Retirement: so far, so good
One week ago last Thursday (29 September) I retired after 19 years and 4 months working for Christchurch City Council. I hadn’t quite reached the magic age of 65 by that date, but near enough that I...
View ArticleBrisbane Craft and Quilt Show, October 2016
For the last seven years, my sister and I have been going to the Brisbane Craft and Quilt Show, held annually in October at the Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre. The show runs for five days...
View ArticleFestitalia Italian Festival, Brisbane, 7 October 2016
On Sunday we went to have a look at Festitalia, an Italian Festival held this year at Spencer Park in Brisbane, which “celebrates the richness of the Italian culture in its entirety, from the spirit...
View ArticleHere, chooky chooky …
Despite the reservations I had before last night’s adventure – the thought of painting in front of a whole lot of other people made me very nervous, I have to say – and then when we got there and found...
View ArticleI spent an evening with André …
… André Rieu, that is! 🙂 As an additional birthday/retirement gift, my wonderful little sister shouted me to my first André Rieu concert on Tuesday evening, and what a fabulous evening it was! I’ve...
View ArticleWhy is it …
… that quilting mistakes sometimes slip under the radar, and don’t present themselves until you’re well down the track with a project, and correcting the mistake then requires a whole lot of unpicking,...
View ArticleFor you, from my garden
You could be forgiven, when looking at these photos, if you think I must have a beautiful garden. I don’t! It’s a jungle, really … but it’s amazing what a deceptive web I can weave with a little bit...
View ArticleNovember OMG
I posted here a few days ago about this project, which I started early on this year and which had been sitting in my WIPs since March – you may recall my discovery of a mistake I had made in the...
View ArticleBreathe in. Breathe out. Breathe in. Breathe out.
I don’t quite know what to say about the results of the US Presidential election. I guess I’m still in shock … Something creative is needed for me today, to counteract the negativity I’m feeling. A...
View ArticleSpecial delivery!
Living out in the country as I do, my mail arrives via rural delivery, with a very kind and patient New Zealand Post person driving by 6 days a week to put all sorts of interesting things in my...
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