2dmAEJiqO1ICRw98k8WwotWVh9AoOaJnAeJSNSbkqsgrgx0Q0UYDM7Zhm/s1600/P1010371.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516225073291774866" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfZNynalle7QedVATPIYm3ja1dwiTzJ3tcYtWerPb46I1weIRiS2qToqANd2nj_va4Dtf_8hwopX3notTz28W2dmAEJiqO1ICRw98k8WwotWVh9AoOaJnAeJSNSbkqsgrgx0Q0UYDM7Zhm/s320/P1010371.JPG" /></a> This is what I bought. <div> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizFdphui97X76NdpRB7mLzUKSGs5Kod-pVmiquHVl3o6wDHbWDOmzGe8o-i0WbqE5TvmnQHq54ZrnSKz6nTlsVvFElNeCBgLNHLs6jVzIRPdVKM31LacVAtshJPsOBmvzYvj91mvDR31fk/s1600/P1020097.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516225070200722578" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizFdphui97X76NdpRB7mLzUKSGs5Kod-pVmiquHVl3o6wDHbWDOmzGe8o-i0WbqE5TvmnQHq54ZrnSKz6nTlsVvFElNeCBgLNHLs6jVzIRPdVKM31LacVAtshJPsOBmvzYvj91mvDR31fk/s320/P1020097.JPG" /></a> We went on a Canal trip.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1okPxufZHJ1KJiH1PGs-5krc9OC1s9FDtk8FOfBeYLSb3vZZtEarwAdBGaN-6l6V39Hih9HbzU2nPNziE6n54UBGICGkoI0mBqKdXJCefu6U1mJgMmoJ6_mV1e_DTjmLes-Cu3cp41H9q/s1600/P1010373.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516224433286366594" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1okPxufZHJ1KJiH1PGs-5krc9OC1s9FDtk8FOfBeYLSb3vZZtEarwAdBGaN-6l6V39Hih9HbzU2nPNziE6n54UBGICGkoI0mBqKdXJCefu6U1mJgMmoJ6_mV1e_DTjmLes-Cu3cp41H9q/s320/P1010373.JPG" /></a>Surprise for Hubby who thought I was sitting behind him!!!!!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-t06Uxgr1fyq_boPihszMtbGOq5QINigfpJqR3oCiJIyJn8UH_qMUf9meZadSSDGVv-JDoiEyavx9-dySfdDuB7q0vKgMXsE64sG28jjfxysz1JCD05Xn1G7Yq2FD1r1SG0OUrwVYf_99/s1600/P1010381.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516224423619832402" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-t06Uxgr1fyq_boPihszMtbGOq5QINigfpJqR3oCiJIyJn8UH_qMUf9meZadSSDGVv-JDoiEyavx9-dySfdDuB7q0vKgMXsE64sG28jjfxysz1JCD05Xn1G7Yq2FD1r1SG0OUrwVYf_99/s320/P1010381.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3WkwFIIxiylXFZnVZs1BSl4zf2kvrI2T8DeIo5GLwetYVeGb2tAm8546apxVfYBLNWKkguu5dlYErhmj81n2sz2s737olPANz9rw2Xr3K0ofqhiZfsyj8I1ayvcwx_WDIbxGhBZdAI7p_/s1600/P1010384.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516224421321858114" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3WkwFIIxiylXFZnVZs1BSl4zf2kvrI2T8DeIo5GLwetYVeGb2tAm8546apxVfYBLNWKkguu5dlYErhmj81n2sz2s737olPANz9rw2Xr3K0ofqhiZfsyj8I1ayvcwx_WDIbxGhBZdAI7p_/s320/P1010384.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgItcKjQZWwtRof5NDDzU-ZffGVwAphjkn9Ezt6z3WekhnjBwWDeFBN5UbGepFM8_hiFFsTjcINHRyLeB3oyt65PXaPg_AV9wDLaGX6tYH_GZkPmfiFeqqsN5LgcnHxXUH-YOymjr_gXymW/s1600/P1010386.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516224412809222546" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgItcKjQZWwtRof5NDDzU-ZffGVwAphjkn9Ezt6z3WekhnjBwWDeFBN5UbGepFM8_hiFFsTjcINHRyLeB3oyt65PXaPg_AV9wDLaGX6tYH_GZkPmfiFeqqsN5LgcnHxXUH-YOymjr_gXymW/s320/P1010386.JPG" /></a><br />These swans and babies were beautiful.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizIOxwrUlZDPGRxSGe6Yvu8ed6BYGQmKUWveaapw0dkqBFVphhu00EzccjUaOe_84GERbFDp2mA39xLpoq9VRO3ZqUXZVRkoqb0AcepZvzKPdTMGW6nWUEiNbP9bI-rv9-3XaNDgvc7Z9z/s1600/P1010387.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516224408299453538" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizIOxwrUlZDPGRxSGe6Yvu8ed6BYGQmKUWveaapw0dkqBFVphhu00EzccjUaOe_84GERbFDp2mA39xLpoq9VRO3ZqUXZVRkoqb0AcepZvzKPdTMGW6nWUEiNbP9bI-rv9-3XaNDgvc7Z9z/s320/P1010387.JPG" /></a><br />Us outside Amalienborg Palace. We went through Princess Mary's home as they were<br /> away for the Summer. They have incorporated Australia and Denmark in all the artwork there. A nice little story, when we were in taxi going to Quilt Shop the driver asked if we were English. We said "no Australian" and he said "thank you for Princess Mary".<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlpkbbGSRMOFL1rDyDJ9qrOcseDg67D493QQVEsVSywezhy57ZgRXppbepYODb26_N14elCSVR7i4zCC98otWDKxBMX9PS0o4RdnqNIhyphenhyphenEh-4VSAEgN7VOxUZL4MyIvrxajqKoLXuOB_G0/s1600/P1010426.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516223141087488434" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlpkbbGSRMOFL1rDyDJ9qrOcseDg67D493QQVEsVSywezhy57ZgRXppbepYODb26_N14elCSVR7i4zCC98otWDKxBMX9PS0o4RdnqNIhyphenhyphenEh-4VSAEgN7VOxUZL4MyIvrxajqKoLXuOB_G0/s320/P1010426.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNshU_jHBgnKzNO187NRvQCmSX8vv20GnV774kl-lSxzjAUmUgLojoiucW2Xwo94NCV8eDyuLe0e5i6Jo6JjvZfz9s8PVyplYJw_TzwUmSQoyxYQjw6uhqpTpY33ULyUydUHTEvRR7rf4H/s1600/P1010427.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516223133216031234" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNshU_jHBgnKzNO187NRvQCmSX8vv20GnV774kl-lSxzjAUmUgLojoiucW2Xwo94NCV8eDyuLe0e5i6Jo6JjvZfz9s8PVyplYJw_TzwUmSQoyxYQjw6uhqpTpY33ULyUydUHTEvRR7rf4H/s320/P1010427.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCiGKIYXSXhDxaObzOvXkhGp0dEi8Iq5F1tDcJfU5thlMoq4fRUoogPKii_L7TrfyEWo9aL4FFB7fB7MKzs2Bum3KigxHdyfqNi3DReW9D9JmZJ3-Gt88b9qWB5waOZUw_J8vNxuSI7Zq-/s1600/P1010429.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516223127369368594" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCiGKIYXSXhDxaObzOvXkhGp0dEi8Iq5F1tDcJfU5thlMoq4fRUoogPKii_L7TrfyEWo9aL4FFB7fB7MKzs2Bum3KigxHdyfqNi3DReW9D9JmZJ3-Gt88b9qWB5waOZUw_J8vNxuSI7Zq-/s320/P1010429.JPG" /></a><br />Everyone gets around Copenhagen on bikes as car tax is so high. We took this photo for our pregnant daughter and told her this is her new company vehicle.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQDXqC-FhZZgDiW5hSFSG3cPPcgX2mzG-DzZSqnm6YvD83UiK6u3lAkR3kXujGrs7-O8mzcKgEEDw8JkeSgV6WPyaN0n_oIiyHymu3C6a5UqrcsEp5YL44jtsUnxGu35MPQo59j9WbE8Nc/s1600/P1010434.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516223120967697682" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQDXqC-FhZZgDiW5hSFSG3cPPcgX2mzG-DzZSqnm6YvD83UiK6u3lAkR3kXujGrs7-O8mzcKgEEDw8JkeSgV6WPyaN0n_oIiyHymu3C6a5UqrcsEp5YL44jtsUnxGu35MPQo59j9WbE8Nc/s320/P1010434.JPG" /></a><br />This is the very beautiful Dragor. It is out of town a bit and on the seaside.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYKNvYg88VusfzcKtL0piPEuTcekRUkzHyS4B-VQc-051bh1mW8TxRrKmIgryTkfrub9OpKlm9eijZsRE7aSWBWyZxgS6-bs3u65YIhAfZq6UyjGnN-sNfI6j4zRNJRoYUdWl8NqrILxmV/s1600/P1010438.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516223115402788946" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYKNvYg88VusfzcKtL0piPEuTcekRUkzHyS4B-VQc-051bh1mW8TxRrKmIgryTkfrub9OpKlm9eijZsRE7aSWBWyZxgS6-bs3u65YIhAfZq6UyjGnN-sNfI6j4zRNJRoYUdWl8NqrILxmV/s320/P1010438.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVRK4mp23LAEQfMafFuYkXdzRuZR7JWdnHIwl9rkKDcXjr5P_COR2EasCCa1LuBP0mUAbIkrc0SLDEkkmzFrXahQ_vcd8GJ5nKRVj9TozfaOa-4eKoMXo8L9h4O-CWZO9fGgtszsWeZ0Fm/s1600/P1010441.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516221916046159586" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVRK4mp23LAEQfMafFuYkXdzRuZR7JWdnHIwl9rkKDcXjr5P_COR2EasCCa1LuBP0mUAbIkrc0SLDEkkmzFrXahQ_vcd8GJ5nKRVj9TozfaOa-4eKoMXo8L9h4O-CWZO9fGgtszsWeZ0Fm/s320/P1010441.JPG" /></a><br />This was funny. This contraption is so you can watch what is going on in the street. I might install one outside my office!!!!!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOLKMi2zXPq0lDkBLGEWqQX__waLrmwWLh8hOjBc-NXwaIUQleo9UKHaO7Y2EZygk9AQXWIx-qRFOchr-7mWzwi5Z9zc7aLqthvgN_PAUYeAH38EAFUTmWk4NmzszMSTYK2eLlm-RcObkS/s1600/P1010445.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516221907590076114" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOLKMi2zXPq0lDkBLGEWqQX__waLrmwWLh8hOjBc-NXwaIUQleo9UKHaO7Y2EZygk9AQXWIx-qRFOchr-7mWzwi5Z9zc7aLqthvgN_PAUYeAH38EAFUTmWk4NmzszMSTYK2eLlm-RcObkS/s320/P1010445.JPG" /></a><br />Not very close up but this field was full of geese. This was just one group.<br /></div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7GHZV0FLCDsWhbm6YhiCVpf7afQzQvkNga_9Y_vRlc5xR9UJqOcGJ4RigbtQjAUwboFQnQUk6paI-oS4BWtM1M2f-vDaEeXES30f2S1u3M2vKux2t8hYcJxLtALmO73Cs1QYuItTmXj_d/s1600/P1010449.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516221902828239154" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7GHZV0FLCDsWhbm6YhiCVpf7afQzQvkNga_9Y_vRlc5xR9UJqOcGJ4RigbtQjAUwboFQnQUk6paI-oS4BWtM1M2f-vDaEeXES30f2S1u3M2vKux2t8hYcJxLtALmO73Cs1QYuItTmXj_d/s320/P1010449.JPG" /></a><br />Hooray after walking for kilometres in 35 degrees we were finally back at Boat. I was sad I had missed out on the Little Mermaid as she is visiting in China but they have installed a big screen TV where she normally sits and we could see her live in China.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2HoRp6VHJuH0gxHB_3xP2TaMWh_s4AZc_UmAd4uNMp-5HKDX9pbUP-gmxAH5OuTdjmEHx8KGuA4fncIREQ2-2RMlS_3KdG4e5RnF_F0ZF4tSO-zluohHTxxOIREmt3kVRPLkyLRqqTBAy/s1600/P1010462.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516221898861289698" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2HoRp6VHJuH0gxHB_3xP2TaMWh_s4AZc_UmAd4uNMp-5HKDX9pbUP-gmxAH5OuTdjmEHx8KGuA4fncIREQ2-2RMlS_3KdG4e5RnF_F0ZF4tSO-zluohHTxxOIREmt3kVRPLkyLRqqTBAy/s320/P1010462.JPG" /></a><br />Just in time for Sail Away Cocktails and some hexies.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnSeqVyQNfLsKuHPu91JeV49NMRgtbrV6jEQdkV0giqG3cIY9q9t0tNyBLW8kgekzVyWGFsRGRGy-8YAC94mswVpBgr6zr_rnr0e2ZYr5TTYywA63bZPmdkQU4yS45TYZAqrD-mjj3ssE8/s1600/P1010366.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516221893748420514" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnSeqVyQNfLsKuHPu91JeV49NMRgtbrV6jEQdkV0giqG3cIY9q9t0tNyBLW8kgekzVyWGFsRGRGy-8YAC94mswVpBgr6zr_rnr0e2ZYr5TTYywA63bZPmdkQU4yS45TYZAqrD-mjj3ssE8/s320/P1010366.JPG" /></a><br /><div> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>dragonfly gypsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13870543404174385463noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5806392774755883052.post-62267788580607888132010-08-20T21:33:00.001+10:002010-08-20T21:33:57.897+10:00dragonfly gypsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13870543404174385463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5806392774755883052.post-48579744859879736782010-08-20T15:46:00.018+10:002010-08-23T13:04:52.379+10:00LONDON AND ITALY 2010First up, we went to our house up the Coast this weekend and the computer crashed up there. I couldn't believe it!!!! Why does this always happen when I am trying to post my blog. I had typed everything and completely lost it all even though I had saved it. Who knows what happened to it all so I am typing away again. It is very frustrating and almost has me ready to retire from this. My favourite saying is "Never EVER give up" but this has me almost there. Oh well onward and upward ........<br /><div></div><div></div><br />Have you ever wondered how people move their furniture out of apartments with tiny staircases? Well this is how! We watched this fascinated from our Hotel room in London. They actually took the window out and then put it back in when finished.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2Vm0ZdZ6czHaZbtJY20YqYi6cd_sH_n_ROJCtAL1w8r5FYwNKn_2bDMy4wdfuF7J_oNRWOvrVGRMf8RRvAdxZ12wQUsgISMXI2D1uSsmscQWHJtinkXzKLHyZLHs3p3zHiltGHpd-bO11/s1600/P1010210.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507365510741010578" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2Vm0ZdZ6czHaZbtJY20YqYi6cd_sH_n_ROJCtAL1w8r5FYwNKn_2bDMy4wdfuF7J_oNRWOvrVGRMf8RRvAdxZ12wQUsgISMXI2D1uSsmscQWHJtinkXzKLHyZLHs3p3zHiltGHpd-bO11/s320/P1010210.JPG" /></a><br />Another grand sight from hotel.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNjJ1hqEG1rpmtmAdcorUkEKJuqfKj0LX1xw9DNgTgd4SCUltEzAWNLkUBuGjom0pgSvR9R3VnjMFFlY10_oxsXuXpX7ZykrgWL9DG_ql5nLzc7McCIJ0imYfkb4OUnuSlL2ierP9-TCmb/s1600/P1010212.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507365516162675170" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNjJ1hqEG1rpmtmAdcorUkEKJuqfKj0LX1xw9DNgTgd4SCUltEzAWNLkUBuGjom0pgSvR9R3VnjMFFlY10_oxsXuXpX7ZykrgWL9DG_ql5nLzc7McCIJ0imYfkb4OUnuSlL2ierP9-TCmb/s320/P1010212.JPG" /></a><br />This was my Hubby's grand sight. People pay HUGE money to bring their cars over from Middle East to drive them around London for Northern Summer.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilAH8AGc1OMqeteliMHyz63TLtJTrqo_lh4-PXSGCSq6SmiWmNcLV8ti_ZirtzbkveS9OBj-FvcWK9u6p0DW1kULqP9l1d7uluvo7ZsZoxkPXmQXcLMEblWynIflZOxx3RziKTBmiN4TpJ/s1600/P1010215.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507365517157654274" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilAH8AGc1OMqeteliMHyz63TLtJTrqo_lh4-PXSGCSq6SmiWmNcLV8ti_ZirtzbkveS9OBj-FvcWK9u6p0DW1kULqP9l1d7uluvo7ZsZoxkPXmQXcLMEblWynIflZOxx3RziKTBmiN4TpJ/s320/P1010215.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSAhYNc7HoaiempSbOc_uWOcOKh7tLZ1HNMU0FFQgv50W4rwQeeaMu3G9GGyCy65c9IEs3srBMg3fYLwkQYva8AsZq4G_31go9I8_xWcGct9zgEpeGFdgm3lmbk4Iom2nD1wYecd26s0Hp/s1600/P1010216.