Miserable Sorta Day.

Bit of a Miserable day here today - Great Day to stay indoors!!! Woodfire is stoked up tis lovely & warm... Rain is on it's way & that is almost all good... Just not too sure about how *The Girl handles "The Wet" shall find out soon enough... So A Baking Day it has been... after all that Blog Hoppin I've found some Enticing recipes here & here & here& here so it was all too much today had to make them! The Apple Slice is just Yumm, DH says they are his sort of Biccy's with the Sultanas & The Lemon Tart is still in progress because I & camera went to collect the eggs & Got Sidetracked... I do this... 'Prolly why I find it tricky to finish things!!! LOL - You Get That. With the little bit of rainfall we have had the garden just looked So Pretty - Cold but Pretty... I did eventually get back to collect the eggs but not quite back to the Tart as YET... Even called in @ The Studio on my Garden Tour & decided I really should finish this Quillow for my Niece Tashie - Now if my friend Pat is reading this she will be horrified as I was finishing this 'bout 4Yrs ago... I'm doing it Pat... I'm doing it... Shall even post when complete with label!

After such a dull overcast day these colours just seemed to speak to me when I came across them in the Studio this afternoon - So now is the time to pick you back up & finish off where I started - How Good is that going to feel???

Dance Girl Dance.

Much suppressed excitement here @ home... Our little Mare " Dance Girl Dance" has just made the field for a big race in Brisbane this Saturday - so we are now officially bubbling away with Anticipation... Fingers Crossed!!! DH & I are not Gamblers so to reach this point with one of our progeny is very special to us... But if you have been in this game long enough - you know there is No Such Thing As A Sure Thing in Racing - but you sure can Hope!


This is "Dance Girl Dance" or Mischief... as I have always known her from a little foal... following a Barrier Trial in her first preparation @ the Wash Bay with the stable strapper. Go Girl!!!

Blogland.

Computer & Blogging Day... I know I really should not admit to this... But I have pretty much managed to spend most of the day @ My 'Puter - not that I have a lot to show for IT! Still on that Steep Learning Curve........ So it kinda went like this - Race off ...get 1 Job done & race back... you know how it goes when you still need to get Something Done! Catch Up Day happens tomorrow - Promise! With my head spinning from All of that New Info I went in search of My Boys with glass of red in hand... Very Necessary by this stage of the evening! Here are some shots as the sun went down............

The Mexican Standoff...

This is Nureyev... Anything But Twinkle Toes!!! He is my "Manee" for the Weanlings. DH named him - Very Tongue In Cheek... We are a Belgian Draft Cross & I think He's Just Gorgeous totally biased of course... Does a Magic job looking after our youngsters out in the paddock.

Mustard or Blue...

And this is the Mustard Cupboard... Sally's dad Trevor does a Magic job doing these Old Cupboards Up - no doubt with input from the Girls too I'm Sure - Me? I Just Luv 'Em! Sometimes Sally has these cupboards *as they become available ie. on her Online Shop Gottabee Country. Of course now all I keep doing is finding excuses to Duck into the studio just to look @ My Cupboards & nothing else seems to be getting done!!!

New Cupboards...

My Sewing Studio has been unearthed & Dust Bunnies sorted!!! Amazing what reappeared ... Buried Stash I forgot even existed - Luv It! My wonderful friend Sally from Gottabee Country asked me @ one stage as we were rearranging all my Stuff... what's in this box??? - No idea... I reply opening the lid to see... Ahhh Pastel Buttons - Rusty Bell on Fabric - Xmas Notions... Like rediscovering Old Friends & All this because my new cupboards were arriving this weekend = Storage!!! They have been a bit of a Long Term Project... but finally they have taken their positions in My Studio & My... how good does that feel!!! Also having such fantastic friends as Sally & Janet helping me to rearrange & put away So Creatively...!!! was just Heaven... Very Blessed Indeed.

