Wow, what a few interesting days we have had here.....

We have had over 400mls of rain and lots of cyclonic winds....not sure of the amount of rain as our gauge has overflown twice......lucky we have had no damage although one old dead tree from the neighbor's place fell onto our back fence........we are still with out power it's day 4 now, but this morning we got out internet/mobile service back......so I quickly got in contact with my Mum and sisters, then my friends who have been leaving messages...... we have been using a small generator to keep the freezer / fridge, tv and one fan and computers going.....but at night time there is nothing...felt like I was sleeping in a sauna last night......on the up side of all this for us, is I have been out in the yard weeding the garden in the front....and I started tidying the vege garden yesterday....that's going to be a big job......we had a bright and sunny day yesterday which was starting to dry the yard out so after the heat of the day I mowed most of the lawns......I will have to mow again on the weekend but it won't be such a big job then...........during the afternoons I have been working on the center panel of A Country Journal......very slow progress as there are so many tiny tiny pieces......this is the last panel....I'm hoping to have this quilt finished for the Caloundra Quilt Show this year......

Hanno has just been around to ask Jens to go and help Kerry ( Hanno and Rhonda's son) take some yard rubbish to the dump this afternoon......he was surprised to find out that we don't have power yet as they only lost power for a couple of hours.......we will see what the day brings.......until next time.....Cathy

A morning out.....

I have been a member of Maleny Arts and Group for nearly 6 yrs....... I am part of the Textile Group,  and yesterday ( Thursday ) I was invited to go along to the Quilters Group by Kaylene......The Quilters Group normally meet on a Monday morning........they had booked Pauline Rodgers to come along and give a talk and demonstration about Gadgets that she has available.......what an interesting morning.....

I have doing patchwork and quilting for a long time and seen a lot of products available....a few gadgets that have been around for a long time that I never knew how they worked......I learnt about them yesterday........ I suppose that when you do workshop with different tutors you generally only use what that tutor uses and Pauline also  expanded the uses of those products....... I was impressed and of course bought a couple of new rulers.....the first being a non slip 6 1/2" x 12 1/2" yeah sounds boring but it is supposed to be the best......and the other is multipurpose curved ruler.......I'm looking forward to using both of them in new projects.....

And the best part of the morning was.....it started to rain and it was good rain.......we have not had good rain for many months.....our vege garden is just a mess only have a few struggling onions left.......I have been nursing the flower garden though.......I was given some Lisianthans (not sure about the spelling ) we call them Poor man Roses....by my sister after Dads funeral........

I made a little garden for them mixing some compost to boost the soil and then mulched them with some sugar cane mulch..... so far they seem to be surviving....

I came home to find that Tilly has also been keeping herself amused...

What can I say........

Until next time

Happy Stitching ----------Cathy

I had planned to be a better blogger this year........so now it is nearly the end of January.....and this is my first post.......

My Dad passed away on January 6........

It is very hard to see someone you love so much go from a strong happy hard working man who loved his family and gardening.....to a weak and frail man in 6 months.....who still had a strong will to live.......Dad never thought of himself as an invalid.....he said that he was just dying from cancer.....in the end it was too much for him to fight and Dad was ready to join my brother Peter and my sister Christine in a new journey.....we all miss him so much......