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507365523736547698" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSAhYNc7HoaiempSbOc_uWOcOKh7tLZ1HNMU0FFQgv50W4rwQeeaMu3G9GGyCy65c9IEs3srBMg3fYLwkQYva8AsZq4G_31go9I8_xWcGct9zgEpeGFdgm3lmbk4Iom2nD1wYecd26s0Hp/s320/P1010216.JPG" /></a> Enough has been posted about V & A but my personal experience was FABULOUS. I dragged Hubby along after saying all the car and boat things I have done with you for years you can come to this. Well he loved it!!!! Especially the quilts made by the Military Men. He couldn't believe all those tiny hexies. He said he loved looking at my face whilst looking at all the beautiful quilts. BUT especially the Sundial Quilt. I have loved this quilt for years ever since my bestie Kim McLean told me about a V & A book she had bought. Of course I bought it and the quilt was in there. I actually felt quite emotional standing in front of it. From the pictures my least favourite block was the ducks but I have to tell you in real life they are STUNNING! I think now what really put me off was the other 3 corners didn't have enough applique to match up with the ducks. Myself and 2 friends are drawing and working on this quilt so I am definitely putting some appliqued ducks somewhere. Here is a photo of my purchases. Who has been a naughty girl then!!! I could have been even naughtier I would have loved to have bought the hexie trolly bag to take to classes.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYHRi7dENKxT9NYH_qTugDSDNxKopKSZH0RUdzjwpuwY4sfCZ_mWn8vZfmyDS6-HVfOXQgi88dtCvAMO1t2KnNOpoIKdfxpR0NY0BpxBOzsK9MGQBwuPwpiIJ7mGTjlyv-EXmolh1m7t-6/s1600/P1020092.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507365527855436562" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYHRi7dENKxT9NYH_qTugDSDNxKopKSZH0RUdzjwpuwY4sfCZ_mWn8vZfmyDS6-HVfOXQgi88dtCvAMO1t2KnNOpoIKdfxpR0NY0BpxBOzsK9MGQBwuPwpiIJ7mGTjlyv-EXmolh1m7t-6/s320/P1020092.JPG" /></a> Flying into Italian Riviera. BELLISSIMO!!!!</div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN47NeAGYnhZxeWHSKaPVlzWaez8Ga-dBowK_ljHmF637sltUSqUdQ-qK2TWxrYAr2IZ1P46QNtDU75Z6s_VHJ_gV1OaR-LTzMvHfRYhaBNGW_Y99qjt83TUQxiYORpFHxbwQSKo1YjT8r/s1600/P1010221.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507370174163936338" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN47NeAGYnhZxeWHSKaPVlzWaez8Ga-dBowK_ljHmF637sltUSqUdQ-qK2TWxrYAr2IZ1P46QNtDU75Z6s_VHJ_gV1OaR-LTzMvHfRYhaBNGW_Y99qjt83TUQxiYORpFHxbwQSKo1YjT8r/s320/P1010221.JPG" /></a><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFJab-sGPc4R4cOMuzPYyTSXoW_24xSYp_ONH5VZt2HYP0Hv69qpG8XmrAXUljCUOGq9vy2E1uQc9WZIXsDwP7vUtU3VaRDCrp3wWIRTPbgDItjXsopP54ozZQtpl7qAzIHsp1h2am4Sej/s1600/P1010227.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507369765029185090" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFJab-sGPc4R4cOMuzPYyTSXoW_24xSYp_ONH5VZt2HYP0Hv69qpG8XmrAXUljCUOGq9vy2E1uQc9WZIXsDwP7vUtU3VaRDCrp3wWIRTPbgDItjXsopP54ozZQtpl7qAzIHsp1h2am4Sej/s320/P1010227.JPG" /></a> A beautiful gate in Santa Margarita<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil0Q2wqRkJR2noqYwOlaLNtXWbCsjX11kb0JXBb10j4gUhaPYPUSHVbCi1hrONQVLWAYaiviEDAcZfSQ3G6lg_fff1qMpBBYYHpCcrk_nfXWlSkqsEx5cBgiRhjaAcO65Tcf3h-iPgao4i/s1600/P1010242.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507369755936004690" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil0Q2wqRkJR2noqYwOlaLNtXWbCsjX11kb0JXBb10j4gUhaPYPUSHVbCi1hrONQVLWAYaiviEDAcZfSQ3G6lg_fff1qMpBBYYHpCcrk_nfXWlSkqsEx5cBgiRhjaAcO65Tcf3h-iPgao4i/s320/P1010242.JPG" /></a><br /><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507369754028417618" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLOjqA0SfbnZDARGzKqUP49UMnOTqjTxMrSWvYZT1TcjnW9gI-GRpdJLKh_8M-7Xlohw5bQyRBIa6eV0mktr_VMyOfRjej1VhPvfBWf9gLMfp8d8hk1lMcqvPej5qch5OlhpOAUlqGxYqq/s320/P1010244.JPG" /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpBfgPrMp1noXCjp_eK0JQ3Xl1YGm8YRY0pEpM66rlCgNCCru_o0YOTHaMmiKkKMngVWfOMfSVracGJfCGelWCL2FCx_eOzIpP-0VeTazx1MHNvg8IbSSUd1dgPbg3wS6Fz_7RvOG1WMsU/s1600/P1010253.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507369742986103762" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpBfgPrMp1noXCjp_eK0JQ3Xl1YGm8YRY0pEpM66rlCgNCCru_o0YOTHaMmiKkKMngVWfOMfSVracGJfCGelWCL2FCx_eOzIpP-0VeTazx1MHNvg8IbSSUd1dgPbg3wS6Fz_7RvOG1WMsU/s320/P1010253.JPG" /></a><br />Cinqueterre<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXXoP7P8K8xgl8rO-3ros6nSBw1M1DBChEJbwF5Euoonc5j1AnZm4kwuKFvNwMu9LzNlkI8oc99Hvz6pVAqZVVjXsK7500JScSLqpmqHpMtDD18m22s59QrLZnTeGOjeeL1SbIFIUwbhJs/s1600/P1010278.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507369741048530642" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXXoP7P8K8xgl8rO-3ros6nSBw1M1DBChEJbwF5Euoonc5j1AnZm4kwuKFvNwMu9LzNlkI8oc99Hvz6pVAqZVVjXsK7500JScSLqpmqHpMtDD18m22s59QrLZnTeGOjeeL1SbIFIUwbhJs/s320/P1010278.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUeYgrbAhXYvuajPRyTpgtTeySpFZTsUu927oAtz4kH-rnfBIMo_nGvV_OG07uWi28HAnrhnXoo8QoJccdJEOQDhyphenhyphenNvr7bYl53dhK2aQ7i8fQ_TbvJA8do-45UDDbxjLVnbk0o28vso-hk/s1600/P1010290.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507368768294046450" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUeYgrbAhXYvuajPRyTpgtTeySpFZTsUu927oAtz4kH-rnfBIMo_nGvV_OG07uWi28HAnrhnXoo8QoJccdJEOQDhyphenhyphenNvr7bYl53dhK2aQ7i8fQ_TbvJA8do-45UDDbxjLVnbk0o28vso-hk/s320/P1010290.JPG" /></a><br />Ooh! Who is being another naughty girl in Portofino. Bellini YUM!!!! <br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWNDz7_wl5N4aCaxcSBNFJCnjgaSyEm5lwe4XX6TNvkXo45YDVFNltmO5SPZLxDoEtWz_z471TF65qBuzArwbdmD4q7pZMbYnOnC0RszWp1u1EZmw2ovreOe-XAMfsdRIWzRLf_iFetV9B/s1600/P1010296.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507368755301836002" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWNDz7_wl5N4aCaxcSBNFJCnjgaSyEm5lwe4XX6TNvkXo45YDVFNltmO5SPZLxDoEtWz_z471TF65qBuzArwbdmD4q7pZMbYnOnC0RszWp1u1EZmw2ovreOe-XAMfsdRIWzRLf_iFetV9B/s320/P1010296.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdbovFPKz3pF4MJFBUKBmuDlPPPuBiPgrbw_k3ZY640STVzDFs73gbccnKjPH3crjA2BG8qSklWq5tqHagw_GkpH8HFCzF1eg-cGgs1nAi1Ng637q39mCEMMjGIyeAxoZQovnbj1Ddw7DO/s1600/P1010298.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507368753043006626" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdbovFPKz3pF4MJFBUKBmuDlPPPuBiPgrbw_k3ZY640STVzDFs73gbccnKjPH3crjA2BG8qSklWq5tqHagw_GkpH8HFCzF1eg-cGgs1nAi1Ng637q39mCEMMjGIyeAxoZQovnbj1Ddw7DO/s320/P1010298.JPG" /></a><br />We went on this boat to see something that I can now cross off my bucket list. It looks space age doesn't it? I was very nervous that we wouldn't make it as it was rough the day before and we couldn't go out and this was our last day there so it was really down to the wire.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1DiXQlhSLZ213VH_K7yuyY85w2UVTTZ1xNDrE97EC16kZwmJSyt9CPOUKPDiATRyMQXMXQGl_vcNj_ycxFzfUuTU-p05rRE26cJ0wjJhfyAfWlR2e296WAq2EP29KU2X8qbL14fYEw6Bs/s1600/P1010309.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507368749797828754" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1DiXQlhSLZ213VH_K7yuyY85w2UVTTZ1xNDrE97EC16kZwmJSyt9CPOUKPDiATRyMQXMXQGl_vcNj_ycxFzfUuTU-p05rRE26cJ0wjJhfyAfWlR2e296WAq2EP29KU2X8qbL14fYEw6Bs/s320/P1010309.JPG" /></a> Imagine my wonderment when this finally started to show through the deep, deep water.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC9S42nLkoz1JWMowRePcal1FHKU7BgXJr4EhKK-h3rtEGbMjxb1f6aoZvrkuK57UGH_2Lj34QWvok6ac7FraNjNrASHwJykDWmPUm8ZW5W_i4kQSbyJ5nGs3VVyJ5OGttyxyvmVanHkTA/s1600/IMG_0010.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 306px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507368741389062994" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC9S42nLkoz1JWMowRePcal1FHKU7BgXJr4EhKK-h3rtEGbMjxb1f6aoZvrkuK57UGH_2Lj34QWvok6ac7FraNjNrASHwJykDWmPUm8ZW5W_i4kQSbyJ5nGs3VVyJ5OGttyxyvmVanHkTA/s320/IMG_0010.jpg" /></a><br />The Jesus Statue to protect seafarers.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifgbz9cpI-vpMLkEJx3Mxe6K1Xmpsq6QYYCS3ksvqmA6frDkGe8T-pJqWCvuqVkwvqcyu0wVaurJUy6D9JBL6IsSt9hPj-6WjxLncbGYNJZZVqPpBNhPhK37YU8rDk6zO3QgzR23mly-Ok/s1600/P1010316.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507367533942053522" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifgbz9cpI-vpMLkEJx3Mxe6K1Xmpsq6QYYCS3ksvqmA6frDkGe8T-pJqWCvuqVkwvqcyu0wVaurJUy6D9JBL6IsSt9hPj-6WjxLncbGYNJZZVqPpBNhPhK37YU8rDk6zO3QgzR23mly-Ok/s320/P1010316.JPG" /></a><br />This is Jamie Packer's Artic P anchored at Portofino. We have also seen it at Koh Samui in Thailand as well. There were some well known guests on board and I am not sure if I should name them so I won't. I know this because they came ashore and had dinner in same Restaurant as us on next table so there was certainly an Aussie contingent that night.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1JuzBmi0TieYfSRIQEBgrnsLG4doliHB-TtUef5Want-vAC9DJi7G3KeCrfqT8QKGBbft8qHbySoPG15Wa_Wap-DSMpkdmLq41gDtlp925qmJm1c9zolKSI_Tvi5xmPQHNY-kivxOuewp/s1600/P1010338.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507367526702596386" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1JuzBmi0TieYfSRIQEBgrnsLG4doliHB-TtUef5Want-vAC9DJi7G3KeCrfqT8QKGBbft8qHbySoPG15Wa_Wap-DSMpkdmLq41gDtlp925qmJm1c9zolKSI_Tvi5xmPQHNY-kivxOuewp/s320/P1010338.JPG" /></a><br />Ah ROMA!!!!!! This is the view from the Terrace Restaurant at our Hotel. You can see The Vatican and the Spanish Steps and for many miles in 180 degrees. Very beautiful especially at sunset.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzN7clRHcZgbDOm-MCbuN6LqvYUdxpvO4rYR5kvnEoxxMJt7eX4FAPWZHI2JcdsqNovg81wyU5aLYDQvT7o9FOHEAD72umjFctF43JmFXXu33l1S1k71DLcqmE8_I7JtvWX35vEDol-2Ey/s1600/P1010342.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507367523965529442" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzN7clRHcZgbDOm-MCbuN6LqvYUdxpvO4rYR5kvnEoxxMJt7eX4FAPWZHI2JcdsqNovg81wyU5aLYDQvT7o9FOHEAD72umjFctF43JmFXXu33l1S1k71DLcqmE8_I7JtvWX35vEDol-2Ey/s320/P1010342.JPG" /></a><br /><br />This is the Terrace Restaurant. The blinds were down as the sun was blaring and then they went back up later. The night lights were beautiful also.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivQBmMoYpxpqDW4B0uxZxWP2jBEDZSDjMLxr1bhuZanBG8dEg2ezB2RAYcNr9_T1PjEWuBvV3Zqxm9JAvUfNfAB4I3ahDlwZscBRS24X1_kyZp4Zimx13XKxBmT5O4QS1eWdPEKKUUYDtD/s1600/P1010347.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507367514223961058" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivQBmMoYpxpqDW4B0uxZxWP2jBEDZSDjMLxr1bhuZanBG8dEg2ezB2RAYcNr9_T1PjEWuBvV3Zqxm9JAvUfNfAB4I3ahDlwZscBRS24X1_kyZp4Zimx13XKxBmT5O4QS1eWdPEKKUUYDtD/s320/P1010347.JPG" /></a><br />A funny story about our Hotel. When we were checking out I said to Hubby "did you see that old bloke trying to look like Rod Stewart". Hubby said "that old bloke was Rod Stewart".<br /></div><div>CIAO BELLA ROMA !!!!<br /><br /><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4H0JPIaDCFEdnrE5K2uC6xM6G9yfCXxbvz0gzzKmEM8fIghMcGQTiLRlZto5b1uGsRmrnljYe3i7HUDlw9FqPoP9miWlGLoulE9F8ZGUHB-oZ09UnfEcRzDfzjulDlQ-LrK-E-D7l5J8F/s1600/P1010351.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507367512437891058" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4H0JPIaDCFEdnrE5K2uC6xM6G9yfCXxbvz0gzzKmEM8fIghMcGQTiLRlZto5b1uGsRmrnljYe3i7HUDlw9FqPoP9miWlGLoulE9F8ZGUHB-oZ09UnfEcRzDfzjulDlQ-LrK-E-D7l5J8F/s320/P1010351.JPG" /></a> </div><div>I bought these old scissors at an Antique Market on waterfront outside our Hotel in Santa Margarita. I was a very happy spaghetti eater that day!!!</div><div> </div><div></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZAMo0n_x59qG0D6DH0Y_Qx4x-MU4mpOvcUxOIMiTRYAF89h0gNG7nber_2Dr51-M3Y9BZ834pfm7W0OFgL_XV220YxdDlbxRH1MCiLdJYflcen3wmAW840DvEtidXi16ETvmk4Df3QBBB/s1600/P1020094.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507373106567607650" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZAMo0n_x59qG0D6DH0Y_Qx4x-MU4mpOvcUxOIMiTRYAF89h0gNG7nber_2Dr51-M3Y9BZ834pfm7W0OFgL_XV220YxdDlbxRH1MCiLdJYflcen3wmAW840DvEtidXi16ETvmk4Df3QBBB/s320/P1020094.JPG" /></a> And just in case all you thought I did was eat spaghetti and drink vino here is my work box I took along. Will post completed work as I go along.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1CBRHB4CnfJnnxVUUmIvDx9gAu8FA1-gojf35GCxZfmLiNZYjfwMeiMnROEWgaFayKTMVT2bld7GExZ8VCR59MUhpPDO-9l-R7DZJjxndOzM3zFFPPbvgPusXW591tkXaNiHXVJ5ptuNz/s1600/P1020095.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507373102274431634" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1CBRHB4CnfJnnxVUUmIvDx9gAu8FA1-gojf35GCxZfmLiNZYjfwMeiMnROEWgaFayKTMVT2bld7GExZ8VCR59MUhpPDO-9l-R7DZJjxndOzM3zFFPPbvgPusXW591tkXaNiHXVJ5ptuNz/s320/P1020095.JPG" /></a><br />I bought this book today. My Mother-in-law BETTY is teaching me to crochet a bag (yes the multi-colored one that everyone in blogland is making) so I thought I would get her to help me make the tea cosy that Justnat made. We all call her MARDI and she is 89 years old this week and another bestie of mine. HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARDI, I LOVE YOU.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-9yYNWcJdlvdoqT9X5Jtw3QFkKxUtA5-7nYsEXk1ir1P1nuxB4ysI2LlDWvicG4PGakOtcK4XYy6hyphenhyphenfaRZkPMWv99CU9C2E6EH5IX0mVa-BZ6o0mVADFr3Wr9E9DHwNaFsIwo5P5X4o1D/s1600/P1020096.