Hill End NSW

This is me and Romy (Michaels mum), stopping at a very pretty spot in the mountains, Romy drove her 4 wheeled drive down the Bridle Path near her home. Quite a hairy experience, very narrow, very rocky, Wild mountain goats roam and climb all over and to see them is to take your breath away. a lovely tranquil place.
Romy is an Artist and she lives in Hill End, and she is a really lovely lady to boot! I am so glad that she likes us too! and i know that she really loves my daughter as much as we do.
Kangaroos!!!!! This is seen from Romys garden, they are in fact just on the other side of the road but seen through binoculars you can see the wind ruffling their fur without disturbing them. Everywhere you go, the Kangaroos can go too, so you see their prescence everywhere, (kangaroo poop i am taking about here not a problem in my eyes, it does not smell in the least, little dark brown nuggets!)
This is the Hotel/pub that we stayed in Room 18 We hope to book the same room again for the wedding.

Cats of the Day

This happy pair of cats are Stephanie and Michaels two darlings, (i was never short of a cuddle from this pair the whole time i sat down, or laid down!). Wiss and Leigh. They are cuddling their favourite cushion, a bright pink plush cushion.

Outfit

This is my dress as Mother of the Bride. Brand new with tag, bought from an opp shop whilst in Sydney looking in my daughters favourite shopping haunts. She found it, i tried it on, it looks great and she is happy! How good is that! for $9.50!! I love it, in fact i had one of these dresses quite a few years ago.
This is a cream lace coat bought today from Savers in Greensborough It has purl buttons, It looks white on the photo but is darker in actuality and looks great with the dress. All i need are the shoes and i will wait until closer to the time to get that.

Hill End NSW

Our room at the hotel. The floor is slanted! so very very cool.
I am back! boy did that week go quickly! over 200 photos to go through, i had the most fantastic time, and will post more later, Have so much reading to do with all the blogs that i follow. Got a lot done already, ideas being formed as to how the wedding is going to be. Adored where we stayed, this is our room at the hotel/pub. All the bed rooms slant! to be there and see the sun rise and all the kangaroos, rabbits and the birds just everywhere, and population 120 people. 1 and a 1/2 hours drive from Bathurst, the nearest town, 4 hours drive from Sydney Airport. to give you some idea of the distance.

Hill End NSW

On Monday Hubby and i are off to Hill End NSW for 4 days to talk wedding with my daughter!! I am so excited i cannot wait. This is where they will be having their wedding and i hope to take some great scenery pictures to turn into Art Quilts. I am hoping in particular that we would get some lovely sun sets. My plan is then to make line drawings separating the colours and using the overhead projector i bought from Aldi the boys at home will have to play house nicely while we are away, I think they won't even notice we are gone. They are all in their early 20s so that is not a problem! Already i have been giving them specific instructions on looking after the kitties, for example, Playing Feathers with Meg!!!

Monkey Marionette

The head is now finished, onwards to finishing the body, sewing on the hands and feet and the chest piece. I hope to get him done by the end of the day.
Dowels and fishing line. these are the main tools i am going to use to make strings for the puppet.
additional materials needed for this to happen is a hand saw, drill and a nut and bolt.

Monkey Marionette

The original monkey picture did not have eye lids or ears, but i decided that my monkey needed them. Inner ear in light wool and the outer ear in fur fabric. pipe cleaners to be used to enable the ear to curve.
Eye lids. fabric folded in half, sewn around, cut out and snipped on one side only to turn right sides out.
Pinned on the monkey. All to be hand stitched into place. I think that his face is a little less scary now.