It is hard to believe it is only one day away from Feb 2013!!!!!!! I have had no time this month to do any patchwork, family life has caught up with me this month. On Monday we had a pubic holiday and we all went out for the day not realising most of Qld was with out internet connection which meant no electronic machines were working, no mobiles working no land lines even, so if any shop that was open was only dealing if you had cash???????? We needed petrol sorry only cash, we were very lucky as our banks money machines were working but they were the only banks in QLD that were, so we were able to draw money out before they dried up for petrol and our lunch!!!!
Looking down to Mossman where the first settlers settled in the far north and grew sugar cane and their great grandchildren now still do on many of the farms. Many Italian settled here.
Closer look at Mossman area from 400 metres above sea level, road down to the coast is very steep and very very windy????
All though the road is very windy it is in the rainforest area so very beautiful.
To day only Laure and I were at home, around 9.30am her hubby rang to say he had a job and would be starting Monday, so after only been back in OZ a couple of weeks he has a great job so we went up to the village around 12am to visit the chemist Post office and clean up out side the Opp Shop and celebrate over a nice lunch at our favourite cafe in the local village.
Laure trying to push the bags of leaves in to the Opp Shop skip??????
Around 4pm Jon rang to say he had found the perfect car for them with a private sale word of mouth from one of the guys at his new job!!!!!!!, by 5pm he had paid for it and drove it home???????
Our new car????? Every one is happy they now have their own wheels again after only been back in OZ for 2 weeks. I have no Patchwork to show for this month so will show you something from the past I saw in my photos when I was browsing to day.
Loved making this quilt many years ago
Another early quilt taken before completing the final border?????
While writing my blog these creatures came to visit.
Cicada
Green Xmas beetle sitting on the side of my wooden tape measure
Xmas bettle on my watch face. Time to go to bed the mossies are eating me!!!!
Hope many of you are sewing and having fun. Cheers Glenda
Thursday 31st update!!!!!
Have to share this with you, around 4am this morning I thought some thing was crawling over my feet, but decided it was the fan just moving the sheets, then when it crawled over my shoulder I shot out of bed and grabbed the torch, in the middle of my bed was a Hugh flying cockroach!!!!!!! I slambed the torch head over it then fished around for some thing close at hand in the closest draw satill holding the cockroach under the torch head, there was just enough glow to see what I was doing, then I grabbed the jolly thing with a pair of cotten nickers I’d fished out of the draw and disposed of it out the window?????? It was the night of the creepy critters. LOL Glenda
Im so glad that things are working out smoothly for you and yours!! I like the green color of the car!
I love black quilt. The colors light up so beautifully!
Her is beautiful!
Greetings, Marita
Great new about the job and car. Love the quilts they are beautiful. Not too sure about those bugs. Lol. Hugs Bunny
Cicada’s are so beautiful – I had the opportunity, many years ago to sit with my (then 6yr old) DD and watch one hatch out of it’s cocoon and unfurl it’s wings – awesome!
Glenda ! I can’t stop laughing at your Post Script ! I’m glad you were well enough to update your BLOG after that darn critter dared to scare you! Love the old quilt and the lovely shots of the shoreline.
Hugs,
Karen
Oh Glenda, Love the quilt, and what memories your post brings back to me.
Living in Raro in mid cyclone season- 6 in 6 weeks it was terrifying and we were locked up so tight that truly the only way in or out of the house was through the laundry window.
I got bitten in bed, rolled over and got bitten again, and again, jumped out to a huge centipede in the bed, escaping the cyclones of course!!
3 bites on my upper thighs – where was it heading?
Two days until I could get antihistamines once the chemist reopened, will never forget it.
steve’s only comment “why didn’t you get out after the first bite?”
This morning I very gently removed a Cicada from the car door before unlocking it.
Glad everything is coming together for your family.
Jenny
Well, now I know where to write when I want to get in contact with you guys fast! First of all congrats on the new grandaughter! Secondly tell Jon, I said good for him and congrats on the new job! Love the colour of the new car. Give evetyone a hug from me and take care!!!!”