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507373094390432658" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-9yYNWcJdlvdoqT9X5Jtw3QFkKxUtA5-7nYsEXk1ir1P1nuxB4ysI2LlDWvicG4PGakOtcK4XYy6hyphenhyphenfaRZkPMWv99CU9C2E6EH5IX0mVa-BZ6o0mVADFr3Wr9E9DHwNaFsIwo5P5X4o1D/s320/P1020096.JPG" /></a> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>dragonfly gypsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13870543404174385463noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5806392774755883052.post-57074738143664023072010-07-21T19:46:00.003+10:002010-07-21T20:08:01.610+10:00QUEEN VICTORIAI am posting this from the Queen Victoria heading down the North Sea. We have been to Singapore for 2 days, London for 2 days, Italy for a week and then on Queen Victoria visiting Denmark, Sweden, Estonia, Russia, Finland and Norway. Whilst in London I went to the V & A Exhibition. There has been enough blogged about it but suffice to say it was FANTASTIC!!! I could not believe I was actually standing in front of the Sundial Quilt. I have loved this quilt ever since my friend Kim McLean recommended a V & A Book on Textiles to me. I am making this quilt with 2 friends so I can safely say I had a lump in my throat whilst looking at it. I bought some nice items at the Exhibition and over the coming weeks I will post photos as I am not sure if we are in satellite position for a large posting. In Italy outside our Hotel was an Antique Market on the beachfront and I was lucky to find some small embroidery scissors. I went to a Quilt Shop in Denmark (fabric purchases of course), I took photos of some art quilts in Tallin, Estonia, I bought a wall hanging in Russia of the Domed Churches, a sewing kit in Finland and went to Katherines Quilt Stu in Oslo (more fabric purchases and a handmade dragonfly button) and Kreative Quilts in Kristiansand and yes more fabric purchased. We were walking around this beautiful little town and ran into a handicraft market and I purchased a little mini quilt from a lady for my wall in Quilt Room. On the Queen Victoria I have been attending Watercolor classes on Sea Days and it was nice to get back to painting again. I will have to make sure I keep going when I get back to Oz. We get off ship tomorrow and have 1 more day in London and then Singapore for 2 days and YAY!! then home to my Quilt Room and our Children, expected Grandchild and Gucci the Quilt Supervisor. Oh!!! and by the way YES I have been doing hexies and stars whilst away.dragonfly gypsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13870543404174385463noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5806392774755883052.post-6861956712390260132010-06-18T16:28:00.008+10:002010-06-18T17:13:59.514+10:00PHOTOS OF THE QUILT ROOMSome of my completed quilts<br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483999586912520770" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvNnNrTOemq5jzdPC5k1_IWbXJSm6Bf1DLHaehvEZzflRnxctu_1P_SH7zw9L8Lu1B41t_Gw9EXNymWBKZXIklNbJ48lfUjoFiykjg0claDbmAjGFfdL09jag9vmuZ98U6JAvLWooMXEiB/s320/P1010188.JPG" /><br />Some of my many uncompleted quilts (all labelled)<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqg9J6R_IiFncnACElsPNZguAAhhDw0EVQV_ifyPrVmNZKi-9Ybb0uW5a7F2coLC6r4Ar-8qaARso5iYc5VSk8hv8g4g70jO5MTTPOeHMB26K0TsZg4Q6sz3wsjsjwl4j3jhYAt23nuB5Q/s1600/P1010189.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483999591214950562" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqg9J6R_IiFncnACElsPNZguAAhhDw0EVQV_ifyPrVmNZKi-9Ybb0uW5a7F2coLC6r4Ar-8qaARso5iYc5VSk8hv8g4g70jO5MTTPOeHMB26K0TsZg4Q6sz3wsjsjwl4j3jhYAt23nuB5Q/s320/P1010189.JPG" /></a><br />My toy sewing machines<br /><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzo6jF3c0aSo6a65tfJhCX0Gb34UCAWaYSc-O54Q6H_DjAwBjZKOlkKAgJpGypPa_qJFoRyRwVy-J2vYOULenX3OsDKCWpP6NpYJDs7isoWPtPN8pnUTRnLnB5qJul6b_z2O1KunOSLMKr/s1600/P1010187.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483999581511493234" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzo6jF3c0aSo6a65tfJhCX0Gb34UCAWaYSc-O54Q6H_DjAwBjZKOlkKAgJpGypPa_qJFoRyRwVy-J2vYOULenX3OsDKCWpP6NpYJDs7isoWPtPN8pnUTRnLnB5qJul6b_z2O1KunOSLMKr/s320/P1010187.JPG" /></a>8 inch Vintage Madame Alexander and Ginny Dolls</div><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX1EVbzIFOWC3xfyhfVB8xbUOxbfSyTL9IuAN-hBjc2FiA43cX4yCe6Xop_nedt4d3V3YQcOFZfysD2zTt3SuzC4DCqzl8U-WL1l4y8PCk4v9-2ml-67tn_msFdnEydnYUfQyLLWWbqFNA/s1600/P1010186.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483999575887881826" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX1EVbzIFOWC3xfyhfVB8xbUOxbfSyTL9IuAN-hBjc2FiA43cX4yCe6Xop_nedt4d3V3YQcOFZfysD2zTt3SuzC4DCqzl8U-WL1l4y8PCk4v9-2ml-67tn_msFdnEydnYUfQyLLWWbqFNA/s320/P1010186.JPG" /></a>I love the Amish Girl and Boy. I will have to make a little Amish quilt to put near her.<br /><br /><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCt6zQitVWP2RjUoYktEsv7OrwQTtmhDRJnOEZDoxSrz747-YZDmvnuZVusK4e__DLwPsoujPCU5SlxbhbGAZGxdkZcK2utpRsWtpTz6DZS6ecRdh08hPqc4H3hXCmT7jL699oORmzda_u/s1600/P1010184.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483998059096722754" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCt6zQitVWP2RjUoYktEsv7OrwQTtmhDRJnOEZDoxSrz747-YZDmvnuZVusK4e__DLwPsoujPCU5SlxbhbGAZGxdkZcK2utpRsWtpTz6DZS6ecRdh08hPqc4H3hXCmT7jL699oORmzda_u/s320/P1010184.JPG" /></a><br />The Addams Family complete with headless doll, dynamite, poison bottle and Thing<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidHff6BKAQWQ7AwYGSjcYWSL4htXpm5zo1FBij9VLV-1oPpcXf2K8vOK99qY6fqJqBsbneSl4lZ-DcaZ7Vg4CvvbQ4-z_J57XYRrOpdhzdI9a1zuQuJH6cPA0az2jIDdByrBh1HoGI3OCM/s1600/P1010183.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483998047903461778" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidHff6BKAQWQ7AwYGSjcYWSL4htXpm5zo1FBij9VLV-1oPpcXf2K8vOK99qY6fqJqBsbneSl4lZ-DcaZ7Vg4CvvbQ4-z_J57XYRrOpdhzdI9a1zuQuJH6cPA0az2jIDdByrBh1HoGI3OCM/s320/P1010183.JPG" /></a>The Beatles and Jeannie and Tony<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEzIxlk2UDMHKiLjtwJmEDSWVXsQVWPTkUEP4fz_T06SpgkGz9OMjzWNlopjcsnXma0W6MwGRA_So9pYJjecw757TjlN31pjkKguDdMfwXwPPfx5PF5xXQkSUGvwNrVQ6lsnouTB92ZN0t/s1600/P1010182.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483998040765148114" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEzIxlk2UDMHKiLjtwJmEDSWVXsQVWPTkUEP4fz_T06SpgkGz9OMjzWNlopjcsnXma0W6MwGRA_So9pYJjecw757TjlN31pjkKguDdMfwXwPPfx5PF5xXQkSUGvwNrVQ6lsnouTB92ZN0t/s320/P1010182.JPG" /></a> <div>More little Vintage girls<br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNbOZvPuwYYnkU_b-VCR1cahL6khdYVHWYdAPv-LkrJp30quG6ZowcOPfOmp9lD0dFh0OmDSPmKz1YtKNFnusdpCDTHlFRBaWQgfLMa_dR0YvxXkCZWQUVpu75sXOe2AqPcKv0BPRcyunj/s1600/P1010180.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483998029285250290" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNbOZvPuwYYnkU_b-VCR1cahL6khdYVHWYdAPv-LkrJp30quG6ZowcOPfOmp9lD0dFh0OmDSPmKz1YtKNFnusdpCDTHlFRBaWQgfLMa_dR0YvxXkCZWQUVpu75sXOe2AqPcKv0BPRcyunj/s320/P1010180.JPG" /></a>My clean desk and beautiful lamp my husband bought me<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyXmCVN4TaFWbnckjVzdMfR50oujT_m8IUw56vWw93KSGWBmLM3HcdPdcs7tuYKtaIKocRQb77EplpZdX9Q3hTm-hB2PD5FlfhFnMxqaBUvFY8BkvlmTjVhbpNnF4FdQsr6C_T40YrGgcH/s1600/P1010194.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484002637773861410" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyXmCVN4TaFWbnckjVzdMfR50oujT_m8IUw56vWw93KSGWBmLM3HcdPdcs7tuYKtaIKocRQb77EplpZdX9Q3hTm-hB2PD5FlfhFnMxqaBUvFY8BkvlmTjVhbpNnF4FdQsr6C_T40YrGgcH/s320/P1010194.JPG" /></a> New fabric baskets nearly completed</div><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBWBsHIPNLA9Gc3sFkgoooArSfgZ7Tbb8V8g0ovnXjPLeSa6T53N7uZlG0L1ZdMamkKyubHMXaxVhTEYzjPtgn-I9VGS5lF4P6nLr4CPXe6lJ40dUwegupIftUcB4dWNCB1w1Al5ILv59h/s1600/P1010193.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484002625147303346" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBWBsHIPNLA9Gc3sFkgoooArSfgZ7Tbb8V8g0ovnXjPLeSa6T53N7uZlG0L1ZdMamkKyubHMXaxVhTEYzjPtgn-I9VGS5lF4P6nLr4CPXe6lJ40dUwegupIftUcB4dWNCB1w1Al5ILv59h/s320/P1010193.JPG" /></a> More fabric (need to get more baskets tomorrow)<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4sXsua2MJXhMAVOzJjhrT3NX5oAF7KyWsAWuXoqbwvEeQ5CBfmi8M1HiImcqg4_yN9Nh_0vy5QLmqX4O1mpA-7mskfI2kVnr49llJlMcKYIB4wpaucvHJabJHnMYBiIFcF-oWYjgXOabf/s1600/P1010192.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484002616887346130" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4sXsua2MJXhMAVOzJjhrT3NX5oAF7KyWsAWuXoqbwvEeQ5CBfmi8M1HiImcqg4_yN9Nh_0vy5QLmqX4O1mpA-7mskfI2kVnr49llJlMcKYIB4wpaucvHJabJHnMYBiIFcF-oWYjgXOabf/s320/P1010192.JPG" /></a><br />In the hopes of working off some Quilters Bum .... Ha!!!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPF1FvT8sPd5tPDv4GeN-JsJVBNmoMzhPsMpzZw745Ci1DE5TwvyUi5nOTX9HYctLt-BHQYUXz5Mu_nHPzqhg2rMAwh0w0Tsf1uRsVq48A55IQAbu-ZdeobGTgJnAD-8ojRSZU0KfUQHNz/s1600/P1010191.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484002615974632626" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPF1FvT8sPd5tPDv4GeN-JsJVBNmoMzhPsMpzZw745Ci1DE5TwvyUi5nOTX9HYctLt-BHQYUXz5Mu_nHPzqhg2rMAwh0w0Tsf1uRsVq48A55IQAbu-ZdeobGTgJnAD-8ojRSZU0KfUQHNz/s320/P1010191.JPG" /></a>Some mini quilts finally put on wall</div><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj38exbeIByQ2t4yfQimsywCdmi5iAIEx03VTlTq8mnFOA2YIv3djUJ6KcyXjn48zhb3MKEd3psK7QUP8ARRpnrNGmAcbhewqIuj9ZmUfTzED-gS_Bq2JrztlLykf9XBrcriMrG5r6W6IGR/s1600/P1010190.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484002604554800946" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj38exbeIByQ2t4yfQimsywCdmi5iAIEx03VTlTq8mnFOA2YIv3djUJ6KcyXjn48zhb3MKEd3psK7QUP8ARRpnrNGmAcbhewqIuj9ZmUfTzED-gS_Bq2JrztlLykf9XBrcriMrG5r6W6IGR/s320/P1010190.JPG" /></a><br /><div>I have finally worked out how to get my comments emailed to me so I will know now when they come in so BIG APOLOGIES to anyone I might have missed. A BIG thankyou to CHOOKYBLUE for posting "how to do this". Have a great weekend everyone. I know I will working away in my beautiful new sewing room. Hopefully Hubby will send in some food every so often.</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>dragonfly gypsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13870543404174385463noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5806392774755883052.post-1818139327254933982010-06-14T11:35:00.008+10:002010-06-14T12:39:29.408+10:00STILL HERE<div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div>Hi Everyone, I am still here. It has been madness in my life at the moment. We have built new premises for our business and moved into them which was a huge job. I also had extensive dental work (YUK!!!) plus physio on knee and as if I didn't have enough to do I decided to move my quilt room to a bigger room in our apartment and make my husband's study into my old quilt room. What a sucker for punishment!!!!!! I must say I am LOVING my new Quilt Room but what a job. I have a HUGE stash (just like everyone!!) but also collect antique sewing items, toy sewing machines, vintage Madam Alexander Dolls and have many quilts to stack plus all the WIP were bagged, labelled and lined up in one cupboard with glass doors so I can see them and then decide do I really want to start another or maybe just grab one from the pile to finish. This move into an apartment, empty nesting thing is a lot harder to do if you are a Quilter!!!! Would you believe I had sewing in 5 rooms now it is all in one room with a large table to work on. This will be much better when the Kokeshi Dolls meet here on Wednesdays. I have sewn some more fussy hexagons and am busily cutting out plenty more to take to Europe as I am off to V & A in 13 days as well as Italy, Russia, Norway and a few other Countries. The BEST NEWS EVER is I am going to be a GRANDMOTHER!!!!! We can't believe it!!!!! So much planning of nursery etc. What fun. As usual I have mucked up loading photos so will save them for a later date.</div></div></div></div></div>dragonfly gypsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13870543404174385463noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5806392774755883052.post-2613691075459576422010-04-27T16:29:00.008+10:002010-04-27T17:26:52.609+10:00SINGAPOREWe went to Singapore with our great friends Barb and Barry for Easter. I was a bit of a drag with my leg had to get on and off planes in wheelchairs and after walking for a while had to go back to Hotel and do RICE but still managed to have a great time.<br /><br />This is part of the view from our Hotel room and in foreground are two of my favourite things. My sewing bag and dragonfruit.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6T2zAiQQ2FFlYN_gJIB0dfJ_8-W937b-JfT1Jg0qGh-D9nu1zRNdtYMzk-mUd9i18j5ET3JIN5Tc_qevCXwiYb8Y-viieyBcLwQv7fb_hibtzTWZKHXvPcLKfCnkOTBD-gQKNc-mMhaJR/s1600/P1010089.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464707218151396258" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6T2zAiQQ2FFlYN_gJIB0dfJ_8-W937b-JfT1Jg0qGh-D9nu1zRNdtYMzk-mUd9i18j5ET3JIN5Tc_qevCXwiYb8Y-viieyBcLwQv7fb_hibtzTWZKHXvPcLKfCnkOTBD-gQKNc-mMhaJR/s320/P1010089.JPG" /></a><br />The new Casino being built. We have watched this go up from ground level over the years.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXyxNQlRvg-fmm5u7wYMPp417golfmeCTGjz40SRsZYS8kJW7gx1kGvoBojCDGQYSsfiOV-y2C9M9lQGRIyK7IpSU0SWnI7dgiwz8bKaaBFN5bgTIHCPZTcZb1QC7sWxRNPca-h0gs8WKp/s1600/P1010087.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464707209870840162" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXyxNQlRvg-fmm5u7wYMPp417golfmeCTGjz40SRsZYS8kJW7gx1kGvoBojCDGQYSsfiOV-y2C9M9lQGRIyK7IpSU0SWnI7dgiwz8bKaaBFN5bgTIHCPZTcZb1QC7sWxRNPca-h0gs8WKp/s320/P1010087.JPG" /></a><br />More of the view from our room.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyY2-PkdIAh7eyMhjyvaNFO2iIB0mm3Qy5TBbYXJvlEx8zygkJMb1-i18hN-yqdZXd4J6UriGsVXIxSSAepd1nb_DdDvkhvyQUoVHsyAI0J7swCp4Ob6jcC2JtchPhjKBXgxT0QEB4lRWJ/s1600/P1010088.