Such a brilliant day

Yesterday we did a lot and this was the glorious view, clear water and breathtaking colour of the sea as we walked after I had been to the market. At the moment this is my favorite walk as it is relatively flat going along from the Petrel Cove car park. We even met a beagle walking too.
I went home and had a fit of the tidy ups but I am paying for it a bit today, feel terribly tired but am still trying to get the house straight.
John has just come home from fishing, he caught a few nice fish I think we are both feeling rather tired, I know that when I am not home he doesnt sleep well and well, I had three very full on days.
Tomorrow we go to Adelaide so I am pacing myself.
No painting, no sewing, just a bit of re grouping. (There is a plus too, the bathroom has had a good cleaning so I feel terribly virtuous!)
I do feel so much better though, I have trouble realising how awful I felt before.

Back from Northern Victoria

Sarah and I had a very tiring but wonderful trip away, to Upper Lurg! dont you love the name, near the Victorian Alps to visit Mark Bullen and his newly moved Imperial Welsh Stud.
We took back a stallion we have had on loan, a wonderful boy who has left us some beautiful foals, and a little A brood mare we had swapped to NSW, Daniel met us at Marks and he had brought over the little stallion we swapped the mare for.
We had a 12 hour drive and were still going with a dinner party at about 10.30 and then totally collpased in a heap. Lovely to meet up with very old dear friends and have the time to talk and see the new property.
We were up bright and early the next morning as there were ponies and studs to see. Down the road to Weston, Janet was away but Dick was there and the cats, see the photo. Janets garden looked wonderful. Daniel was looking at a mare there.
Then back to Marks to see all the ponies, so many beautiful ponies. Wonderful hills as well.
The first two photos are at Marks and the one of Sarah is there as well. I really didnt take a huge number of photos and now wish I had.
The birds there are also wonderful, so many wonderful red robins but too quick for my little camera.
I was having a quiet afternoon as the pills are working and I feel so much better but didnt want to push my luck so Sarah and Daniel went off to look at Nattai River while I sat by the fire, and then when they came back we went over to Mark Brown at Indi Stud and saw some of the cobs, Daniel had a mare to pick up there then back to snare a couple of colts almost in the dark, I once more stayed inside!
Out to the pub for a quick meal and then home, some chat but another long day and early morning the next day.
We were up at a bit after 4 am and loaded ponies and off by 5. Home after thank heaven, an uneventful trip at about 3.30. another about 10 hour day with Sarah doing all the driving.
I am being a bit slow today but still feel so much better. I think this was the tonic I needed although I could have done without the length of the drive!

Pennants finished

Here are the remaining four pennants that I have to do for the swap. I still have to put details on the back but that can wait for a while.
I have felt a bit off today, the aches are not there so much but I have not felt terribly good. I assume that my body doesnt like the stopping of one lot of meds and the starting of another.
So what could I do? get onto the sewing machine and do some mindless sewing around these pennants.
I hope that the recipients dont think they are too awful as they have been done under a lot of difficulty.
I am having a bit of a panic about the long 3 days I am going to have next week and just hope I can manage it. I think the thinking about it is worse than the actual happening.
Looking forward to a better tomorrow.
Again thank you all for the kind thoughts and wishes you have sent my way, bloggers are wonderful!

Morning walk and some help

I feel so much better. John and I went in to the market and had a morning walk along the cliffs towards Kings Beach, one of our favorites and now they have improved the path it is easier to walk there. Stunning skies and views, the sea was quite flat but with a surbe to it and the sky was incredible. A lot of sand washed away from Petrels Cove and a lot of rocks.
We arrived home to a message from my GP to ring and go in to see him.
My problem is now solved and it is polymyalga rheumatica, which sounds horrid but he assures me it can be cured or at the very least kept under control. Cortisone tabs decreasing through 2 months he hopes will do it. I am off the very sleepmaking high intensity pain killer, which wasnt working any way, I feel better already! Just knowing it was treatable has made a huge difference.
Whoopee!!
Thank you to all who sent very kind messages.

One Pennant

Here is the first pennant finished. I have just got to do the backs of the others and sew them together.
I have done the beading on all of them and hope to have them done before the due date in August.
This one was the requested pink one with flowers, the rest are a bit different.
Tomorrow I have a blood test to see if that will tell me why I hurt so, some talk of polymyalga, if so I think that would be good as at least something can be done about it. I hope!!
The high pain intensity pills I am on just make me a bit dopey but thats nothing unusual!
Very cold here, not much else to report, I have done a bit of walking but the weekly shop this morning made me pretty tired.
I am taking a bit of time to enjoy my house and paintings while I sit near the fire.

Camellia and pin cushions

It is very damp here but I crept outside to take a photo of two fo my camellias that are in full flower at the moment. I love them as they give me some flowers at this time of the year.
We had a dollie get together on Sunday and one of the things was a kit to make these gorgeous cup cakes, I think they are meant to be pin cushions but I would love to make a few to pop on a cake stand they look so gorgeous.
I am still feeling pretty fragile and I was tired after sunday and then there was the physio yesterday and some washing and cleaning to be done.
I am doing my blog early today in case I fall in a heap later!
I am learning to do things slowly and not expect to get done things that normally I would get done quickly. Its frustrating but if I have to learn how to do things differently well so be it.
At least I can still see and hear and there are plenty of things to keep me amused.
I am not sure house cleaning is one though!
John took me over to see some of the grandchildren and our great grand son, I was begining to wonder if the small ones would remember who I was! Mason assured me that my name was Pen!
They are delightful.

Frost

I was up early this morning as we had to do some marketing it was about-3 degrees and a frost so I leapt out the front door to take photos, I am afraid the frost doesnt show up very well in the first one. the second photo is the garden just by the front door, no frost there as it is against the house. It is a very dry bed but the cactus and succulents seem to do well there.
We have had a very dry July so far, just very cold, probably what I would call a normal winter for us and it is a pleasure to have one after 10 years of odd winters, just hope this one ends with a lot of rain in spring.
It was lovely to go to the market and catch up with friends, some expected and one who is not from here but I know from the fibre forums.
I felt I had been shut up all week and seen nothing but John and my physio!! I am not going stir crazy just yet and friends have asked us for an impromtu dinner tonight which will be lovely. Just hope the body will cope.