~A Carer's Gathering......Kiama~

I was lucky enough to be able to attend a Carer Gathering last week at The Sebel Town House in beautiful Kiama

Lucky for me that afternoon there was a Farmer's Market just down the road from where we were staying

Entrance to the market

and coming out of it.  There were 3 Buskers in attendance so that was pretty good!!!

Alternate menu for the evening for dinner

Being Gluten Free I had Fish without the Batter

Dessert was pretty good!!!

Salted Caramel  Creme Brûlée with Vanilla Bean Ice Cream

Very yummy but couldn't really taste the Caramel

I'm not a Painter but the next day elected to try Painting with Music

We had to choose 4 paint colours

My choices were (from left) teal, a sandstone colour, we had to choose white and a deep purple

and tada.......my pasterpiece lol

I haven't touched paint since High School in First Year so this was pretty cool

Being right handed my left hand was busting to have a go so I let it!!!

Lots of 'scraping' and 'flicking' happening

Then we did some drawings/sketchings to music

I used an organic charcoal.......never held a piece of charcoal before so this was a new experience for me

The 3rd square's song was Red, Red Wine

and the fourth one was Brown Eyed Girl

The 5th one was a pattern I did in 4th class at school but I just couldn't do straight lines!!!

I tried a music class also

and got to play these wooden blocks and a steady beat to the drum

A little bit of organ guided by pink papers lol

Electronic drums

Even a Base Guitar......a, d, e

That evening was a Mad Hatter's Ball and I wore a velvet hat brought back from Venice by DS together with a velvet silk dyed coat

Table decorations were awesome

A quick photo with Sean at the back and another lady

Goat's Cheese Panna Cotta......yummy

The dinner here

This was funded by The Shaw Building Group, Canberra
and hosted by Carers ACT (Australian Capital Territory)

Thank You so much everyone there

We all had a fabulous time!!!
You Guys Rock!!!

The next day Mr Armchair picked me up and we met at Kangaroo Valley

We had a bit of lunch

Mr Armchair had a Salmon/Salad Sandwich

Portobello Mushrooms for me

And who would've thought

A bowl of Tomatoes towards the end of May

Unheard of in our part of the World!!!

A lovely little get-away for me with Mr Armchair taking over Caring Duties

And the best part.......I got to sleep all night as JoJo has taken to waking during the evening!!!!

Till next time, Dzintra xo

~Let's Get Stitched, Hobart - 2016~

 Woo hoo I'm off to my first Let's Get Stitched Hobart 2016 hosted by the lovely Fee

Hobart is Australia's second oldest capital city after Sydney

Above and below are some of the many boats moored at Constitution Dock on the Derwent River at Hobart

We were there last in 2008

Above is a pic of JoJo and me (with brown hair)

The famous Seafarers Restaurant the Drunken Admiral

Wonder if they still have that famous Stew!!!

JoJo and Mr Armchair strolling along

Looking out to sea

The delightful Arthur Circus (I think this is the name) at Battery Point......

If not please correct me Tassie girls

A few of the houses at Battery Point

I'll be there to wander the well known Salamanca Markets

There will be a visit to the Salmon Ponds

There will be a visit to 4 Patchwork Shops

and I'm sooooooo looking forward to this

Mr Armchair booked the flight for me last April after saying Go with your Friends

Now he is retired he will be caring for JoJo while I have a mini break and meet some bloggy friends in person and catch up with others

WoooooHoooooo

Lookout Hobart!!!!!!!

And a more recent pic of me after stopping colouring my air and going au natural

My hair has never been is such good condition!!!

Pic taken by DS in Paris 

Hairdresser hair......its not like this now......back to my wavy self!!!

See you soon Gals!!!

~Braidwood Maker's Market~

Lots of twine from Michelle at material drawer

Yarn from Helen at Waratah Fibres

 Margaret spinning......

all at Braidwood Maker's Market hosted by the gorgeous Jen from Little Finch at Braidwood

I met a delightful French lady........Isabelle from La Source

Isabelle had on display her new 'Braidwood' cards

 a tea towel I had to have......

Tags from material drawer

and OMG this made me   *S T O P*

A Hogwarts sign by Anna at swallowtail

Aren't these signs just fabulous!!!

Headbands for the little misses

 Hair accessories

the most beautiful music

and here's my beautiful sign at home

the first package I opened

all set to join my Harry Potter collection......

A great Market Jen.......just fabulous quality hand made items

Looking forward to the next one

See you then......Dzintra xo