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464707202410473586" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyY2-PkdIAh7eyMhjyvaNFO2iIB0mm3Qy5TBbYXJvlEx8zygkJMb1-i18hN-yqdZXd4J6UriGsVXIxSSAepd1nb_DdDvkhvyQUoVHsyAI0J7swCp4Ob6jcC2JtchPhjKBXgxT0QEB4lRWJ/s320/P1010088.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSQ1HeodWE_ANGDH7G2T0qH2yueLqQ_kDVmblzGyFzzMEf4Zscl3dk_IXpVsVBRM9EIE9qnJRSJF4EdruEEL4eIrh_S50skedY50JifSmxb-j8Yibsej9Kkkopm8x2CplKlc7N3UEJMfDp/s1600/P1010090.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464707198750219202" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSQ1HeodWE_ANGDH7G2T0qH2yueLqQ_kDVmblzGyFzzMEf4Zscl3dk_IXpVsVBRM9EIE9qnJRSJF4EdruEEL4eIrh_S50skedY50JifSmxb-j8Yibsej9Kkkopm8x2CplKlc7N3UEJMfDp/s320/P1010090.JPG" /></a><br />I love this view. If you click on it you will see two sides of Singapore ... the old and the new mixed together. Along the front of high rise is the beautiful old terrace houses of Boat Harbor.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_hrm2oMb2eZV2JJlrncDrH4oh-M2xmEUylnPlgpJNWGgo-CUYTpBvl4QLaCIPDcCVlVTGm2t40JFiN9_U5MQBcqIq1VQrg0ejQZu7CwAp00sPJugj7B3iToauCAGmtjcO8oDIw1eamgQ5/s1600/P1010093.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464707188946198786" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_hrm2oMb2eZV2JJlrncDrH4oh-M2xmEUylnPlgpJNWGgo-CUYTpBvl4QLaCIPDcCVlVTGm2t40JFiN9_U5MQBcqIq1VQrg0ejQZu7CwAp00sPJugj7B3iToauCAGmtjcO8oDIw1eamgQ5/s320/P1010093.JPG" /></a><br />Inside the Hindu Temple<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDrQ7hdLan4WGGI6uhATQkzjFUt1hzYH-rNP0ZTRG5tIOHzlCpzpVuE2uBYaZCvBgg0mvA6fQtFVxrCddu15goIQuB0gExfYSkusy5W_0WNhv38w_PHFaHINIIqSJD-2tDeNnpnKCXsaMp/s1600/P1010113.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464705672241415650" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDrQ7hdLan4WGGI6uhATQkzjFUt1hzYH-rNP0ZTRG5tIOHzlCpzpVuE2uBYaZCvBgg0mvA6fQtFVxrCddu15goIQuB0gExfYSkusy5W_0WNhv38w_PHFaHINIIqSJD-2tDeNnpnKCXsaMp/s320/P1010113.JPG" /></a><br />Outside the Hindu Temple<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiShiEGOk-ffCBLvO7H0uLvmswOChX3P0aC3j4Zk6hS9e1NsrQJeLE0k0iqlwp1vTZcQJr17YL-Njn4gNzzinDMEUtg9S6Jsxiy5azCAceMM-1zqVBFH2uecNhriGtr1l9gb4gRGRRxxnZO/s1600/P1010112.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464705664322568946" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiShiEGOk-ffCBLvO7H0uLvmswOChX3P0aC3j4Zk6hS9e1NsrQJeLE0k0iqlwp1vTZcQJr17YL-Njn4gNzzinDMEUtg9S6Jsxiy5azCAceMM-1zqVBFH2uecNhriGtr1l9gb4gRGRRxxnZO/s320/P1010112.JPG" /></a><br />The very beautiful Fullerton Hotel at night. It is a restored old Post Office.<br /></div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYZhtB6QqJ1gh0qwauvv8eBCH5_XX_vct5xxHX9e-EdBqbuW_4VO1neHAx-9LH_gMCZiYQEW4EzjuHsuUUbJP7Q1BbNRAZwRQMUVNTZyblbYzrwPjUbqwpLKAaQkFqkVt5xo3iMXeArlzU/s1600/P1010110.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464705663071631458" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYZhtB6QqJ1gh0qwauvv8eBCH5_XX_vct5xxHX9e-EdBqbuW_4VO1neHAx-9LH_gMCZiYQEW4EzjuHsuUUbJP7Q1BbNRAZwRQMUVNTZyblbYzrwPjUbqwpLKAaQkFqkVt5xo3iMXeArlzU/s320/P1010110.JPG" /></a><br />The view outside the bathroom window of our room. Unfortunately there was no way I could get in that bath!!!!!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHiNu8hQkJ-YikZZGY9j3vttEzwLwjZRJ_KU6kb9rVDEnKnq09oLzr8s9dg5rUIJi0MOcxsR1CIVa18OUOWN6pfRF7rwU6F3Ki_HjuAgMYfJDCJO4bp3Xw9MpHbFHl0ia6-cim9k_TGdF3/s1600/P1010085.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464705658796907202" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHiNu8hQkJ-YikZZGY9j3vttEzwLwjZRJ_KU6kb9rVDEnKnq09oLzr8s9dg5rUIJi0MOcxsR1CIVa18OUOWN6pfRF7rwU6F3Ki_HjuAgMYfJDCJO4bp3Xw9MpHbFHl0ia6-cim9k_TGdF3/s320/P1010085.JPG" /></a><br />The Hotel pool. Very nice!!! Easy to get into with a bit of help!!!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZz0PJIq8VDEHzK1MyGN3zZPgSdG3ZD_8fvysyrzGKhyphenhyphenuGeoRoHFQeWkRFeVKjNPOSK-CiaNX-AAtSp75a9oexrhH_KcYLwbsEFpLn_LpWmyRtaDjFcuWtjQ_lJeR6b6risR9ff5qKZPVT/s1600/P1010097.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464705641988052370" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZz0PJIq8VDEHzK1MyGN3zZPgSdG3ZD_8fvysyrzGKhyphenhyphenuGeoRoHFQeWkRFeVKjNPOSK-CiaNX-AAtSp75a9oexrhH_KcYLwbsEFpLn_LpWmyRtaDjFcuWtjQ_lJeR6b6risR9ff5qKZPVT/s320/P1010097.JPG" /></a><br />As I said it was Easter. The Hotel made these gorgeous eggs and also had a giant bunny for the children to follow on egg hunt. They were all very excited.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm1dZYHFfVtkeiernOZ5L-vLo59J1GSit-oSywg_J1tbPMIWNxX1pngc89-OFvGA9-UXSgrsPwiVeHDVaa88JRjJZGgiC47SwL1LngkaTcCQ5ij1Cru5oPu6PpZ04gNDUe1dQD1nGTMo_E/s1600/P1010111.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464704250435228002" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm1dZYHFfVtkeiernOZ5L-vLo59J1GSit-oSywg_J1tbPMIWNxX1pngc89-OFvGA9-UXSgrsPwiVeHDVaa88JRjJZGgiC47SwL1LngkaTcCQ5ij1Cru5oPu6PpZ04gNDUe1dQD1nGTMo_E/s320/P1010111.JPG" /></a><br />My favorite was this one. How amazing!!!!!!</div><div><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKr_Z7v6VjSPPsNWjLdTh5yp5SNPO4sO_tKW6xSXRP0kt8L9ZfXSfOwSQK1C935bzQ3UWn3TolZCKZOrcvvVW7fiSTCaREY58iRqxsPZVxh__viWA0ZKoU0fcbvTqKqCJzv_TY0ptPQKFN/s1600/P1010105.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464704248066941458" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKr_Z7v6VjSPPsNWjLdTh5yp5SNPO4sO_tKW6xSXRP0kt8L9ZfXSfOwSQK1C935bzQ3UWn3TolZCKZOrcvvVW7fiSTCaREY58iRqxsPZVxh__viWA0ZKoU0fcbvTqKqCJzv_TY0ptPQKFN/s320/P1010105.JPG" /></a><br />Some artwork at the Hotel<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2eiZ4DbeQLSTh9ZHJPTFbaEP5RGTVs0CCSQsBqvznvRuqNl0J5A6HWJkD9n3L2wXYbF8qnUNf_i3oJuEIZ_sfiZY_84tzUJX35x6Gkpe1NrVWMTuvgo2R2d_1zvUTuysH6ajwMcxuQtxL/s1600/P1010094.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464704241699053410" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2eiZ4DbeQLSTh9ZHJPTFbaEP5RGTVs0CCSQsBqvznvRuqNl0J5A6HWJkD9n3L2wXYbF8qnUNf_i3oJuEIZ_sfiZY_84tzUJX35x6Gkpe1NrVWMTuvgo2R2d_1zvUTuysH6ajwMcxuQtxL/s320/P1010094.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhARqpq7lT2OXLyNGb6eTlLYnI2dUgpmwjMFUB2LcF0J33OZumqWPK706ucw7rZlYq4718T0fqZTBa_D6y4j_yLGCoxikD4QxOBG7J4IlgEiyDS9xAbcJKAuqJMiuuoDZAFwMbqBO0AzU34/s1600/P1010096.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464704231571089570" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhARqpq7lT2OXLyNGb6eTlLYnI2dUgpmwjMFUB2LcF0J33OZumqWPK706ucw7rZlYq4718T0fqZTBa_D6y4j_yLGCoxikD4QxOBG7J4IlgEiyDS9xAbcJKAuqJMiuuoDZAFwMbqBO0AzU34/s320/P1010096.JPG" /></a><br />Of course here is Barb and I at local Quilt Shop<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmjCtC5TYo5ju_ZThtE2Usb5wJKUkEP8WrHmVeh1sc5SN6Tso8BzdlfJuPj-8ad_IVVkw74-UjO_rxQnI-1ojQDAGtFf3fZunIQSjTOAkbJbZnvB_GtakhxUAGJrd7Z56Aj0iK0U4Ke2Mg/s1600/P1010100.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464704223230912066" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmjCtC5TYo5ju_ZThtE2Usb5wJKUkEP8WrHmVeh1sc5SN6Tso8BzdlfJuPj-8ad_IVVkw74-UjO_rxQnI-1ojQDAGtFf3fZunIQSjTOAkbJbZnvB_GtakhxUAGJrd7Z56Aj0iK0U4Ke2Mg/s320/P1010100.JPG" /></a>A very beautiful restaurant we went to one night. It is called Indochine and is Vietnamese food.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJH3pTAbfrV-E92cYuK4hdMvWNnv388KYPRoLnpJBnrHuR_RfX1134Y9goZJUPk4F7kikrGhZxHKs8pjHmpxoLjodMb5_wEoDBw7Bpgwa6-hyoxYeFNPSWYL81LlnX8e2DyUUANyJKduJD/s1600/P1010108.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464703312175471138" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJH3pTAbfrV-E92cYuK4hdMvWNnv388KYPRoLnpJBnrHuR_RfX1134Y9goZJUPk4F7kikrGhZxHKs8pjHmpxoLjodMb5_wEoDBw7Bpgwa6-hyoxYeFNPSWYL81LlnX8e2DyUUANyJKduJD/s320/P1010108.JPG" /></a><br />This was another night at a local seafood restaurant.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdUpHPec9-DpFdrcW4apUbsQR6Q1IAkCH54GEl455HvKwGJ6Z-2CJHVg-YD8A0Jooaq37d1ax6iNbWho7q0A5IJVVGNALPpnkLRRR1LXogotYOctlsfIjkfUhjuNZzXfmGDnNLQm25Wdqb/s1600/P1010101.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464703305235516322" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdUpHPec9-DpFdrcW4apUbsQR6Q1IAkCH54GEl455HvKwGJ6Z-2CJHVg-YD8A0Jooaq37d1ax6iNbWho7q0A5IJVVGNALPpnkLRRR1LXogotYOctlsfIjkfUhjuNZzXfmGDnNLQm25Wdqb/s320/P1010101.JPG" /></a> As you can see I didn't lose my appetite!!!!!! Singapore Chilli Crab. YUM!!!!!!!!!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBQV5Ds4iztcwGIdEN0WVutSwL_Q7NfBxp62WRTrXeIfMiEa7pQ0F4u2L1fXUH19GekhhRsVKhJb_Xv_om1g_ixvBrHPuClwc6o1sSB8j_hD15PhdY5jt8kUQZxyL9j3edK7QALCser6MU/s1600/P1010102.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464703300932840834" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBQV5Ds4iztcwGIdEN0WVutSwL_Q7NfBxp62WRTrXeIfMiEa7pQ0F4u2L1fXUH19GekhhRsVKhJb_Xv_om1g_ixvBrHPuClwc6o1sSB8j_hD15PhdY5jt8kUQZxyL9j3edK7QALCser6MU/s320/P1010102.JPG" /></a><br />..... and YUMMO!!!!!!! I got this Claw!!!!!!!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVvdFmrIsW4OD0d2WNGtk6No1qxAYo7uuDlMCMCg2Baj6TNUbkY73VpSCk5V-JZuCFr9qXF5kJSVgfosX1VJuzJRv6kIIpkmDliKAI5RbYBsyC3UTqRar1Bva1DyD8_BrzPQVXKyMUer8g/s1600/P1010103.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464703291371716338" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVvdFmrIsW4OD0d2WNGtk6No1qxAYo7uuDlMCMCg2Baj6TNUbkY73VpSCk5V-JZuCFr9qXF5kJSVgfosX1VJuzJRv6kIIpkmDliKAI5RbYBsyC3UTqRar1Bva1DyD8_BrzPQVXKyMUer8g/s320/P1010103.JPG" /></a><br />This was another night at Newton Circus. These are Banana prawns which we washed down with Tiger Beer.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjQ3jrZ2PVg70CpWhd2JqDSnd6oBURkXwwN6r4Cf-_pcJbyWdoHg9FD4wbdghyphenhyphentLvfehZfDwEHoCDB1ggmVde80ZT_oNWV2e8Gi5JKvIUG1vUzGcZLTDDKPqewqGOlthWHQ-nB2mH-uo9V/s1600/P1010116.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464703278012605010" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjQ3jrZ2PVg70CpWhd2JqDSnd6oBURkXwwN6r4Cf-_pcJbyWdoHg9FD4wbdghyphenhyphentLvfehZfDwEHoCDB1ggmVde80ZT_oNWV2e8Gi5JKvIUG1vUzGcZLTDDKPqewqGOlthWHQ-nB2mH-uo9V/s320/P1010116.JPG" /></a><br />But just in case you think all I did was shop, eat and drink I did manage to get some work done too!!!!!!<br /><br /><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjym1cRpuxyq33DoWC8CbIfRxM_0F1gNcUxSanQh0VO8EfjS5a7aRg1-9vVN8ZINW_1iWFiAjX9rLe-c8hwBaqMBQUyRfztZsNDNsBKc66MosoB_kR293yS8iXLgu12rPYqZc_tvOXruFEI/s1600/P1010120.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464702032650639362" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjym1cRpuxyq33DoWC8CbIfRxM_0F1gNcUxSanQh0VO8EfjS5a7aRg1-9vVN8ZINW_1iWFiAjX9rLe-c8hwBaqMBQUyRfztZsNDNsBKc66MosoB_kR293yS8iXLgu12rPYqZc_tvOXruFEI/s320/P1010120.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaewmRhAanbkBrNVDKMWByNX4rxBRKxhsGS3E5KUZ4sO7AodjpDJhaXT5QF2YgDCsQbyfY9cN4rWc3VsWWokxg-Ai2HiZJLpnIjvMSsP5hxs3WKEK7iyr0GlsJEr2ZvupHctC7D-kchVzA/s1600/P1010122.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464702020445612098" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaewmRhAanbkBrNVDKMWByNX4rxBRKxhsGS3E5KUZ4sO7AodjpDJhaXT5QF2YgDCsQbyfY9cN4rWc3VsWWokxg-Ai2HiZJLpnIjvMSsP5hxs3WKEK7iyr0GlsJEr2ZvupHctC7D-kchVzA/s320/P1010122.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjllDddBmz81NptX4ARM4P6tV2jix7qeilrlZPOQFcEJh390BZiCTNkJPEzLr9l7ysIibl3eDRadAsUF9yt3h5KStbedB6mFEbOvsQ8hv0uQGZXdHEh0jH1O0dNkDUukec34mxGG_EUzfki/s1600/P1010123.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464702015870170850" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjllDddBmz81NptX4ARM4P6tV2jix7qeilrlZPOQFcEJh390BZiCTNkJPEzLr9l7ysIibl3eDRadAsUF9yt3h5KStbedB6mFEbOvsQ8hv0uQGZXdHEh0jH1O0dNkDUukec34mxGG_EUzfki/s320/P1010123.JPG" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCVXFsEWmjpzI0XNFUmZvItzj7JcZjkdYN-CDv9zpZGIqgRlygoX16zy_5hI-qHHhxpo5HL3NPwTJD4ndp_kjX4-xLTudB0VSYb-YnxfNcqGDQD8Z4qlOv5Gp_CrvN34eU5I5AjIry21hu/s1600/P1010124.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464702012363277506" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCVXFsEWmjpzI0XNFUmZvItzj7JcZjkdYN-CDv9zpZGIqgRlygoX16zy_5hI-qHHhxpo5HL3NPwTJD4ndp_kjX4-xLTudB0VSYb-YnxfNcqGDQD8Z4qlOv5Gp_CrvN34eU5I5AjIry21hu/s320/P1010124.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTgZKxjlPQceI3NuQxINnr4-UhHv-7Izei2ztO95DfGz1faWdSV_8R_0cRa26yQcJS1Vhj-IEK3HjDUKOWr8QNj4rtZhuscjNUbZW3eqpTr32RhQVoEZ2H6KHpSxYEOt6UX0EAHulaaUWA/s1600/P1010128.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464702004103175458" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTgZKxjlPQceI3NuQxINnr4-UhHv-7Izei2ztO95DfGz1faWdSV_8R_0cRa26yQcJS1Vhj-IEK3HjDUKOWr8QNj4rtZhuscjNUbZW3eqpTr32RhQVoEZ2H6KHpSxYEOt6UX0EAHulaaUWA/s320/P1010128.JPG" /></a> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>dragonfly gypsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13870543404174385463noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5806392774755883052.post-18226449038367248082010-03-29T16:04:00.013+11:002010-03-29T17:04:38.634+11:00SHOWCASE A FRIENDI have been truly blessed to have some wonderful womenfriends in my life who are very talented and have been there for me throughout good and bad times. I thought I might every so often showcase some of them. I first met SUE GROVES years ago as our Husbands are in the same line of business. I knew she was creative but never really knew how much till we went on a holiday to Europe some years ago to do with our businesses. I had seen her sketching things whilst standing waiting for buses and in queues at tourist spots and finally went up to look over her shoulder. I was truly amazed!!!! She was keeping a tour journal and I looked at what she was sketching and what her and I were looking at and it was the same. All done within a few minutes!!!! WOW!!!! I have some prints of her journal sketches that I will show at a later date but thought I would show you her quilts and paintings. When my beloved Father Ron died she just knocked on my door one day with a beautiful Kokeshi Doll painting because she knows I love them (so does she too!!). Not a bad feat because she lives in Melbourne and the painting was also framed beautifully. How lucky am I to have Sue in my life.