April Photo a Day Digest 2

Day 9 – Tiny

Day 10 – A place

The wondrously carved façade of the Treasury at Petra.

I’ve been there three times and I never fail to gasp at the first sight of it through a jagged opening in the gorge as I approach down the ancient Siq.

Ah, the memories!

Day 11 – Detail

The detail of a small part of my temporary plumbing arrangements while the renovations are taking place.

Day 12 – In the Middle

Photo taken on Easter Day of my beautiful mother between her two daughters.

Look who has the most grey hair

Day 13 – The view from your bed

Chester sleeps on his bed (with his own quilt) right across the room from me.

Sometimes I think he sleeps with one eye open because he always comes over to check on me if I wake.

Day 14 – Water

By the Sea of Galilee last year, with rain clouds brewing.

Day 15 – Alone

Dinner for one.

 Di

April Photo a Day Digest 1

Day 2 – Blue

Torrential rain this morning for my walk with Chester left my blue jeans soaked through, and a demarcation below where my rain jacket finished.

Day 3 – Something beginning with A

My very favourite photo of the Princess in her school uniform.

Day 4 – This happened today

The tilers started to work on one of the bathrooms.

Day 5 – Something good

Chester was endlessly patient when Mr J wanted to take him for a walk in the garden.

Day 6 - Air

Day 7 – Dreamy

On our wedding day in 1972 I thought my dress was simply “dreamy”. On another level, we had so many hopes and dreams as we began our married life together.

Day 8 – On my plate

Delicious pasta dish made by a kind and generous friend who dropped it in to me as a lovely surprise.

Autumn sunshine

There was plenty of sunshine and sparkle around our St Mark’s Quilters workshop last Saturday.

From Helen’s new bracelet…

…to Di C’s bright,jazzy capri pants…

…to the stellar line-up of quilts made by our ladies for the people of Tasmania who lost their homes in this summer’s devastating bushfires.

Sydney in April is simply beautiful, mild and sunny with just a touch of crispness to the early mornings, but for those who lost homes in Tasmania and are still living in temporary accommodation with an uncertain future the approach of winter is a far from happy time.

We hope these quilts will warm them (and warm their hearts) and let them know that others care.

 

 

 

 

Amanda Jean Nyberg’s pattern from Sunday Morning Quilts has proved a fabulous way to create cheery, bright quilts from some of our treasured scraps that we couldn’t bear to toss out. Even tiny pieces found a place in these blocks.

I think we’ve finally used up all our yellow penguin fabric .

Those who couldn’t make an entire quilt made blocks, so everyone was able to contribute in some way to this great effort.

 

 

Cath made this smart and cosy quilt for a man.

 

 

 

Thank you, my friends. You’re all stars

 Di

March Photo a Day Digest 5

Oh dear! Looking at my photos from the last week in March - Words with Friends, crosswords, my bedside lamp, storage boxes, selfie-snapping and Chester – clearly I need to get out more . 

Day 26 – Something you did.

Took Chester for a romp in the park.

Day 27 – Pair

Two gorgeous labs, Chester with his friend Muffin.

Day 28 – In the mirror

Day 29 – Goodnight

Day 30 – Relax

I love cryptic crosswords (but can’t remember when I last finished one!)

Day 31 – Stuff

So many books boxed up and ready to donate to the university book fair.

(April) Day 1 – Play

I play this game every day with friends around the world.

 Di

Some eye candy from Paddington Patchworkers

Here’s a little glimpse of the latest beautiful work by my quilting friends …

Janet

Sue

Fiona

and Charlyn

Short, but very sweet .

 Di