I am always TORN between Mustards & Blues - So I kinda went for both & I Still...need more storage space... As You Do!!! But it Just feels so good now when I walk in & ALL* Well almost All.... MY STUFF... has a place..........Now I have Absolutely NO EXCUSES... not to SEW!!!

Chookyblues Challenge.

Chookyblue Has issued a Challenge this week to take your camera & Really Look... Not just walk past the Everyday... & try some new settings on your camera - as much fun as this has been I Believe the Dust Bunnies have taken up permanent residency!!! I even found myself today screeching to a halt... jumping off the Ride On & running for my camera - definately Addictive Fun !!! These are some of the shots I came up with & Tomorrow I will catch up with my new Temporary Residents... & unearth My Sewing Spot once more... Cause there is this really cute quilt I have been working on.

Then there were these when I went out to hang the washing & collect the eggs...

Umbrella Grass has taken on a Whole New Light over the past Week!!! Till Next Time...

Umbrella Grass...

Thank You Everyone for making me feel so Welcome here in Blogland... Shall need to call on the Housework Fairies soon though as the Dust Bunnies are moving on in! TV... What's That??? Ahhhh Chookyblue Never Ever have I looked @ Umbrella Grass with such Interest in My Life!!! I had camera in hand today when I went down to the yards to let my young colt out after his Breakfast & 2 Hrs later!!! - wandered back into the house - this Photography Thingy can get you In - Hey???

Initial Attempt @ Umbrella Grass Artistry shall see what else I can discover over the following days to come...

Here are two of My Girls wondering what on Earth... she is doing !!! Each & every one needs their very own Good Morning around here - My FIL reckons he is coming back as one of our Horses or Dogs when the time comes - LOL !!! Till Next Time...

Auntie's Quaint Quilt's Giveaway.

How thrilled was I when Auntie's Quaint Quilt's Giveaway Parcel arrived in the mail ! What is it about receiving mail??? Truly made my week very special... All the goodies even travelled with me on a visit to Central Queensland had to show my DD of course ! The tiny little tape measure found a new calling whilst on the visit with DD when used to measure each & every camp horse for their new Winter Rugs... not quite what Christine had in mind I'm sure... but a very versatile little tape measure & has now settled into my sewing basket. Cannot wait to begin the Ladybug Stitchery @ first chance!

Such an intriguing parcel on arrival...

& Look at what was to be found inside... I made the unwrapping last as long as possible too ... Thank You So Much Christine! You brightened this Blogger's Day immensely...

The Next Post... I Can Do This !

OMGosh. How unreal to have my first post up & running after all that " Looking On"! Everyone will think that I am slightly Off... but Hey - feels so Good to have finally done IT!!! Right now I need to find Things to post about... Shall have to get moving on some of those WISP'S.

But for now this is my Appleblossom Hibiscus in bloom in my garden at the moment it has the prettiest shade of pink & is a prolific flowerer. The wind has been a devil the past couple of days hence my time @ the computer... Good Pickup ! But the Umbrella grass from the paddocks has totally taken over the show - Think I will wait till the wind dies down before advancing!!! Not too sure if I'm seeing it in quite the same artistic light as Chookyblue though ... Luv your Umbrella Grass shots...

My Very First Post...

OK... Here we go now breathe... After "Lurking" for some considerable amount of time I have decided @ long last - that I have been missing out on *Too Much Fun in Blogland ! So here is that very first step... Daresay there will be a few trials & tribulations ahead as the Computer & I are not the closest of acquaintances & then there is the camera !!! So just breathe Helz...

One of my recently completed quilts made for my Grandson Ryan - meant to have been for his Christening but Oh! how time can get away on you... Not saying when I finally finished this! I purchased the pattern called " Baby Baby" by Calico Farm Designs from Marion @ The Quilters Angel in Highfields.

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One very worn out 2 year old @ the end of a Busy Day with Grammie's Quilt...