<br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiThOECSQAsK5wccwXkzJFa6dw9Eiif4v4mq8ZV5xBTFBGviAa3qUqo5-MFOZX4W1-MGC_sOwcZB0pKF16pv0EICP8VCR5x8GiMdnQqP0XawxtEvmU89p6d9OsRASygveVVoKrUZ7llKbRj/s1600/P1000133.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453931647905729266" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiThOECSQAsK5wccwXkzJFa6dw9Eiif4v4mq8ZV5xBTFBGviAa3qUqo5-MFOZX4W1-MGC_sOwcZB0pKF16pv0EICP8VCR5x8GiMdnQqP0XawxtEvmU89p6d9OsRASygveVVoKrUZ7llKbRj/s320/P1000133.JPG" /></a>here we are having dinner at Kylie Kwong's Restaurant in Sydney</div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;">(thats Sue on the right)</span><br /></div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left">So here goes the eye candy ......... ENJOY!!!!!!<br /><br /><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7pUOgqY3r30CC2EPPQg5oOhoL7_-HN_m2uuBXPPZX9Ap5Ec8k8wfu599jVdwfvRorYAk1cYsKe7f6kPzwvsZOtG24NzFsd8tUWq7WmQO13gxwXhyphenhyphen9tYwEXelOjdT4knl6SCGG8bVM5yU9/s1600/P1000014.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453919045413702738" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7pUOgqY3r30CC2EPPQg5oOhoL7_-HN_m2uuBXPPZX9Ap5Ec8k8wfu599jVdwfvRorYAk1cYsKe7f6kPzwvsZOtG24NzFsd8tUWq7WmQO13gxwXhyphenhyphen9tYwEXelOjdT4knl6SCGG8bVM5yU9/s320/P1000014.jpg" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8Bp76ec2K3h85GwcDRJZEO4QkqqoxOSSw9ZKeEY9lkSPU5PFqQMfZ6MGz3BPpMf58wzFCuAVh5m2x85YI3PPDnbq-b8SXAnJgu0aKSFKucEFraF8Yrjn-RtLckpvpsIVE1d7SnDVWNzgw/s1600/P1000013.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 241px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453917776703041442" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8vw1Pi7OclqCHzz_EQTLYTKt7f0pU6_n1-bcKP_mQuGf5jf7l2hd_ndldbbp5heCuje9mJel2MV9QzB46wvJnGrem962KFtlhtYugIfZntOJPkiXtmlIJhdR-8dAcvwQNmDAOSJeFqhzE/s320/Chinois+Vase+46x61cm+Acrylic,collage+on+canvas.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLKcLrhYkzLPTiI2DAo1LuiehFSwyxCSH1rbRvnAizBqfp73iBLnF_FQdP3UDSZTBQIgW-EhVNpDxNB2dxxaXxPOocV3lpI8Z-I-ggFyQ0ZUfBzS29KFupUMFA_4x4Zprhsdg9Ksco8kjK/s1600/Chineses+Emperor+46x61cm+Acrylic,collage+on+canvas.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 242px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453917767051379890" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLKcLrhYkzLPTiI2DAo1LuiehFSwyxCSH1rbRvnAizBqfp73iBLnF_FQdP3UDSZTBQIgW-EhVNpDxNB2dxxaXxPOocV3lpI8Z-I-ggFyQ0ZUfBzS29KFupUMFA_4x4Zprhsdg9Ksco8kjK/s320/Chineses+Emperor+46x61cm+Acrylic,collage+on+canvas.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJk2rqfQtjYfRZM7_MeQPvMI8Y62d4OJtatNBsIf9dRlu4wUgOyhpuOaitomDLUzvyN2mooSswj1SlFAFLHdkgD8CogbW7YBsGE2GJQtlBzKBHHfdHB-LvaKIYmETIUccvJOlzNmufzwd9/s1600/Chinese+screen.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453917765793458658" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJk2rqfQtjYfRZM7_MeQPvMI8Y62d4OJtatNBsIf9dRlu4wUgOyhpuOaitomDLUzvyN2mooSswj1SlFAFLHdkgD8CogbW7YBsGE2GJQtlBzKBHHfdHB-LvaKIYmETIUccvJOlzNmufzwd9/s320/Chinese+screen.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div>OOOoooh!!! Did I forget to tell you she is also a World class cook and we both love the same wines as well. Stay tuned ladies over the coming weeks I will have more talented ladies to showcase.</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>dragonfly gypsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13870543404174385463noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5806392774755883052.post-81781369031822072232010-03-23T16:10:00.004+11:002010-03-23T16:45:53.777+11:00ORIENTAL MEMORIESSome years ago we went to Japan on business but also managed some touring around time.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYMBoPy4nQ4QUH4gH02BAWFxyDNvgAke4Yf1rv9xFLMIpduQ-YhYcckUF3nWCVHabm4RBCqNUtmyK9wbDsXAm_LFwVVduaLJ2aY8yhrgWRHFVpW1nmYVf1C6MbRsp7z2wn2UuFiRCUQHGM/s1600-h/143_31.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451697120963041906" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYMBoPy4nQ4QUH4gH02BAWFxyDNvgAke4Yf1rv9xFLMIpduQ-YhYcckUF3nWCVHabm4RBCqNUtmyK9wbDsXAm_LFwVVduaLJ2aY8yhrgWRHFVpW1nmYVf1C6MbRsp7z2wn2UuFiRCUQHGM/s320/143_31.jpg" /></a><br />How beautiful and trusting are these deer!!!<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWTnfSRolmRVqx-HxuM05ojj96yWGiHyYzQdOMtgRMcKtDe_qjU4CB1HSwmYhzA3c-v7Ivav8MJvU8-TSg7gF0m68p2x3nn77PSinspRGdnIAjtHK3Y_pXiKpPx7qve3g6r4cIUrU0ch2H/s1600-h/140_28.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451697116223444402" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWTnfSRolmRVqx-HxuM05ojj96yWGiHyYzQdOMtgRMcKtDe_qjU4CB1HSwmYhzA3c-v7Ivav8MJvU8-TSg7gF0m68p2x3nn77PSinspRGdnIAjtHK3Y_pXiKpPx7qve3g6r4cIUrU0ch2H/s320/140_28.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxpqFwiiYPUbe0cdnfoDXg3GJMM_uaT0CSi1N5Rpzctt2Yhn6UsZJ_AU8WEKb41vBGZfI-p9NaUQZVqaKhk3we1N4zLZfzZo8lFqMP6LEjlIpz1WLo0uT7VOtRhVg_O27CLOvPEQZAbCTO/s1600-h/137_E.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451697110214050386" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxpqFwiiYPUbe0cdnfoDXg3GJMM_uaT0CSi1N5Rpzctt2Yhn6UsZJ_AU8WEKb41vBGZfI-p9NaUQZVqaKhk3we1N4zLZfzZo8lFqMP6LEjlIpz1WLo0uT7VOtRhVg_O27CLOvPEQZAbCTO/s320/137_E.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAN4sU4MSZylNwOGDetU0uhsW0w3w25r4kfMccTElAAQD2kY3p61-r5SI9JecAO5lQ5Ug5wMkng0x6Dw-RrvLg53CSo5dCAu5I1lSGbllGwuoj-z0yn9GbrZHPwKmiA5OHDHD2P8792dKs/s1600-h/095_17A.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451697104581122770" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAN4sU4MSZylNwOGDetU0uhsW0w3w25r4kfMccTElAAQD2kY3p61-r5SI9JecAO5lQ5Ug5wMkng0x6Dw-RrvLg53CSo5dCAu5I1lSGbllGwuoj-z0yn9GbrZHPwKmiA5OHDHD2P8792dKs/s320/095_17A.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuSNJ-2BWl1pd7XSNHLjfiDzP51hQFuiUcg2fayeMjnerGOk88DxpahP0q1Ld0PA8HCUBC3H9SNF424bI-pUAQMHOXQOc8Nb6TVX3d3fUdNIwafRDhrFgrrUygqjhpA3RClIC61bmPbix0/s1600-h/096_18A.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451696548729093282" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuSNJ-2BWl1pd7XSNHLjfiDzP51hQFuiUcg2fayeMjnerGOk88DxpahP0q1Ld0PA8HCUBC3H9SNF424bI-pUAQMHOXQOc8Nb6TVX3d3fUdNIwafRDhrFgrrUygqjhpA3RClIC61bmPbix0/s320/096_18A.jpg" /></a> These quilts were in our Hotel in Hiroshima.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBXkvzD_-PImi8t6XzQgS616IjQo875ev1KOc-aC4UHmkPWOwNYfGL1ADAKdsNX46tacG6g3GjWWIbGG16DlBsPBuD3nmkSKb8sQvaNb59tVQUN5F1ZReDwAjP9GKYD2YjJgoHawLLJUu8/s1600-h/109_22.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451696542562046146" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBXkvzD_-PImi8t6XzQgS616IjQo875ev1KOc-aC4UHmkPWOwNYfGL1ADAKdsNX46tacG6g3GjWWIbGG16DlBsPBuD3nmkSKb8sQvaNb59tVQUN5F1ZReDwAjP9GKYD2YjJgoHawLLJUu8/s320/109_22.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgffyZYkbOyLSZrx3thOTEHvrT5Ii9GiW4aWC-d0vxmr2JougSqD6B70epwU3rM4YWB4h6SO4PU2Rrrwog_STHq1uCH8nuxqVSBZKLscJ8LR9I9tJuLDHYiwHbU3JAkA3qjdYm2F5j9dVSu/s1600-h/112_25.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451696539311608866" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgffyZYkbOyLSZrx3thOTEHvrT5Ii9GiW4aWC-d0vxmr2JougSqD6B70epwU3rM4YWB4h6SO4PU2Rrrwog_STHq1uCH8nuxqVSBZKLscJ8LR9I9tJuLDHYiwHbU3JAkA3qjdYm2F5j9dVSu/s320/112_25.jpg" /></a> I was inspired to make some oriental quilts using panels I had bought back for my daughter. No photos for that one . This was an old panel I had that my Mother loved so I made this with other fabrics she had picked out. I had one other panel the same and made one for myself with a number of borders around it made from lots of squares with a different Japanese fabric for every square.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDq0CZhVyt6U4c_ser5DTYDw4afeO8wL-bNygTaP0n-ZSxJd6alO79G2JNt1n7rxTMG8QdLfpsM4Fx23GdP-4qRy8M0MZkp9Ml0k26epbxuSxAV1wQsTeN7htJSzH7IyO6oBNMEc1M4c3e/s1600-h/IMG_0122.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 318px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451696526698951890" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDq0CZhVyt6U4c_ser5DTYDw4afeO8wL-bNygTaP0n-ZSxJd6alO79G2JNt1n7rxTMG8QdLfpsM4Fx23GdP-4qRy8M0MZkp9Ml0k26epbxuSxAV1wQsTeN7htJSzH7IyO6oBNMEc1M4c3e/s320/IMG_0122.JPG" /></a> Of course this is where my love of Kokeshi Dolls started and I have many more in my collection. I even have a little one hanging off my Mobile phone and some off my scissors. My quilt group that meets at my house on Wednesdays is also called Kokeshi Dolls.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiK3Auw1HnjQTiawW0gRM_fsMpQIB5DOyIAoC4kjV-yYUwmjME6VIfKE333zaZdqts4NEROrGLFnBB3E87iVR_YOr3mK0_mhYg45cU-50gF-0cAYF-giCrSAHysgT9beBujRghy60GADXu/s1600-h/P1010079.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451696517393671650" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiK3Auw1HnjQTiawW0gRM_fsMpQIB5DOyIAoC4kjV-yYUwmjME6VIfKE333zaZdqts4NEROrGLFnBB3E87iVR_YOr3mK0_mhYg45cU-50gF-0cAYF-giCrSAHysgT9beBujRghy60GADXu/s320/P1010079.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>dragonfly gypsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13870543404174385463noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5806392774755883052.post-65903536425307426612010-03-14T13:27:00.002+11:002010-03-14T13:31:24.676+11:00BUTTERFLIES, FAIRIES AND FIREWORKSHi Everyone, This posting is for today 14th March but for some reason it is posting as Friday. Can not seem to edit it so this is the only way I could correct it.dragonfly gypsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13870543404174385463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5806392774755883052.post-45836920640022034032010-03-12T16:36:00.006+11:002010-03-14T12:51:33.563+11:00BUTTERFLIES, FAIRIES AND FIREWORKSI can't beleive it is a year since our beloved and beautiful daughter Shanna married Tim. Time flies quickly.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiog5RuuJvEjwyt8KQBIpjlBtAqLMOGhizdzIi22LPyeBdbpNfAlRMx9zuTnkxfXrq0COWUBTnSiC-xR7FyU2SA2XKQR2sgfxYXYH2Pe5SXCyPyiNBumAo4LyFyC46ZOn-k6TYTDmGliTyP/s1600-h/01+Bride4815.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 213px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447618808942293874" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiog5RuuJvEjwyt8KQBIpjlBtAqLMOGhizdzIi22LPyeBdbpNfAlRMx9zuTnkxfXrq0COWUBTnSiC-xR7FyU2SA2XKQR2sgfxYXYH2Pe5SXCyPyiNBumAo4LyFyC46ZOn-k6TYTDmGliTyP/s320/01+Bride4815.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVMWxC_RElp7Fr0WeszpCxKgz6gG7s1_kvyUzeRfdWgT0DINxge9hK2PIesR7qDmt-co40h6rpkDd4Pqnuq_ljqCEQRHQRzoYwMx9HjjU8H-iajO3sKPvZHLRzF3xX9kx4BCFBJbnd11iE/s1600-h/01+Bride4720.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; 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Really relaxed and one big party of laughing and dancing. Congratulations Shanna and Tim. I LOVE you both very much.</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>dragonfly gypsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13870543404174385463noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5806392774755883052.post-7699035697180651492010-03-12T14:49:00.008+11:002010-03-12T15:52:18.095+11:00I'M BACK AND WITH PHOTOS<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii0VcBhwR6tLTv4PjqJ9iI63bP1V7TFrrQbpRfjvW4iYvWG8ppoiRdKqz-1MsB4QxvwAnF2yj3IGA2TSWD44zT0DnISEF_jaeVIKmNknB39L8xdc4kEjYUm99wzIHNRCSZfoaIfESp8Jjh/s1600-h/photo5.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447590399504317090" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii0VcBhwR6tLTv4PjqJ9iI63bP1V7TFrrQbpRfjvW4iYvWG8ppoiRdKqz-1MsB4QxvwAnF2yj3IGA2TSWD44zT0DnISEF_jaeVIKmNknB39L8xdc4kEjYUm99wzIHNRCSZfoaIfESp8Jjh/s320/photo5.jpg" /></a> Yes, here we are arriving in style at Hamilton Island after aborted landing and then walking across tarmac in torrential rain.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg67Y4wATmH8iOzH5dbnu8nOty5-GyG0T79yGDVgFMaado3cgkAVb8D8wi2s0LinF2jiPuYwr3qXGMEjG88qb7bs3VAPWt2m7QbiuKyNZlfovsXVm9dEELoULKyUGWZvwZNasRSmsG7h5YT/s1600-h/photo4.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447590395487753906" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg67Y4wATmH8iOzH5dbnu8nOty5-GyG0T79yGDVgFMaado3cgkAVb8D8wi2s0LinF2jiPuYwr3qXGMEjG88qb7bs3VAPWt2m7QbiuKyNZlfovsXVm9dEELoULKyUGWZvwZNasRSmsG7h5YT/s320/photo4.jpg" /></a><br />Yep, laying back relaxing!!!! Not!!!!!!<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX5lb2J1MvYHRyCg_Bo5Fcd25P62m9gMA9yNgcllmh6cV9fBigqYsms3SQdB2qqLQaAghlCb87KGsGSdGKEyQ4mxhTyEgBNqIClO72BfkCdjuRWc4U-fYmpofhpTS3PcKmO955V191WCiB/s1600-h/photo3.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447590387204346082" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX5lb2J1MvYHRyCg_Bo5Fcd25P62m9gMA9yNgcllmh6cV9fBigqYsms3SQdB2qqLQaAghlCb87KGsGSdGKEyQ4mxhTyEgBNqIClO72BfkCdjuRWc4U-fYmpofhpTS3PcKmO955V191WCiB/s320/photo3.jpg" /></a> Glamorously attired for awards night.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5kbAOrSasJPLPsNp21pKgX2p_EAy3BH2wyg_VYOfgHZ4BzMRA0T-qIvOvLtb7XDEpozHsOzZh1dYU0RQuKHsEucwjIE9NcadtkC061sIt35YGbZCNm0htKMgbUIW3-bM29mNbtP0clbCT/s1600-h/photo2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447590381147807314" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5kbAOrSasJPLPsNp21pKgX2p_EAy3BH2wyg_VYOfgHZ4BzMRA0T-qIvOvLtb7XDEpozHsOzZh1dYU0RQuKHsEucwjIE9NcadtkC061sIt35YGbZCNm0htKMgbUIW3-bM29mNbtP0clbCT/s320/photo2.jpg" /></a> Yes, thats right ladies I am behind the guy on fork lift.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiMoSMScZtWpMnJmOP2sqaJXdp28enU8pS9GFPsDXnJ42p9YXDH12NI2skpo1XYK0o2BW3DCI3LTbCVVesIcTEs7I_ufo8ByaoWpibPb_J4Flvd_K6CwnL6ALtozjV1NXg3G_rAnAd3523/s1600-h/photo.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447590371757285266" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiMoSMScZtWpMnJmOP2sqaJXdp28enU8pS9GFPsDXnJ42p9YXDH12NI2skpo1XYK0o2BW3DCI3LTbCVVesIcTEs7I_ufo8ByaoWpibPb_J4Flvd_K6CwnL6ALtozjV1NXg3G_rAnAd3523/s320/photo.jpg" /></a><br />and there you have me ...... COMING THRU!!!!!!!!!!!<br /></div><div>.... and what does a girl do when she is feeling down and incapacitated??????? HEXIES!!!!!</div><div></div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggHoL_od7p_x3fZka7VjRbAv9r0MnD4Xb6hXegL6eQJ6Wp3rjduK-jjkMLiFYJAuXM-DMPRNedkytLDidk1ccT7JeUj0-j1SlkCR0k-8zVfD24yiAFrrQ2jqsyHqrA9k6dFIPrmvknMEAo/s1600-h/P1010052.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447601366987767282" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggHoL_od7p_x3fZka7VjRbAv9r0MnD4Xb6hXegL6eQJ6Wp3rjduK-jjkMLiFYJAuXM-DMPRNedkytLDidk1ccT7JeUj0-j1SlkCR0k-8zVfD24yiAFrrQ2jqsyHqrA9k6dFIPrmvknMEAo/s320/P1010052.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYJrPlaHkXSRUrSVX6yvBT2Kj1aH5crDomJ3FmpvrDCnv_OqwUSKn_NIY_FLhtoe0OMoV9PJJAwQ74t1-vu2yGa3rC8arRq6lSCMiAGwZnkbFoIjhX58XIShYqOnLqzrPDX3HBbdy779NG/s1600-h/P1010051.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447601357022738530" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYJrPlaHkXSRUrSVX6yvBT2Kj1aH5crDomJ3FmpvrDCnv_OqwUSKn_NIY_FLhtoe0OMoV9PJJAwQ74t1-vu2yGa3rC8arRq6lSCMiAGwZnkbFoIjhX58XIShYqOnLqzrPDX3HBbdy779NG/s320/P1010051.jpg" /></a> .... and buy Yuwa fabrics on-line<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnProgi0AIhe4lsxlfR-xyyY70lEjHPTaGPkpEfUmXZhAYJIGh5Abx4pd3iyGEUY60vVqLCdCsq0b2mxGiufROaDBKhi7pPTZhNgOrBZRWJKrzrc8wrVzZT_4ZkRyUeZMP1987IKTal6G3/s1600-h/P1000907.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447601354148980002" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnProgi0AIhe4lsxlfR-xyyY70lEjHPTaGPkpEfUmXZhAYJIGh5Abx4pd3iyGEUY60vVqLCdCsq0b2mxGiufROaDBKhi7pPTZhNgOrBZRWJKrzrc8wrVzZT_4ZkRyUeZMP1987IKTal6G3/s320/P1000907.JPG" /></a> .... and YAY!!! thank goodness for EBAY<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCtTGY6LsFEcxvsVEvJJib_FngGeoIi8CB1iwmu1DEgv-VL-W06EWj6j27zUIOe7J5_QnBHcUqTWKSvGWg5hQoNMIKKZeqZklKPQ2e1hTLGubLwHZeEq5kn5gu0x9BeHdicxOXJ8ZjBRHW/s1600-h/P1010076.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447601349497019826" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCtTGY6LsFEcxvsVEvJJib_FngGeoIi8CB1iwmu1DEgv-VL-W06EWj6j27zUIOe7J5_QnBHcUqTWKSvGWg5hQoNMIKKZeqZklKPQ2e1hTLGubLwHZeEq5kn5gu0x9BeHdicxOXJ8ZjBRHW/s320/P1010076.JPG" /></a><br />... and my best friend Vicki (also a quilter) who owns an Antique Shop gave me this to cheer me up because she knows I love old tins and birds. Every time I open it up it makes me feel happy.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOrzCJrXCQ4orGZ4aUsL4nIczfi1bIdjDloyIHECIpzyFzBU64DIPz7hf4B-oUto180YMLkLgjcPyzeRAgmQBOaBzqeQGZF_HlNEVJ5JsaFrDKMKXTBuL3oreSfEzwiWRNhsAXU20mPSa1/s1600-h/P1010077.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447601342565958946" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOrzCJrXCQ4orGZ4aUsL4nIczfi1bIdjDloyIHECIpzyFzBU64DIPz7hf4B-oUto180YMLkLgjcPyzeRAgmQBOaBzqeQGZF_HlNEVJ5JsaFrDKMKXTBuL3oreSfEzwiWRNhsAXU20mPSa1/s320/P1010077.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>dragonfly gypsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13870543404174385463noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5806392774755883052.post-86539129205664059852010-03-01T15:17:00.004+11:002010-03-01T18:29:07.573+11:00ROW 13Hi everyone. Last Friday we had to go to Hamilton Island for a Business Award which we had won. It was on Hamilton Island in the Great Barrier Reef. We check in and discover we are ROW 13. I said to hubby Oooo!! Not good!!! Well it started from there. Weather was foul with lots of turbulance and no visibility. We are coming in for a landing and suddenly the pilot pulls the plane up REALLY steeply. He apologises and says he could not see the runway and as it is very short and into the sea he had to go back up. We then circled for 15 minutes until he could see to land. We have to get off and walk across runway and down comes a torrential downpour and we are thoroughly soaked including everything in my handbag including my hexies. But let me tell you it went DOWNHILL from there. The next morning going to breakfast the Hotel's highly polished floorboards were wet and down I went in front of the whole conference. I landed on my knee but my leg and foot went out to the side. So Hubby drags me across the floor to a chair and the Paramedics come (eventually). I get treated for some time whilst waiting for ambulance which decides they have worked too many hours so unless it is a spinal injury they are not coming. So we wait for the Rescue Squad who comes with a leg brace so that they can move me. To my embarrassment 3 men (one is my hubby) have to carry me out to the Hotel van which is too high for me to get in so after much pushing, pulling and screaming by me I finally get to Island Hospital where of course I have to wait for ages without any painkillers. I finally get my leg strapped out straight in front of me and decide I am still going to Awards night in wheelchair. Very interesting Hubby showering me, blow drying hair and holding me whilst I do make up. Got standing ovation when I got there. Everyone said I was a hero and all the blokes told hubby I was a legend to make it through the whole night. But did it all end there NOooo!!! to get me into aeroplane I have to go on cargo lift yet again in front of whole conference and the same again to get off plane at Brisbane. Luckily from Brisbane to Sydney I only had to endure being lifted by burly airport workers in and out of wheelchairs and chairs and yet again being up ended into a van but this time with my dress practically around my shoulders. At home Hubby and son-in-law decide the best way to get me into apartment is on my office chair and yet again lifting me up and down stairs. I am having an MRI in the morning and the point to all of this is I don't know when I will post again as my office is on 2nd floor and I cant get up stairs to get help with loading my photos. Maybe my computer friend can come to me and teach me some more. THE BIGGEST LESSON IN ALL OF THIS IS I WILL NEVER ACCEPT ROW 13 AGAIN.dragonfly gypsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13870543404174385463noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5806392774755883052.post-1552704006772740442010-02-19T13:59:00.009+11:002010-02-19T15:56:30.317+11:00TRAVELLING HEXAGON STARSIn August last year we went to Norway on the Oriana, London and then onto Greek Islands. I cut these out 2 weeks before to take with me. I cut them in some of my favourite fabric and colors aqua, yellow and bright pink. They are not in proper order yet I just laid them out for photos. Also in between each star will be a plain hexagon of same size but in large print fabric.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqPLkT65mA9iRcCX_TWSWSGP5B8Z8pM9H9gcaxjf8k827G2nrI4eIOjqHYGE2HBl2WhLj4wSLDFYcDlnhvSa6SXCAovPT0f_JAWetbrHgflS9FBoN4RD5Y7Pqm1D7dX0oZRT1Kz2mSOsou/s1600-h/P1000908.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439788351407161362" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqPLkT65mA9iRcCX_TWSWSGP5B8Z8pM9H9gcaxjf8k827G2nrI4eIOjqHYGE2HBl2WhLj4wSLDFYcDlnhvSa6SXCAovPT0f_JAWetbrHgflS9FBoN4RD5Y7Pqm1D7dX0oZRT1Kz2mSOsou/s320/P1000908.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDzUqHcMA5UyROUQAd_LX1Oii-Sl0mcMwtLDDW-B6qgVaTNpn4VhTu-37O213b2rizFFg3rDyWUOWPzSHAD4vrGyO7wOEODhWFUULDOa64n0pmtg7tXOjD2l7CKrVjB-sX7i-h6D75uj6N/s1600-h/P1000909.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439788342909118098" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDzUqHcMA5UyROUQAd_LX1Oii-Sl0mcMwtLDDW-B6qgVaTNpn4VhTu-37O213b2rizFFg3rDyWUOWPzSHAD4vrGyO7wOEODhWFUULDOa64n0pmtg7tXOjD2l7CKrVjB-sX7i-h6D75uj6N/s320/P1000909.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAlK8RT5t3F6-HpGDGyahzJ8YGByyBLI7CukKB2RAHTRc6wcaRlD_YKrs8__rDSRQW4rZ4nQycwAeJhfcVKoh0-P4kjPnx5QJcEVm-uWhei0DGy0karR0Kwx3cwMbCniCNkZEIjPq5fJfL/s1600-h/P1000910.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439788341128337922" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAlK8RT5t3F6-HpGDGyahzJ8YGByyBLI7CukKB2RAHTRc6wcaRlD_YKrs8__rDSRQW4rZ4nQycwAeJhfcVKoh0-P4kjPnx5QJcEVm-uWhei0DGy0karR0Kwx3cwMbCniCNkZEIjPq5fJfL/s320/P1000910.JPG" /></a> Some of the large print hexagons already cut out<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPzBKTxifCHL9wBgNPAXz5gWsdJNa5ZXElucZVb9z6OXVVJXu9vrDWcR-R-iVhNng2ZLf31ko_uughLjwaWokVvqxMUmKZqijjrKmXDQ17j1d9YnltGNciLsKikDz97akYY2bkSRJwzqGX/s1600-h/P1000911.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439788334066864002" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPzBKTxifCHL9wBgNPAXz5gWsdJNa5ZXElucZVb9z6OXVVJXu9vrDWcR-R-iVhNng2ZLf31ko_uughLjwaWokVvqxMUmKZqijjrKmXDQ17j1d9YnltGNciLsKikDz97akYY2bkSRJwzqGX/s320/P1000911.JPG" /></a>These are the aqua diamonds that go between</div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div>For many years it has been my dream to go to Norway as I am of Norwegian descent. My great, great Grandfather was a Norwegian seaman and fell in love with my great,great Grandmother and jumped ship in the 1860's. When the Troopers (Police) came looking for him she hid him under flour sacks in her Father's flour mill. When we arrived in Norway I rang my Mother and said to her "I have my feet on Norway the first time anyone in the family has in 150 years". She loved it!! So did I it was breathtakingly beautiful!!!! This is the beautiful Fjords of Norway and the Oriana moored there. We took this from the mountain top.<br /><br /></div><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkEP4oRzMw1mYThAc7D-MaXXRpvdXWH5mQtb7PiJqW_QyWmSNkZpwfUQE2VgUwUpVE6gN65EPBa22XjdEDz8lLxOrUMhuW5vAmddKfLATTYIS5BFUj3HeaUVx3W6y0LpPnbgk-VYsq4h8X/s1600-h/DSC01642.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439788325764480578" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkEP4oRzMw1mYThAc7D-MaXXRpvdXWH5mQtb7PiJqW_QyWmSNkZpwfUQE2VgUwUpVE6gN65EPBa22XjdEDz8lLxOrUMhuW5vAmddKfLATTYIS5BFUj3HeaUVx3W6y0LpPnbgk-VYsq4h8X/s320/DSC01642.JPG" /></a><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div></div>The Quilt Shop in Bergen. Fantastic to be able to find quilt shops in other Countries and see what type of work they do. Of course I had to buy fabric especially from Norway. I got some fabric for the hexie stars and promptly went back to the Oriana and cut more out.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnCqRyGSxpK7Q6OLnMCwBN1g3llE5KOuvX7aHJGP7h80xMLrYElA8DRGI4RDE85evZ8sJ3wGs6__yYacmob426El10j8_FdB__SS0_6Rg5Bbolt2ytSacx-piGulFgJy37-oqJ0FTLSD-0/s1600-h/DSC01601.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439787012967176306" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnCqRyGSxpK7Q6OLnMCwBN1g3llE5KOuvX7aHJGP7h80xMLrYElA8DRGI4RDE85evZ8sJ3wGs6__yYacmob426El10j8_FdB__SS0_6Rg5Bbolt2ytSacx-piGulFgJy37-oqJ0FTLSD-0/s320/DSC01601.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqxlUOtjSD5s2Z27mjG5U5-uQNTzHURGdGCePuy-xKwSFslJvIC3r-IpDtKzOvJPBZr9qFo5zk2sZ09UvUam6dGf6H9AaoDpQ_7muIwePdxgIVH44KFGJISsBdOkgX77Wx43CoZ9IDIMRL/s1600-h/DSC01602.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439787005459156322" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqxlUOtjSD5s2Z27mjG5U5-uQNTzHURGdGCePuy-xKwSFslJvIC3r-IpDtKzOvJPBZr9qFo5zk2sZ09UvUam6dGf6H9AaoDpQ_7muIwePdxgIVH44KFGJISsBdOkgX77Wx43CoZ9IDIMRL/s320/DSC01602.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgemUhyb7lb3M5jybNHrqa9QW-pD7rqd_AywYjr3v36grOpECnH8-b3msD3hSrDRL6DtiKN7vsgFWorOjlGBuT1SbHynj2ObnfdHTVj4AFtcowpDUXzwvP_oBW7OjuZsKtJcLp8ysOlRQi-/s1600-h/DSC01603.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439786994709664754" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgemUhyb7lb3M5jybNHrqa9QW-pD7rqd_AywYjr3v36grOpECnH8-b3msD3hSrDRL6DtiKN7vsgFWorOjlGBuT1SbHynj2ObnfdHTVj4AFtcowpDUXzwvP_oBW7OjuZsKtJcLp8ysOlRQi-/s320/DSC01603.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div></div><br /><div></div>This is what hubby turns into when he has been shopping for too long and lack of food<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGeoGYqRZb3kZskvOG-hKtz_Q5F_kMd0C_zlt1BrKU8kMKdubyoYa7cgzWAHi6YUrh-bfaGje6M8EVCCQ4PLfvcsFjqw7pgETDIvPfF1t5BCTMLPDF7Rldb7-Z_xnLxJf86LRYoX4t9xqo/s1600-h/DSC01612.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439786016858538978" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGeoGYqRZb3kZskvOG-hKtz_Q5F_kMd0C_zlt1BrKU8kMKdubyoYa7cgzWAHi6YUrh-bfaGje6M8EVCCQ4PLfvcsFjqw7pgETDIvPfF1t5BCTMLPDF7Rldb7-Z_xnLxJf86LRYoX4t9xqo/s320/DSC01612.JPG" /></a><br />I gave in and we went to this great Seafood Market on waterfront in Bergen for lunch. Method in my madness I told him we better walk this off so we went shopping again.</div><br /><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpLrcEk8sxaBMiXNkULAa5SdggaygIT5phPsDlKI_X6hqTN3YYF2Vgn-oEwkisGe5s5xoFH0VF15I9N13qfeFW34cdrN6WGmPyLwY5AdnFVc90ZrFLXEaxxkoHP7bBjgXlh_PTEbyae3oG/s1600-h/DSC01607.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439786007793537474" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpLrcEk8sxaBMiXNkULAa5SdggaygIT5phPsDlKI_X6hqTN3YYF2Vgn-oEwkisGe5s5xoFH0VF15I9N13qfeFW34cdrN6WGmPyLwY5AdnFVc90ZrFLXEaxxkoHP7bBjgXlh_PTEbyae3oG/s320/DSC01607.JPG" /></a> These beautiful shops are very old and I bought some beautiful Christmas decorations at the Christmas Shop here. At the Quilt Shop I also bought a beautiful little applique mini quilt of these shops but forgot to photograph it. I will put it on another post.<br /></div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-jN3tmsPVtrdT5UHDRi0fyhynmTvr2hg6CTuv9YJj_bcV8D5dIjjiuyVBT9eh-mF46U0sEWttvWuNAvyAsLcq4OXycRYLjK4dcRCVLPxItwMt0l3y6oC9F69lvHTCtKIQD0kSFwqUEOZu/s1600-h/DSC01613.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439813578061150098" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-jN3tmsPVtrdT5UHDRi0fyhynmTvr2hg6CTuv9YJj_bcV8D5dIjjiuyVBT9eh-mF46U0sEWttvWuNAvyAsLcq4OXycRYLjK4dcRCVLPxItwMt0l3y6oC9F69lvHTCtKIQD0kSFwqUEOZu/s320/DSC01613.JPG" /></a><br /><div><div>I believe farmer's grow grass on rooftops so livestock can stay up there in Winter and not get frostbite.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjssY6aUV9ia5VrkYczjlYVkewmwysHs2sNFmRYsLMIs4chTMDyXAVdq3pg34lbsFb3_-1Qb_Et-v8tu8QcVAO_gK_sOr7TY_Dq936MxOOtGFNRFgxkBsxdtwfc_gF_2g7MfML2bV_20_cB/s1600-h/DSC01788.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439785986470997826" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjssY6aUV9ia5VrkYczjlYVkewmwysHs2sNFmRYsLMIs4chTMDyXAVdq3pg34lbsFb3_-1Qb_Et-v8tu8QcVAO_gK_sOr7TY_Dq936MxOOtGFNRFgxkBsxdtwfc_gF_2g7MfML2bV_20_cB/s320/DSC01788.JPG" /></a><br />Patchwork shop in London in Kew. Very nice shop. Of course I found a few more fabrics!!!!!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgErXoF5tVGau6qF1AjfaEi8Jk1qBWvkIwWI2muzEDLBRoiCleTp38t71k3MvaSyUKqfSqy_ndRqj8D5nYjpM1t-sUKdjRChW_KhyphenhyphenMrf3d7zELNtYIVf4DTZ_HpHitZMGle3WoAyzX-mtG4/s1600-h/DSC01814.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439785975761870274" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgErXoF5tVGau6qF1AjfaEi8Jk1qBWvkIwWI2muzEDLBRoiCleTp38t71k3MvaSyUKqfSqy_ndRqj8D5nYjpM1t-sUKdjRChW_KhyphenhyphenMrf3d7zELNtYIVf4DTZ_HpHitZMGle3WoAyzX-mtG4/s320/DSC01814.JPG" /></a> Sewing and picnic in Hyde Park. Weather was lovely. We bought our food in Harrods Food Hall hence my beautiful shopping bag of the old peacock tile there. Well I had to carry the food in something!!!!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcVo-dHGZ2JuUIF0tQGfzEFx7v3eiEz0sAIkql42tIqsAkebendM3DgWoJKNQJunFQVJBblYub_IbShZXdfCRD79eKgxL5JUXl_UTNsL75qtwrpffaqK494M5wVSW9WJU4iknXcXJQemwh/s1600-h/DSC01795.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439784804075516946" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcVo-dHGZ2JuUIF0tQGfzEFx7v3eiEz0sAIkql42tIqsAkebendM3DgWoJKNQJunFQVJBblYub_IbShZXdfCRD79eKgxL5JUXl_UTNsL75qtwrpffaqK494M5wVSW9WJU4iknXcXJQemwh/s320/DSC01795.JPG" /></a> Oops being touristy in Buck Palace!!<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUW0078evixRuyOYC0fgnmtO4c9DtRPfS6D501ke_UnnOnn0RlAOOky3f-D8rjRFsZlqpSXIIpLXYXX2Eq72ky1QfEcg1Ryt-rfsgcCjB30tvwzyOdix4wHAYLWLMmTDquFS1s5KmYTiVn/s1600-h/DSC01812.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439784791915367362" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUW0078evixRuyOYC0fgnmtO4c9DtRPfS6D501ke_UnnOnn0RlAOOky3f-D8rjRFsZlqpSXIIpLXYXX2Eq72ky1QfEcg1Ryt-rfsgcCjB30tvwzyOdix4wHAYLWLMmTDquFS1s5KmYTiVn/s320/DSC01812.JPG" /></a><br />They think of everything.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTjg2q-BNthUCPub7p5Zr0suGlV8gvRMju9wTwYLjvAqC-WkUOZMIxbC5uX4XGMVvSKTJsxIn8JTJNSaR3nRPXdND578yJ7l_CCHjGgWHRxNGCVmd5TrRKvwNavKNs5LPm51_56W9q1gCo/s1600-h/DSC01801.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439784789082338834" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTjg2q-BNthUCPub7p5Zr0suGlV8gvRMju9wTwYLjvAqC-WkUOZMIxbC5uX4XGMVvSKTJsxIn8JTJNSaR3nRPXdND578yJ7l_CCHjGgWHRxNGCVmd5TrRKvwNavKNs5LPm51_56W9q1gCo/s320/DSC01801.JPG" /></a> Yes sewing again. This time in Greek Islands.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy_-JE1J1OB_mlgNM6IhGizQzBVoyLnicM_Pr8ttqvHd2Gr6ztNeK2-miOAKFsjCk13WlW9T82bQvjYtwBAb32_IB7LPpyS3NZV64mvk26yY-BLTUm1mSyQjsJi5mcZkvedOLxyPu4ZcNy/s1600-h/DSC01828.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439784779260894674" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy_-JE1J1OB_mlgNM6IhGizQzBVoyLnicM_Pr8ttqvHd2Gr6ztNeK2-miOAKFsjCk13WlW9T82bQvjYtwBAb32_IB7LPpyS3NZV64mvk26yY-BLTUm1mSyQjsJi5mcZkvedOLxyPu4ZcNy/s320/DSC01828.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwvC55VaC-ELIhsCZ95-OvVTC7mR8_482f7pKruTTaHee1ac5j3j4IeLhOVdHZjsYR_9aLYMiGhGcgtTHjAXbPNg3f6-SQMssnpEaukRAElCR_ni_5aRFXWvDz2bD9WOKeAzhvAzWxHfGA/s1600-h/DSC01936.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439784768270538002" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwvC55VaC-ELIhsCZ95-OvVTC7mR8_482f7pKruTTaHee1ac5j3j4IeLhOVdHZjsYR_9aLYMiGhGcgtTHjAXbPNg3f6-SQMssnpEaukRAElCR_ni_5aRFXWvDz2bD9WOKeAzhvAzWxHfGA/s320/DSC01936.JPG" /></a><br />Am really looking forward to finishing this quilt but I am trying to keep it for when I travel as it is really an easy one to work on.<br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>dragonfly gypsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13870543404174385463noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5806392774755883052.post-28563947916986780972010-02-12T14:51:00.007+11:002010-02-13T18:41:26.337+11:00CARMEN MIRANDA QUILTFirst off, last night we went to see Avatar at the Open Air Cinema at Sydney Harbor. This cinema is amazing!!!! The giant screen is built rising out of the water. I did not think there was anything in the World that would stop me continously looking at our beautiful night view of the Harbor but I must say Avatar succeeded. The screen was in the middle and one side we had the City buildings lit up and on the other side we had the Sydney Opera House and the Harbor Bridge all lit up. Absolutely stunning!!!!!! The night was warm and as for the movie I LOVED it! I am a trekkie from the very beginning and am a loyal follower so I am having some guilt pangs but I think I am going to have to edit my profile and put Avatar first. I couldn't sleep for a long time last night as my mind was so alert from the colorful visual effects.<br /><br />This Quilt is a pattern from Brigitte Giblin called Carmen Miranda. I fell in love with this from the beginning as it is my colors and cannot wait to finish this for our bed. Of course we all know how many I have on the go but I keep working on this every chance as it gets me there that much quicker. I see Carmen Miranda every time I look at this and have a chuckle. There are lots of my beloved fussy cut hexies, bananas, palm trees, flowers and flamingo fabric. WHAT A JOY!!!!!!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix2ztlZ1WeAlB_qZzCBEsgWNS2ZzSNKtkUDumCJMZlx0rfMAR_nNiF6WsN37IT5MXUjIybsG7uqeWqi6yWaQRluZ-uMtEe9C5AE0vbL2RXNA9P4Vr-fI9vUpb6aMvliV_0o_IiaUlUEVMj/s1600-h/P1000727.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437201869950023250" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix2ztlZ1WeAlB_qZzCBEsgWNS2ZzSNKtkUDumCJMZlx0rfMAR_nNiF6WsN37IT5MXUjIybsG7uqeWqi6yWaQRluZ-uMtEe9C5AE0vbL2RXNA9P4Vr-fI9vUpb6aMvliV_0o_IiaUlUEVMj/s320/P1000727.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGYaC9ADQpoz_E6JDVStBk8LhhCfHerPCSWo_QXQ_g3s_2jsZxbBubr4LsxupzkMxlDb3bkdH48VfBa1nbdTUZ215PRBT2_JyQCNOG_ysdkLsUFj_BTWiRySlvAG6n3WQzXRt4zr-SgEwe/s1600-h/P1000721.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 170px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437201573346090994" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGYaC9ADQpoz_E6JDVStBk8LhhCfHerPCSWo_QXQ_g3s_2jsZxbBubr4LsxupzkMxlDb3bkdH48VfBa1nbdTUZ215PRBT2_JyQCNOG_ysdkLsUFj_BTWiRySlvAG6n3WQzXRt4zr-SgEwe/s320/P1000721.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-FKuDrru6Z4xZFggYCfD4E6jOjEQhumMeBfq4WI2t9PgWF7Rl_OWRi_5eTvBLVzryPKMzQLtEvYvSaj4uiwEuhzdQS0CQRKcfgsApNXRMASpWT9-O6tWI2vYk85iDxVx_vHiD97zZBC3J/s1600-h/P1000724.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 178px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437201564715921330" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-FKuDrru6Z4xZFggYCfD4E6jOjEQhumMeBfq4WI2t9PgWF7Rl_OWRi_5eTvBLVzryPKMzQLtEvYvSaj4uiwEuhzdQS0CQRKcfgsApNXRMASpWT9-O6tWI2vYk85iDxVx_vHiD97zZBC3J/s320/P1000724.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY3fdJm1oyeBqVUo6PGFC2W5TWlWxI3BQRe_eWkJoCKadC5m1G9mIAw8qmB-Jm-Az5CixDaOx9cgQcfDmOaDJUha04gbprNPi0BD0plRLqYZ1HeFcDAkkcv37CZUgGJqseoBeSrcdWWlga/s1600-h/P1000723.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 194px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437201556373267522" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY3fdJm1oyeBqVUo6PGFC2W5TWlWxI3BQRe_eWkJoCKadC5m1G9mIAw8qmB-Jm-Az5CixDaOx9cgQcfDmOaDJUha04gbprNPi0BD0plRLqYZ1HeFcDAkkcv37CZUgGJqseoBeSrcdWWlga/s320/P1000723.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaB1XU9ZIR8dvvv68aV_taPU7uiO_Chrk3nZsWikuKAOn3Kbcy8VCdpyuAlXMXnn123GMmU79mcl5IzGGOBLInQDALMxPoSkv_Sh4-l0AwEM1OUYZT8l4nzLs2bUDaT5Uh-byClKcUqcof/s1600-h/P1000722.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 191px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437201553797541602" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaB1XU9ZIR8dvvv68aV_taPU7uiO_Chrk3nZsWikuKAOn3Kbcy8VCdpyuAlXMXnn123GMmU79mcl5IzGGOBLInQDALMxPoSkv_Sh4-l0AwEM1OUYZT8l4nzLs2bUDaT5Uh-byClKcUqcof/s320/P1000722.JPG" /></a><br />This quilt was a copy of an antique quilt out of a Carter Huock book and was done in a Marg Sampson-George workshop in 2000. The original had a cream calico background but this range of fabric had just come out and I decided to be a daredevil and be totally different to everyone else and also use bright colors for the needleturn applique. I think it turned out well and now hangs on the wall of my office at work. The staff love it. I am actually typing this at work so don't be upset if I have quoted the wrong book but I do not have it here. Have a great weekend and happy sewing.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6_fmBU7sWrFTkCPokPPqH5fK7GSPCrXMuidGDDSwRdvTvUNapx4ahgdvlIaTznK51A2tl99KpnSXaJMSshRZD6Y0KRtHU4ANYFiHqbzVctOz5tsI2Et8OHfTMSfz-Qv64eLQpvbXI4Qtx/s1600-h/P1000178.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437201544801913778" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6_fmBU7sWrFTkCPokPPqH5fK7GSPCrXMuidGDDSwRdvTvUNapx4ahgdvlIaTznK51A2tl99KpnSXaJMSshRZD6Y0KRtHU4ANYFiHqbzVctOz5tsI2Et8OHfTMSfz-Qv64eLQpvbXI4Qtx/s320/P1000178.JPG" /></a></div></div></div></div>dragonfly gypsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13870543404174385463noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5806392774755883052.post-32259138096634479082010-02-08T15:57:00.005+11:002010-02-08T16:58:51.538+11:00MORE HEXIES ....This quilt was started in a Marg Sampson-George workshop and was supposed to have 7 medallions in the middle. Of course I loved all of mine and so couldn't cull any of them so it will be larger than original antique quilt.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ3ZEivu6Uqjz-AflQcpdQBeDrev5EEHbX86FTiUuDwDS7KXybQlEssDgQslfDcDgyUqq93ZRe9hZs0dQTIO227SQyMRdOT8IJCM_wTGWHyMS4CHiBXlDOmSLivU4rxx3LE-yjQn5ZVJdD/s1600-h/P1000189.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435736619313831090" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ3ZEivu6Uqjz-AflQcpdQBeDrev5EEHbX86FTiUuDwDS7KXybQlEssDgQslfDcDgyUqq93ZRe9hZs0dQTIO227SQyMRdOT8IJCM_wTGWHyMS4CHiBXlDOmSLivU4rxx3LE-yjQn5ZVJdD/s320/P1000189.JPG" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtS7DUcUS5s5nhd2KOO4LuQ0iWPx_UAzYy8-HOajajmkXg8om4fq9k0qWJ1I1KCKju2exTAO0v2C-RqzlR6rdxdH1Wx-SIezP-Ju1lPMznRzUFKA4s9vngk1zentnNoo5tGJ6kHrAR8Ex4/s1600-h/P1000190.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435736608518929874" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtS7DUcUS5s5nhd2KOO4LuQ0iWPx_UAzYy8-HOajajmkXg8om4fq9k0qWJ1I1KCKju2exTAO0v2C-RqzlR6rdxdH1Wx-SIezP-Ju1lPMznRzUFKA4s9vngk1zentnNoo5tGJ6kHrAR8Ex4/s320/P1000190.JPG" /></a>This quilt top is finished now and has VERY special meaning to me. I handstitched this whilst my beloved Father Ron was in the Hospice so this was the last quilt he ever saw and he touched it throughout telling me how beautiful it was. He was very proud of my quilting and used to bring all his friends to my house to look at them and also used to drive me to quilt shops and knew all the girls there and would have coffee and a chat with them. This is a Karen Cunningham pattern called Buttercup with some changes to it so I called it Buttercuppish.<br /><div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjltqT3pAxz-WLgqxROfdljZtG-jJ7BK3xppo5w7Wnwch6TLr0r-YC15j6NyBbvtcHJVMYYFuwFbQTU3lS9vsBqUy6IRxwoNsWsATUFgjfj_b-1DIigFLY1csKv2WaEO2fnvFUXuJ_C9sqa/s1600-h/P1000186.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435736603473803570" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjltqT3pAxz-WLgqxROfdljZtG-jJ7BK3xppo5w7Wnwch6TLr0r-YC15j6NyBbvtcHJVMYYFuwFbQTU3lS9vsBqUy6IRxwoNsWsATUFgjfj_b-1DIigFLY1csKv2WaEO2fnvFUXuJ_C9sqa/s320/P1000186.JPG" /></a></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8_zlpCNywcbwO9BR5Dne9q4FCFX9IcDi8zIZ61VeRSkVhV6YTBB-fTbv9pEWlAUFt3qcdAN2IMWEo0JqZANNcZuLjXaPPjaneZyMZK6bp_gUrVRhY_-GIdwnhfGbjEMoPZxujCox9yPIJ/s1600-h/P1000187.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435736597856494882" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8_zlpCNywcbwO9BR5Dne9q4FCFX9IcDi8zIZ61VeRSkVhV6YTBB-fTbv9pEWlAUFt3qcdAN2IMWEo0JqZANNcZuLjXaPPjaneZyMZK6bp_gUrVRhY_-GIdwnhfGbjEMoPZxujCox9yPIJ/s320/P1000187.JPG" /></a>This is a Brigitte Giblin pattern.<br /><br /><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8aMUIOil_e5m-I2ZxkUA4A5kfODPpfnSnHreYvzsK7iCtC6cVc5SRMyIDnurO1-Qhh6AM2AeF2S1epr9WJ6MBlzkObw-pF47lso69hTyYzJzT-NHIvkxSLfZdOdvcRZSmv6PxULTj5RAR/s1600-h/IMG_1603.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435735085879330562" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8aMUIOil_e5m-I2ZxkUA4A5kfODPpfnSnHreYvzsK7iCtC6cVc5SRMyIDnurO1-Qhh6AM2AeF2S1epr9WJ6MBlzkObw-pF47lso69hTyYzJzT-NHIvkxSLfZdOdvcRZSmv6PxULTj5RAR/s320/IMG_1603.JPG" /></a>This is a Kim McLean pattern with the Turkey fabric border.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUZTd-hi_BmdItevVHMfZUkPc8xoeO8oRe5DUsPrlLwT9Wf5ytwiGSAsdtgnbrqfpDN0UHg7IiYeD2AEqQiAUhfwVRl9-mjCYIPCmWjthG_aE4OfaZsZ1HZ7La2aAGfAon-Q9ohY63gI4c/s1600-h/IMG_1596.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435735076962821874" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUZTd-hi_BmdItevVHMfZUkPc8xoeO8oRe5DUsPrlLwT9Wf5ytwiGSAsdtgnbrqfpDN0UHg7IiYeD2AEqQiAUhfwVRl9-mjCYIPCmWjthG_aE4OfaZsZ1HZ7La2aAGfAon-Q9ohY63gI4c/s320/IMG_1596.JPG" /></a> This is a Marg Sampson-George pattern of an antique crib quilt. The centre medallion was very tricky 1/2 inch Hexagons with diamonds all paper pieced.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHG1sTr4o0UvIpyLnQL7MO80y6RJd7cYx3w8XygC8TGa9VLM3vKT8uE4pnmeeTLhouJnWcWC8iZv4DJ61wxb26wbOFOfOmuTkBwyjCSoodvNjZfQW8aophU1HhS-7eF8O7I_YcMPt5mSlY/s1600-h/IMG_0124.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 295px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 262px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435735073787362130" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHG1sTr4o0UvIpyLnQL7MO80y6RJd7cYx3w8XygC8TGa9VLM3vKT8uE4pnmeeTLhouJnWcWC8iZv4DJ61wxb26wbOFOfOmuTkBwyjCSoodvNjZfQW8aophU1HhS-7eF8O7I_YcMPt5mSlY/s320/IMG_0124.JPG" /></a><br />I thought you might be interested in my little bag I made in January. I mentioned that we travel a lot so I thought on this bag very hard and came up with if I made 5 squares it would sit on my lap with the top rolled over very comfortably. I work straight from this bag on planes, waiting in airports and in the car etc. I put pockets inside to hold cotton and pincushion etc. and I handquilted it with variegated perle in big stitch. Each square is a different and favourite fabric of mine.</div><div><br /> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHpefqcKhHm5jHIgGGhd3Mkt4u4Lsj2Pcq3RopkP6xAgc9pUZFft34a3xTDaXLOe4uwXnTuva4SfBXP96auWkvRMlTRCyheDYvu1Ux9av4boEp9Hlj4Wtlk1HjtylvRp7DQ7Rd401Nh-c9/s1600-h/P1000180.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435733781485890722" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHpefqcKhHm5jHIgGGhd3Mkt4u4Lsj2Pcq3RopkP6xAgc9pUZFft34a3xTDaXLOe4uwXnTuva4SfBXP96auWkvRMlTRCyheDYvu1Ux9av4boEp9Hlj4Wtlk1HjtylvRp7DQ7Rd401Nh-c9/s320/P1000180.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrVUdEoJp83AyurBswJ8lqxqj2OfGsrLmZNtD2oiPY1kAdXYArOr28V47fxc2S7nopk26VLo25VmBjFI1-gD2yYK37ZqoFCtMcNeN2ImhFZ2yZe5fyl1UCRdWncVK_N_HsDwg4ZgpAUI5l/s1600-h/P1000185.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435733779354789154" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrVUdEoJp83AyurBswJ8lqxqj2OfGsrLmZNtD2oiPY1kAdXYArOr28V47fxc2S7nopk26VLo25VmBjFI1-gD2yYK37ZqoFCtMcNeN2ImhFZ2yZe5fyl1UCRdWncVK_N_HsDwg4ZgpAUI5l/s320/P1000185.JPG" /></a> and what is this little bag full of hexies.<br /><br /><br />..... AND all of this is overseered by my beloved Gucci.</div><div> </div><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFhRZNAwFn0sTvh9CZWUXAw6feYXQQobcN74Gmt4QuW9kMx3cAhrlvYigfeniwJAg-yEGn_ySo1TwNnU_gYQ-B7HFxT-bs7kbYXmgPzV4onaMABc2wRbT74_AH04atUt-H05wmRieRWs8f/s1600-h/IMG_0102.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435732811672431298" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFhRZNAwFn0sTvh9CZWUXAw6feYXQQobcN74Gmt4QuW9kMx3cAhrlvYigfeniwJAg-yEGn_ySo1TwNnU_gYQ-B7HFxT-bs7kbYXmgPzV4onaMABc2wRbT74_AH04atUt-H05wmRieRWs8f/s320/IMG_0102.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGSkZ5CyysBP0tdzHSohknj2Yjpxwq-19EHz36SH3OcckTPXiPVgUR6Qmfhjmj-jpMPGfCowOXl8StImd6KSsm1YUuLEkwIjfH9okHtwz4dT_2SmkkLgeydYSfjrAtxNdAhnFZunbLortX/s1600-h/P1000004.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435732802131481458" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGSkZ5CyysBP0tdzHSohknj2Yjpxwq-19EHz36SH3OcckTPXiPVgUR6Qmfhjmj-jpMPGfCowOXl8StImd6KSsm1YUuLEkwIjfH9okHtwz4dT_2SmkkLgeydYSfjrAtxNdAhnFZunbLortX/s320/P1000004.JPG" /></a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>dragonfly gypsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13870543404174385463noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5806392774755883052.post-27941108824260021892010-02-01T14:37:00.005+11:002010-02-01T17:13:40.114+11:00WORKS IN PROGRESSThis is 'Tree Of Life" done in a Sue Cody class. I handquilted the background first with variegated perle and then appliqued on top. This quilt is getting heavier and heavier so it<br /><br />is slow going and I have to work on our bed to help take the weight. I have arthritis in my<br /><br />hands and am also getting RSI so if anyone has any handy hints to help with this please contact<br /><br />me as I want to keep quilting (of course!!!!). I will eventually put this on a wall in our bedroom as I have painted the wall behind our bed a pale lime green. My favourite colors are lime green<br /><br />and fushia pink. You mightn't be able to tell that from previous quilts but as I photograph<br /><br />more quilts you will always see some green or pink somewhere in different shades.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEETz-1xRjNAOZ5p-odWe1poqpAGUbL8rPa0KnRIOQj5VuCFKxsbz1dRpBszCyEg7HeHVk2r1UKXD-jDaBHeHpOtwWqgIFab8zKEyv0l6JX9A5kdeJSKAGrGmEt_LUTpu8OceAIxWpR6C4/s1600-h/P1000134.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 279px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433118880161562674" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEETz-1xRjNAOZ5p-odWe1poqpAGUbL8rPa0KnRIOQj5VuCFKxsbz1dRpBszCyEg7HeHVk2r1UKXD-jDaBHeHpOtwWqgIFab8zKEyv0l6JX9A5kdeJSKAGrGmEt_LUTpu8OceAIxWpR6C4/s320/P1000134.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div></div>These fussy cut hexagons are for another quilt a way off yet but thought you might be<br /><br />interested in them now.<br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFFHogExuj8_1t9MiZ-pSztWET9apXdb4TSM8ICYNc6wgBF8VEQ55hWiKfc4ltkNxprFVfEOopIMFw9WAbyyeGkxMZR5CSNS5ynU-MKZroPdnGYTo14XpSrTdwNNNxzS9cyGmVZ9e7Ilpd/s1600-h/P1000141.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433117634464413058" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCWMlGkA2G9rrjbggzzSzuzmwu3vtGjTbnmC_CW2hNS3jCr0yrrUfHMXsmdoYRQkbvTMYWsbAahak_WYr_CqgOejm-at4d1JZqCg79k2cUKH6YTrrlfNYjHlY2ziBWhWVj2vKNof4Mz86K/s320/P1000137.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8_kOsx38-laf5XfHiDUF_960bTdHP6sdhAnh_a4ImobfUmAZIwkcy-LE0AQDr6EtcJfQNd6gJET3TcKAuywxikJ9RgqudmsvFiTOvTEXDu7bYYr1D9ddXy6QYN_LX2u_co9m93AuCszwz/s1600-h/P1000136.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433117627579025538" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8_kOsx38-laf5XfHiDUF_960bTdHP6sdhAnh_a4ImobfUmAZIwkcy-LE0AQDr6EtcJfQNd6gJET3TcKAuywxikJ9RgqudmsvFiTOvTEXDu7bYYr1D9ddXy6QYN_LX2u_co9m93AuCszwz/s320/P1000136.JPG" /></a><br />Have finally picked out the centre for this one so will put that in soon.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoJ3pNW24UE_R-JZtlG8AgJVgp4W1Mypbt5Y0lgWA11f1Q1FIEFXplh9jfjDsfJEaH61TAVrcDyYUC88ozimfy_IOUcog7zDaNnU-KkYKonT1bCcrsoOc2OzZfzjHlMIK0gCXRoHMhPc7I/s1600-h/P1000135.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433117625731543842" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoJ3pNW24UE_R-JZtlG8AgJVgp4W1Mypbt5Y0lgWA11f1Q1FIEFXplh9jfjDsfJEaH61TAVrcDyYUC88ozimfy_IOUcog7zDaNnU-KkYKonT1bCcrsoOc2OzZfzjHlMIK0gCXRoHMhPc7I/s320/P1000135.JPG" /></a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>dragonfly gypsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13870543404174385463noreply@blogger.com29tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5806392774755883052.post-34197170490634912312010-01-27T13:59:00.005+11:002010-01-27T14:30:46.347+11:00TILE QUILTSI was on Barbara Brackman's blog recently and saw she had done a posting on tile quilts. I<br />was in Spain and Morocco a couple of years ago and took these photos. I thought hmmm!!<br />there is a quilt somewhere in here. 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431249520959249618" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4ZsbnBXy9Qcakd-WPHQ4BOUqbhxR5ysgcqR1gNetZwHDE5ae6jZVxhO6uzr7itzREDQPbLyTHZhBJ9Tl7G1WEw7TFL0Ky07XuDfH_KF4i1QZ8rPBjoKLSeSBof0pP6mfreIyoz-zlNOzW/s320/DSC00474.JPG" /></a> I would also like to thank all the fabulous bloggers who have posted comments and joined</div><div>as followers and big hugs to Notjustnat for outing me. It feels great to know that "somebody is out there".<br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>dragonfly gypsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13870543404174385463noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5806392774755883052.post-22312106241151470892010-01-22T15:49:00.003+11:002010-01-22T15:55:25.000+11:00FOUND MORE PHOTOSFound a few more photos that might interest you so here goes<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmyA6xMLFrGGgG9BvwffRWMdeptU8td1V5W64d9rCSzQWs35nlQSt-RRxFSFu8HTB613S1J_4-SfGGrOEWZsWJHh1JTN46AgVz2BRYK7eVxc0dJCVEyLd37CSTVASeQ8laMzv1l2eG7Qm7/s1600-h/IMG_0123.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 317px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429423026359861074" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmyA6xMLFrGGgG9BvwffRWMdeptU8td1V5W64d9rCSzQWs35nlQSt-RRxFSFu8HTB613S1J_4-SfGGrOEWZsWJHh1JTN46AgVz2BRYK7eVxc0dJCVEyLd37CSTVASeQ8laMzv1l2eG7Qm7/s320/IMG_0123.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk_U8zk8uSG0Ie3PnZVOqyE6N1493_47g-h6shkZaLAZbnlmve1rAPNoOYR0J4-DFUHkqx1JO6jbNfrn-wpI1kDaQAKyoEgoIrPkNaTAOEfZaaFvLkmwEWRgIhcs9rAGugLc2l_G_9TOiM/s1600-h/IMG_0122.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 318px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429423022020503666" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk_U8zk8uSG0Ie3PnZVOqyE6N1493_47g-h6shkZaLAZbnlmve1rAPNoOYR0J4-DFUHkqx1JO6jbNfrn-wpI1kDaQAKyoEgoIrPkNaTAOEfZaaFvLkmwEWRgIhcs9rAGugLc2l_G_9TOiM/s320/IMG_0122.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW1gaq7h347W2EHHOJ5hnqF2_ZjyBnCXiavFWNRR15vKJFzY4oAcfjDBZAKb1q6GVK6kPA7l2EUUV0_k-HQDjNc9YhkR12tqkNox_QzyAcIgCrA96W7-xxVqk0H75Ft2kq_50Ip7-7gs4c/s1600-h/IMG_0121.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 318px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429423010410585810" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW1gaq7h347W2EHHOJ5hnqF2_ZjyBnCXiavFWNRR15vKJFzY4oAcfjDBZAKb1q6GVK6kPA7l2EUUV0_k-HQDjNc9YhkR12tqkNox_QzyAcIgCrA96W7-xxVqk0H75Ft2kq_50Ip7-7gs4c/s320/IMG_0121.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNvsmCShsuxea3PFK8Y5JpZ9Tfd5ADnA9gCTLBP_hLw9PziJQFpJY-XN-onwOC42tvxdt-nzB9oMFtGspPUwp_XVNlnM2XvMRNp_jG9dbIbD-fladPhpwJXfZOiXLjrJcN64PvYZfndHcE/s1600-h/IMG_0120.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 313px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429423005924087666" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNvsmCShsuxea3PFK8Y5JpZ9Tfd5ADnA9gCTLBP_hLw9PziJQFpJY-XN-onwOC42tvxdt-nzB9oMFtGspPUwp_XVNlnM2XvMRNp_jG9dbIbD-fladPhpwJXfZOiXLjrJcN64PvYZfndHcE/s320/IMG_0120.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPan2yHxC-fHnZKylt0nAZPWGxkekVwr3uDwIXIzRQlWecfGNHTKsac_vfkqq_ZLPMJXe_9TAwMru1-gBaeKXrGpBmc_wQuoZ4g6XFLY5CT4heRkv24NZxXUI42gpRYIeC_bcZG71ODVP-/s1600-h/IMG_0119.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 259px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429423005179883474" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPan2yHxC-fHnZKylt0nAZPWGxkekVwr3uDwIXIzRQlWecfGNHTKsac_vfkqq_ZLPMJXe_9TAwMru1-gBaeKXrGpBmc_wQuoZ4g6XFLY5CT4heRkv24NZxXUI42gpRYIeC_bcZG71ODVP-/s320/IMG_0119.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div> </div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div>dragonfly gypsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13870543404174385463noreply@blogger.com9